Image source: Knoll — Womb Settee
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Womb Settee
Eero Saarinen's double-wide Womb Settee, model 73L, back in Knoll's line since 2015
1594 × 902 × 864 mm
1948
Approx. $11,000 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Womb Settee (model 73L) is the two-person version of Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair, dated 1948 on Knoll's design-plan page and reintroduced by Knoll in 2015.
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Construction
- Reinforced fiberglass shell on a plywood platform
- Polyester fiber padding with a foam core; separate seat and back cushions
- Steel rod frame in black powder coat, polished chrome or gold plating; stainless steel and nylon glides
- Fabric, suede or leather upholstery
Specifications
- W 62¾" × D 34" × H 35½" (1594 × 864 × 902 mm); seat height 16", arm height 20½"
Story
Built for a corporate complex
Knoll's page says the settee was developed in anticipation of Eero Saarinen's General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, a complex of twenty-five buildings that needed furnishings for over 5,000 people. It was not one of his famous trio, the Model 70, 71 and 72 chairs.
Revisited in 2012
Design Director Benjamin Pardo recalls that Knoll met the same challenges as in the late 1940s; the plastic shell's flexibility, an asset in other models, proved problematic in the Model 73. The settee was welcomed back in 2015.
More by Eero Saarinen
Saarinen Tulip Armchair
Eero Saarinen's 1955-56 pedestal armchair, with a swivel or fixed seat
Womb Chair
Saarinen's 1948 Womb Chair, made for Florence Knoll to curl up in
Saarinen Dining Table, Round 137 cm
Saarinen's 1957 one-legged pedestal table, round 54 in (137 cm) with a stone top
Saarinen Outdoor Dining Tables
Eero Saarinen's 1957 pedestal dining table in weatherproof Vetro Bianco quartz
Collection
Saarinen Collection
Knoll's Saarinen Collection: Eero Saarinen's Pedestal tables and Tulip chairs of 1957, the Womb Chair and the Executive Chair, from Cranbrook to Knoll.
