Womb chair and ottoman by Eero Saarinen for Knoll Keep The candles are produced from

The candles are produced from paraffin wax

Age: Circa 1940

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Womb chair and ottoman by Eero Saarinen for Knoll Keep The candles are produced fromThe womb chair, designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, was a revolutionary approach to seating when it debuted in 1948. The design was a product of a creative brief from Florence Knoll, who "was sick and tired of the one dimensional lounge chairlong and narrow. I want a chair I can sit sideways in or any other way I want." The result, a fiberglass and resign shell constructed with techniques honed by commercial shipbuilders, and covered with