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Platform Bench

A work made of birch.

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  • A work made of birch.

Date:

1946 (designed)
1946/67 (manufactured)

Artist:

George Nelson (American, 1908–1986)
Manufactured by Herman Miller Furniture Co. (American, founded 1905)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Architecture and Design

Artists

George Nelson , Herman Miller Furniture Company (Manufacturer)

Title

Platform Bench

Places

Zeeland (Object made in), United States (Artist's nationality:)

Dates

Designed 1946 , Made 1946-1967 , c. 1946-1967

Medium

Birch

Inscriptions

Metal label underneath side of top: "George Nelson Design / Herman Miller, Zeeland Michigan"

Dimensions

35.5 × 47 × 183.5 cm (14 × 18 1/2 × 72 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph H. Makler Jr.

Reference Number

1978.141

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