
Florence Knoll 1917–2019
Florence Knoll (née Florence Schust) was born in Michigan in 1917. As a child, she was enrolled in the Kingswood School, a division of the Cranbrook School of Art. Eliel and Loja Saarinen, parents of architect Eero Saarinen, quickly noted her talents, and she became a close friend of the family often joining them on vacations to their summer home in Finland. In 1935, Knoll studied urban planning at Columbia University and continued her degree at the Architectural Association of London from 1938 to 1939. World War II brought Knoll back to the United States where she finished her degree in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago studying under Mies van der Rohe. After graduating, Knoll moved to Massachusetts to work in the office of Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer.
Upcoming Lots Florence Knoll

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Florence Knoll
cabinet
estimate: $1,500–2,000

180
Florence Knoll
hanging cabinet, model 121 W-1
estimate: $2,000–3,000

190
Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $2,000–3,000

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Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $2,000–3,000

193
Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $3,000–5,000

196
Florence Knoll
dining table
estimate: $2,000–3,000

255
Florence Knoll
settee
estimate: $1,000–1,500

265
Florence Knoll
Partner's desk
estimate: $1,500–2,000

277
Florence Knoll
T Angle bench
estimate: $1,000–1,500

289
Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $2,000–3,000

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Florence Knoll
cabinet, model 116
estimate: $3,000–5,000
Auction Results Florence Knoll

Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $17,500

Florence Knoll
credenza
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $11,400

Florence Knoll
custom cabinet
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $11,250

Florence Knoll
cabinet, model 122
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $10,000

Florence Knoll
cabinet
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $10,000

Florence Knoll
Custom cabinet for Alcoa Headquarters, Pittsburgh
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $9,750

Florence Knoll
triple cabinet
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $9,600

Florence Knoll
credenza
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $9,600

Florence Knoll
credenza
estimate: $3,000–4,000
result: $9,600

Florence Knoll
credenza
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $9,375

Florence Knoll
Executive Office cabinet
estimate: $3,000–5,000
result: $8,750

Florence Knoll
cabinet, model 116
estimate: $4,000–6,000
result: $8,255