Designed by Jens Risom
Jens Risom's furniture, the first collection designed for and manufactured by Knoll, helped establish the company as an early provider of modern design in America. The unique geometry and angles of legs exhibit Risom's Scandinavian design sensibilities.
Jens Risom
The first true Knoll designer, Jens Risom joined the young Hans Knoll Furniture Company in the early 1940s as the sole designer of interiors and furniture. After collaborating on an exhibition for the New York World's Fair, Hans Knoll asked Risom to help him design interiors for clients around New York. In 1942 they printed the first Knoll Catalog, which included 15 pieces designed by Risom - the very first furniture to be commissioned specifically by Knoll. Working ingeniously within the constraints of wartime material shortages, Risom developed several chairs and tables using essentially scraps of wood and rejected nylon straps from parachute production. Despite these constraints, Risom was able to design innovative and truly modern pieces of furniture.
Construction and Details:
- Top available in 3 finishes in maple or walnut hardwood
- Top is veneered with cathedral pattern with poplar cross bands and backing
- Core and edge are solid hardwood lumber
- Legs and apron are solid maple or walnut
- Lacquer finish
- Note: Ebonized option features ebonized walnut top with ebonized maple base.
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