Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 11 - 12 October 2021

20th and 21st Century Design

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ZAR 36 416
Lot 172
  • A chrome and oak Action Office roll-top desk designed by George Nielson for Herman Miller, 1960s


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ZAR 25 000 - 30 000
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ZAR 36 416
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About this Item

A chrome and oak Action Office roll-top desk designed by George Nielson for Herman Miller, 1960s
the tambour enclosing a laminated writing surface with three frieze drawers fitted with stationary compartments below, and filing divisions to the rear with later light extensions, on rectangular supports joined by a cross-stretcher, paper labelherman miller Fehlbaum-Production, the laminated filing divisions moulded HERMAN MILLER COLLECTION, ACTION OFFICE, minor restoration,83,5cm high, 126cm wide, 81cm deep


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