Davis Allen (1916-1999) was an American interior designer and

furniture Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Fu ...

designer. He was noted as a pioneer in the design of interior corporate environments and had a forty-year tenure at

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is an American architectural, urban planning and engineering firm. It was founded in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel A. Owings, Nathaniel Owings in Chicago, Illinois. In 1939, they were joined by engineer Jo ...

. In1983 he designed the "Andover" chair for Stendig International (reintroduced as the "Exeter" chair by the Knoll furniture company in 1993). In 1985, he was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall Of Fame.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Davis American interior designers American furniture designers 1916 births 1999 deaths Design