Knoll

Founded in New York by Hans Knoll; with Florence Knoll he built a catalogue of furniture by Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen and Harry Bertoia.

Hans Knoll was the son of a German furniture manufacturer and started out in New York. Florence Schust, who had studied architecture under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen, became his wife and partner and led the planning unit.

Knoll obtained the rights to Mies's Barcelona chair and had Eero Saarinen, Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi design furniture. After Hans Knoll's death in 1955 Florence led the company. Knoll merged with Herman Miller in 2021.

Labels under the seat reading Knoll Associates or Knoll International depending on the decade.