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Furniture ➔ Chest Of Drawers

Identifier:
1993.52.1
Description:
Rectangular steel chest roller grain painted to simulate dark brown wood. Chest has five drawers, each with two rounded aluminum pulls. Rounded corners and rolled edges. Four squat square tapered legs. Back is solid, light brown color.;ACCEPT RELEVANCE: Metal chest of drawers are popular genre not represented in collection. Set demonstrates Metal Office's (Steelcase's) ability to adapt or change paradigms by producing residential furniture during the Depression. OTHER COLLECTIONS: We have no other metal residential furniture from this period, and no residential furniture by Metal Office.CARRON01;USA: Michigan, Grand Rapids. Donor's father, Elmer Thompson, worked for Metal Office at time of manufacture. He painted his initials inside.. CARRON01;USA: Michigan, Grand Rapids. Donor's father, Elmer Thompson, worked for Metal Office at time of manufacture. He painted his initials inside.. Donor's father, Elmer Thompson, worked for Metal Office at time of manufacture. He painted his initials inside..
Date:
1934
Materials:
Steel, Aluminum
Dimensions:
44" h 3" w 21" d
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Joseph Thompson In Memory Of Elmer Thompson
Exhibit/Program:
Furniture City (1994 – 2013)
Furniture City was one of the signature core exhibits installed at the Grand Rapids Public Museum's new Van Andel Museum Center when it opened in 1994. At approximately 10,000 square feet, the exhibit occupied a significant portion of the museum's second floor and contained hundreds of pieces of Grand Rapids Furniture. The exhibition was accompanied by the authoritative book on the subject, "Grand Rapids Furniture", by GRPM curator Christian Carron. The Furniture City exhibit told a comprehensive story of the Furniture Industry in Grand Rapids, from its origins in the years after the Civil War, up to the present day with office and fixed seating manufacturers like Steelcase and American Seating. The exhibition was significantly reduced in size in 2013 to make room for a new gallery and was closed in 2019.
Related Entities:
Metal Office Furniture Company (creator)
Alternate names: Steelcase, Incorporated Thompson, Joe (donor)