5 results for "Nelson Platform Bench 72 in" between $250.00 and $1,000.00

Is it a platform or a bench? Our 1948 furniture catalog claims it's both - also a table. However it's used, the handsome platform bench sits well in living rooms, vestibules, libraries - with or without people or stereos or artwork on it. Its slats, spaced so that air and light travel through, natural solid maple. The legs are ebonized maple, finger-jointed for superior strength. Introduced in 1946 as part of George Nelson's first collection for Herman Miller, the platform bench, like many of his...

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 chrome legs have a slender profile; also available with wood legs. The optional Bench Cushion...