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Florence Knoll
MARBLE TABLE
Lot 102
Price Realised:
€3,200
Estimate:
€2,000 - €4,000
AN OVAL CARRARA MARBLE DINING TABLE, by FLORENCE KNOLL, for KNOLL INTERNATIONAL, marble top, metal splayed base.
As head of the Knoll Planning unit, Florence Knoll always approached furniture design with the larger space in mind. Most important to h...
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Lot 102
Florence Knoll
MARBLE TABLE
Lot 102
Florence Knoll
MARBLE TABLE
Estimate:
€2,000 - €4,000
AN OVAL CARRARA MARBLE DINING TABLE, by FLORENCE KNOLL, for KNOLL INTERNATIONAL, marble top, metal splayed base.
As head of the Knoll Planning unit, Florence Knoll always approached furniture design with the larger space in mind. Most important to her was how a piece fit into the greater design the room, the floor, the building. Every element of a Knoll-planned space supported the overall design and complemented the existing architecture.
Never one to compromise, Florence would often design furniture when she, needed the piece of furniture for a job and it wasnt there. And while she never regarded herself as a furniture designer, her quest for harmony of space and consistency of design led her to design several of Knolls most iconic pieces of furnitureall simple, none plain.
As skyscrapers rose up across America during the post-war boom, Florence Knoll saw it as her job to translate the vocabulary and rationale of the modern exterior to the interior space of the corporate office. Thus, unlike Saarinen and Bertoia, her designs were architectural in foundation, not sculptural. She scaled down the rhythm and details of modern architecture while humanising them through colour and texture. Her occasional table collection, designed in 1954 to complement her eponymous lounge collection, is a perfect example of her restrained, geometric approach to furniture, clearly derived from her favourite mentor, Mies van der Rohe.
As head of the Knoll Planning unit, Florence Knoll always approached furniture design with the larger space in mind. Most important to her was how a piece fit into the greater design the room, the floor, the building. Every element of a Knoll-planned space supported the overall design and complemented the existing architecture.
Never one to compromise, Florence would often design furniture when she, needed the piece of furniture for a job and it wasnt there. And while she never regarded herself as a furniture designer, her quest for harmony of space and consistency of design led her to design several of Knolls most iconic pieces of furnitureall simple, none plain.
As skyscrapers rose up across America during the post-war boom, Florence Knoll saw it as her job to translate the vocabulary and rationale of the modern exterior to the interior space of the corporate office. Thus, unlike Saarinen and Bertoia, her designs were architectural in foundation, not sculptural. She scaled down the rhythm and details of modern architecture while humanising them through colour and texture. Her occasional table collection, designed in 1954 to complement her eponymous lounge collection, is a perfect example of her restrained, geometric approach to furniture, clearly derived from her favourite mentor, Mies van der Rohe.
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PLEASE BID EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.
In order to allow rival bidders the opportunity to respond to a late bid the following extensions will apply:
IF A BID IS RECEIVED WITHIN THE FINAL 45 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN THE CLOCK WILL RESET TO 60 SECONDS.
At any point you can leave a maximum bid, representing the highest price you are prepared to pay for a particular lot. Bidding only advances when there is competition from a rival bidder. In that case the system bids on your behalf, only up to the maximum if required. All bids are relayed to you be email, along with notification if you have been outbid.
All maximum bids are confidential and not disclosed. The system will endeavor to purchase the lot for you for the least price. Bids are subject to buyer’s premium of 25% (incl vat), with no additional charges.
In the event of a tied bid, the preference will be given to the bid submitted first. The second bidder will receive immediate notification of being outbid.
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