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A MODERNIST DESK, CIRCA 1934
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GILBERT ROHDE (1894-1944)
A MODERNIST DESK, CIRCA 1934
from the East India Laurel series, manufactured by Herman Miller, East India Laurel, stained wood, satin-chrome plated steel, glass
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 44 ¼ in. (112 cm.) wide, 20. in. (50.1 cm.) deep
A MODERNIST DESK, CIRCA 1934
from the East India Laurel series, manufactured by Herman Miller, East India Laurel, stained wood, satin-chrome plated steel, glass
29 ¾ in. (75.5 cm.) high, 44 ¼ in. (112 cm.) wide, 20. in. (50.1 cm.) deep
Provenance
Acquired from Fifty/50 Gallery, New York, in 1983.
Literature
cf. P. Ross, Gilbert Rohde Modern Design for Modern Living, New Haven, 2009, p. 111 for a related dressing table, p. 134 for a related bar cart, p. 142 for other tables from the East India Laurel series.
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