American Art Deco Furniture
American Art Deco Bedroom Set by Gilbert Rohde
A very rare art deco bedroom set designed by 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. for the John Widdicomb Furniture Company in 1932. Executed in binga, an exotic oriental wood, the ensemble consists of a tall chest, measuring 34" wide x 18" deep and 43" high, a low chest measuring 46" wide x 18" deep x 36 1/2 high; a pair of twin beds (headboards, footboards, and siderails); and two nightstands.
Reference# AF017
