Florence Knoll Furniture
American, 1917-2019
Architect, furniture designer, interior designer, entrepreneur — Florence Knoll had a subtle but profound influence on the course of mid-century American modernism. Dedicated to functionality and organization, and never flamboyant, Knoll shaped the ethos of the postwar business world with her skillfully realized office plans and polished, efficient designs for sofas, credenzas, desks and other furnishings.
Knoll had perhaps the most thorough design education of any of her peers. Florence Schust was orphaned at age 12, and her guardian sent her to Kingswood, a girl’s boarding school that is part of the Cranbrook Educational Community in suburban Detroit. Her interest in design brought her to the attention of Eliel Saarinen, the Finnish architect and head of the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Saarinen and his wife took the talented child under their wing, and she became close to their son, the future architect Eero Saarinen. While a student at the academy, Florence befriended artist-designer Harry Bertoia and Charles and Ray Eames. Later, she studied under three of the Bauhaus masters who emigrated to the United States. She worked as an apprentice in the Boston architectural offices of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe taught her at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
In 1941, she met Hans Knoll, whose eponymous furniture company was just getting off the ground. They married in 1946, and her design sense and his business skills soon made Knoll Inc. a leading firm in its field. Florence signed up the younger Saarinen as a designer, and would develop pieces by Bertoia, Mies and the artist Isamu Noguchi.
Florence Knoll's main work came as head of the Knoll Planning Group, designing custom office interiors for clients such as IBM and CBS. The furniture she created for these spaces reflects her Bauhaus training: the pieces are pure functional design, exactingly built; their only ornament from the materials, such as wood and marble. Her innovations — the oval conference table, for example, conceived as a way to ensure clear sightlines among all seated at a meeting — were always in the service of practicality.
Since her retirement in 1965, Knoll received the National Medal of Arts, among other awards; in 2004 the Philadelphia Museum of Art mounted the exhibition “Florence Knoll: Defining Modern” — well deserved accolades for a strong, successful design and business pioneer. As demonstrated on these pages, the simplicity of Knoll’s furniture is her work’s great virtue: they fit into any interior design scheme.
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Creator: Florence Knoll
Rare Midcentury Marble Table Florence Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Nice round table with brushed chromed or nickel base. Rarely seen round table with great dimensions that could also be used as a small coffee table.
Marble is original and shows s...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
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Marble, Chrome, Nickel
Florence Knoll Mid-Century Modern Black Lacquered Chest of Drawers, Refinished
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional Mid-Century Modern black lacquered three-drawer dresser chest
By Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates
USA, Circa 1970s
Black lacquered walnut, with original ch...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Florence Knoll Slipper Lounge Chairs Restored in Leather
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful set of unique and very high-quality 'slipper chairs' model 51W, an early design by American designer Florence Knoll dates from 1955 and is becoming more rare to find nowa...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
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Upholstery, Wood
Florence Knoll for Knoll International Lounge Chair in Teak
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Florence Knoll for Knoll International, lounge chair, model '51', teak, fabric, United States, 1955
This slipper chair model 51 is designed by Florence Knoll. The teak frame of the chair is sleek in form. The angled seat is placed upon the squared-off frame. Maximum seating comfort is ensured by the wide seat and tilted backrest.
Florence Knoll (1917-) was trained as an architect and had a sense of style from a very young age. In 1936 she met Alvar Aalto and was trained by Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and Mies van der Rohe. This meant that although she was barely out of her teens, she was educated by the best of the European modernists. When she arrived in New York Knoll worked on interior projects (being the only female) which is how she came to know Hans Knoll. When Florence joined Knoll, the planning unit started. Florence also made sure that the designs where more 'American Modernist' instead of Scandinavian, When Hans Knoll died she...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Florence Knoll Dining Table from 1960s
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Neuss, NW
Rare extendable dining table from the 1960s by Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates. Frame in black lacquered squared steel with veneered top in teak.
Table bottom edge 74 cm
Width ...
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1960s German Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pair of Florence Knoll Model 65 Chrome Slipper Lounge Chairs, 1973
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Classic pair of florence Knoll chromed steel and Earthen Fabric Lounge chairs. Featuring 1 inch reflective sturdy, solid Chromed Steel constructed framework, angled rear legs and bac...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Florence Knoll 1950s Mid-Century Wood Veneer Black Frame Desk or Console Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
A wonderful modernist American made Mid-Century desk by Florence Knoll, circa 1950s. Made from a black painted square tubular iron frame with a veneered wood (we presume teak). This ...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal, Iron
Lounge Chair Model 31 by Florence Knoll Bassett for Knoll International Set of 2
By Florence Knoll
Located in Kelkheim (Taunus), HE
Florence Marguerite Knoll Basset was one of the most renowned American designers and architects of the 20th century. In 1954 she designed the model 31 armchair, which has developed i...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Patio Lounge Chairs Florence Knoll Richard Schultz
By Richard Schultz, Florence Knoll
Located in Baltimore, MD
Set of four patio lounge armchairs by famous designer Richard Schultz for Florence Knoll, made in the United States, circa 1960's. Superbly crafted, each features aluminum white pain...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Knoll Studio “Florence Knoll” Lounge Chair Armchair in Grey Wool
By Florence Knoll
Located in Barrowford, GB
On offer on this occasion is a rare, original “Florence Knoll” Lounge Chair, from the world renown furniture house of Knoll Studio, dressed in a sublime, tactile woven-wool fabric, a...
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2010s German Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Parallel Bar Sofa, Model 57, by Florence Knol, USA, 1960s.
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sofa Model nº57, "Parallel bar" series, designed by Florence Knoll in 1959 and produced by “Knoll International” during the 1960s.
The sofa, two-seater, with arms at both ends, is...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Restored Florence Knoll Armchairs in Pierre Frey Teddy Mohair
By Florence Knoll
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
These are so beautiful and so comfortable. We love the architectural lines and geometric profile of this iconic Florence Knoll design. This pair is an early example with the walnut l...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Mohair, Velvet, Walnut
Florence Knoll Mid-Century Walnut and Chrome Credenza
By Florence Knoll
Located in Countryside, IL
Florence Knoll mid-century walnut and chrome credenza.
This credenza measures: 74.5 wide x 18 deep x 25.75 inches high.
All pieces of furniture ...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Florence Knoll Midcentury Walnut Sofa
By Florence Knoll
Located in Countryside, IL
Florence Knoll midcentury walnut sofa.
This sofa measures: 90.75 wide x 28.5 deep x 31.5 inches high, with a seat height of 15.5 and arm height of...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Florence Knoll Parallel Bar Sofa for Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Florence Knoll Parallel Bar Armed Sofa. Newly reupholstered in a great weave fabric in shades of red, gray and purple. Very solid and subst...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel, Metal
Florence Knoll T-Angle Side Table, circa 1950
By Florence Knoll
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
T-angle side table designed by Florence Knoll and manufactured by Knoll.
Metal legs and Formica tabletops.
In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and us...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Florence Knoll Midcentury Design Wood Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll
Located in Brescia, IT
Round coffe table
designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll
International.
Manufactured in the United States of
America, circa 1960.
Walnut top and metal base.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Wonderful No. 26 Sofa by Florence Knoll for Knoll International
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Munich, DE
Rare no.26 by florence knoll in showroom condition. Hardly used only re-upholstered and used one time for a photo shooting and very exclusive model redone with very cosy fabric in wa...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Florence Knoll for Knoll International Sideboard with Marble Top
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Florence Knoll for Knoll International, sideboard, lacquered oak, metal, Carrara marble, United States, 1960s.
Credenza with chromed base designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll International. This exceptional and minimalistic designed credenza has elegant details, such as the chromed base and handles. The wood is lacquered into a deep black color, which nicely combines with the light white marble top with fine grey veins. The silver metal base and handles bring some freshness to the quite dark cabinet...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
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Carrara Marble, Metal
Set of Two Metal and Mar Low Table by Florence Knoll, American Design, 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in Milan, IT
This set of two low tables with steel structure and white marble top is a testimony to the design influence of Florence Knoll and the diffusion that this had in italy, the place of o...
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1960s Italian Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Marble, Steel
Florence Knoll Sideboard Model 116 with Seagrass Sliding Doors
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Barcelona, ES
Sideboard model 116 designed by Florence Knoll in 1948 for Knoll International, USA. Early edition in teak wood with original seagrass covered sliding doors ...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Model 116 Sideboard with Raffia Doors Designed by Florence Knoll in the 1950s
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Decorative sideboard model 116 designed by Florence Knoll in the early fifties for Knoll associates. Florence Knoll studied architecture under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saar...
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1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Raffia, Wood
Vintage Florence Knoll Bench
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A vintage Florence Knoll bench purchased out of a local Palm Springs estate. It had been nicely reupholstered and we liked the fabric and left i...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel
Florence Knoll, "Parallel Bar" Lounge Chair, circa 1965
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Paris, FR
"Parallel Bar" easy chair designed by Florence Knoll and produced by Knoll International, circa 1965.
Newly re-upholstered with a dark blue velvet from the Kvadrat Raf Simons collec...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel, Metal
Mid Century Modern Florence Knoll Chrome Base Sofa Newly Upholstered
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Florence Knoll Chrome Base Sofa Newly Upholstered in a Blue Velvet
Beautiful MCM Florence Knoll Sofa made in the Style of Jonathan Adler's Lampert Sofa...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Florence Knoll / Knoll Light Orange Upholstered Settees
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century two-seat settees with peach color faintly textured upholstered seat and back cushions supported on black powder coated metal frames. (FLORENCE KNOLL / KN...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Florence Knoll T-Bar Walnut Laminate Coffee / Cocktail Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a walnut laminate top in three sections supported on a T-shaped black metal base. (FLORENCE KNOLL)(Similar table: DUF0082).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Sideboard Model 116 by Florence Knoll Bassett for Knoll International, 1950s
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Lasne, BE
Sideboard with two sliding doors upholstered in elm wood cord with leather handles. Adjustable intermediate boards. Wear due to time and age of the sideboard.
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1950s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Oak Dining Table or Desk by Florence Knoll
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing vintage oak dining table / desk designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll International in the United States, circa 1960s. The design of th...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Florence Knoll Sideboard Wall Bar Unit Teak 1954 Knoll International Mid Century
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Munster, NRW
Wall mounted sideboard unit by Florence Knoll, made by Knoll International, Stuttgart in 1954.
Rare opportunity to acquire an original Knoll Internat...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Teak
Florence Knoll for Knoll International Brown Fabric Upholstery
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular museum bench with a brown fabric upholstered square channeled seat resting on a square chrome tube frame. (FLORENCE KNO...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Florence Knoll American Mid-Century T-Bar Walnut Coffee / Cocktail Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular coffee / cocktail table with a walnut top supported on a T-shaped black metal base. (FLORENCE KNOLL).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Florence Knoll Walnut & Chrome Model 580 Dining Conference Table for Knoll, 1960
By Florence Knoll
Located in Deland, FL
Knoll International dining / conference table designed by Florence Knoll, walnut, chrome, table model 580, produced from 1958-1976.
Large dining table with boat shaped top const...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Bench or Coffee Table by Florence Knoll, Walnut and Black Angle Iron, Stunning
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
Florence Knoll architectural bench / coffee table. Three walnut panels on a black angle iron frame. Expertly refinished. No signs of use. Beautiful.
Category
1960s Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Iron
Florence Knoll Credenza New Edition with Alpi Verdi Marble Top, 2010s
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Eindhoven, Noord Brabant
This Florence Knoll Credenza was originally designed in 1961 by Florence Knoll for Knoll. This Credenza is a new edition manufactured in 2012.
The new Florence Knoll Credenza is updated for today's needs, This Florence Knoll credenza has a larger size with proper ventilation cutouts to accommodate AV racks and equipment. The generous new dimensions will ensure that all equipment and cords are hidden in style yet easily accessible, perfect for any high end living- and conference room.
The door fronts are in same wood white lacquer finish as the body. All have polished aluminum pulls, top flush mounted storage doors with magnetic closures. The base is made of welded square steel finished with polished chrome. Flush door fronts in the same lacquer finish as the case. Complete rotating doors...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal
Florence Knoll Coffee Table in Glass and Chrome, USA, 1970s
By Florence Knoll
Located in Uithoorn, NL
This coffee table was designed by the famous American designer Florence Knoll (1917-2019). Florence Knoll was based in the U.S. with the design agency 'Knoll International'. The tabl...
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Florence Knoll for Knoll Associates American Mid-Century Wooden Slat T-Bar Bench
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular bench with a wooden slat seat resting on a beige powder coated metal frame with four legs. (FLORENCE KNOLL FOR KNOLL ASSOCIATES).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal
Eero Sarineen Original Executive Armchairs in South African Cow Hide
By Florence Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Saint Louis, US
Featured in nearly all Florence Knoll-designed interiors, the Saarinen Executive Chair has remained one of the most popular designs for many decades. Our expert team of skilled uphol...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Cowhide
Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Green Verde Marble Top Credenza or Cabinet
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A sleek modern classic cabinet designed by Florence Knoll and produced by Knoll. It features a dark mahogany case, stainless steel legs and a rare gree...
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Marble, Stainless Steel
1st Edition Florence Knoll Chrome Coffee Table-Frame Only
By Florence Knoll
Located in Danville, CA
Very early first edition Florence Knoll chrome coffee table. This was a custom size piece ordered by a late legendary Bay Area designer for h...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Florence Knoll Eight-Drawer Credenza in Teakwood
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll Eight-Drawer Credenza in Teakwood, features Notch pulls with chrome details, Four file drawers and Four pencil drawers, chrome plated adjustable feet, with lock.
[Kno...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Florence Knoll Circular Parallel Bar Cocktail / Coffee Table
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century 'Parallel Bar' cocktail / coffee table with a circular walnut top supported by three satin chrome-plated steel legs. (Florence Knoll).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Florence Knoll Coffee / Side Table with Laminate Top And Stainless Steel Base
By Florence Knoll
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Early Florence Knoll T-angle side table, produced by Knoll in 1952. The table has a original white laminate top and a stainless steel base. A nice example of classic modernist design...
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1950s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Florence Knoll Two-Door Cabinet in Teak-Wood
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll two-door cabinet in Teakwood, Finished on back. Features Notch pulls with chrome details, Four file drawers and Four pencil drawers, and chrome-plated adjustable feet....
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Florence Knoll for Knoll International Brown Marble End / Side Tables
By Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century square end / side tables with brown marble tops resting on square steel bases with four square legs. (FLORENCE KNOLL FOR KNOLL INTERNATIONAL)(PRICED AS P...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Marble, Metal, Steel
Early production Florence Knoll Desk, Classic Modernist design, Knoll New York
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early production walnut and rosewood desk designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll ,features richly grained walnut top rosewood frame, pencil drawer and file drawer. Retains early Knoll ...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Florence Knoll White Laminate and Walnut Square Nightstands / End Tables
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Pair of American mid-century square nightstands / end tables with white laminate tops above a walnut base with a single drawer, resting on four squar...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Wood, Laminate, Walnut
Florence Knoll, Model 75 Stools, Birch, Iron, Knoll Associates, USA, 1948
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of birch and iron stools, model 75, designed by Florence Knoll and produced by Knoll Associates, USA, 1948.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Iron
Florence Knoll for Knoll International American Mid-Century Orange Upholstered L
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century lounge armchair with textured orange fabric upholstery, resting on four broad tapered wooden legs. (FLORENCE KNOLL FOR KNOLL I...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Fabric, Wood
Florence Knoll for Knoll International Beige Fabric Upholstered Lounge Armchair
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in New York, NY
American mid-century lounge armchair with beige textured fabric upholstery and matching antimacassars, resting on four broad tapered wooden legs.(FLORENCE KNOLL FOR KNOLL INTERNATIONAL)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Modernist Teak & Bast Sideboard by Florance Knoll 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in St-Brais, JU
A classic modernist design sideboard by Florence Knoll, Model 116 for Knoll International - this version was produced in 1968 by Knoll International in Stuttgart.
It features the...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Teak
Sideboard in East Indian Rosewood & Seagrass by Florence Knoll, Designed 1947
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare & beautiful, sideboard by Florence Knoll, designed in 1947, this model in East Indian Rosewood & Raffia, is executed in 1952 in very small ed...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Leather, Raffia, Rosewood
Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
This Florence Knoll T-Bar Coffee Table was designed for Knoll International in the 1960s. Its base is crafted from steel, and it boasts a Formica top that is in good shape for its ag...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel
Florence Knoll Dining Table with Cherry Wood Beveled Edge Top
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll dining table with Cherry Wood beveled edge top, features comb figured veneer with bird peck accents on a four-star chrome base legs solid...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Sideboard by Florance Knoll 1960s
By Florence Knoll
Located in St-Brais, JU
A classic modernist design sideboard by Florence Knoll, Model 116 for Knoll International - this version was produced in 1968 by Knoll International in Stuttgart.
It features the t...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Teak
Florence Knoll Chrome and Glass X Base Console Table, 1960
By Florence Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Florence Knoll chrome and glass console table, 1960. Glass is 1.25" thick and 60" long and 24" wide.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Chrome
Parallel Bar Walnut Coffee Table by Florence Knoll for Knoll
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Florence Knoll designed this circular coffee table for Knoll, part of the Parallel Bar Series, produced from 1955-1968, model 404. It has a walnut top supported by four stainless ste...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Steel
Pristine Florence Knoll Sofa for Knoll International
By Florence Knoll, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pristine Florence Knoll Sofa for Knoll International. Upholstered in gorgeous Sina Pearson fabric.
Florence Knoll was a pioneering designer and entrepreneur who created the modern look and feel of America’s postwar corporate office with sleek furniture, artistic textiles and an uncluttered, free-flowing workplace environment.
To connoisseurs of Modernism, the mid-20th-century designs of Florence Knoll, were — and still are — the essence of the genre’s clean, functional forms. Transcending design fads, they are still influential, still contemporary, still common in offices, homes and public spaces, still found in dealers’ showrooms and represented in museum collections.
Ms. Knoll learned her art at the side of Modernist masters. She was a protégé of the German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen, the Finnish architect and teacher and the father of the architect Eero Saarinen. And she worked with the renowned Bauhaus architects Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. Throughout her career, influenced by the German Bauhaus school of design, she promoted the Modernist merger of architecture, art and utility in her furnishings and interiors, especially — although not exclusively — for offices.
In the 1940s, she married and became a business partner of the German-born furniture maker Hans Knoll, and over 20 years she was instrumental in building Knoll Associates into the largest and most prestigious high-end design firm of its kind, with 35 showrooms in the United States and around the world.
While her husband handled business affairs, Ms. Knoll was the design force of Knoll Associates. It grew to become the leading innovator of modern interiors and furnishings in the 1950s and ’60s, transforming the CBS, Seagram and Look magazine headquarters in Manhattan, the H. J. Heinz headquarters in Pittsburgh and properties across the United States, Europe, Asia and South America, including American embassies.
Her “total design” favored open work spaces over private offices, and furniture grouped for informal discussions. It integrated lighting, vibrant colors, acoustical fabrics, chairs molded like tulip petals, sofas and desks with chrome legs...
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Early 2000s American Modern Florence Knoll Furniture
Materials
Stainless Steel
Florence Knoll furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Florence Knoll furniture are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Florence Knoll furniture, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original furniture by Florence Knoll were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider furniture by Adrian Pearsall, Harvey Probber, and Craft Associates. Prices for Florence Knoll furniture can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $600 and can go as high as $30,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $4,800.
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Questions About Florence Knoll Furniture
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Florence Knoll made a number of well-known furniture designs and founded the company Knoll, Inc. Some of her most acclaimed pieces include the Florence Knoll lounge chair, the Florence Knoll sofa, the Florence Knoll bench and the Florence Knoll settee. Shop a variety of Florence Knoll furniture on 1stDibs.
- Who is Florence Knoll?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Florence Knoll was an architect and furniture designer who greatly influenced mid-century design. She established the furniture company Knoll, Inc., which continues to manufacture pieces inspired by her designs. Knoll died on January 25, 2019, at the age of 101. Find a collection of Florence Knoll furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022To pronounce Florence Knoll, say "FLO-rens Noll." The "K" in the designer's last name is silent. Florence Knoll's maiden name was Florence Marguerite Schust, pronounced "shusht." She changed her name after marrying Hans Knoll in 1946. Find a range of Florence Knoll furniture on 1stDibs.
- Where does Florence Knoll live?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Florence Knoll lived in the U.S. throughout her life. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan, on May 24, 1917, and she died in Coral Gables, Florida, on January 25, 2019. From 1940 to 1941, she attended the Chicago Armour Institute in Chicago, Illinois. After that, she lived and worked in New York City for many years. On 1stDibs, find a range of Florence Knoll furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024What Florence Knoll called the Womb chair after it was created is unknown. However, its creator Eero Saarinen stated that Knoll inspired him to make the piece by asking him to design the most comfortable chair ever, saying specifically that she wanted something that felt like "a basket full of pillows." Presented with the challenge, Saarinen went primal. What, the designer figured, better signifies the very essence of comfort than the womb? "It was designed on the theory that a great number of people have never really felt comfortable and secure since they left the womb,” the designer said of his chair. Find a selection of vintage Womb chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022No, Florence Knoll didn't usually put a number on her pieces. To identify Florence Knoll furniture, look for a tag or mark that bears the name "Knoll" or "Knoll, Inc." On chairs, the labels are usually on the bottom cushion. On 1stDibs, find a collection of expertly vetted Florence Knoll furniture.
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