A KNOLL 'WOMB' ARMCHAIR AND OTTOMAN, designed by Eero Saarinen, circa 1948, the double curve molded fiberglass shell covered with foam and upholstered with purple fabric (worn to right armrest),with two cushions, held by a tubular steel frame, on four curved feet--35 in. (89 cm.) high, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53 cm.) deep; with matching ottoman, upholstered in cream fabric--16 in. (40.5 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep (2)

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A KNOLL 'WOMB' ARMCHAIR AND OTTOMAN, designed by Eero Saarinen, circa 1948, the double curve molded fiberglass shell covered with foam and upholstered with purple fabric (worn to right armrest),with two cushions, held by a tubular steel frame, on four curved feet--35 in. (89 cm.) high, 38 in. (96.5 cm.) wide, 21 in. (53 cm.) deep; with matching ottoman, upholstered in cream fabric--16 in. (40.5 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 22 in. (56 cm.) deep (2)

拍品专文

cf. Cara Greenberg, Mid-Century Modern, Furniture of the 1950's, New York: Harmony Books, 1984, pp. 13 and 77

David A Hanks, Twentieth Century American Design, New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985, p. 143

Klaus-Jügen Sembach, New Furniture, An Inernational Review from 1950 to the Present, Stuttgart: Nerlag Gert Hatjie, 1982, p. 102