Oval Dining Table with Marble Top by Florence Knoll
View Similar Items
Oval Dining Table with Marble Top by Florence Knoll
About the Item
- Creator:Florence Knoll (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 78 in (198.12 cm)Depth: 47.5 in (120.65 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 2
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1960s
- Condition:Refinished. Minor losses.
- Seller Location:Wilton, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU929034145412
Florence Knoll
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 polished, efficient design and skillfully realized office plans.
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. Her main work came as head of the Knoll Planning Group, designing custom office interiors for clients such as IBM and CBS. The furniture Florence 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.
- Florence Knoll Coffee / Side End Table with White Marble TopBy Florence Knoll, KnollLocated in Wilton, CTShown here we have the Florence Knoll Coffee Table, a design staple. This table has a handsome white stone top with a hint of light gray veins. Matching this piece with one's décor w...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsStone, Marble, Stainless Steel
- Knoll Era Sofa in Emerald Green Performance VelvetBy Florence KnollLocated in Wilton, CTThis 1960s Knoll Era sofa in stunning Emerald Green Performance Velvet is rich in color and texture. With a broad, geometric structure, the sofa is ...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
MaterialsVelvet, Walnut
- Round Metal Pedestal Marble Top Table After Arthur UmanoffBy Arthur UmanoffLocated in Wilton, CTRound coffee/cocktail table after Arthur Umanoff in black wrought iron metal with original travertine top. Generously sized, it could easily lend itself to an alternative dining tabl...Category
Vintage 1960s American Coffee and Cocktail Tables
MaterialsMetal
$1,160 Sale Price20% Off - Knoll Armless Saarinen Chair with Black Velvet SeatBy KnollLocated in Wilton, CTThis Eero Saarinen for Knoll plastic-back side chair was reupholstered in black cotton velvet fabric. Perfect for a kitchen, as a desk chair, or a single...Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
MaterialsSteel
- Knoll Armless Saarinen Chair White Plastic Back with "Funfetti" UpholsteryBy Knoll, Eero SaarinenLocated in Wilton, CTThis Eero Saarinen for Knoll plastic-back side chair was reupholstered in a super fun mutli-color dot fabric. We offer this at a set - perfect for a fun ...Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
MaterialsTextile, Plastic
- Vintage Executive Task Chair by Vincent Cafiero for KnollBy Vincent Cafiero, KnollLocated in Wilton, CTThe celebrated design language of Knoll was originally championed by an incredibly talented team, together they define Knoll’s greatest work of the Mid-Century. A member of said team...Category
Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk C...
MaterialsSteel
- Florence Knoll Oval Dining Table with 3/4"Italian Carrara Marble TopBy Florence Knoll, KnollLocated in Chicago, ILFlorence Knoll Oval Dining Table with 3/4" Italian Carrara Marble Top and signature knife edge. Legs are solid-steel plated. Knoll Label on undersideCategory
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsCarrara Marble
- Florence Knoll Oval Dining TableBy Florence KnollLocated in Los Angeles, CACategory
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Florence Knoll Mid-Century Modern Oval Marble Top Chrome Dining Conference TableBy Florence KnollLocated in Dayton, OH"An iconic Florence Knoll dining / conference table or desk. Features a beautiful oval Marquina marble top over a chrome plated steel tripod base, circa 1960s. Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett (May 24, 1917 – January 25...Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsMarble, Chrome
- Oval Burgundy Marble Dining Table by Florence Knoll, United States, 1960sBy Knoll, Florence KnollLocated in Antwerp, BEOval burgundy marble dining table by Florence Knoll, manufactured in the United States during the 1960s. The tabletop, hewn from solid bur...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsMarble, Steel
- Restored Vintage Florence Knoll Oval Top Rosewood Dining or Conference TableBy Knoll, Florence KnollLocated in St. Louis, MORestored Mid-Century Modern vintage Florence Knoll oval top dining table / conference or desk in rare book matched rosewood veneer on chrome star...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome
- Florence Knoll Walnut Oval Dining Table Desk for Knoll Inc.By Knoll, Florence KnollLocated in Miami, FLVersatile 2480 pedestal table desk designed by Florence Knoll for Knoll International in the United States, dating from the 1960s. This iconic design features a solid oval walnut woo...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables
MaterialsChrome, Steel
Recently Viewed
View AllRead More
10 Trailblazing Female Designers
From pioneering visionaries to contemporary talents, get to know some of the most important women in design.
Remembering Design Visionary Florence Knoll Bassett (1917-2019)
A loving look back at the life and career of a doyenne of mid-century-modern style, who died last week at the age of 101.