Architect-designed interiors for a culturally progressive upper-middle class: the implicit political presence of Knoll International in Belgium Ghent University
In the first decade following the Second World War, Knoll International, a renowned American-based producer of International Style furniture, entered the western European market. It did so by selling production licenses to local furniture companies. One of them was De Coene, a Flemish family business specializing in the design and production of wooden furniture, interiors fittings, and structural building elements. In 1954 De Coene obtained the ...