Image ID
HB-05554-D
Headline
Close view of living room display with tufted furniture, Herman Miller Showroom
Date Depicted
November 27, 1939
Date Created
November 27, 1939
Creator
Hedrich-Blessing
Creator Role
photographer
Artwork/Object Depicted
black-and-white negatives
Copyright Notice
© Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2017, all rights reserved
Credit Line
HB-05554-D, Chicago History Museum, Hedrich-Blessing Collection
Inventory Number
1991.505
Storage Location
Hedrich-Blessing Collection
Horizon Bib. No.
6208
Max Pixels - Height
6000
Max Pixels - Width
4824
KEYWORDS
(n.p.)
architecture
built environment
interior views
Hedrich-Blessing
Herman Miller Furniture Company
furniture
showrooms
mid-century modern
Rohde, Gilbert
living rooms
model homes
interior décor
chaises
coffee tables
sofas
Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Ill.)
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)
1991.505
Chicago (Ill.)
hb05554d
close view of living room display with tufted furniture herman miller showroom

Close interior view of a living room display, featuring a button-tufted sofa and matching chaise designed by Gilbert Rohde, tables made of wood, Lucite, and glass, and other pieces of modern furniture, at a Herman Miller Showroom, probably located at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 1939. Photographed for Gilbert Rohde.

Close interior view of a living room display, featuring a button-tufted sofa and matching chaise designed by Gilbert Rohde, tables made of wood, Lucite, and glass, and other pieces of modern furniture, at a Herman Miller Showroom, probably located at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 1939. Photographed for Gilbert Rohde.