Four American Art Deco Chairs by Gilbert Rohde

Gilbert RohdeGilbert Rohde
American [1894 - 1944] 

Gilbert Rohde was one of the pioneers of American Modern design. Starting in the late 1920's, Rohde designed furniture for clients and his own furniture retailed by others. In 1930 he designed a line of furniture for Heywood Wakefield and beginning in 1930 until 1944 he designed for Herman Miller Company, using a variety of new materials and techniques. While Rohde designed for several other furniture manufacturers his work for Herman Miller remains his best work and some of the best work of the period. Rohde's designs for clocks for the Herman Miller Company and lamps for the Mutual Sunset Lamp Company are classics of the Art Deco era. ***We are actively buying Gilbert Rohde furniture as well as other top designers and art deco furniture from the period. Please contact us if you are wishing to sell.*** Contact Us: (305) 442-8743 [email protected]
Click to Read More (1894-1944) designed these four chairs for his “Rohde Contemporary Furniture” line for the Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner Massachusetts in 1930. The chairs, known as “c2794” were constructed of bent beech wood and cloth upholstery with exposed upholstery tacks. First promoted in full page advertisements in the December 1930 trade journals, the chairs remained in Heywood-Wakfield’s line until 1943. Each chair is 16” wide, 21” deep and 31 ½” high.

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