child's risom amoeba table
by Jens Risom, from Knoll
Design Jens Risom, 1941
Solid beech legs, honey laminate top
Made in USA by Knoll
Created for the ones we love, knoll kids™ is a collection of spirited, modern furniture scaled for a younger generation. Each piece reflects Knoll's belief in the utility of modern design and commitment to quality.
Jens Risom's original 1941 table for Knoll exhibits the designer's taste for well-crafted Scandinavian Modernism. This Amoeba table is now available in a child's version made of select European Beech hardwood with a toned natural finish and mortise and tenon construction. The top is .75" thick wood grain laminate with a Beech grain pattern and toned catalyzed lacquer finish. The Child's Risom Amoeba Table is a great companion piece to the Child's Risom Side Chair and Stool.
The child's Amoeba tables are shipped knocked down and require simple assembly.
child's amoeba table: 42" w | 32" d | 20" h | 32lbs.
(please allow 8-12 weeks for this special table to be created and shipped to your location)
Danish-born Jens Risom (b. 1916) received his education in Denmark. He later worked as a designer of furniture and interiors in the Copenhagen office of architect Ernst Kuhn. After immigrating to the United States in 1939, he designed Hans Knoll's first commissioned collection, including a range of simple birchwood chairs. He then teamed with entrepreneur to launch the Hans Knoll Furniture Company in 1942, with 15 of the 20 pieces in the inaugural "600" line designed by Risom. He has been cited as one of the first to introduce Scandinavian design to the United States. After World War II, he founded his own company and was among the first to manufacture furniture consisting of interchangeable standard components.
Hans Knoll founded the Knoll company in New York City in 1938 one year after immigrating from Germany. He hired Florence Schust who had worked for Gropius and Breuer and the two were married in 1946. Knoll would triumph thanks to impressive international contacts, gaining exclusive rights to the works of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe including the Barcelona Chair. Knoll commissioned Eero Saarinen to design the Tulip chair. Artists such as Harry Bertoia, Jens Risom, and Isamu Noguchi also collaborated with Knoll.