Florence Knoll Lounge Chair

Overview

The Florence Knoll Lounge Chair (model 1205S1) is a square-plan upholstered armchair that Knoll dates to 1954. Knoll describes its profile as spare and geometric, and builds it on an exposed steel frame in polished or satin chrome.

Construction

• Exposed frame and legs in heavy gauge steel (tubular, according to the KnollStudio price list), polished or satin chrome
• Solid wood inner frame and No-Sag spring seat suspension
• Tufted cushions in variable-density foam; leather versions have matching buttons
• KnollTextiles fabrics or Spinneybeck leathers
• KnollStudio logo and Florence Knoll's signature stamped into the base frame

Specifications

• W 32¼" × D 32¼" × H 31¼" (819 × 819 × 794 mm); seat height 17½" (445 mm), arm height 23½" (597 mm)
• Weight 70 lb; Greenguard Indoor Air Quality certification (shop page); Clean Air GOLD for the lounge collection (price list)

One chair in a 1954 group

Knoll's design-plan page ties the 1205S1 chair to the lounge collection that Florence Knoll designed in 1954, and the shop page describes it as simple architectural lines with tufted cushions. The price list catalogues the chair as 1205S1, the settee as 1205S2 and the sofa as 1205S3, with one construction note for all three.

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What the chair adds

Its plan is a square, 32¼ in each way. Knoll's older cut sheet from 2007 draws the same chair slightly smaller, at 31½ in square, while the current page and the price list agree on 32¼ in.