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'Marshmallow' Sofa, designed 1956
Details
GEORGE NELSON (1908-1986)
'Marshmallow' Sofa, designed 1956
painted steel, chrome-plated metal, vinyl
31 in. (78.7 cm) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm) wide; 31 in. (78.7 cm) deep
with manufacturer's logo and DESIGNED BY GEORGE NELSON/HERMAN MILLER ZEELAND, MICH.
'Marshmallow' Sofa, designed 1956
painted steel, chrome-plated metal, vinyl
31 in. (78.7 cm) high; 51 in. (129.5 cm) wide; 31 in. (78.7 cm) deep
with manufacturer's logo and DESIGNED BY GEORGE NELSON/HERMAN MILLER ZEELAND, MICH.
Provenance
Private Collection, Cincinnati
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
C. Greenberg, Mid-Century Modern: Furniture of the 1950s, New York, 1984, p. 95 for a related example
C. and P. Fiell, Modern Furniture Classics Since 1945, London, 1991, p. 67 for a related example
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 188-189
C. and P. Fiell, Modern Furniture Classics Since 1945, London, 1991, p. 67 for a related example
100 Masterpieces from the Vitra Design Museum Collection, exh. cat., Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, 1996, pp. 188-189
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