Industrial Linen Presses

A small collectors or apothecary chest with divided drawers, 19th century. Composed of walnut and grain-painted pine with later mahogany chippendale ...

circa 1880 English 19thC Mahogany Linen Press sku 1999 Together W129 x D58 x H176 cm Base W129 x D58 x H71 cm Top W131 x D60 x H105 cm Top internal shelf depth 50 cm Weight 58 kg

A fine George III Sheraton period oval panelled mahogany linen press of a good color and patina: The cupboard with three cedar lined slides and oak lined d...

Magnificent George III English Pine Linen Press with original brasses. Two piece construction with three over two over one drawer in base.

A Louis XV period Dutch mahogany armoire and chest of drawers that in its time would have been used as a linen press. The armoire is topped with a serpentine carved cartouche showing a classical male head in profile wearing a wreath; inset in open carved acorn branches over a pair of panelled doors in beautifully matched mahogany. The doors are also topped with opposing carved oval profiles. The front sides of the top section have rounded fluted columns with gilded Corinthian capitals flanking carved molded edge floral doors. The lower bombe section of serpentine form with three graduated drawers, original brasses, interior shelving with three drawers; terminating on large carved lions...

Gilbert Rohde designed this chest for Herman Miller as part of his 1941 Paldao Line of streamline modernist and modular furniture in exotic veneer. This is model no. 4103, two-door cabinet with distinctively incised large round pulls, interior fitted with two adjustable shelves behind the left door and five pull-out drawers behind the right door, fronts finished in black enamel. The case top and sides are Paldao wood; the doors are in highly figured burl Acacia. The finish is called "Beaver" which is natural color, no stain, satin varnish. The back is numbered "4130." All of Rohde's designs for Herman Miller are marked with a 4-digit number; the first two numbers indicate the year, and the second two numbers indicate the individual piece. Newly refinished and ready to place in your home. The Herman Miller Furniture Company was devoted to manufacturing period reproduction furniture until Pioneer industrial designer Gilbert Rohde walked into their Grand Rapids showroom in 1930. A devout modernist, Rohde convinced D.J. De Pree to focus on modern furniture throughout the 1930s, and to produce exclusively modern furniture by the time Rohde died in 1944. Work by the pioneering American industrial and furniture designer, Gilbert Rohde, is notable for its thoroughly modern, informal, and multifunctional qualities. Rohde’s ability to create appealing modernist furnishings for middle-class homes, while also devising merchandising strategies to sell these goods, places him within a unique framework in American design history. Born and raised in New York, Rohde was the son of a cabinetmaker. He attended New York City public schools and his post-high school education included courses at the Art Students League and the Grand Central School of Art. Rohde’s visit to Europe in the spring and summer of 1927 (with later trips in 1931 and 1937) to see the Bauhaus in Dessau and the French modernist design that debuted in the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, profoundly inspired his concept of design and the role it should play in daily life. The French Art Deco and German rationalist styles he saw in Europe influenced the furniture he designed from the late 1920s into the 1940s, pieces he created to suit a rapidly changing American lifestyle. In addition to his work for Herman Miller Inc., Rohde also designed for several other furniture firms, including Thonet, Troy Sunshade, and Heywood-Wakefield. What set Rohde apart from his contemporaries was his all-encompassing understanding of the furniture industry, from design and production to marketing and showroom display.[1] During his time with Herman Miller Inc. (1932-1944), Rohde set the standard for collaborative efforts between designers and furniture firms, with George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames later...

circa 1880 Small 19thC English Pine Linen Press W124 x D56 x H213 cm Base W121 x D54 x H104 cm Top W124 x D56 x H109 cm.

circa 1870 19thC English Pine Linen Press W128 x D57 x H204cm Base W119 x D51 x H102cm Top W128 x D57 x H102cm.

circa 1890 19thC English Pine Linen Press sku 1104 Lock & Keys (2 parts) W120 x D56 x H219 cm Base: W116 x D54 x H97cm Top: W120 x D56 x H122cm

The Ming-dynasty’s legacy of clean, elegant lines remained a powerful influence in Qing-dynasty aesthetics as seen in this statuesque collector's cabinet. Made of warm-toned wood, th...

19th century antique Swedish Gustavian painted chest of drawers commode with detailed hand painted designs on the top rail and gilt detailing. It has four drawers with brass ring pu...

A Swedish painted linen press cabinet from the 19th century with two doors and four drawers. This Swedish painted linen press cabinet from the 19th century is a delightful blend of e...