Knoll Textiles design studio. Photography by Nick Ballón, 2023.
Classic Boucle. Photography by Nick Ballón, 2023.
Knoll Textiles design studio. Photography by Nick Ballón, 2023.
Hans Knoll established the Hans G. Knoll Furniture Company in 1938.
Florence at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, ca. 1933.
The Cranbrook Academy of Art, ca. 1933.
Knoll collaborators, Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames, at Cranbrook, ca. 1941.
Florence and Hans Knoll with Nordiska Kompaniet business associates in Sweden, ca. 1946.
Florence and Hans Knoll with the Saarinen Family, ca. 1949.
Florence graduated from The Illinois Institute of Technology in 1941, where she studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe.
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Florence at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, ca. 1933.
The Cranbrook Academy of Art, ca. 1933.
Knoll collaborators, Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames, at Cranbrook, ca. 1941.
Florence and Hans Knoll with Nordiska Kompaniet business associates in Sweden, ca. 1946.
Florence and Hans Knoll with the Saarinen Family, ca. 1949.
Florence graduated from The Illinois Institute of Technology in 1941, where she studied architecture with Mies van der Rohe.
Florence and Hans Knoll married and together established Knoll Associates, Inc. in 1946.
Florence founded the Knoll Planning Unit, an all-encompassing interior planning service, in 1946.
Knoll Planning Unit. The CBS Building by Eero Saarinen in New York, completed ca. 1964.
Knoll Planning Unit. First National Bank of Miami, completed ca. 1957.
Knoll Planning Unit. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company in Bloomfield, Connecticut, completed ca. 1957.
Paste-up plan, a signature tool of Florence Knoll and the Knoll Planning Unit. Cowles Publications office in New York, New York, completed ca. 1962.
Florence led the company until her retirement in 1965, but periodically worked with Knoll on exhibitions and projects in the following years.
Anni Albers.
Eclat by Anni Albers, ca. 1976.
Sheila Hicks.
Color card of Inca by Sheila Hicks, ca. 1966.
Noémi Raymond.
Mosaic by Noémi Raymond, ca. 1950.
Lazy Lines by Astrid Sampe, ca. 1953.
Striae Stripe, introduced in 2015 by Knoll Textiles, references Rugby by Astrid Sampe, ca. 1955.
Eszter Haraszty.
Triad by Eszter Haraszty, ca. 1954.
Suzanne Huguenin.
Nylon Homespun by Suzanne Huguenin, ca. 1958.
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Noémi Raymond.
Mosaic by Noémi Raymond, ca. 1950.
Lazy Lines by Astrid Sampe, ca. 1953.
Striae Stripe, introduced in 2015 by Knoll Textiles, references Rugby by Astrid Sampe, ca. 1955.
Eszter Haraszty.
Triad by Eszter Haraszty, ca. 1954.
Suzanne Huguenin.
Nylon Homespun by Suzanne Huguenin, ca. 1958.
Installation view of the exhibition Textiles U.S.A., 1956. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Installation view of the exhibition Textiles U.S.A., 1956. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Installation view of the exhibition Textiles U.S.A., 1956. The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Herbert Matter. Advertisement for Knoll Associates, Inc. featuring York, 1965.
Herbert Matter. Advertisement for Knoll Associates, Inc., 1965.
Herbert Matter. Collage for Knoll Textiles, ca. 1966.
Herbert Matter. Advertisement for Knoll Associates, Inc. featuring Apples by Stig Lindberg, Sampe Stripe by Astrid Sampe, and Chinese Coins by Noémi Raymond, ca. 1948.
Herbert Matter. Advertisement for Knoll Associates, Inc. featuring Fibra and Triad by Eszter Haraszty, ca. 1954.
Takaaki Matsumoto. Knoll Textiles envelope, 1985.
Massimo Vignelli. Advertisement for Knoll International featuring Knoll Cotton Velvet, 1977.
Lella and Massimo Vignelli and Unimark International. Sample kit, Knoll Textiles “Handwoven Collection,” ca. 1967.
Florence Knoll’s handwritten note to Coco Kim, Knoll director of communications, featuring swatches of Scotch Linen by Franz Lorenz, 1950 and Prestini by Toni Prestini, 1947.
Color blanket of Cato, 1961.
Color card and samples of Cato, 1961.
Cato in Fire Red, 1961. Photography by Nick Ballón, 2023.
Florence Knoll.
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