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Robert Venturi for Knoll Postmodern Square Dining Table Model No. 65848, 1984
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Robert Venturi for Knoll Postmodern square dining table Model No. 65848, 1984. Cabriole legged dining/ center/ work table in iconic postmodern "Grandmother's Tablecloth" printed laminate with black laminate top by Robert Venturi for Knoll. Model #65848. Extremely rare piece. Gorgeous colorful pattern and playful design.
A leader and drum beater for the Postmodern movement, Robert Venturi designed a collection of furniture alongside his partner in design and life, Denise Scott Brown, for Knoll in 1984. The Venturi Collection epitomized both architect’s cerebral, pioneering writings that defined the next wave of Modernism that Venturi and Scott Brown themselves led. Working with Knoll Design Director Jeffrey Osborne, the architect's series of tables and chairs were a contradiction of classical form – an abstraction of historic furniture styles intended to be representational rather than literal.
Using their characteristic wit and charm, Venturi and Scott Brown reinterpreted prominent styles of Chippendale, Empire, Queen Anne, Art Deco, Gothic Revival, Hepplewhite, Art Noveau and Biedermeier. The resulting collection combined symbolism and modern technology in an expression that looked to the past, present and future of furniture design.
Venturi spent more than 5 years working on his 1984 collection for Knoll and his designs expressed his deep admiration for tradition and history while at the same time his trademark penchant for brilliant wit and intelligent humor. The example available here has its original finish and color and maintains its paper label underneath (quite rare, as items were produced with no permanent label or makers mark as per Venturi’s design)
“I do think that in a way, these [chairs] are a stylization of a historical period. It is convenient and conventional to divide up furniture into periods and styles. We liked the IDEA, in this case, that the expression of a style and the symbol was a “sign” and that there was no ambiguity. You would never take it for a real Queen Anne chair.
We liked the idea of the stylistic aspect – like a sign, making it flat like a billboard, like a drawing. For that reason, we used just the profile, the Silhouette of a chair. Of course, when you see it from the side you see it as kind of like an Alvar Aalto chair.”
Robert Venturi 1984.
- Creator:Robert Venturi (Designer),Knoll (Maker)
- Dimensions:Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)Depth: 48 in (121.92 cm)
- Style:Post-Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:1980-1989
- Date of Manufacture:1984
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Good original vintage condition such as a few light scratches to table top. Presents quite well overall. Exceedingly rare piece.
- Seller Location:Brooklyn, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4190326982742
Knoll
As a company that produced many of the most famous and iconic furniture designs of the 20th century, Knoll was a chief influence in the rise of modern design in the United States. Led by Florence Knoll, the firm would draw stellar talents such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Eero Saarinen into its compass. Their work would help change the face of the American home and office.
The company was formed in 1938 by the German immigrant Hans Knoll. He first worked with his fellow ex-pat, the Danish designer Jens Risom, who created furniture with flowing lines made of wood. While Risom served in World War II, in 1943 Knoll met his future wife, Florence Schust. She had studied and worked with eminent emigré leaders of the Bauhaus, including Mies, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. She won Knoll over with Bauhaus notions of industrial arts, and an aesthetic that featured flat and tubular metal frames and angular forms. When Hans died in a car crash in 1955, Florence Knoll was appointed head of the company. It was as much through her holistic approach to design — a core division of the firm was dedicated to planning office systems — as Knoll's mid-century modern furnishings themselves that she brought about the sleek and efficient transformation of the American workplace.
Today, classic Knoll furnishings remain staples of modern design collections and decor. A history of modern design is written in pieces such as the elegant Barcelona chair — created by Mies and Lilly Reich — Saarinen’s pedestal Tulip chair, Breuer’s tubular steel Wassily lounge chair and the grid-patterned Diamond chair by Harry Bertoia.
As you can see from the collection of these designs and other vintage Knoll dining chairs, sofas and tables on 1stDibs, this manufacturer's offerings have become timeless emblems of the progressive spirit and sleek sophistication of the best of modernism.
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