Chair, Model No. 132U | Phillips, de Pury & Company

Estimated value: 5000-7000 US$

Reached Price : 5377 US$

Auction:
20-21st Century Design

Sales date: 2003-06-11

Location:
New York

Lot number: 99

Design

Donald Knorr
Manufacturer Knoll

Architonic id

4102879

This chair design, developed while Knorr was working in Eero Saarinen's office, shared first prize at the "International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design" held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Bent and tubular metal
275/8 in. (70.1 cm) high

Literature:
George Nelson, Chairs, 1953, reprint,
New York, 1994, p. 115
Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds., 1000 Chairs, Cologne, 1997, p. 280
Knoll Museum, Catalog No. 1, exh. cat., East Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1997, n.p.