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Furniture

  • The Jazz Bowl, originally called The New Yorker, about 1930. THF88363
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    The Jazz Bowl: Emblem of a City, Icon of an Age

    Viktor Schreckengost's Jazz Bowl would come to be recognized as a visual icon of the Jazz Age in America—especially in New York City.
  • Everlast Aluminum Advertisement, “Yours From Everlast The Finest – Bar None!” 1947
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    Forging an Enterprise: Everlast Aluminum Giftware

    In 1932, Russian immigrants Louis Schnitzer and Nathan Gelfman formed Everlast Metal Products Corporation and began producing high-quality, hand-forged aluminum giftware, experiencing undeniable success during their company’s thirty-year history.
  • Lighting and Communications Exhibits at Henry Ford Museum
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    Celebrating Ninety: Collecting in the 1970s

    We're celebrating our 90th birthday by looking, decade by decade, at significant additions to our collection. During the 1970s, we acquired Daggett Farmhouse, the Brewster chair, and President John F. Kennedy's Lincoln limousine.
  • Portraits of Robert Propst. THF137271
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    Robert Propst: Unorthodox Thinker

    Robert Propst wasn’t always a designer of “things” but of situations. Learn more about his approach and work, notably the Action Office, on our blog.
  • Eames Kiosk with a Eames chair and rug set up beneath it
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    Welcome, Eames Kiosk

  • clamps holding the sides of a wooden dresser drawer together
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    Behind the Scenes: Furniture Conservation

    Learn how we cared for a beautifully embellished Federal-style chest of drawers, likely made between 1800 and 1810 in New England, after it was damaged in storage during flooding caused by heavy rain.
  • Herman Miller Inc. Library Group Trade Catalog, designed by Tomoko Miho / THF147737
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    Japanese American Designers: Isamu Noguchi, Ray Komai and Tomoko Miho

    Japanese design was a major influence in the development of American modernism, often referenced as inspiration for architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and other early modernists. But it wasn’t just Japanese motifs that were influentia
  • A wooden bookshelf
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    From Dayton to Dearborn

    Rare collection of correspondence reflects the process of relocating Wright brothers’ buildings to Greenfield Village.
  • Daffodil centerpiece bowl, designed by Edith Brown, decorated by Sara Galner, dated March 1914 / THF193475
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    Social Reform, Design and Craft at the Turn of the 20th Century: The Saturday Evening Girls, The Paul Revere Pottery and Clara Ford

    The story of the Saturday Evening Girls (S.E.G.) is a compelling story of female empowerment in the early 20th century. Read More!
  • A wooden slatted bench
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    From the Museum Floor to Our Collections

    We've just digitized a bench designed by Walter Dorwin Teague at the height of his career and previously used on the floor of Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation.