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8000 Series 3 Door Credenza, George Nelson, Herman Miller, 1960's
$5,770
£4,361.41
€5,012.03
CA$8,034.69
A$8,938.26
CHF 4,685.55
MX$109,223.39
NOK 59,664.63
SEK 56,165.99
DKK 37,412.90
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This George Nelson for Herman Miller 8000 Series credenza features not two, but three sliding doors—a configuration so unusual we couldn't find another example online. At first, we assumed someone added a third door by mistake. Sure, the cabinet has three glide tracks, but we couldn't find another... So naturally, we had two custom sliding doors made to "fix it".
But plot twist: it wasn’t a mistake at all.
Turns out, the three-door setup is exactly how it was meant to be. With just two sliders, the middle section is basically useless—you can’t access the sliding shelf inside, let alone slide it out. Design fail. But, with all three doors? Everything functions beautifully, and the layout perfectly makes sense.
Still vibing with the ultra-minimalist two-door aesthetic? We get it. Style over function—I mean, I’m a girl who wears heels to estate sales. We’ll include our custom doors too, just in case you want to swap the look (see photo 2 for the 2-door moment).
The piece bears its original silver Herman Miller medallion label, found inside the right drawer—because provenance matters. It features its original white laminate top—it’s crisp, clean, and timeless. The walnut frame glows with a rich golden-reddish patina, and the minimalist aluminum legs keep things light, modern, and impossibly chic.
This is peak mid-century minimalism, brought to you by one of the 20th century’s most iconic design minds.
Pair it with:
Nelson’s own Action Office pieces, or icons by Florence Knoll, Paul McCobb, Arne Vodder, or Jean Prouvé for that clean-lined, architect-approved vibe.
- Creator:George Nelson (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 25.5 in (64.77 cm)Width: 52.5 in (133.35 cm)Depth: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:C. 1960's
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. We are including 2 extra custom sliding doors for this piece.
- Seller Location:Culver City, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1139245219132
George Nelson
Architect, designer, and writer George Nelson was a central figure in the mid-century American modernist design movement; and his thoughts influenced not only the furniture we live with, but also how we live.
Nelson came to design via journalism and literature. Upon receiving his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yale in 1931, he won the Prix de Rome fellowship, and spent his time in Europe writing magazine articles that helped bring stateside recognition to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Gio Ponti, Le Corbusier and other canonical modernist architects.
In the 1940s, Nelson wrote texts that suggested such now-commonplace ideas as open-plan houses, storage walls and family rooms. D.J. De Pree, the owner of the furniture maker Herman Miller, was so impressed by Nelson that in 1944 — following the sudden death of Gilbert Rohde, who had introduced the firm to modern design in the 1930s — he invited Nelson to join the company as its design director. There Nelson’s curatorial design talents came to the fore.
To Herman Miller he brought such eminent creators as Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, and the textile and furniture designer Alexander Girard. Thanks to a clever contract, at the same time as he directed Herman Miller he formed a New York design company, George Nelson & Associates, that sold furniture designs to the Michigan firm. Nelson's studio also sold designs for clocks to the Howard Miller Clock Company, a manufacturer that was initially part of Herman Miller before it became an offshoot that was helmed by Howard Miller, D.J. De Pree's brother-in-law.
Nelson’s New York team of designers (who were rarely individually credited) would create such iconic pieces as the Marshmallow sofa, the Coconut chair, the Ball clock, the Bubble lamp series and the many cabinets and beds that comprise the sleek Thin-Edge line.
For dedicated collectors, as well as for interior designers who look beyond “the look,” there is a “cool factor” inherent to vintage pieces from George Nelson and others. Nelson was in on it from the start, and it’s valuable to have a piece that was there with him.
But still, as is evident from the offerings from dealers on 1stDibs, in any of the designs, in any iteration whose manufacture Nelson oversaw and encouraged, there are shining elements of lightness, elegance, sophistication — and a little bit of swagger. George Nelson felt confident in his ideas about design and didn’t mind letting the world know.
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