Set of Five Warren Platner Stools for Knoll
View Similar Items
Set of Five Warren Platner Stools for Knoll
About the Item
- Creator:Warren Platner (Designer)
- Dimensions:Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Diameter: 17.5 in (44.45 cm)
- Sold As:Set of 5
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1966
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. All stool need new upholstery. 2 stools do not have seat cushions. Light age to bases.
- Seller Location:Turners Falls, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU87288769663
Warren Platner
Though his vintage furniture and interiors are icons of mid-century modernism, architect and furniture designer Warren Platner took his stylistic inspiration from as far back as 18th-century France, once saying about his seminal collection for Knoll that his design intent was to evoke “the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful kind of design that appeared in period style like Louis XV.”
Indeed, the marriage of modern sensibility and classical grace is a marker of Platner’s style across furnishings and interiors — both genres in which he left an enduring legacy.
Born in 1919 in Baltimore, Maryland, Platner studied architecture at Cornell before cutting his teeth working for design icons like Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche, eventually serving as head of interior design in the latter’s office. In 1965, Platner opened his own office, in Greenwich, Connecticut, where he continued to hone his particular brand of graceful modernism.
Knoll released the Platner Collection of seating and tables in 1966. (Originally designed in 1962, the suite took nearly four years of development to bring to life.) The decorative bent-metal-and-glass pieces — an armchair, a dining table and more — make certain nods to the trademarks of his former employers, but also to the shapes of historic European furniture. The sculptural elegance of his line recalls Saarinen’s iconic Tulip collection, which includes armchairs and dining tables, while his materiality aligns with Roche’s cutting-edge use of glass and metal for the headquarters of the Ford Foundation in New York.
Many of Platner’s Knoll pieces would go on to find homes in a certain fabled locale: the Windows on the World restaurant at the original World Trade Center, whose interiors Platner was tapped to outfit in the mid-1970s. Upon the opening of the restaurant in 1976, New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger dubbed its style “sensuous modernism” — an apt tagline for Platner’s oeuvre as a whole.
Platner died in 2006 at the age of 86. His furniture is still produced by Knoll, and original examples — along with idiosyncratic custom works he created for interior design clients — are coveted by collectors today.
Find vintage Warren Platner furniture on 1stDibs.
- Warren Platner, Knoll International, Kvadrat Tonus Fabric Stool Bronze MetalBy Warren Platner, KnollLocated in Boulogne Billancourt, FRAuthentic stool, designed by Warren Platner in 1966. Recent Knoll edition in red Kvadrat Tonus fabrics and bronze metal structure. Knoll ''K'' fabrics under the seat. New condit...Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
MaterialsMetal
- Warren Platner, Knoll International, Kvadrat Tonus Fabric Stool Bronze MetalBy Warren Platner, KnollLocated in Boulogne Billancourt, FRAuthentic stool, designed by Warren Platner in 1966. Recent Knoll edition in bordeaux burgondy Kvadrat Tonus fabrics and bronze metal structure. Knoll ''K'' fabrics under the seat....Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
MaterialsMetal
- Warren Platner, Knoll International, Kvadrat Tonus Fabric Stool Bronze MetalBy Warren Platner, KnollLocated in Boulogne Billancourt, FRAuthentic stool, designed by Warren Platner in 1966. Recent Knoll edition in yellow Kvadrat Tonus fabrics and bronze metal structure. Knoll ''K'' fabrics under the seat. New con...Category
Vintage 1960s American Modern Ottomans and Poufs
MaterialsMetal
- Warren Platner Bronze Stools for KnollBy Warren PlatnerLocated in San Francisco, CAWarren Platner design stools for Knoll Furniture Co. Rare pair of bronze finish stools with original upholstery that is usable as-is but would benefit from new upholstery. Iconic des...Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Stools
MaterialsBronze
$5,000 / set - Warren Platner for Knoll Wire StoolBy Warren Platner, KnollLocated in Brooklyn, NYIndustrial and organic steel wire stool by Warren Platner from the Platner Collection for Knoll, after 1966. Newly upholstered in a creamy, textural wool. In excellent condition. Cur...Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Stools
MaterialsSteel
- Warren Platner Ottomans/Stools for KnollBy Warren PlatnerLocated in West Palm Beach, FLA pair of Warren Platner Ottomans/Stools manufactured by Knoll Original velvet UpholsteryCategory
Vintage 1970s North American Stools
MaterialsStainless Steel