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    Risom Dining Table

    Jens Risom  1943

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    Jens Risom’s furniture, the first collection designed for and manufactured by Knoll, helped establish the company as an early provider of modern design in America. The unique geometry and angles of legs exhibit Risom’s Scandinavian design sensibilities.

    Knoll Designer Jens Risom

    Jens Risom

    The first true Knoll designer, Jens Risom joined the young Hans Knoll Furniture Company in the early 1940s as the sole designer of interiors and furniture. After collaborating on an exhibition for the New York World’s Fair, Hans Knoll asked Risom to help him design interiors for clients around New York.

    In 1942 they printed the first Knoll Catalog, which included 15 pieces designed by Risom — the very first furniture to be commissioned specifically by Knoll. Working ingeniously within the constraints of wartime material shortages, Risom developed several chairs and tables using essentially scraps of wood and rejected nylon straps from parachute production. Despite these constraints, Risom was able to design innovative and truly modern pieces of furniture.

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    Construction and Details
    • Top available in 3 finishes in maple or walnut hardwood
    • Top is veneered with cathedral pattern with poplar cross bands and backing
    • Core and edge are solid hardwood lumber
    • Legs and apron are solid maple or walnut
    • Lacquer finish

    Dimensions

    •   w d h seats
      (20" / 26" chair)
      642TR Risom Dining Table 42" 42" 28" 5/4
       

    Note: Ebonized option features ebonized walnut top with ebonized maple base.

    Top and Base

    Clear Maple/Maple/Rotary Maple

    Clear Maple/Maple/Rotary Maple
    Ebonized

    Ebonized

    Light Walnut

    Light Walnut

    Whitesweep

    Detail

    Configure Risom Dining Table

    The configurator below is for reference purposes only. All options, finishes and sizes may not be represented.
    For the complete scope, please refer to the KnollStudio price list.


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    General Info

    Document

    Risom Collection
    Document

    Risom Tables Product Sheet
    Document

    KnollStudio Price List Vol 1

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