—— GET A QUOTE
Tell us about your space. We’ll handle the rest.
Free workspace audit · Fixed quote in 48 hours · CIS-wide installation. No obligation.
✔ Reply within 1 Business Hour
✔ Dedicated B2B Business Account Manager
✔ Volume pricing from 10 workstations
DIMENSIONS
22.5"W · 20.5"D · 31.5"H · 18.75" seat height
SHELL
Moulded reinforced polyurethane back · contoured
plywood seat form
LEGS
Seamless tubular steel — Chrome · Black
WARRANTY
Contact for more info.
Warranty — Contact for More Info.
A Knoll original. Made in the USA. Backed locally.
For warranty terms applicable to the Saarinen Executive
Armless Chair, please contact our team in Almaty. We are
happy to provide full details before you place an order.
CONTOURED PLYWOOD SEAT FORM
Contact for more info
MOULDED POLYURETHANE BACK SHELL
Contact for more info
UPHOLSTERY (fabric or leather)
Contact for more info
TUBULAR STEEL LEGS (all finishes)
Contact for more info
PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT
Available across Kazakhstan & the CIS region
Customers testimonials
What our customers are saying about us.
"A great company with quality furniture and comfortable chairs for work and home. Delivery and installation were on time and without any problems!!! THANK YOU"
"I bought a chair from you. I really liked it. It's high quality, comfortable, and at a reasonable price. Thank you!"
"High-quality furniture. The guys helped me set up my office, and I'm very happy with the results! I highly recommend them."
—— QUESTIONS
Everything you might ask before buying.
Model 72C: 22.5"W × 20.5"D × 31.5"H, seat height 18.75" (57.2 × 52.1 × 80.0 cm, seat 47.6 cm).
The Saarinen Executive Chair series (70 Series) was designed in 1950 as contract and office seating — to replace Florence Knoll's model 43 chairs as the Planning Unit's primary seating solution. The "executive" designation reflects the original contract and workplace context. In practice the chair has been used equally in dining rooms, conference rooms, and private offices for over 70 years, and the distinction is more historical than functional. It is a dining chair, a meeting chair, and a guest chair in one object.
The opening in the back shell — the reason the chair is often called "that chair with the hole in the back" — is a design element that lightens the visual weight of the shell and allows the back to flex slightly in response to the sitter. Saarinen believed a chair should accommodate the natural movement of a person rather than fixing them in a single position. The aperture also reduces material weight without reducing structural integrity.
Two options: polished chrome (standard) and the black paint. The chrome is the most widely specified and the original finish. Black suits darker or more graphic interior palettes. Contact our team to specify.
The Saarinen Executive Armless Chair is also available with wood legs and a swivel base — these are separate listings. The armchair version (with integrated arms) is also available with tubular legs, wood legs, and a swivel base. Contact our team if you need an alternative configuration.
The full range of KnollTextiles and Spinneybeck Leathers. Contact our team to discuss options before ordering.
The Saarinen Executive Armless Chair (72C) is a task and dining chair with four tubular steel legs and a moulded polyurethane back shell; it is upright, work-oriented, and suited to tables at standard desk/dining height (28–30"). The Tulip Armless Chair (151C) is a dining chair with a single cast-aluminium pedestal base and a moulded fiberglass shell that forms both seat and back; it is part of the Pedestal Collection and designed specifically to pair with the Saarinen Dining Tables. Both are by Saarinen, both are armless dining chairs, but they are visually and functionally distinct.
Please contact our team in Almaty for full warranty terms.
Yes — 100% genuine Knoll (KnollStudio), made in the USA, part of the MillerKnoll collective.
Yes. Delivery is available across Kazakhstan and the CIS region, with professional installation available in Almaty.
Alternative Products
These other products might interest you