Executive Side Chair, 1948
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Finnish-American architect and designer Eero Saarinen grew up at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in nearby Bloomfield Hills, after his father designed the campus and became its first president. The relationships Saarinen cultivated at Cranbrook had lasting influence. This chair was produced by Knoll furniture company, then headed by a Cranbrook friend and classmate, Florence Schust Knoll, alongside her husband.
Finnish-American architect and designer Eero Saarinen grew up at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in nearby Bloomfield Hills, after his father designed the campus and became its first president. The relationships Saarinen cultivated at Cranbrook had lasting influence. This chair was produced by Knoll furniture company, then headed by a Cranbrook friend and classmate, Florence Schust Knoll, alongside her husband.
Artifact
Side chair
Date Made
1948
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, New York, New York
Creator Notes
Designed in 1948 by Eero Saarinen. Produced by Knoll Associates, Inc. of New York.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2024.104.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of The Liliane and David M. Stewart Collection, donated to the Stewart Collection by Dr. Michael Sze.
Material
Leather
Steel (Alloy)
Plastic
Foam (Material form)
Color
Black (Color)
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 33 in
Width: 22 in
Length: 16.25 in
Inscriptions
on label on bottom: KNOLL / KNOLL ASSOCIATES, INC. / 320 PARK AVENUE / NEW YORK 22, N.Y.
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