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Knoll, Florence, 1917-2019

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Personal name headingKnoll, Florence, 1917-2019
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Variant(s)Knoll, Florence
Schust, Florence Marguerite, 1917-2019
Bassett, Florence Knoll, 1917-2019
Birth date1917-05-24
Death date2019-01-25
Place of birthSaginaw (Mich.)
Place of deathCoral Gables (Fla.)
Field of activityOffices--Design and construction
AffiliationKnoll Associates, Inc. Knoll International, Inc.
Profession or occupationArchitects Designers
Found inNUCMC data from Va. Poly. Inst. and St. Univ. Libr. for International Union of Women Architects. German Federal Republic Section. History of women architects exhibit, 1986-1987 (Florence Knoll; architect)
LC data base, 7-27-92 (hdg.: Knoll, Florence) LC man. auth. cd. (architect, partner in Knoll Associates, Inc., later name Knoll International)
WWA, 1990-1991 (Knoll, Florence Schust; architect, designer; b. Florence Schust, Saginaw, Mich., May 24, 1917; m. Hans G. Knoll, July 1, 1946 (dec. 1955); m. Harry Hood Bassett, June 22, 1958)
New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 28, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 25: Florence Knoll Bassett; b. Florence Marguerite Schust, May 24, 1917, Saginaw, Mich.; m. Hans Knoll, 1946 (d. 1955); m. Harry Hood Bassett, 1958 (d. 1991); d. Friday [Jan. 25, 2019], Coral Gables, Fla., aged 101; pioneering designer and entrepreneur who created the modern look and feel of America's postwar corporate office with sleek furniture, artistic textiles, and an uncluttered, free-flowing workplace environment)