George Nelson - Design: Online Auction New York Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private collection, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2018

  • Literature

    Stanley Abercrombie, George Nelson: The Design of Modern Design, Cambridge, 1995, p. 100
    Leslie Pina, ed., The Herman Miller Collection: The 1955/1956 Catalog, Pennsylvania, 1997, pp. 122-3
    "Un allestimento americano," Domus, no. 246, May 1950, p. 11

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"Home Office Desk," model no. 4658

circa 1946
Walnut-veneered wood, painted leather-covered wood, chromium-plated steel.
41 3/4 x 54 1/4 x 28 in. (106 x 137.8 x 71.1 cm)
Manufactured by Herman Miller, Zeeland, Michigan, USA. Underside of upper cabinet stenciled 4658.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for $6,096

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Design: Online Auction

26 July - 2 August 2023