Drop-Front Desk without Legs, with Light, 1947-1953
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Fall-front desk
Date Made
1947-1953
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, Michigan
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.177.79
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.
Material
Walnut (Wood)
Veneer
Corkboard
Formica (TM)
Metal
Dimensions
Height: 34.25 in
Width: 40 in
Depth: 19.75 in
Inscriptions
Labels (on back) Herman Miller, Inc.; J. M. Eppinger; Materials information
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The importance that nineteenth-century Americans put on the technology of education is indicated by the hundreds of patents on school furniture between 1860 and 1900. Desks designed to be in rows facing the teacher reveal the teacher-centered classrooms of the era. These cast iron and wood school desks and benches were manufactured in Buffalo, New York, in about 1900.