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Print, Design for a Direct Mail Brochure for the Herman Miller Furniture Company, ca. 1957
This is a Print. It was designed by Alexander Hayden Girard and from the office of Herman Miller Furniture Company. It is dated ca. 1957 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is blueprint, diazo print on off-white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Alexander Hayden Girard.
It is credited Gift of Alexander H. Girard.
Its dimensions are
26.0 x 38.4 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.)
It is signed
Printed in ink, lower right: April 22, '58 Alexander Girard
It is inscribed
Printed in ink, upper left side: 71 wallpapers in / 11 patterns / dsigned by / alexander / girard for / herman miller at $8.00 each. Imprinted lower left: The Herman Miller furniture co. / textile and wallpaper division / zeeland michigan. Imprinted upper left in margin: picture of book [and placement indicated with arrow]; Imprinted center right: please enter my order for / herman miller wallpaper / sample books at $8.00 each / name: / address:; Imprinted in margins where appropriate: customer address; stamp [placement indicated with arrow]
Cite this object as
Print, Design for a Direct Mail Brochure for the Herman Miller Furniture Company, ca. 1957; Designed by Alexander Hayden Girard (American, 1907–1993); Office of Herman Miller Furniture Company (United States); blueprint, diazo print on off-white wove paper; 26.0 x 38.4 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/8 in.); Gift of Alexander H. Girard; 1969-165-269