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Florence Knoll Executive Desk
Florence Knoll's pedestal Executive Desk with two pencil drawers, reintroduced by Knoll in 2014
1829 × 743 × 959 mm
1961
Approx. $14,000 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Florence Knoll Executive Desk (model 2485D) is a pedestal desk with a veneered top, two pencil drawers and a four-star chrome base. The design-plan page dates it 1961 and the cut sheet says it was designed in 1954; Knoll reintroduced it in 2014.
Construction
- Top and sides on a solid MDF core with wood veneer faces
- Two pencil drawers in solid maple, on ball bearing slides
- Welded steel frame; post and four-star legs in polished chrome (satin chrome available)
- Logo and signature stamped into the base
Specifications
- W 72" × D 37¾" × H 29¼" (1829 × 959 × 743 mm)
Story
Partners' desk
Knoll's cut sheet says Florence Knoll believed the quintessential desk facilitated communication, and that she labored over the relationship between the top and its legs to arrive at a partners' desk type for effective collaboration.
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Reintroduced in 2014
The shop says the desk features the same iconic base as her table desk and was reintroduced in 2014.
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Collection
Florence Knoll Collection
Knoll's Florence Knoll Collection: the 'meat and potatoes' furniture she designed for the Planning Unit, from lounge seating and credenzas to desks and tables.
