Exhibition Guide
Vanity
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About Designer: Gilbert Rohde
(American, 1894-1944)Art Object Info
Three circular mirrors reflected various angles for the fashionable woman who once dressed at this vanity. Marketing to women in the growing upper-middle income households of the 1940s, the sales catalog for this piece emphasized the glamour of designer Gilbert Rohde’s new materials, describing how “the Plexiglas used for the pulls is a crystal-clear plastic that catches highlights with the brilliance of a diamond.” This vanity was part of a suite of matching bedroom furniture mass-produced by the Herman Miller company.
Vanity
Three circular mirrors reflected various angles for the fashionable woman who once dressed at this vanity. Marketing to women in the growing upper-middle income households of the 1940s, the sales catalog for this piece emphasized the glamour of designer Gilbert Rohde’s new materials, describing how “the Plexiglas used for the pulls is a crystal-clear plastic that catches highlights with the brilliance of a diamond.” This vanity was part of a suite of matching bedroom furniture mass-produced by the Herman Miller company.