Knoll reissues armchair by late Charles Pollock
American furniture brand Knoll has put a 1960s armchair by designer Charles Pollock back into production, following his death last year.
![Pollock Arm Chair for Knoll](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/06/Pollock-Arm-Chair-for-Knoll_dezeen_2.jpg)
The Pollock Arm Chair – also known as the 657 Sling-back Lounge – was designed by Charles Pollock in 1960 and originally manufactured by Knoll between 1964 and 1979.
Its design features tubular steel legs with a polished chrome finish, which connect to cast-aluminium arms painted black.
![Pollock Arm Chair for Knoll](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/06/Pollock-Arm-Chair-for-Knoll_dezeen_3.jpg)
The seat is formed from a sling of black belting leather, with a padded urethane cushion for added comfort.
The inception of the chair came after Pollock made prototypes from plumbing found in an abandoned basement and took the designs to Knoll.
![Pollock Arm Chair for Knoll](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/06/Pollock-Arm-Chair-for-Knoll_dezeen_4.jpg)
"I brought all these prototypes in [to Knoll] without an appointment and pushed them off the elevator and said, 'I want to see Florence Knoll'," he is quoted in a statement from the brand.
"Fortunately for me, [senior designer] Vincent Cafiero came out just by accident, and he said, 'Who are you?' I said, 'I'm Charles Pollock.' I had had a major article in Interiors, in a series of articles about Saarinen, Eames, and myself about three or four months before, and he had read that," Pollock continued.
![Pollock Arm Chair and Pollock Executive Chair for Knoll](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2014/06/Pollock-Arm-Chair-and-Pollock-Executive-Chair-for-Knoll_dezeen_5.jpg)
He explained that Cafiero told him to discard one idea and develop the other, and together they created a scale model of what was to become the 657 design.
Philadelphia-born Pollock died in a house fire last year, aged 83. His 1963 Executive Chair, also designed for Knoll, has become an iconic symbol of mid-20th century workplaces.