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Period: 1940s
Creator: Herman Miller
Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Three Drawer Chest Dresser Leather Drawer Faces
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a rare Model 4140 three drawer dresser designed by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller. Produced in the 1940's this prime example of Art Deco Design is constructed from a wal...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1940s Dressers
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
George Nelson for Herman Miller Platform Bench with Four Drawer Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
George Nelson for Herman Miller Platform bench with four drawer chest. 4690 Platform bench 68" in lenght painted black bench. and 4701 Four rawer chest with wire pulls. The case, not connected, can be moved to desired position on bench.
Case is the same depth as bench 18...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Dressers
Materials
Oak
Gilbert Rohde 4140 Dresser for Herman Miller 3 Available
Located in Hanover, MA
We have a total of three available of these beautifully refinished mahogany chests of three drawers by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller's 4140 collection with original off-white "leather cloth" (Fabrikoid) padded drawers.
Top drawer is fitted with vide poche sliding and removable tray and has original label.
See pages from original 1941 Herman Miller catalog...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Dressers
Materials
Faux Leather, Mahogany
Gilbert Rohde 4140 Tall Chest for Herman Miller
Located in Hanover, MA
Beautifully refinished mahogany tall boy chest of four drawers by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller's 4140 collection with original off-white "leather cloth" (Fabrikoid) padded drawers. Top drawer is fitted with vide poche sliding and removable tray.
See pages from original 1941 Herman Miller catalog...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Dressers
Materials
Faux Leather, Mahogany
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Kroehler
In 1902, Peter E. Kroehler bought the Naper ville Lounge Co., a maker of wooden lounge chairs and upholstered furniture. Kroehler built a new factory in Naperville in 1913 after the original facility was destroyed by a tornado. Soon thereafter, he renamed the company Kroehler Manufacturing Co. This enterprise soon operated across the country and employed several hundred men and women in the Chicago area. By the middle of the 1940s, with over $20 million in annual sales, Kroehler was the second-largest furniture maker in the United States. During the 1960s, when the company employed close to 8,000 people around the country, annual revenues passed $100 million. The company struggled during the 1970s, closing its historic Naperville factory in 1978 and ending its operations in the area. In 1981 Kroehler was acquired by the ATR Group of Northbrook, which put the company up for sale. By the early 2000s, furniture was still manufactured under the Kroehler name by two unrelated companies, one in North Carolina and the other in Ontario, Canada.
Gilbert Rhode : American, 1894 - 1944
Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944) is best known for helping to create the modern design at Herman Miller Inc. Gilbert Rohde furniture design was focused on mass production and bringing modern products to the greatest number of consumers. He is also credited with designing the first examples of biomorphic furniture in America-which would ultimately shape mid century modernism.
US industrial designer, born in New York. He became familiar with cabinetmaking in his father's shop. He studied at the Art Students League and Grand Central School of Art in New York. Early work was as a drama and music critic, cartooninst, reporter, and furniture illustrator. He traveled to France and Germany in 1927 and was inspired by modernism.
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Previously Available Items
Pair of Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller Chests of Drawers
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of Herman Miller model number 4140 dressers designed by Gilbert Rohde from their Modern Bedroom Group.
Constructed of a walnut top, sides, frame and legs with a dark gloss piano mahogany veneer, beautifully refinished.
There are three large drawers with padded off-white "leather cloth" (fabrikoid) upholstery squares on the faces.
Top drawers are fitted with vide poche sliding and removable tray. Both have the original label.
See page from original 1941 Herman Miller catalog...
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George Nelson for Herman Miller BCS Dresser on Hairpin Legs
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Rhode for Herman Miller pair of dressers. Two four-drawer cases,
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