Very Rare and highly collectible original vintage George Nelson for Herman Miller rolltop "Action Desk". These early productions of these Herman Miller products hold more value than the more modern productions. This desk is beautiful from all angles. It is a brutalist, post modern, collectible work of art.

Dimensions:
Height: 34 inches
Width: 54 inches
Depth: 30 inches


Note: We do have the Herman Miller Aluminum Group desk chair which is height adjustable, pictured here with it, inquire if you are interested in combined shipping.

Condition:
Excellent original vintage condition throughout, with small imperfections hard to find. Wear is consistent with age and use. Brand new model appropriate drawers have been installed! They were near impossible to find, and they make this piece shine even more!

The desk shows interesting lines and a graphic forms. It truly is a stunning masterpiece by a design giant!

Details:

Dimensions: 54ʺW × 30ʺD × 34ʺH

StylesL Mid-Century Modern, Postmodern

What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used

Table Shape: Other (unique shapes)

Original Condition: Original Design Modified

Does it have imperfections? Some Imperfections

Brand: Herman Miller

Designer: George Nelson

Period: 1960s

Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned

Materials: Steel

Condition: Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections

Color: Gray

Condition Notes: Excellent original vintage condition throughout, with small imperfections hard to find. Wear is consistent with age and use. Brand new model appropriate drawers have been installed! They were near impossible to find, and they make this piece shine even more!

Shipping:
We ship insured and to your door, using blanket wrap shipping. We hire a professional packager, and and shipping service, and require signature upon delivery on your end. Direct communication will be provided.

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More about the designer:

George Nelson (1908–1986) was an American industrial designer of American Modernism. While Director of Design for the Herman Miller furniture company, Nelson and his design studio, George Nelson Associates, Inc., designed 20th century modernist furniture.

Nelson met with some early recognition while still an undergraduate, when he was published in Pencil Points and Architecture magazines. During his final year at Yale, he was hired by the architecture firm Adams and Prentice as a drafter.

In 1928, he graduated with a degree in architecture. In 1929, Nelson was hired as a Teacher's Assistant while pursuing his second bachelor's degree at Yale. He received a degree in Fine Arts in 1931.

The next year, while preparing for the Paris Prize competition, he won the Rome Prize. The award for the Rome Prize was a year studying architecture, a stipend, and accommodations in a palace in Rome.

While based in Rome, Nelson traveled through Europe where he met a number of the modernist pioneers, whom he interviewed for articles for Pencil Points magazine. Nelson worked with Frank Lloyd Wright on a special issue of Architectural Forum which catalyzed Wright's comeback from relative obscurity.

In 1945, the Herman Miller furniture company was producing mostly conventional, wood-based designs. The Chairman of Herman Miller, selected Nelson to be the company's next Director of Design, despite Nelson having no experience designing furniture. Depree was more interested in Nelson’s insight into the best way to make furniture innovative and useful. Nelson was offered a contract that allowed him the freedom to work outside of Herman Miller, and to use designs from other architects that Nelson had worked with. He became the Director of Design for Herman Miller in 1947, and held the position until 1972. The first Herman Miller catalog produced by Nelson was released in 1945. Over the following years it would include some of the most iconic home furnishings of the 20th century. Ray and Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Donald Knorr, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Propst, and textile designer Alexander Girard all worked for Herman Miller, under Nelson's supervision.

In 1947 Nelson opened a design studio in New York City and it was incorporated into George Nelson Associates, Inc. in 1955. The studio was successful in bringing together many of the top designers of the era, who were soon designing for Herman Miller under the George Nelson label. Among the noted designers who worked for George Nelson Associates, Inc. were Irving Harper, George Mulhauser (designer of the Coconut Chair), Robert Brownjohn (designer of the sets for the James Bond film Goldfinger), Don Chadwick, Bill Renwick, Suzanne Sekey, John Svezia, Ernest Farmer, Tobias O'Mara, George Tscherny, (who designed the Herman Miller advertisements), Lance Wyman, and John Pile. With his studio, Nelson enacted new practices for the involvement of design in all aspects of the company, pioneering the practice of corporate image management, graphic programs, and signage. By the time the company closed in the mid-1980s George Nelson Associates, Inc. had worked with most of the Fortune 500 companies