Florence Knoll

FLORENCE KNOLL (Saginaw, United States, 1917 - Coral Gables, 2019) for KNOLL International.
Sideboard, 1970.
Varnished teak veneer.
Calacata marble top.
Fully restored, no flaws.
Measurements: 180 x 45 x 67 cm.

Sideboard designed by Florence Knoll. The refined and elegant aesthetics, based on clean lines and rounded but not heavy volumes, is characteristic of the author. The furniture has sliding doors and shelves organized in four modules. The handles are made of fabric. The top is made of calacata marble, whose mottling harmonizes with the dark wood. It stands on steel legs. This iconic low sideboard design works as well in the dining room as it does in the office.?

Florence Knoll was an architect and furniture designer who studied with Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She created the new model for the modern office in postwar America. The company she created with her husband, Knoll Associates, became a leader in innovative interior design and modern furniture in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming one of the most important publishers of Scandinavian design.