Womb chair

Designed by: Eero Saarinen (American (born in Finland), 1910–1961)
Manufactured by: Knoll International (American, founded in 1938)

designed 1948; made about 1967

Object Place: East Greenville, Pennsylvania

Medium/Technique Chrome-plated metal, original wool upholstery

Dimensions Overall: 229.1 x 258.1 x 219.5 cm (90 3/16 x 101 5/8 x 86 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Mr. James G. Hinkle, Jr. and Mr. Roy Hammer

Accession Number2008.78.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas

ClassificationsFurniture – Seating and beds

ProvenanceUnidentified collector, Brookline, MA who owned it for 20+ years; 1992, purchased from Brookline collector by Normand Mainville, owner of Machine Age, Boston, for his private use; 2008, purchased from Mainville for the MFA (Accession date: March 28, 2008).