Simmons Brushed Steel Sheraton Series Desk Vanity Set
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 20th century, Sheraton Series vanity or desk set by Simmons Company Furniture features an upholstered gray vinyl chair seat with gray drawer interior. Leg room height is 22.5 i...
Steel
Vintage Simmons Metal Desk With Original Square Pulls, C 1940s
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Winston-Salem, NC
This desk brings clean, architectural lines to industrial design — a streamlined metal case finished in warm ivory, with subtly rounded corners and slender squared legs.
Steel
Simmons Brushed Steel Sheraton Series Desk Vanity Set
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early 20th century, Sheraton series vanity or desk set by Simmons Company Furniture features an upholstered gray vinyl chair seat with gray drawer interior. Leg room height is 22.5 i...
Steel
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H 32 in W 32 in D 19 in
Brushed Steel Sheraton Series Vanity Writing Desk by Simmons Company Furniture
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Industrial, pressed, brushed steel vanity or writing desk with brass pulls by Simmons Company Furniture Sheraton Series.
Brass, Steel
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H 30 in W 41 in D 21 in
Machine Age Industrial Brushed Steel Desk by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine-age, industrial, brushed steel desk by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture features three drawers with recessed pulls, waterfall pedestal and custom brown leather top.
Steel
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H 29.88 in W 43.13 in D 19.25 in
Art Deco Enameled & Chromed Writing Table Desk with Chair by Norman Bel Geddes
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Shippensburg, PA
The desk retains an original Simmons label inside one drawer.
Steel, Chrome
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H 30.5 in W 34.5 in D 19 in
Art Deco Brushed Steel Vanity Writing Desk by Simmons, Norman Bel Geddes
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Art Deco, machine age, brushed steel, vanity or writing desk by Simmons Furniture, designed by Norman Bel Geddes.
Steel
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H 30 in W 34.25 in D 19 in
Art Deco Machine Age Industrial Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Writing Desk
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in New York, NY
Voguish, sophisticated and chic metal writing desk designed by Norman Bel Geddes, for Simmons Furniture.
Steel
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H 30 in W 60 in D 21 in
Art Deco Machine Age Industrial Desks by Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture Co.
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in New York, NY
High Style, Art Deco, Machine Age, Industrial design desk(s) by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Furniture Company circa 1930's. The desks feature a bank of three drawers which flank th...
Steel
Machine-Age Brushed Steel Desk by Norman Bel Geddes
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine Age, Art Deco desk by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Company Furniture features a brushed steel finish with contrasting brass handles.
Brass, Steel
Industrial Factory Desk by Invincible Furniture
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Imposing midcentury industrial style office desk by Wisconsin's Invincible Furniture Co. Desks of this kind are often extracted from old schools, warehouse, and office environments o...
Metal, Steel
Industrial Brushed Steel Simmons Sheraton Series Vanity Desk Chair
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare, 1930s, industrial, pressed, brushed steel writing desk chair by Simmons Company Furniture, Sheraton Series with steel mesh seat.
Steel
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H 30.25 in W 40.5 in D 17 in
Norman Bel Geddes For Simmons Art Deco Brushed Steel Vanity Desk Set
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine Age, Art Deco, brushed steel vanity desk set designed by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Company Furniture features a round, mounted mirror, four-drawer single pedestal with co...
Copper, Steel
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H 30 in W 32 in D 19 in
Mid-Century Simmons Steel Desk with Steel Chair Labelled Physicians' Nurses'
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Madison, WI
Mid-Century Simmons steel desk and drawer with steel chair labelled Physicians' Nurses'.
Steel
American industrial metal stationary desk by Simmons
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Late 1920's American industrial metal stationary desk by Simmons.
Steel
Simmons Company Furniture Enameled Steel Desk by Norman Bel Geddes
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Seattle, WA
This is an Art Deco Simmons Company Furniture enameled steel desk, designed by Norman Bel Geddes, circa 1930.
Steel
Vintage 1930's Enameled Steel Desk by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons
By Simmons Company Furniture, Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Hudson, NY
a nice example of this rare desk designed by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons. the case colored in a red persimmon color, with the drawer front in ivory. the drawer with its original co...
Steel
Norman Bel Geddes Steel Desk
Located in New York, NY
Deigned by Norman Bel Geddes Steel Desk For the Simmons Furniture Company with single drawer and square knobs
Steel
Industrial Steel Desk and Chair
Located in Spokane, WA
1940's Simmons, steel desk with brass hardware. Rounded edges giving a more feminine look.
Steel, Brass
Norman Bel Geddes Style Metal Desk
By Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Great 1940's newly refinished desk designed by Simmons.
Steel
Norman Bel Geddes Brushed Steel Nightstand End Table
By Norman Bel Geddes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Machine-age, art deco, brushed steel nightstand or end table by Norman Bel Geddes for Simmons Company Furniture features a 3" height, top drawer and 13" height, open storage below. T...
Steel
Best known for industrial and Art Deco style metal furniture, Simmons Company Furniture was among the leading manufacturers and sellers of steel furniture from the early to mid-20th century.
In 1923, the Chicago-based furniture firm captured international attention when it introduced the world’s first bedroom suite made of steel. This innovative approach to design made waves throughout the furniture manufacturing industry, which, at the time, produced primarily wooden furniture.
Towards the late 1920s, Simmons Company Furniture began collaborating with American modernist industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Bel Geddes was renowned for his sleek, streamlined, futuristic style, seen in Electrolux appliances, radios for Philco and RCA and the aerodynamic Chrysler Airflow. Bel Geddes was also the designer behind the famed General Motors “Futurama” exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair.
For Simmons, Bel Geddes designed a steel bedroom furniture ensemble in 1929, including an enameled steel vanity, bed frame and dresser, each with chrome-finished accents. In 1933, Simmons exhibited the suite at the Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago, garnering critical acclaim. Over the next few years, Bel Geddes designed several other pieces for Simmons, such as an Art Deco-style one-drawer side table, leather-upholstered metal armchairs, vanity benches and chests of drawers.
In addition to these modernist designs, Simmons created American Classical furniture and steel reproductions of Windsor, Chippendale and Sheraton pieces aimed at the upper-middle-class market. To soften the industrial look, many pieces, such as rocking chairs, armchairs, desks and dressers, were enameled in color finishes or imitation wood.
Simmons Company Furniture pieces have had a resurgence in popularity, particularly among interior designers and collectors of early 20th-century furniture. The company’s furnishings are in museum collections across the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Simmons Company Furniture seating, case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and more.