George Nelson Bench  

Heres a couple more pics of...
Heres a couple more pics of the underside

the aggregate surface it is...
the aggregate surface it is sitting on is almost as nice as the bench

aggregate
no kidding! I guess you don't have dogs (or kids)!

Ha Ha...I work at a art museu...
Ha Ha...I work at a art museum (the only one designed by Walter Gropius in the US, which happens to be in West Virginia of all places) those pics were taken today when after I got it back to work.

It gets better...its Gropius...
It gets better...its Gropius aggregate and look, it floats. Must be a lovely place to work!

oh my god..
are you in Huntington West Virginia?? If so...nice Dale Chulily?sp exhibit...but what a strange town. I'm so amazed that Gropious did the museum.

Ahh yes lovely photo...that's...
Ahh yes lovely photo...that's the back of our library. You are correct it's a great place to walk into everyday...though I do take it for granted sometimes I'm sure.

Mark yes I am in Huntington, ...
Mark yes I am in Huntington, WV
where are u from and when were u here?
Never have been to the "homo" bar, and I think you meant Savannah's.
I can totally understand why you saw it was a bit of a strange town.

Such a small world...
Yes...
Such a small world...
Yes certainly let me know next time you decide to visit. And The Polo Club...I think its now called Club Deception.
So someone fill me on how to date this bench.
thanks
Brad

an article in today's Huntington Dispatch..
and no mention of Walter Gropius, or Dale Chilhuli's glass sculpture.
Lord have mercy.
ps. the old dude with the mountain-man beard is quite knowledgeable in many facets of art, literature, and architecture.
edited to acknowledge that the bearded dude is named Chris Hatten. We had a couple of chats.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/multimedia/galleries/x1363969914/Gallery-...

Yeah the mountain man is a...
Yeah the mountain man is a good guy to know!

All dowels?
Are all of these connections on the underside secured with dowels or are some of them nails? I found a bench today that had nails on the two cross members (it is 68.5" long so has two). I thought they were all originally dowels, but can't tell for certain from your pics what yours uses.

I've never
studied one of these benches closely. Could the connections have been simply 1/4" dowels driven and glued into holes -- cross-grain ? I wouldn't have expected such joinery to last. I want to know more . . .

Dowels on the outside...
Dowels on the outside edges...tacks in the center hope that helps.