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Herman Miller Arm Chair
This Arm Chair, in the Collection of The Henry Ford, consists of molded fiberglass with dark brown padded hopsak upholstery that has a ten-inch opening between the back and seat. The shell sits on a tilt, swivel four blade metal base on black casters. A chair matching this description cannot be found in any Herman Miller Trade Catalogues. This confirms that it is probably a prototype. However, the base does suggest a date circa 1963.
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Herman Miller Sofa Prototype
This Sofa Prototype Group, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of five components; four prototype shells and one finished version. The finished version has one large tan-gray hopsack padded upholstered cushion with tan vinyl edging over a molded white plastic shell. The one-piece shell seats two. The frame is made of a single piece of metal with four feet that have white plastic glides and black rubber shock mounts. The four prototype sofas are made of different shades of red a…
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Herman Miller Office Chair
This Office Chair, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, is constructed with brown molded plastic for the shell and base. The base is circular in shape. This is a prototype for the molded plastic office chair. There were only about one dozen chairs made like this. Product Number: Prototype
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Herman Miller Prototype for Soft Pad Sofa
This Casting, in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, is a sofa casting made of metal and painted silver. This sofa casting is the first casting for a Soft Pad Sofa. Herman Miller Trade Name: Prototype for Soft Pad Sofa
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Herman Miller Prototype for 1730-1 Arm Chair
This Chair Shell, in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, consists of a molded, dark gray plastic shell. This shell form was developed for LaFonda del Sol Restaurant, New York City and appears to be a prototype. Herman Miller Trade Name: Prototype for 1730-1 Arm Chair Herman Miller Series: 1700 Product Number: 1730-1
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Herman Miller Straight Module
Chadwick's Modular Seating is made of Urethane foam cushioning molded over plywood, steel, and molded polystyrene structure. The base is molded, black polystyrene. The molded polystyrene connector is then riveted to a steel bar. This object, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, was a prototype for the production version which included interchangeable seats that can be formed to a custom design thanks to multiple seating arrangements in lounge seating height. The s…
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Herman Miller prototype
This Stool, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, is constructed with a pronged aluminum pedestal base with three extended feet. The base supports a padded seat which is upholstered with leather. This is stool is the prototype for those made for the LaFonda del Sol restaurant in New York City. Herman Miller Trade Name: prototype