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Another property, Gilbert Rohde, World's Fair Clock from the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chic..

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Another property, Gilbert Rohde, World's Fair Clock from the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chic..
Another property
Gilbert Rohde
World's Fair Clock from the Century of Progress Exhibition, Chicago, model no. 4084, ca. 1933
manufactured by Herman Miller Clock Company; lacquered wood, chromed metal, wooden base,
clock mechanism, with Century of Progress metal tag
8 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 2 5/8 in.
(22.3 x 18.4 x 6.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,000-5,000
Literature
Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim and Dickran Tashjian, The Machine Age
in America, 1918-1941, New York,
1986, p. 320
Along with other Gilbert Rohde designs, this clock model was exhibited in the "Design for Living" house at Chicago's Century of Progress Exhibition. A New York World Telegram article from July 1, 1933, claimed that it was "the only clock being shown in any of the model homes."