Wheat Ridge, CO
Details
- Dimensions
- 19.5ʺW × 2.5ʺD × 19.5ʺH
- Styles
- Mid-Century Modern
- Brand
- Howard Miller
- Designer
- George Nelson
- Period
- Mid 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Enamel
- Metal
- Wood
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Brown
- Condition Notes
- Overall good vintage condition with some signs of age and use - faint marks on the face where the hands … moreOverall good vintage condition with some signs of age and use - faint marks on the face where the hands have touched, some black paint missing from the hour hand and a small chip on the end of one wooden starburst (please view photos). less
- Description
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Early original Mid-Century Modern George Nelson for Howard Miller Starburst Wall Clock with cream enamel face, walnut spikes and wind-up …
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Early original Mid-Century Modern George Nelson for Howard Miller Starburst Wall Clock with cream enamel face, walnut spikes and wind-up mechanism with key. Stamped "Howard Miller Clock Co. Zeeland, Mich. 2202" on the back.
Measurements: 19.5" diameter and 2.5" deep.
George Nelson: Architect, designer, and writer George Nelson was a central figure in the mid-century American modernist design movement; and his thoughts influenced not only the furniture we live with, but also how we live.
Nelson came to design via journalism and literature. Upon receiving his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Yale in 1931, he won the Prix de Rome fellowship, and spent his time in Europe writing magazine articles that helped bring stateside recognition to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Gio Ponti, Le Corbusier and other canonical modernist architects.
In the 1940s, Nelson wrote texts that suggested such now-commonplace ideas as open-plan houses, storage walls and family rooms. D.J. De Pree, the owner of the furniture maker Herman Miller, was so impressed by Nelson that in 1944 — following the sudden death of Gilbert Rohde, who had introduced the firm to modern design in the 1930s — he invited Nelson to join the company as its design director. There Nelson’s curatorial design talents came to the fore.
To Herman Miller he brought such eminent creators as Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi, and the textile and furniture designer Alexander Girard. Thanks to a clever contract, at the same time as he directed Herman Miller he formed a New York design company, George Nelson & Associates, that sold furniture designs to the Michigan firm. Nelson's studio also sold designs for clocks to the Howard Miller Clock Company, a manufacturer that was initially part of Herman Miller before it became an offshoot that was helmed by Howard Miller, D.J. De Pree's brother-in-law.
Nelson’s New York team of designers (who were rarely individually credited) would create such iconic pieces as the Marshmallow sofa, the Coconut chair, the Ball clock, the Bubble lamp series and the many cabinets and beds that comprise the sleek Thin-Edge line.
For dedicated collectors, as well as for interior designers who look beyond “the look,” there is a “cool factor” inherent to vintage pieces from George Nelson and others. Nelson was in on it from the start, and it’s valuable to have a piece that was there with him.
Chairish sells clocks only with display as the intended use. The mechanical elements are not guaranteed to be in working order by Chairish. less
Wheat Ridge, CO
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