Norman Foster for Knoll

NORMAN FOSTER (UK, 1935) for KNOLL.
A pair of Congress lounge chairs, model 501.
Black leather upholstery, loose seat and back cushions, steel legs.
Produced by Knoll, with label from here and inner logo-fabric.
In good overall condition. Minor traces of use.
Measurements: 73 x 80 x 80 cm. Seat height 41 cm.

Foster 501 Armchair is a refinement of the Foster 500 range born of the collaboration between Norman Foster and Walter Knoll, which began in the context of the redesign of the Berlin Reichstag. Today, the Foster 501 armchairs and sofas are celebrated as modern classics. The Foster 500 series by Norman Foster for Walter Knoll is characterized by balanced proportions and meticulously crafted details for subtle elegance.
Sir Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank and 2010 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts, studied at Manchester and Yale Universities, and founded his own practice in 1965 with his wife, Richard Rogers and his wife. His initial projects are characterized by their technological emphasis, although later the lines of his buildings will be softened, largely disappearing that technical character taken to the extreme. Foster has received important architectural awards, such as the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architecture, the Mies Van der Rohe Award for Contemporary Architecture and the Pritzker Prize, and as an industrial designer his creations are part of important collections around the world, including those of the Metropolitan and MoMA in New York.