Image ID
HB-05554-O
Headline
Interior view of Herman Miller Showroom with perforated room divider
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-O, 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
4705
KEYWORDS
(n.p.)
built environment
architecture
interior views
Hedrich-Blessing
Herman Miller Furniture Company
furniture
showrooms
mid-century modern
Rohde, Gilbert
dining rooms
Formal Dining Group No. 3622
model homes
interior décor
Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Ill.)
Hedrich-Blessing (Firm)
1991.505
Chicago (Ill.)
hb05554o
interior view of herman miller showroom with perforated room divider

Interior view of various furniture displays, including a dining room display with a table, chairs, buffet, and china cabinet, near a perforated room divider in the Herman Miller Showroom, probably located at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 1939. The dining room display may depict pieces from the company's 1939 Formal Dining Group No. 3622, a collection of walnut furniture with birch legs designed by Gilbert Rhode. Photographed for Gilbert Rohde.

Interior view of various furniture displays, including a dining room display with a table, chairs, buffet, and china cabinet, near a perforated room divider in the Herman Miller Showroom, probably located at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois, November 27, 1939. The dining room display may depict pieces from the company's 1939 Formal Dining Group No. 3622, a collection of walnut furniture with birch legs designed by Gilbert Rhode. Photographed for Gilbert Rohde.