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Furniture designer Millard Fillmore Harty dies at 92 - Furniture Today

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DOVER, N.H. — Millard Fillmore Harty died on the morning of his 92nd birthday, on Oct. 11 at Watson Fields Assisted Living Community in Dover.

Harty earned a degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute. Early on he worked for William M. Schmidt Associates. When he started his freelance career, his early work ranged from designing alloy wheels for automobiles to detailing the look of the first commercial microwave ovens manufactured by the Amana Corp.

Eventually Harty achieved his greatest acclaim for his commercial and residential furniture designs, working for clients such as Stow Davis, Preview Furniture, W. Schillig and Thonet.

Even into his mid-80s, Harty continued his dogged, career-long struggle to design the perfect folding sofa-bed mechanism, a testament to his enduring faith in the power of design.

Today, samples of his work are archived at the Henry Ford Museum, the Smithsonian Institute and the Library of Congress.

Harty is survived by his three children, two grandchildren and his two great grandchildren.

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