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Vanity by Gilbert Rohde
Vanity (3317 series), Designed by Gilbert Rohde (1894-1944), Manufactured by Herman Miller USA, 1933.
Sequoia burl, Castano, matte chrome-plated steel, mirrored glass, acrylic; 68" height, 49" width, 18" depth.
Photo courtesy of Wright.
Biography
Gilbert Rohde was virtually self-taught as a furniture designer, but his artistic background and encouragement from his wife, who was an editor for Women's Wear Daily, led him to go abroad and study the designs of both the French modernists and the Bauhaus.
Use
This vanity set was first exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, where Rohde also introduced his famous line of clocks made by the Herman Miller Clock Company that were displayed inside a Rohde designed model house.
Materials
Rhode's furniture often used exotic woods such as Peroba, a Brazilian hardwood, and in this example Sequoia burl, a redwood found in the Pacific Coast. Further evidence of his experimentation with materials can be seen in his design for a chair made from bent steel and a single sheet of Plexiglass that dates from around 1938.
In History
Rhode's furniture often used exotic woods such as Peroba, a Brazilian hardwood, and in this example Sequoia burl, a redwood found in the Pacific Coast. Further evidence of his experimentation with materials can be seen in his design for a chair made from bent steel and a single sheet of Plexiglass that dates from around 1938.
Just for Fun
Vanity is one of the seven deadly sins.
Porcelain Tray
Estimate: $150 - $300 (FMV)
Listed By: Stephanie Retz
Location: Providence, RI
Estimate By: Jorge Luis González
The thick potting, simple decoration, small size and deep shape of the tray would indicate late 18th or early 19th century continental manufacture.
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