Womb chair
Eero Saarinen
(American (born in Finland), 1910–1961)
Knoll International
(American, founded in 1938)
designed 1948; made about 1967
Object PlaceEast Greenville, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniqueChrome-plated metal, original wool upholstery
DimensionsOverall: 229.1 x 258.1 x 219.5 cm (90 3/16 x 101 5/8 x 86 3/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. James G. Hinkle, Jr. and Mr. Roy Hammer
Accession number2008.78.1
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceUnidentified collector, Brookline, MA who owned it for 20+ years; 1992, purchased from Brookline collector by Normand Mainville, owner of Machine Age, Boston, for his private use; 2008, purchased from Mainville for the MFA (Accession date: March 28, 2008).
CopyrightAll images courtesy of Knoll, Inc.There are no works to discover for this record.