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uuhnt
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22/12/2019 5:47 pm  

Hello, can anyone help me identify the designer or maker of this desk?

Thanks in advance! 

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uuhnt
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30/12/2019 5:56 pm  

Shameless bump, any ideas??


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Herringbone
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01/01/2020 3:12 pm  

I really don’t know anything about American design. But could it be George Nelson for Herman Miller? I know that I have seen a desk of his that was very similar. 

"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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mark737
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01/01/2020 5:37 pm  

It is a very similar design to this desk by Nelson but the top and pulls are different and the Nelson desks that I've seen don't have the dictation/typewriter shelves like the OP's.  The pulls are similar to the ones attributed to Jack Cartwright for Founders as shown in second picture but not exactly the same.  

My guess is that it's a Nelson-style desk done in small numbers by an American company like Stow and Davis or someone like that, but I haven't been able to find one like it. 

 

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Herringbone
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01/01/2020 10:14 pm  

Thanks for the insight!

"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it." (Arne Jacobsen)


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uuhnt
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01/01/2020 11:18 pm  

Thanks guys, I appreciate both of your inputs! I'll do some more research now that I have a direction!


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