Warren Platner lounge chair in Knoll Textiles Maharam Merlot Chiseled Velvet circa 2018 with Nickel base. The chair is in nearly new condition with no signs of wear.
It is also possible that these are older with new upholstery since there are no tags. The Maharam Merlot Chiseled Velvet was introduced by Knoll in 2018. Currently this combination of Nickel and upholstery is $9,500 per chair at DWR.
Knoll released the Platner Collection of seating and tables in 1966. (Originally designed in 1962, the suite took nearly four years of development to bring to life.)
Though vintage Warren Platner chairs, sofas and interiors are icons of mid-century modernism, the architect and furniture designer took his stylistic inspiration from as far back as 18th-century France, once saying about his seminal collection for Knoll that his design intent was to evoke “the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful kind of design that appeared in period style like Louis XV.”