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A plywood elephant from Charles and Ray Eames, 1945: Molded Plywood Division, Evans Products Company (Venice, 1943–47). Molded plywood. 41.9 x 78.1 x 41.3 cm, Eames Collection, LLC Photograph: Eames Office LLC

A Hendrik Van Keppel lounge chair/Ottoman designed in 1939, produced in 1959 from enameled steel and cotton cord Photograph: LACMA

Lighthouse at Laguna album cover, 1955, by Robert Guidi. Lithography, 31.1 x 31.1 cm. Concord Music Group, Inc Photograph: LACMA/LACMA

California-based Austrians Gertrud and Otto Natzler's 1943 earthenware bowl. Height: 8.8 cm; diameter: 21.5 cm Photograph: Museum Associates/LACMA

Dan Johnson and Hayden Hall's 1947 desk. Maple, oak, 76.8 x 137.2 x 61 cm Photograph: Museum Associates/LACMA

German-born Kem Weber's 1938 desk and chair. Exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939. Satinwood, primavera, chrome, aluminum, resin, leather Photograph: LACMA/LACMA

Charles and Ray Eames produced this Eames Storage Unit for the Herman Miller Furniture Company in 1949. Made from Zinc-plated steel, birch-faced and plastic-coated plywood in 1949 Photograph: LACMA/LACMA

Richard Neutra – Kaufmann House, Palm Springs, 1946. Photo by Julius Shulman, 1947 Photograph: Julius Shulman /Julius Shulman Photography Archive

Arline Fisch's Peacock Tail necklace, silver, 1963. A gift from Arline Fisch in honor of Dr. Jae Carmichael Photograph: LACMA/LACMA

Mary Ann DeWeese's 'Woman's swimsuit' from 1961. Spandex and Lycra. 2011 Warnaco Group, Museum Associates Photograph: Museum Associates/LACMA

Buff, Straub & Hensman (1955–1961, later Buff, Hensman and Associates). Recreation pavilion, Mirman House, Arcadia, 1958. Photo by Julius Shulman, 1959 Photograph: Julius Shulman/J Paul Getty Trust