Key facts

Product:
Aluminum Filing Cabinet
Manufacturer:
Bonhams
Architonic ID:
4104719
Launched:
1950
Country:
United Kingdom
Category:
Office furniture

Product description

For the General Fireproofing Co, designed 1950's
Ribbed aluminum and woodgrain laminate.
Height 30in, length 6ft, depth 24in
In 1958 the Reynolds Metals Company opened its executive office building in Richmond Virginia. Reynolds commissioned a team of designers from the General Fireproofing Co, Alcoa to design a new line of aluminum office furniture called "Italic Syling" expressly for their bold new building. It was produced for only two or three years. Modernism Magazine, Vol 6 #3, p.35.