Womb Chair
E371390
The Womb Chair is a mid-century modern lounge chair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1948, celebrated for its organic, enveloping form and enduring status as a design icon.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Womb Chair canonical | 3 |
| Womb chair | 2 |
| Model 70 Womb Chair | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3603929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Womb Chair Context triple: [Womb chair for Knoll, alsoKnownAs, Womb Chair]
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A.
Zig-Zag Chair
The Zig-Zag Chair is a pioneering early modernist cantilevered wooden chair, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld in the 1930s, celebrated for its radical Z-shaped form and minimalist construction.
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B.
Indian Chair
Indian Chair is a notable rock formation and historic landmark located within Mashamoquet State Park in Connecticut.
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C.
Wassily Chair
The Wassily Chair is a pioneering modernist tubular steel and leather armchair designed in the 1920s that became an icon of Bauhaus furniture design.
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D.
Red and Blue Chair
Red and Blue Chair is an iconic early 20th-century modernist armchair designed by Gerrit Rietveld, celebrated for its abstract geometric form and primary color scheme emblematic of the De Stijl movement.
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E.
Cesca Chair
The Cesca Chair is a pioneering modernist cantilevered chair that combines a tubular steel frame with a cane seat and back, exemplifying Bauhaus design principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Womb Chair Target entity description: The Womb Chair is a mid-century modern lounge chair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1948, celebrated for its organic, enveloping form and enduring status as a design icon.
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A.
Zig-Zag Chair
The Zig-Zag Chair is a pioneering early modernist cantilevered wooden chair, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld in the 1930s, celebrated for its radical Z-shaped form and minimalist construction.
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B.
Indian Chair
Indian Chair is a notable rock formation and historic landmark located within Mashamoquet State Park in Connecticut.
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C.
Wassily Chair
The Wassily Chair is a pioneering modernist tubular steel and leather armchair designed in the 1920s that became an icon of Bauhaus furniture design.
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D.
Red and Blue Chair
Red and Blue Chair is an iconic early 20th-century modernist armchair designed by Gerrit Rietveld, celebrated for its abstract geometric form and primary color scheme emblematic of the De Stijl movement.
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E.
Cesca Chair
The Cesca Chair is a pioneering modernist cantilevered chair that combines a tubular steel frame with a cane seat and back, exemplifying Bauhaus design principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armchair
ⓘ
lounge chair ⓘ mid-century modern furniture ⓘ |
| associatedDesigner | Florence Knoll ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | American modernism ⓘ |
| colorOption |
black
ⓘ
blue ⓘ grey ⓘ red ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Florence Knoll ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedFor | relaxed lounging ⓘ |
| designer | Eero Saarinen ⓘ |
| designPeriod | 1940s ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Womb Chair
ⓘ
surface form:
Model 70 Womb Chair
|
| hasArmType | integrated arms ⓘ |
| hasBackType | high back ⓘ |
| hasBaseFinish |
painted steel
ⓘ
polished chrome ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
back cushion
ⓘ
ottoman ⓘ seat cushion ⓘ |
| hasCushionType | loose cushions ⓘ |
| hasSeatHeight | low ⓘ |
| hasUpholsteryType |
fabric upholstery
ⓘ
leather upholstery ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Womb ottoman
ⓘ
surface form:
Womb Chair with ottoman
Womb ottoman ⓘ
surface form:
Womb Settee
|
| inCollectionOf |
Museum of Modern Art
ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Vitra Design Museum ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | idea of a chair as a womb-like shell ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Knoll ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
Knoll
ⓘ
surface form:
Knoll, Inc.
|
| material |
fiberglass shell
ⓘ
foam ⓘ steel rod base ⓘ upholstery fabric ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comfort
ⓘ
enveloping shape ⓘ iconic design ⓘ organic form ⓘ |
| productionStatus | still in production ⓘ |
| style | mid-century modern ⓘ |
| usedIn |
hotel lounges
ⓘ
lobbies ⓘ office interiors ⓘ residential interiors ⓘ |
| yearDesigned | 1948 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Womb Chair Description of subject: The Womb Chair is a mid-century modern lounge chair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1948, celebrated for its organic, enveloping form and enduring status as a design icon.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Model 70 Womb Chair
this entity surface form:
Womb chair
this entity surface form:
Womb chair
subject surface form:
Eero Saarinen