I Just purchased these two credenzas. I went to purchase a set of beautiful Moller chairs and these were at the same house for a good price so I bought them. The low credenza is labeled with an early knoll associates label. Cane sliders with leather tabs. The cabinet is veneer over particle board. The other is a tv/record player console. It has no markings and is made slightly different. The cane doors look newer and have a slightly different frame with the same leather tabs. The cabinet is either solid wood or veneer over plywood but there is no particle board what so ever. The legs are fluted I believe of aluminum. There is a large metal beam of some sort that spans the bottom of the cabinet which I find odd. I have thought that maybe it was meant to be a wall hanging unit but someone added legs to it a some point. The cabinet appears to have been manufactured for the purpose of a TV console by that I mean it does not look like the back was cut to put a TV in after the fact. The construction of this cabinet appears to actually be of much higher quality then the labelled knoll credenza.
I can not seem to find any TV/record consoles like this. Does anyone have any idea if this is a knoll design? Or possibly another designer? Without question the two pieces are extremely similar.
Thanks so much! I hope someone has some insight they would be willing to share...
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thanks so much for the comments and direction! I have not found an example yet of this piece with the cane doors, but it now certainly looks to be leading toward George Nelson for Herman miller. I have found quite a few examples of thin edge cabinets with the same legs as well as the same brace/beam underneath. I am going to keep digging!!
Thanks again for the direction!!!!
I have a George Nelson Thin Edge secretary that sits right near a Knoll credenza. The relative sizes of the two pieces in my room is very similar to your first picture. My secretary has a height of 40 3/4" (with the aluminum legs being around 6 3/4"). Check that with your entertainment piece height. The normal Thin Edge tall drawer case size was around 40" x 40". Yours looks like it might be double that width. Just a guess on my part.
I think your piece has George Nelson written all over it. The thin edges look correct, and even the edge reveal past the door panes looks exact. The mitered case corners match mine. And the pic of the foot is a perfect match to my originals. If this is not a cataloged (or custom piece) by Herman Miller, then certainly it is a well made shop piece following thin edge design. NOTE: I'm not an expert, but I've seen many Nelson pieces in person.
I can email you pics if you'd like (I'm not sure I'm allowed to post my email address here)
Great finds!!
I just remembered that I have a Herman Miller illustrated price list. Conveniently the thin edge group is right at the beginning, and it does include a HiFi cabinet. Also it clearly illustrates those legs as 7" fluted legs in aluminum as a leg option.
None of the thin edge group have bypass doors in my price list, so I would assume that the bypass door was either earlier or later than my pricelist.
It does certainly confirm that the thin edge group included HiFi cabinets though, and I think that was sort of the key question(?)
thanks again for the additional input and information!!! The dimensions are... 72 w x 33 t x 19.25 d True box is exactly 26.25 tall Legs 6.75" TV opening 27.5" wide 22.5 tall Approximately 35" on diagonal I can not find any examples with cane bypass doors. The piece is extremely well made. I am not a craftsman by any means but it seems a lot of effort would of put into this the way it was built. There is also this opening under where the TV would of been which have I would think would not be necessary to do in such detail if this were intended to imitate in some how. For what I can see the opening does not accomplish anything, it does not open up to anywhere from what I can tell. Also does the speaker cloth look like any other Herman Miller examples to anyone. Here are some more pics... Thanks!
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