Florence Knoll Furniture
There she met hans knoll who had founded knoll furniture three years prior.
Florence knoll furniture. In 1941 florence moved to new york where she met hans knoll who was establishing his furniture company. Knoll convinced florence to join the company and five years later the couple married. 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.
May 24 1917 january 25 2019 was an american architect interior designer furniture designer and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist design to office interiors knoll and her husband hans knoll built knoll associates into a leader in the fields of furniture and interior design. There she met hans knoll who was establishing a new furniture company. The muuto sale 10 1 10 19.
Shop browse shop online for knoll classics work from home essentials select muuto designs and knolltextiles fabrics and. Florence knoll humbly referred to her furniture designs as meat and potatoes filler between the standout pieces of bertoia mies and saarinen. Knoll bassett also designed individual pieces of furniture foils to the more sculptural designs she commissioned with her exacting taste from the likes of eero saarinen harry bertoia isamu noguchi and george nakashima.
Throughout the 1940s and 1950s ms. At right florence knoll and hans knoll both in the foreground discuss an interior. Led by florence knoll the firm would draw stellar talents such as ludwig mies van der rohe and eero saarinen into its compass.
65 years later her furniture is anything but filler. We help create inspiring places where people love to be. Their work would help change the face of the american home and office.
Having attended the iconic cranbrook academy in detroit florence headed to new york in 1941. With florence s design skills and hans business acumen and salesmanship the pair who married in 1946 grew the nascent company into an international arbiter of style and design. Knoll uses modern design to connect people with their work lives and world browse shop our entire furniture textile collection for your home or office.