As head of the Knoll Planning unit, Florence Knoll always approached furniture design with the larger space in mind. Most important to her was how a piece fit into the greater design — the room, the floor, the building. Every element of a Knoll-planned space supported the overall design and complemented the existing architecture.
The Florence Knoll Tables, designed to furnish the new interiors of postwar America, is a scaled-down translation of the lines, gestures, and materials of modern architecture. Consistent with all of her designs, the table has a minimalistic, geometric presence that reflects the rational design approach Florence Knoll learned from Mies van der Rohe. Constructed in rectangular and square welded steel frame, glass, wood, or marble top with Florence Knoll's signature stamped on the inside of the leg.