Warren Platner 1919–2006
Warren Platner (1919—2006) was an American architect and interior designer whose seminal furniture collection produced by Knoll International remains an icon of 1960s modernism today. In 1941, Platner graduated with a degree in architecture from Cornell and soon went to work for the renowned Raymond Loewy and I.M. Pei between 1945—1950 later earning the Rome Prize in architecture in 1955.
While working in the office of Eero Saarinen during the mid-1960s, he released a collection of chairs, ottomans, and tables that has been in continuous production by Knoll ever since. The collection is both elegant and understated consisting of steel wire furniture that rests on a sculptural base of nickel-plated steel rods. The following year he opened his firm Warren Platner Associates later designing the highly regarded interiors of the Ford Foundation headquarters in 1967, Georg Jensen Design Center in 1968, and the glamorous Windows on the World restaurant of the World Trade Center, New York in 1976.
Auction Results Warren Platner
Warren Platner
executive desk
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $36,250
Warren Platner
dining table, model #3716T and six dining chairs, model #1725A
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $22,800
Warren Platner
Executive desk
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $21,250
Warren Platner
Executive Desk
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $18,750
Warren Platner
desk
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $18,400
Warren Platner
executive desk
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $18,000
Warren Platner
executive desk
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $16,640
Warren Platner
dining set
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $16,250
Warren Platner
executive desk
estimate: $7,000–9,000
result: $15,000
Warren Platner
Executive desk
estimate: $10,000–15,000
result: $15,000
Warren Platner
dining table, model #3716T and four dining chairs, model #1725A
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $14,400
Warren Platner
dining set
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $14,400
Warren Platner
lounge chairs, pair
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $14,160
Warren Platner
Executive desk
estimate: $5,000–7,000
result: $14,160
Warren Platner
executive desk
estimate: $9,000–12,000
result: $13,200
Warren Platner
prototype lounge chair
estimate: $15,000–20,000
result: $12,000