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Pair of Knoll teak bentwood upholstered arm Chairs Park Ave NY

Pair of Knoll teak bentwood upholstered arm Chairs Park Ave NY. This pair of Modern Knoll Associates chairs retain their original upholstery. They date from the 1960 period. Each chair measures 32 and one half inches to the top of their backs, 22 and one half inches wide at the arm and 18 inches to the top of their seats. Mint condition from the original owner. "Hans Knoll, born and raised in Stuttgart, had been educated in England and Switzerland during an era of aesthetic and social revolution. An admirer of the Bauhaus, he was familiar with its giants of design and architecture, including Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Stuttgart, one of the breeding grounds for the crop of new ideas generated in during the 1920s, hosted many exhibitions of the Deutscher Werkbund, a government organization that promoted German design and architecture. Such were the influences on young Hans Knoll. By the time he crossed the Atlantic at age 24, he had formulated the credo that would distinguish his company: Modern architects need modern furniture for their modern buildings" This information was taken from http://www.accurato.com/knoll_history.htm

Thank you for your quick reply. I am really shocked at the price. I knew many people here wanted it, but probably figured I didn't know what I had and they wanted to buy it for nothing. I am glad I held on to it.
Thanks again!
- Ann N