Knoll Saarinen Chair
Born to world famous architect and cranbrook academy of art director eliel saarinen and textile artist loja saarinen eero saarinen was surrounded by design his whole life.
Knoll saarinen chair. With a distinctly modern sensibility along with a commitment to sustainability knoll s catalog represents many iconic pieces of mid century modern furniture such as the barcelona chair by mies van der rohe the bertoia barstool by harry bertoia and the womb chair by eero saarinen. Knoll saarinen executive arm chairs in purple leather designed c1957 only2 left. The classics saarinen collection. Saarinen went on to design many of knoll s most recognizable pieces including the tulip chairs and tables the womb chair and the 70 series of.
Knoll uses modern design to connect people with their work lives and world browse shop our entire furniture textile collection for your home or office. We help create inspiring places where people love to be. Introduced as the 71 and 72 series the chairs replaced florence knoll s model 43 chairs as the planning unit s go to seating solution. Shop browse shop online for knoll classics work from home essentials select muuto designs and knolltextiles fabrics and.
Mid century modern eero saarinen for knoll white executive arm chairs set of 4. A schoolmate and great friend of florence schust it was an obvious choice for her to invite eero to design for knoll when she joined the company in the 1940s. When florence joined knoll in the 1940s she invited eero to design for the company. At cranbrook saarinen also met florence knoll who at that time was a promising young protégé of eliel saarinen.
From the late 1940s through the 1950s eero saarinen designed many of the most recognizable knoll pieces including the tulip chairs and pedestal tables the womb chair and the 70 series executive seating collection. For more than 80 years knoll has created furniture designs that evolve and endure. More than 40 knoll products are in the permanent collection at moma. Timeless american modernism knoll is a design and manufacturing company that has been producing the work of eero saarinen marcel breuer warren platner and others since being founded by hans knoll and later run by florence knoll.
After completing the womb chair saarinen returned his focus to task seating scaling down the concept and form of the womb into arm and armless chairs.