George Nelson Thin Edge HI FI Credenza Herman Miller Prototype?

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George Nelson Thin Edge HI FI Credenza Herman Miller Prototype?:
$5000.00

This is an incredibly rare George Nelson Thin Edge HIFI television credenza. With rare cane bypass doors and leather pulls. I can not find any example like this. The back has an opening to fit a television. The metal brackets have a very faint inscription which I can not read but almost looks like it says Herman Miller. I am confident the cabinet is a Herman Miller everything looks spot on including the construction, legs, support beam underneath are all inline with what it should be. The cane doors look to be constructed in the same manor as the George Nelson executive desks cane privacy screen. The speaker cloth is a plastic feeling material like what is on the Eames Speakers. The opening in the back is done quite well so not sure if it was done later in its life or as a prototype or special order from Herman Miller. Please ask questions of for more pictures if you like.

Ent center 72 x 33 x 19\"

Legs 6.75\"

TV opening

27.5\" wide

22.5 tall

Approximately 35\" on diagonal

From the George Nelson Museum website about the thin edge series...

\"Rosewood Case Series (Thin Edge Group)

N° 5200-Series, later Thin Edge Group,

produced under N° 3301 through N° 3306

Rosewood, satin aluminum base

Porcelain handles, black or white

Storage cabinets in two heights (30 5/8\" and 40 5/8\") and four widths (33 5/8\", 39 5/8\", 46 5/8\", 55 5/8\"), all with the same depth (18 1/2\"), with drawers and/or doors.

This elegant furniture series was a further development and refinement of the 4600 and 4700 series. Striking characteristics included not only a rosewood veneer, but also the especially thin edges, hence the later name. Here too, all cases could be ordered as desired to be placed on the Platform Bench. Special models included a vanity (N° 5361) that could be hung between two cases, as well as cases with a radio and record player (N° 5432).

Produced by Herman Miller from approximately 1952 to 1957.\"