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Design, Products October 19, 2010

Nelson Basic Cabinet Series

By Cerentha Harris


At ICFF this year we launched the reissued Basic Cabinet Series – a very elegant storage solution designed by George Nelson.

When it launched originally, in 1946, the wooden cabinets met the needs of a generation who would come to embrace the clean modern lines of contemporary designers like Nelson and the Eames. Today we’ve relaunched the series because we recognize again a need for modular, hard-working designs that allow for a genuine flexibility. And also a desire for beautiful pieces that enhance the way we live. We think the cabinet series does all that!

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I’ve been looking up and down for replacement finger pulls (1″, j-shape) for the vintage George Nelson cabinets/drawers that I grew up with. I’d appreciate any suggestions about where I could locate these pulls for purchase or who might be able to fabricate new ones. I have a few of the original (pot-metal?) pulls that are still intact, but I’ll need about three dozen replacement pieces to make this otherwise beautiful vintage furniture whole again.

posted by Clark Muenzer | October 23, 2010 at 10:35 pm

Let me check and get back to you.

posted by Cerentha Harris | October 24, 2010 at 10:04 pm

Hi Clark
This is from Gregg Vander Kooi, our Classics Product Manager:

“I don’t have a source yet for our production of these, but one of our retailers – Daniel Donnelly – who sells a lot of vintage BCS products, might have a source for reproduced service parts. http://www.danieldonnelly.com/n_contact.htm

- Gregg”

posted by Cerentha Harris | October 25, 2010 at 10:39 am

On this series, the location of the door pull on the cabinet looks wrong, please check that. Also I think you should offer it with the ebony finish bench with wood legs, or Birch finish bench with wood legs as was originally intended for this Basic Series. The wire legs on the bench were made for more of a table use, and very few were ever out in the market compared to the wood legs. If you are going for authentic, go all the way. Jeffrey Knecht, 15 year veteran of selling vintage Herman Miller

posted by jeffrey knecht | October 26, 2010 at 11:45 am

Thanks Jeffrey. I’ll pass your comment on to Gregg Vander Kooi who is our Classics Product Manager.

posted by Cerentha Harris | October 26, 2010 at 12:35 pm

In helping locate replacement hardware, check out humemodern.com I have never worked with them, but they do list replacement thin edge hardware on their website. They could possibly be able to recreate the pulls you need. Hope this helps.

posted by Steven Walters | October 26, 2010 at 3:07 pm

I recently picked up two Herman miller vintage pieces. One looks to be a #4650 5 drawer unit from the basic case series and one is a similar 5 drawer case with a door and shelf arrangement to the right side of the piece. Can you provide a reference number for this piece. Also both pieces are missing the black wooden feet. Are they available as a replacement part?

posted by Aleah Aiken | January 16, 2012 at 5:14 pm

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