Englewood, CO
Details
- Dimensions
- 47.5ʺW × 29.5ʺD × 29ʺH
- Styles
- Mid-Century Modern
- Table Shape
- Rectangle
- Brand
- Herman Miller
- Designer
- George Nelson
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Aluminum
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Off-white
- Condition Notes
- Excellent vintage condition showing age appropriate wear. Excellent vintage condition showing age appropriate wear. less
- Description
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George Nelson action office table with aluminum feet, single drawer, and off-white melamine top, manufactured by Herman Miller, circa 1970. …
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George Nelson action office table with aluminum feet, single drawer, and off-white melamine top, manufactured by Herman Miller, circa 1970.
About George Nelson Designer
George Nelson (1908-1986) was an important modernist whose work cut across the fields of interior, industrial and exhibition design. Nelson studied architecture at Yale University in the 1920s, and in the next two decades earned a strong reputation as a writer on design for Architectural Forum, Interiors and Fortune.
In 1945 Nelson began a long association with the Herman Miller Furniture Company of Zeeland, Michigan, where as head designer he developed an innovative line of furniture and commissioned new designs from others. His first commission was Isamu Noguchi`s biomorphic glass-topped coffee table, which began production in 1947, the first of many designs that the sculptor would create for Herman Miller in the late Forties. Nelson also was responsible for bringing the designs of Charles Eames to Herman Miller, and he collaborated with R. Buckminster Fuller on a number of projects.
Among Nelson`s own creations are classic works of Fifties design, including the bubble lamp, ball clock, marshmallow sofa and the pole-supported wall-storage system. Nelson also designed numerous exhibitions, including the 1959 American National Exhibition in Moscow, and the Chrysler Corporation display at the 1964 New York World`s Fair.
~In 1968, Herman Miller introduced the fruit of Propst`s 10-year effort to rethink the office: the first panel-based office furniture system in the world. More than 30 years later, a $5 billion installed base and a continuing demand for the Action Office system have proven his original ideas sound~ less
Englewood, CO
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