Steelcase Small Brushed Metal Nightstand. Based on a form first made for medical facilities in the 1930s. 

Condition: Commensurate with age and use. 

Size: 19 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 26 in. 

Steelcase Inc. is an international manufacturer of furniture, casegoods, seating, and storage and partitioning systems for offices, hospitals, classrooms, and residential interiors. It is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Originally known as The Metal Office Furniture Company, Steelcase was founded by Peter Martin Wege in 1912. Prior to starting the company, Wege had filed approximately 25 patents related to the sheet metal and fireproofing industries. The Metal Office Furniture Company’s first products included fireproof metal safes and four-drawer metal filing cabinets. The Victor, a fireproof steel wastebasket, gained popularity due to its light weight and its safety for use in workplaces where smoking was ubiquitous. In 1915, the company began manufacturing and distributing steel desks after designing and producing 200 for Boston’s first skyscraper, the Custom House Tower. In 1937 the company collaborated with Frank Lloyd Wright on office furniture for the Johnson Wax Headquarters. The partnership lasted two years and resulted in some of the first modern workstations. The name Steelcase was a result of an advertising campaign to promote metal office furniture over wood and was trademarked in 1921, eventually proving so popular that the company officially changed its name to Steelcase, Inc. in 1954. The company became an industry leader in the late 1960s due to the volume of its sales, perfecting many designs that had appeared earlier at rivals like the American Metal Furniture company and Midmark. Steelcase expanded into new markets during the 1970s, including Asia, Europe, and North Africa. In 1973 the company debuted the Series 9000 furniture line, a panel-based office system that became a best seller and the company’s flagship brand after they completely furnished the new Sears Tower. During the 1980s and 1990s they worked with architects and interior designers to develop new products as well as refurbish the company’s own workspace in Grand Rapids. The pyramid-shaped Steelcase Inc. Corporate Development Center that debuted in 1989 is still considered one of the pinnacles of modern corporate architecture and led to similar designs across the country, including The Luxor Las Vegas. The center contained ten research laboratories and workspaces meant to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration on product development. In 1996 Steelcase became the majority stakeholder in design firm IDEO and the firm's CEO, David M. Kelley, became Steelcase’s vice president of technical discovery and innovation. During the 2000s Steelcase reorganized its workforce and began integrating modern technologies in its products, as well as opening Steelcase University, a center for ongoing employee development and learning. Steelcase vacated the Pyramid in 2010, and the Pyramid was sold to Switch in 2016. Today the company employs almost 17,000 workers throughout all their subsidiaries, including AMQ, Coalesse, Halcon, Orangebox, Smith System, and Viccarbe, as well as several other brands such as Steelcase Health and Education and Turnstone, a line of furniture designed for small businesses and home offices, with an average annual income of nearly $4 billion.

Commensurate with age and use.