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Womb Chair - 1946, Made by Knoll designed by Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen designed with the human form in mind as the end user of the furniture. Sounds simple but many designers prefer aesthetics to functionality.
The Womb chair envelops the persons and creates a safe and comfortable place to curl up and relax.
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It is made of a molded fibre glass seat shell, supported on a bent tubular frame with nylon swivel glides. It is upholstered in a boucle fabric and has loose latex foam cushions for increased comfort. It's organic form is representative of the mid century Scandinavian modernism style of furniture using synthetic materials to create organically inspired forms. To increase the comfort he also designed a coordinating ottoman or foot stool. It was designed for Knoll Associates Inc. and is still in production. |
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