Bench Seaters: Consistent with all of her designs, the bench has spare, geometric profile that reflects the objective perfectionism and rational design approach florence knoll learned her mentor, mies van der rohe. Material high elasticity dacron wrapped foam with down feather layer polished grade steel legs frame with chrome finish medium firm cushion seat feel cushion softness customizable. Fabric, top grain aniline vintage leather leather upholstery c. O. available. materials are fire resistant non toxic baby friendly. measurements are approximations. Born to baker, and orphaned at age twelve, florence schust grew up saginaw, michigan. Schust demonstrated an interest in architecture and was enrolled at the kingswood school for girls, adjacent to the cranbrook academy of art. at kingswood, florence befriended eilel saarinen, whom she would later study under at cranbrook. Warmly embraced the saarinen family, florence seeded in michigan the foundations of her beyond understanding de.
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