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HARRY BERTOIA
(1915-1978)
BIRTHPLACE: Italy
PROFESSION: Sculptor
KNOLLŪ PRODUCTS: Diamond lounge seating, high-back chair and ottoman, side chairs, barstools, bench,
children’s chairs
Educated at Detroit Technical High School, the Detroit School of Arts and Crafts and Cranbrook Academy of Art in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Harry Bertoia taught metal crafts at Cranbrook. He worked with Charles Eames to develop
his signature molded plywood chairs. Eero Saarinen commissioned him to design a metal sculptured screen for the
General Motors Technical Center in Detroit. He was awarded the craftsmanship medal by the American Institute of
Architects, from which he also received the gold medal.
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