1963 Pair of Eero Saarinen for Knoll Red Vinyl Armless Executive Dining Chairs

1963 Pair of Eero Saarinen for Knoll Red Vinyl Armless Executive Dining ChairsListed for sale is a pair of armless executive dining side chairs, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International in 1963. The chairs retain original labels from Met Life, the famous skyscraper on Park Avenue designed in part by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius (completed in 1963). The chairs were presumably specified by the architects and used in the building for many years. These particular chairs are upholstered in their original red

Vitra is the sole authorized manufacturer of Nelson products for markets in Europe and the Middle East

25 inches wide and 27

We may be able to track down an additional chair to make a set of ten

We acquired a larger group of these chairs

The sofa was specially ordered in orange leather with very nice hand feel

not the bar height version

furniture works by Glass are increasingly rare and phenomenal works of design highlighting industrial design developments during the mid 20th century

The cushion appears to be either nice vinyl or leather

but is not included as part of this sale (see photo)

which you are unlikely to see on the market again for many years

It is thus now vibrant and white as it should be

designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International in 1963