Womb Chair

Eero Saarinen, 1948. Made by Knoll Florence Knoll asked Saarinen for a chair that was like a basket full of pillows, something she could really curl up in, and he answered with a wide molded shell on thin steel legs, upholstered all over and fitted with loose cushions. It is the chair to recognize by posture: people sit in it sideways, knees up. Knoll introduced it in 1948 as the Model 70 and has kept it in continuous production since, made to the original specifications. Knoll's own pages give 1946 for the start of the design work.