"East India Laurel" Radio Cabinet, model 3245

Gilbert Rohde, Designer Herman Miller, Inc., Manufacturer
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About the Artwork

"East India Laurel" Radio Cabinet, model 3245

1934

Gilbert Rohde (Designer) American, 1894-1944 Herman Miller, Inc. (Manufacturer) American

Laurel veneer

Overall: 30 × 24 × 15 inches (76.2 × 61 × 38.1 cm)2

Furniture

American Art before 1950

Gift of Janis and William Wetsman

2016.132

Copyright not assessed, please contact [email protected].

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Paper label, on cabinet: [illegible writing in pencil, and printed] From | The Herman Miller Furniture Co. | Zeeland, Michigan Label, attached to radio: MADE IN U.S.A. BY D.R. CO., DETROIT. | LICENSED UNDER PATENTS OF | RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA | GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | WESTING HOUSE ELECTRIC & MFG. CO. | AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, ONLY FOR RADIO AMATEUR | EXPERIMENTAL AND BROADCAST RECEPTION | [list of numbers] | CHASSIS MODEL 147 FOR | OPERATION ON 115 VOLTS | 60 CYCLES 80 WATTS | 410670

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Janis and William Wetsman

2016-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Gilbert Rohde; Herman Miller, Inc., "East India Laurel" Radio Cabinet, model 3245, 1934, laurel veneer. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Janis and William Wetsman, 2016.132.

"East India Laurel" Radio Cabinet, model 3245
"East India Laurel" Radio Cabinet, model 3245