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- This Table, in the collection of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids, consists of a square wooden top with white plastic laminate. The top is supported by a chrome-plated steel frame and legs. Herman Miller Trade Name: Table Herman Miller Series: Haller Program Low Tables Product Number: HP 410
- Date Issued:
- [1974 TO 1977]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Grand Rapids Public Museum
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection
- Description:
- This Office Chair, in the collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum, is constructed with brown molded plastic for the shell and base. The base is circular in shape. This is a prototype for the molded plastic office chair. There were only about one dozen chairs made like this. Product Number: Prototype
- Date Issued:
- [1945 TO 1972]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Grand Rapids Art Museum
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection
- Description:
- This Molded Wood Chair, in the collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, has a wood seat. The seat, backrest, frame, and legs are covered with birch veneer over the molded plywood. This product was first manufactured by Evans Products in 1945. Herman Miller became the distributor in 1946, and in 1949 the manufacturer.
Incorporating revolutionary principles in both design and construction, the molded plywood chairs designed by Charles Eames have been called "the most famous chairs in America. " The chairs are resin impregnated during the molding process so that the finish becomes an integral part of the wood. [Source: ca. 1949 and ca. 1952 Herman Miller, Inc. Trade Catalogs. ]
The chair also has the popular nickname of "Potato Chip Chair. "
Price History: 1947: $ 17. 85 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 688) 1952: $ 33. 65 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 690)Herman Miller Trade Name: Molded Plywood Lounge Chair Product Number: LCW
- Date Issued:
- [1946 TO 1953]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection
- Description:
- This Indoor-Outdoor reclining chair with ottoman, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of a sienna saran (plastic) woven fabric stretched onto the chair seat and back frame. The arms of the chair are black plastic coated and curve. The frame is made of a four blade, aluminum base with a black plastic pedestal and glides.
The ottoman is made of the same fabric and metal.
Price History: 1958: $ 234. 00 (chair); $ 116. 00 (ottoman) (Trade Catalogue 89. 177. 666) 1985: $ 520. 00 (chair); $ 203. 00 (ottoman) varies with upholstery.
Was still in production in 1991. Herman Miller Trade Name: Indoor-Outdoor Reclining Chair with arms and Ottoman Herman Miller Series: Aluminum Group Product Number: EA 122 ; EA 123
- Date Issued:
- [1958 TO 1991]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Henry Ford (Organization)
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection
- Description:
- This Arm Chair, in the collection of the New Jersey Historical Society, consists of thermosetting resin reinforced with a greige molded fiberglass arm shell on metal base. The base has four metal legs attached to the shell with black rubber shock mounts and has white plastic glides. Price History: 1952: $33. 75 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 690) 1989: $129. 00 (Trade Catalog 89. 177. 70)Herman Miller Trade Name: DAX Arm Chair Herman Miller Series: Molded Plastic Chairs Product Number: DAX 00
- Date Issued:
- [1950 TO 1991]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and New Jersey Historical Society
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection
- Description:
- This Bookcase, in the collection of The Henry Ford, consists of a wood case with three shelves. The entire piece is finished with an East Indian Laurel veneer.
Price History: 1936: $ 23. 50; 1940: $ 57. 50Herman Miller Trade Name: Bookcase Herman Miller Series: Laurel Group Product Number: 3432
- Date Issued:
- [1934 TO 1940]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Henry Ford (Organization)
- Collection:
- Herman Miller Consortium Collection