Herman Miller Nelson Swag Leg Work Table
designed by George NelsonThe Nelson swag leg group is a revival of a historic collection by George Nelson. Introduced in 1958, the group's evocative chairs, tables and desks have a look, scale and function that are right for today. These classic, sculpted designs can be used individually or together in the home or office. This table provides an expansive work space that easily allows you to spread out papers and other items. White laminate or walnut veneer top with a walnut veneer edge band that coordinates with the 2 solid walnut stretchers. 4 chrome-finished tube legs and adjustable glides.
29.375" h x 54" w x 36" d See the entire Nelson Swag Leg collection. The work table was the next part of the series to begin to take shape. While the desk was lightweight and flexible, and that was a highly desirable attribute, Nelson understood that for many there was a need for larger work spaces, and even separate desks for when the work area couldn't hold all the material it needed to. Nelson was a designer; how could a man whose work required blueprints, plans, drawings and tons of material not understand that need? So he got to work on preparing a companion piece to the desk, and he called it the Nelson Swag Leg Work Table. The name alone speaks to the difference between the two pieces. While the desk was multipurpose and highly adaptable, the table was all business and no frills. With the exception of the aesthetic beauty of its lines and the matching finishes and materials, its relation to the desk would be limited to their capacity for work. If the desk represents the home office, the table represents the garage workshop; plenty of space to get messy, get organized, and get things done. And, of course, it was swag legged. The through line for every piece in the furniture series was that beautiful, sculpted leg that Nelson had dreamed about in the Herman Miller boardrooms in Michigan. It was the metallic leg that became the aesthetic hallmark and the conceptual cornerstone for every piece of furniture. And this wasn't only because it was beautiful, or only because it was strong; the metallic leg meant something deeper. It meant taking an industrial technique, like swaging, and turning it away from destructive pursuits like military technology, and mundane pursuits like industrial metal, and putting it to use a cost-effective technique for creating something beautiful, useful, and affordable for American consumers. The Nelson Swag Leg Work Table is the most purely functional of all the Nelson pieces. Born of necessity and engineered to handle the workloads the desk on it's own could not (or should not), it was a helpful addition to the collection that revealed a lot about Nelson's purposes. For him, the design wasn't only about making something beautiful, even though that was much of the reason and he did a great job of doing that. It was also about making something every American worker could really use; something they could bring into their home that satisfied their needs in a lot of different ways, and helped to harmonize and sync their separate arenas; work and home life. The Nelson system is all about negotiating between those two poles, making the work together, and making them functional and attractive. The Nelson Swag Leg Work Table is just one more link in a total furniture system facilitating ease and harmony within the busy home. The make-up of the work table is simple and simply elegant. The plane of the table is done in the same clean white surfacing as the desk. The legs are the same polished, finished, tapering metal leg that are on the desk. The difference comes in size and utility. The work table is larger, and there is no storage space (or explicit display space, though obviously on a table you could create your own). It's a simple plane, big enough to hold your most intensive projects, and well-designed enough to fit in with the rest of your home, office, or room. When you're designing any type of space, whether it be the home or the home office, you'll often need extra space for storage, display, and work. This is where the Nelson Swag Leg Work Table fits in to the picture. It was designed to take pressure off of the room, and off of the possibly limited furniture within it. The table is a multi-use object with tons of functionality that isn't complemented by too much area or an ugly design. Work table though it may be, this is the kind of furniture that you can be proud to display in any room of your home. But George Nelson wasn't done yet. There were a few more missing pieces in his conception of the total furnishing system to connect home and work life. They included the dining room tables, both round and rectangular, and the soon to be iconic Nelson Swag Leg Chair. The Herman Miller Nelson Swag Leg Work Table is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: NS5854.L, NS5854.W.
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