Eero Saarinen for Knoll

EERO SAARINEN (Finland, 1910 - United States, 1961) for KNOLL.
Womb lounge chair with ottoman.
Fuchsia red wool upholstery.
Produced by Knoll.
Designed in 1946.
Measurements: 94 x 105 x 93 cm. Ottoman 38 x 62 x 48 cm.

Eero Saarinen designed in 1946 the groundbreaking Womb Chair at Florence Knoll's request for "a chair that was like a basket full of cushions - something she could really curl up in".
Saarinen initially studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grand Chaumière in Paris, and later architecture at Yale University. He then furthered his studies in Europe thanks to a scholarship, and upon his return took up a teaching position at Cranbrook Academy, one of the most important architecture and industrial design schools in the United States. In 1937 he began designing furniture in collaboration with Charles Eames, winning the 1940 prize in the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Later, as an independent designer, Saarinen created furniture designs for Knoll International. Today his creations are present in the most important collections around the world, including the MoMA in New York.