Modular sofa WOMB

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Eero Saarinen designed the groundbreaking Womb Chair at Florence Knoll's request for "a chair that was like a basket full of pillows, something I could really curl up in." FEATURES Eero Saarinen's 1948 Womb chair, made exclusively for Knoll, displays the Finnish-born designer's flair for challenging rules, breaking molds and setting new standards for modern design. The Womb chair is available in three sizes: standard, medium and small. The standard and medium size have an accompanying ottoman. The Knoll logo is stamped into the structure of the chair and the ottoman. CONSTRUCTION Base: Steel rod, polished chrome finish or painted black. Structure: Polyurethane foam over metal structure with elastic belts. Cushions: are down filled over a polyurethane core. Glides: Stainless steel and nylon articulating glides. FINISHES The base features a steel rod legs with polished chrome finish or painted black. Upholstered in a range of fabrics and leather. After winning the Museum of Modern Art Organic Design Competition with Charles Eames for their experiments with bent plywood in 1941, Eero Saarinen was eager to continue exploring the possibilities of a chair that achieved comfort through the shape of its shell, not the depth of its cushioning. Initially, he began the investigation with designs for smaller fiberglass task chairs, but changed direction when Florence Knoll approached him and asked, “Why not take the bull by the horns and do the big one first? I want a chair that is like a basket full of pillows…something I can curl up in.