Herman Miller Chest
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1936-1939
This Chest, in the collection of the Newark Museum, consists of a plain rectangular carcase veneered in rosewood. There is a slight bow to the front and a recessed base of darker wood having inlaid vertical stripes of rosewood. There are three veneered drawers to the object, each with a circular concave mat brass pull.
This piece bears partial B. Altman Label. This indicates that it was manufactured before 1939.
There is a stencil on the back with the product number indicating it was part of the 3600 series. This suggests a design date of 1936. Based on Trade Catalogue information, the original price was $149. 00. The Altman label is a crucial dating clue. Altman retailed this line for Herman Miller only up to 1939, when Herman Miller ceased retailing its furniture through other stores. Herman Miller Trade Name: Chest Herman Miller Series: Suite 3770 Product Number: 3770
Additional Information
| Preferred Citation: |
Photographer Name (if available). Title. Year. Detroit Public Library, Detroit. National Automotive History Collection. Date Visited Website (URL for image).
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| Resource Type: |
three dimensional object
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| Rights: |
Rights from collection, "Herman Miller Consortium Collection" |
| Catalog Record: |
Chest--89.37 A-D
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| Local Identifier: | wayne:HermanMillerHMCC_34 |
| Structured Data | Dublin Core metadata (XML) MODS metadata (XML) Wayne State University Digital Collections API data (JSON) IIIF manifest (JSON) |
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