Documenting Modernism / Miller House

Commissioned by industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, the 
Miller house was designed by Eero Saarinen, with interiors by Alexander Girard and 
landscape design by Daniel Urban Kiley. 

The Millers


The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Indianapolis Museum of Art $190,000 
for its project “Documenting Modern Living: Digitizing the Miller House and Garden Collection.” 

The Miller House and Garden Collection includes correspondence, drawings and blueprints, 
textile samples, and photographs that document design, construction, and maintenance of the 
Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana.
More information is available from the IMA.



I guess if you have Alexander Girard doing your interior you get some pull with Herman Miller, like
the option of having an Eames Time-Life chair with a brass finish. The Eames Sofa Compact 
in brass can be seen in the top two images above. 


Alexander Girard, Quatrefoil