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Balanced weave with tweedy effect created through the use of space-dyed yarns in shades of blue.

Samples, Nuance, 1983
wool, silk, cotton, rayon.
Gift of Cindia Cameron.
2011-21-8-a/h

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Grid-based linear design; a is white lines on a blue ground, and b is black lines on a white ground. Each has several smaller samples of alternate colorways attached to the top.

Samples, Kon-Tiki, introduced 1954
cotton.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-2-a,b

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Nine samples in a machine knitted and plastic case. Includes Waves, Romanie, Morreau, Strata (2), Pinwheels, Luna, Fences, and Metropolis.

Sample Case (USA), 1980–89
plastic, wool, cotton, polyester, rayon, nylon, acrylic.
Gift of Knoll International.
1989-89-1-a/j

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Design of tangent diamonds in tone-on-tone colors; a is bright yellow printed with white, b is black and deep blue, and c is medium and light brown. Samples a and c have additional small samples showing alternate colorways attached to the top.

Samples, Diamonds, ca. 1951
linen.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-3-a/c

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Skinny black warps and wefts alternating skinny black with a much heavier, marled yarn of cream and mixed pastels.

Samples, Melange, 1983
wool, rayon, cotton, silk.
Gift of Cindia Cameron.
2011-21-7-a/d

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Blue, open, shell-like chair upholstered in fabric, resting on chrome legs. The chair's armrests formed by symmetrical "dips" in the shell. Accompanying ottoman, also with chrome legs and a rectangular, blue, cushion.

Womb Chair And Ottoman, 1948
polyester, foam, tubular steel.
1979-80-1-a/e

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Upholstered side chair on four black steel legs; square seat with curved corners, covered in light brown nylon and wool; arched back, upholstered in cream colored vinyl, wraps around sides of seat.

Model 72PSB Side Chair, 1948
steel, vinyl, nylon, woven wool upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-13

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Wide, flat brown plywood frame, the shape reminiscent of the Chippendale style, with back pierced to form rails and splat; seat upholstered with square wool-upolstered pad in the "Tapestry" pattern of a red, black and white abstracted floral motif.

Chippendale Chair, 1984
molded and laminated plywood, wool upholstery.
Gift of Knoll International.
1991-6-1

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Length of printed cotton with large chevrons formed of small vertical rectangles in subtle shades of purple, orange and yellow.

Textile, Fortuna, 1988
cotton.
Gift of Heberlein Textildruck.
1989-88-1-a/d

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Wooden stacking chair, angular with slightly curved band for back and black textile for seat.

Chair (USA), ca. 1952
wood, textile.
Gift of Knoll International.
1990-139-1

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Welded wire form comprising bucket-type seat on conical base; back/arms with band of green uhpholstery; green seat cushion.

Chair (USA), 1966
bronze-plated steel, nylon upholstery.
Gift of Knoll Associates, Inc..
1971-16-1

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Circular seat covered in green wool upholstery on white stem-like base spreading to broad circular foot.

Pedestal Stool, 1957
lacquered cast aluminum, woven wool upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-66

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High-backed lounge chair with bentwood elements forming continuous arms/legs; upholstered in grey wool.

Model 61 Chair, ca. 1950
bent laminated birch, upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-59

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Two samples of printed linen with an vertical stripe of abstracted loom heddles; (a) is in shades of blue and green on a white ground, and (b) is in shades of pink on an orange ground.

Textile, Fibra, introduced 1953
linen.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-6-a,b

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Fragment of printed linen with rows of narrow triangles and rectangles. Component 1-a is in shades of yellow; 1-b is in shades of blue.

Textile, Prisma, ca. 1958
linen.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1991-157-1-a,b

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Polka-dot design with a vertical orientation. Printed in shades of green on a white ground, the size of the dots varies, and each has the appearance of being "dropped" onto the page.

Sidewall, Drop, 2011
screen-printed on vinyl, polyester backing.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2011-40-7

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Design of overlapping typographic letters, having a very random appearance, printed in white on a deep gray ground. The scale of the letters range from quite small to quite large, while the scale and opacity of the letters creates a sense of depth.

Sidewall, Drip, 2011
screen-printed on vinyl, polyester backing.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2011-40-6

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Large-scale design of compressed ovals composed of concentric bands of color, in shades of brown, rust, tan, orange and blue.

Textile, Omahar, ca. 1977
cotton.
Gift of Carol S. Connell.
2011-26-2

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Simple open square grid of natural-colored yarns, giving sheer effect.

Textile, Minnow, ca. 1956
cotton.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-2

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Wood frame consisting of square seat and back on four tapering legs; frame covered in brown cotton webbing.

Model 666wsp Chair, 1943
wood, cotton webbing.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-178

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Contoured, rectangular seat covered in gray wool; four simple bentwood legs.

Grasshopper Ottoman, ca. 1940
plywood, wool upholstery.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-60

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100% acrylic resin powders forming bits in browns, greens, grays, creating wavy vertical stripes, on ground of same colored bits.

Sidewall, Fretwork, 1992
acrylic resin powder, paper backing.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
1993-83-2

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Large-scale design of undulating lines converging in an irregular chevron, in shades of brown, rust, olive and white.

Textile, Trails, ca. 1972
cotton.
Gift of Carol S. Connell.
2011-26-1

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Length of printed cotton with a grid of stylized apples, some with worms, printed in rusty-red on natural color ground.

Textile, Apples, ca. 1950
cotton.
Gift of Mae Lamar Festa.
1992-125-1-a,b

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Color blanket for Cato, Knoll's longest-running textile. 10 of the 11 Cato standard colorways are included in the blanket: H800/50 Natural, H800/12 Ivory, H800/2 Sand, H800/44 Grey, H800/42 Blue, H800/51 Yellow, H800/41 Green, H800/43 Brown, H800/14 Fire Red, and H800/52 Hot Pink.

Color Blanket, Cato, 2014
86% wool, 14% rayon.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2015-30-10

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Subtle monochrome pattern in grays gives impression of color unevenly applied due to folding of the substrate.

Upholstery Fabric, Cummings, 2009
63% cotton, 37% silk.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2010-7-6

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Length of digitally-printed fabric with vertical columns of yellows, browns and blues bleeding into one another extremely gradually (ombré). Sold as drapery fabric.

Textile, Auden, 2009
53% ramie, 47% polyester.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2010-7-2

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Multi-colored ombre of vertical columns of purples, grays and yellows bleeding into one another extremely gradually.

Textile, Auden, 2009
53% ramie, 47% polyester.
Gift of Knoll Textiles.
2010-7-1

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Simple open net with square grid of yarns, in "White" colorway.

Textile, Fishnet, ca. 1947
linen.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-3

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Angular maple frame with rectangular back and square seat upholstered in tan and red-brown striped fabric.

666UAC Armchair, ca. 1948
maple, steel, upholstery (saran, twill variation), cotton batting.
Gift of Earl Martin.
2011-23-1

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Length of printed linen with a grid of variously sized green rectangles composed of concentric lines.

Textile, Campagna, 1947
linen.
Gift of Nicholas A. Pappas, FAIA.
2002-14-3

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Length of printed linen with orange rectangles composed of concentric lines, on a natural-colored ground.

Textile, Campagna, 1947
linen.
Gift of Nicholas A. Pappas, FAIA.
2002-14-2

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Rectangles of varied size, each filled with concentric lines, in "White on White Sheer" colorway.

Textile, Campagna, ca. 1958
dacron polyester, linen.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-7

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Skinny black warp with weft alternating between black and much heavier yellow yarn, in black with yellow colorway.

Textile, Handwoven H920, ca. 1952
wool, plastic.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-22

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Tweedy handwoven in black and white with black plastic.

Sample, Handwoven H920/10, ca. 1952
plastic warp, wool?.
Gift of Richard and Trudy Schultz.
2011-25-14

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