Herman Miller, Inc. (founded 1923)
Vanity and ottoman, 1934
Manufactured in Zeeland, Michigan
White holly, red English elm, yellow poplar, cream colored paint, mirror glass, chrome-plated tubular steel, rose-colored wool and possibly cotton, and bakelite, 64 x 51 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (162.6 x 130.2 x 33.3 cm)
Yale University Art Gallery
1999.125.1.1-.2
Hollywood film actresses made vanities a glamorous 1930s furniture form. This example was introduced at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in the House of Tomorrow and unites the late 1920s Bauhaus experiments in tubular steel with the panache of high-style French furniture.
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