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Herman Miller
USA, 1950
birch plywood, lacquered masonite, zinc-plated steel, lacquered wood, fiberglass
47 w x 16.75 d x 32.5 h inches
Signed with decal manufacturer’s label to drawer: [Herman Miller Furniture Company Zeeland, Michigan Designed By Charles Eames].
Estimate: $5,000–7,000
Result: $7,800
Literature: Eames Design: The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames, ppg. 128-129 The Herman Miller Collection, manufacturer’s catalog, 1952, unpaginated
All original condition. Wear to finish on top surface from use. Thin gouge to yellow masonite panel with stable crack along interior edge. Pitting and oxidation to metal frame. Light surface discoloration and soiling to sliding doors. Missing one screw to grey panel.
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