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Nelson™ Platform Bench

Color: Maple
Maple
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George Nelson’s Platform Bench (1946) is one of the great icons of mid-century modernism. For Herman Miller’s® influential design director, utility was as important as beauty, and his spare rectangular bench is the result of this belief. It serves equally well as table, platform base or seating, depending on need and situation. No wonder it’s been called timeless; something this functional never dates. The Platform Bench’s legs are ebonized and finger-jointed for superior strength.This is the authentic Nelson Bench produced by Herman Miller®. Made in U.S.A.

  • Maple or Walnut
  • 14" H x 48" W x 18.5" D

    Mid-Century Architecture

    Mid-Century Architecture

    Phoenix Art Museum, both as an institution and a structure, has evolved through distinct expansions over more than half a century. Initially designed in the 1950s by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices Alden B. Dow and Blaine Drake, the museum was completed in 1959 as part of the Phoenix Civic Center complex. This complex also included the Phoenix Little Theater and the Phoenix Central Public Library.

    Situated at the northeast corner of Central Avenue—Phoenix’s primary north-south thoroughfare—and McDowell Road, the Civic Center originally featured three low, horizontally oriented, stucco-clad modern buildings, each dedicated to one of the institutions. These buildings were interconnected by ramadas and surrounded by landscaped courtyards. The main structures formed a large central courtyard, with the library positioned on the southern side along McDowell Road, the art museum to the northwest along Central Avenue, and the theater to the northeast at the rear of the site.

    Phoenix Art Museum, both as an institution and a structure, has evolved through distinct expansions over more than half a century. Initially designed in the 1950s by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices Alden B. Dow and Blaine Drake, the museum was completed in 1959 as part of the Phoenix Civic Center complex. This complex also included the Phoenix Little Theater and the Phoenix Central Public Library.

    Situated at the northeast corner of Central Avenue—Phoenix’s primary north-south thoroughfare—and McDowell Road, the Civic Center originally featured three low, horizontally oriented, stucco-clad modern buildings, each dedicated to one of the institutions. These buildings were interconnected by ramadas and surrounded by landscaped courtyards. The main structures formed a large central courtyard, with the library positioned on the southern side along McDowell Road, the art museum to the northwest along Central Avenue, and the theater to the northeast at the rear of the site.

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