Lightweight and strong with perfectly proportioned cushions, the tubular steel Florence Knoll Model 31 Lounge Chair marries robust comfort with timeless, pared-down elegance—a Florence Knoll signature.
Share
Angled seat and back hold the sitter in a comfortable, relaxed position. Tubular steel frame. Thick rectangular seat and back cushions.
Black painted metal or chrome structure. Multilayer wood panel with elastic springs and flexible polyurethane padding.
The frame is available in black paint or chrome. The cushions are available in a wide range of fabrics and leathers.
FLORENCE KNOLL MODEL 31 LOUNGE CHAIR
59cm W x 67,9cm D x 74cm
While a student at the Kingswood School on the campus of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Florence Knoll Bassett (née Schust) became a protegée of Eero Saarinen. She studied architecture at Cranbrook, the Architectural Association in London and the Armour Institute (Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago). She worked briefly for Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Wallace K. Harrison. In 1946, she became a full business and design partner and married Hans Knoll, after which they formed Knoll Associates. She was at once a champion of world-class architects and designers and an exceptional architect in her own right. As a pioneer of the Knoll Planning Unit, she revolutionised interior space planning. Her belief in "total design" – embracing architecture, manufacturing, interior design, textiles, graphics, advertising and presentation – and her application of design principles in solving space problems were radical departures from the standard practice in the 1950s, but were quickly adopted and remain widely used today. For her extraordinary contributions to architecture and design, Florence Knoll was accorded the National Endowment for the Arts' prestigious 2002 National Medal of Arts.