WHAT'S IT WORTH ?: IDiamond chair is a Modern design icon

From: Sunday Gazette-Mail | Date: February 17, 2002| Author: Leslie Hindman | Copyright information

Q. I have a chair I would like to know more about. I think it's from the 1950s. There is a label under the chair's seat that reads, "Knoll Associates, 320 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y." What can you tell me? - David G. DeVane, Jamestown, N.C.

A. Your chair is an icon of Modern furniture: It is the famous Diamond chair designed by Harry Bertoia. Bertoia (1915-1978) designed the chair in 1952 for Knoll Associates, a company founded by Hans and Florence Knoll, now called Knoll Inc. It was ...

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