Florence Knoll

FLORENCE KNOLL (Saginaw, United States, 1917 - Coral Gables, 2019) for KNOLL.
Dining table, 1961 design.
Oval wooden tabletop. Column frame and four-spoke base in chrome-plated metal.
Measurements: 75 x 195 x 120 cm.

Table of refined and elegant design, based on clean lines and rounded volumes. The natural wood grain is enhanced by the design. Florence Knoll was an architect and furniture designer who studied with Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She created the new model for the modern office in post-war America. The company she created with her husband, Knoll Associates, became a leader in innovative interior design and modern furniture in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming one of the most important publishers of Scandinavian design.