Standing Lamp (Prototype)

Gilbert Rohde was an American industrial designer and furniture maker whose modernist approach to domestic interiors helped establish streamlined design as a defining aesthetic of the 1930s and 1940s. Working primarily in tubular steel, plywood, and lacquered wood, he developed furniture and interiors that combined European modernism with American manufacturing efficiency. His designs for Herman Miller and other manufacturers demonstrated a commitment to functional elegance and geometric clarity that influenced the trajectory of American industrial design in the mid-twentieth century.