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"Grasshopper" Chair

Designed 1946
Designed by Eero Saarinen (American (born Finland), 1910–1961) Made from 1948-65 by Knoll, Inc., New York (established 1938)
The "Grasshopper" chair was the first chair designed by Saarinen for Knoll. Its one-piece arm and leg were made from bentwood-wood that is steamed or boiled and then bent into shape rather than being cut. This design is more closely related to the pre-war works of European artists like Alvar Aalto and Marcel Breuer than to those of Saarinen's American contemporaries.

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