-
Search within Results
-
Content-Type
-
Collection
-
Date
-
Herman Miller Tray Table
This Tray Table, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, consists of a plywood top with u-shaped, polished chrome base. The top is finished with a calico ash veneer and has raised edges. Herman Miller Trade Name: Tray Table Herman Miller Series: Occasional Tables Product Number: 4950
-
Herman Miller 425-C
This piece, in the collection of The Henry Ford, contains eight lineal feet of enclosed storage, with four drawer fronts and four shelves of blond wood veneer. On the front it has four white plastic sliding doors. The sides are micarta panels and are colored red on the top back, white on the middle back, and blue on the bottom back. The frame consists of stabilizing bars, drawer pulls, and four legs all made of chromed metal. [Source: 1953 Herman Miller, Inc. Trade Catalog. ] Price …
-
Herman Miller Day Bed with Bolster Support
This Day Bed, in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, consists of a natural birch spring frame with four sating finish, aluminum legs. The mattress cover is yellow fabric and is completed with two birch frame bolsters. Herman Miller Trade Name: Day Bed with Bolster Support Product Number: 5088
-
Herman Miller 425 Storage Unit
This Storage Unit, in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, consists of a wood case with walnut veneer on the top, shelf, and drawer fronts. There are four drawers with zinc drawer pulls. The frame has a stabilizing bar and the legs are made of zinc. The back and sides are covered with yellow micarta panels. On the front are four sliding doors that are white micarta. The yellow side panels vary from standard specifications given in Herman Miller Trade Catalogues. Herman Miller Trad…
-
Herman Miller Daybed with Bolster Support
This Day Bed, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of a light tone birch wood frame on four 'V'-shaped satin aluminum legs and metal back support. Also, there are wire springs stretched under the mattress for support. The mattress is covered in tan and white checked girard fabric and is attached to two detachable wedge-shaped back cushions in the same fabric. Price History: 1952: $308. 20; 1964: $280. 00 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 712)Herman Miller Trade …
-
Herman Miller Zenaloy Chair
This Chair Base, in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, consists of a base that is made of bright zinc. The top would be made of wood with a white laminate. Herman Miller Trade Name: Zenaloy Chair Herman Miller Series: Molded Plastic Armchairs Product Number: LAR
-
Herman Miller Molded Plywood Chair
This Side Chair, in the collection of the Oakland Museum of California, is made of molded plywood which sits on a chrome-plated metal base. There is a walnut veneer which covers the seat and backrest. Herman Miller Trade Name: Molded Plywood Chair Herman Miller Series: Eames Chairs Product Number: LCM
-
Herman Miller Open Storage Unit
This Modular Storage Unit, in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is constructed of a chrome-plated metal frame with plywood top and shelf. The top has a walnut veneer while the sides are lacquered blue micarta. Herman Miller Trade Name: Open Storage Unit Herman Miller Series: Eames Storage Unit Product Number: 150-C
-
Herman Miller Tray Table
This Occasional Table, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of a molded plywood, swivel top with raised edges covered with a walnut veneer. The top is attached to a 'U'-shaped polished chrome table support that sits on a cylindrical bar and 'U'-shaped base. Price History: 1950: $14. 60 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 689) 1952 $13. 95Herman Miller Trade Name: Tray Table Product Number: 4950
-
Herman Miller Molded Plywood Chair
This Molded Plywood Chair, in the collection of The Newark Museum, is known as "American's most favorite modern chair," according to the 1954 Herman Miller Trade Catalog. It has a molded plywood seat and back with an ash veneer. The frame, legs and glides are all metal. The electronically welded rubber shock mounts permit a slight flux to conform with changes in position. [Source: 1954 Herman Miller, Inc. Trade Catalog]Price History: 1947: $ 16. 25 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 688…
-
Herman Miller Molded Plywood Chair
This chair, in the collection of The Henry Ford, has a backrest of brown and white calf skin padded upholstery that covers the molded plywood. The seat and back are attached by black rubber shock mounts to a chrome base frame with metal glides. The rubber shock mounts permit the chair to flex readily to changes in position. This piece was intended to be used in residential or office spaces. [Source: ca. 1952 Herman Miller, Inc. Trade Catalog] Price History: 1952: $94. 60 (Trade Ca…
-
Herman Miller DAX Arm Chair
This Arm Chair, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of thermosetting resin reinforced with an off-white molded fiberglass arm shell on a bright zinc plated wire base. The base has four metal legs attached to the shell with black rubber shock mounts and has white plastic glides. The seat bottom is embossed with the words "Herman Miller. " Price History: 1952: $33. 75 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 690) 1989: $129. 00 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 70)Herman Miller Trade Name…
-
Herman Miller Zenaloy Chair (Rocker)
This Zenaloy rocking chair, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of thermosetting resin reinforced with white molded fiberglass arm shell on a zinc plated metal wire base. The chair sits on light birch rockers. The Herman Miller logo and patent information can be found on the seat bottom. According to the 1965 Herman Miller Trade Catalogue, the light weight rocker is ideal for reading, relaxing, and use by the young mother. Price History: 1952: $ 38. 20 (Trade Catalogue 89. 1…
-
Herman Miller 230-N
This Storage Unit, in the collection of The Henry Ford, has a black laminate over plywood top. The drawer fronts match the top and are two light-tone dimpled wood panels with open black laminate over a plywood shelf. The frame consists of six zinc metal legs and crossbars to match. The sides are red laminated micarta. The top shelf is completely open, whereas the bottom shelf is enclosed with solid panels and sliding doors to provide protected accessible space. Price History: 1952: $…
-
Herman Miller Molded Wood Side Chair
These Lounge Chairs, in the collection of Cranbrook Art Museum, are constructed of molded walnut plywood with veneer and has rubber mounts. On the bottom of the one seat (CAAM 1990. 76) is a metal label which reads: Charles Eames design/Herman Miller-Zeeland-Michigan. This product was first manufactured by Evans Products in 1945. Herman Miller became the distributor in 1946, and in 1949 the manufacturer.
-
Herman Miller Zenaloy Chair
This zenaloy-plastic armshell chair, in the collection of The Henry Ford, is constructed by molding a thermosetting resin reinforced with gray glass fibers. The metal base is made of bent aluminum wire and is attached to the shell with rubber shock mounts. Embossed on the bottom with Herman Miller Logo and Patent Label. This particular chair is designed as a low-low chair, meaning it is the lowest and lightest of all molded plastic chairs according to a 1952 Herman Miller Trade Catalog. …
-
Herman Miller DAX Arm Chair
This Arm Chair, in the collection of the New Jersey Historical Society, consists of thermosetting resin reinforced with a greige molded fiberglass arm shell on metal base. The base has four metal legs attached to the shell with black rubber shock mounts and has white plastic glides. Price History: 1952: $33. 75 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 690) 1989: $129. 00 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 70)Herman Miller Trade Name: DAX Arm Chair Herman Miller Series: Molded Plastic Chairs Product N…
-
Herman Miller Zenaloy Chair
This Molded Plastic Armchair, in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, consists of a parchment molded fiberglass shell which sits on a bright zinc wire base. Herman Miller Trade Name: Zenaloy Chair Herman Miller Series: Molded Plastic Armchairs Product Number: LAR