American Art Deco Furniture
Gilbert Rohde American Art Deco Console Table in Chrome and Cat-o-Lite
This sweet American art deco console table was 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. (1894 – 1944) for the Troy Sunshade Company, Troy, Ohio and is featured in their 1937 Catalog. Known as the Number 191 Console Table, the table has a Cat-o-Lite (Catalin) top with triple band aluminum edging, polished chrome body and a single drawer. The console is 28” high, 30” long and 15” wide.
Reference# AF158
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)