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The Eameses were not alone in designing chairs made of new plastics, but they were the first to use the marble effect of the fibreglass strands to strengthen the polyester as a decorative effect, unashamedly celebrating the modernity of the design. Herman Miller documents from 1957 show that countless numbers were sold to stadiums, hospitals, schools, colleges, universities, clinics, government offices and the DSS helped, perhaps more than any model, to put the Eames plastic shell chairs into modern modern culture. 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