(6) Art Deco Heywood Wakefield Gilbert Rohde Dining Chairs (MR10423)

(6) Art Deco Heywood Wakefield Gilbert Rohde Dining Chairs

Gilbert Rhode Collection, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution

Bentwood and bent plywood chairs were designed by Gilbert Rohde and manufactured by Heywood Wakefield.
Newly upholstered in light beige geometric pattern fabric
Ebonized frames.

This ad is for (6) chairs; (4) side chairs and (2) armchairs

Dimensions
  Armchairs - 22.5″ width x 24″ depth x 32.5″ height seat height 18.5″
 Side Chairs - 16″ width x 21.5″ depth x 30″ height seat height 18.5″

Condition

Excellent >Fully restored

Preparation, Timing and Shipment

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Heywood Wakefield
Gilbert Rohde
American, 1894-1944
It was 1930, and Gilbert Rohde had a problem: he was full of fresh new ideas about furniture design but he couldn`t convince any of the traditional manufacturers to take them on.
Then he met D. J. DePree who had also a problem: his company, Herman Miller, needed a major shot in the arm if it was going to survive.
Rohde told DePree that his new ideas made sense for the changing times and for the growing number of people who were living in apartments and smaller houses. “This calls for a different kind of furniture,”
he said.
A deal was struck, and thus began a relationship that would lead Herman Miller into an exciting and challenging new era. `You’re not making furniture anymore, “Rohde told DePree.
“You’re providing a way of life.”
Disdaining ornamentation that often covered up shoddy workmanship, Rohde espoused clean, simple, honest designs. To accommodate smaller living spaces, he created furniture with dual purposes: a card table that turned into a dining table, a settee that folded back into a bed, tables (“rotorettes”) that housed books and other items on rotating shelves. He loved this idea of interchangeability, demonstrated most notably in his Living-Dining Group – individual pieces that could go in either place or a radical departure from the standard living or dining room “suites” purchased at the time.
And with the introduction of Rhode’s Executive Office Group, the company entered the office furniture market.