Knoll (company)

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Knoll
Knoll logo
Type of Company Public (NYSE: KNL)
Founded 1938
Founder Hans Knoll
Headquarters East Greenville, PA, USA
Key people Florence Knoll
Industry Manufacturing
Products Designer furniture
Website www.knoll.com
Florence "Shu" Knoll Bassett followed her husband as head of the company
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Florence "Shu" Knoll Bassett followed her husband as head of the company
The Tulip chair, designed for Knoll by Eero Saarinen in 1956
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The Tulip chair, designed for Knoll by Eero Saarinen in 1956
A Knoll print ad from 1969 promoting Eero Saarinen's Pedestal chair
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A Knoll print ad from 1969 promoting Eero Saarinen's Pedestal chair
Many of the company's products are on permanent display at MOMA in NYC: The Tulip chair...
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Many of the company's products are on permanent display at MOMA in NYC:
The Tulip chair...
...and the Wassily Chair
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...and the Wassily Chair

Knoll is an American company that produces office furniture systems. The company has been recognized as a worldwide design leader. The company sells furniture for the home by design greats such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia, Frank Gehry, Maya Lin and Eero Saarinen.

The company was founded in New York City in 1938 by Hans Knoll. Production facilities were moved to Pennsylvania in 1940. After the death of Hans in 1955 his wife Florence Knoll took over as head of the company. The company is headquartered in East Greenville, Pennsylvania and listed at the New York Stock Exchange.

[edit] Notable products

Many of the company's product are included in museum collections. [1]

[edit] List of designers

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