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                                                                 Exhibit 10.19

                                  KNOLL, INC.
                           1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

                                   ARTICLE I

                                    Purpose
                                    -------

        The Knoll, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is intended as
an incentive to encourage stock ownership by officers, certain other key
employees, directors and consultants of Knoll, Inc. (the "Company") in order to
increase their proprietary interest in the Company's success and to encourage
them to remain in the employ of the Company.

        The term "Company," when used in the Plan or a related Restricted Share
agreement or option agreement with reference to eligibility and employment,
shall include the Company and its subsidiaries.  The word "subsidiary," when
used in the Plan, shall mean any subsidiary of the Company within the meaning
of Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").

        It is intended that certain options granted under this Plan will
qualify as "incentive stock options" under Section 422 of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE II

                                 Administration
                                 --------------

        The Plan shall be administered by a Committee (the "Committee")
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and shall
consist of not less than two members.  During any such time that the Company
is subject to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") each member of the Committee shall, unless otherwise determined
by the Board, be a "Non-Employee Director" within the meaning of the rules
promulgated under Section 16(b) and during any such time that the Company is
subject to Section 162(m) of the Code each member of the Committee shall,
unless otherwise determined by the Board, be an "outside director" within the
meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan,
the Committee shall have sole authority, in its absolute discretion:  (a) to
determine which individuals shall be granted shares of restricted stock
("Restricted Shares") and which shall be granted options; (b) to make grants of
Restricted Shares, incentive stock options and nonqualified options to acquire
Common Stock; (c) to determine the times when Restricted Shares and options
shall be granted and the number of shares to be granted or optioned; (d) to
determine the option price of the shares subject to each option; (e) to
determine the nature of any rights and restrictions to be imposed on Restricted
Shares granted under the Plan; (f) to determine the time or times when each
option becomes exercisable, the duration of the

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exercise period and any other restrictions on the exercise of options issued
hereunder; (g) to determine the time or times at which options shall be
repriced and the terms and conditions of such repriced options; (h) to
prescribe the form or forms of agreements for Restricted Shares granted under
the Plan and the form or forms of the option agreements for options granted
under the Plan (which forms shall be consistent with the terms of the Plan but
need not be identical); (i) to adopt, amend and rescind such rules and
regulations as, in its opinion, may be advisable in the administration of the
Plan; (j) to construe and interpret the Plan, the rules and regulations, the
Restricted Share agreements and the option agreements under the Plan and to
make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan; and (k) to make determinations as to any other
awards to be made under the Plan.   All decisions, determinations and
interpretations of the Committee shall be final and binding on all grantees
and optionees.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                     Stock
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        The stock to be granted or optioned under the Plan shall be shares of
authorized but unissued Common Stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share,
or previously issued shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Company (the
"Stock").  Under the Plan, the total number of shares of Stock which may be
granted or purchased pursuant to options granted hereunder shall not exceed,
in the aggregate, 2,300,000 shares, except as such number of shares shall be
adjusted in accordance with the provisions of ARTICLE XII hereof.

        The number of shares of Stock available for issuance or grant of
options under the Plan shall be decreased by the sum of (i) the number of
Restricted Shares which are granted and then outstanding, (ii) the number of
shares with respect to which options have been issued and are then unexercised
and outstanding, (iii) the number of shares issued upon exercise of options,
and (iv) the number of shares subject to other then outstanding awards and the
number of shares issued upon the exercise of other awards (except for such
awards satisfied or to be satisfied in cash).  In the event that any Restricted
Shares are forfeited or that any outstanding option or other award under the
Plan for any reason expires, is forfeited, is terminated or is canceled without
exercise prior to the end of the period during which options may be granted,
the Restricted Shares so forfeited and the shares of Stock called for by the
unexercised portion of such option or other award shall again be available for
grant or issuance under the Plan.

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                                   ARTICLE IV

                          Eligibility of Participants
                          ---------------------------

        Subject to ARTICLE IX in the case of incentive stock options, officers
and other key employees of the Company shall be eligible to receive Restricted
Shares, other awards and options under the Plan.  In addition, Restricted
Shares, other awards and options which are not incentive stock options may be
granted to directors, consultants (including employees of consultants) or other
key persons who the Committee determines shall receive such awards under the
Plan.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, during any time that
the Company is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the maximum number of
shares of Stock with respect to which options and stock appreciation rights
(to the extent granted as an award under the plan) may be granted to any
individual in any one year shall not exceed the maximum number of shares of
Stock available for issue hereunder, as such number may change from time to
time.

        As of any grant date which is during any time that the Stock is neither
publicly traded nor quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers
Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") National Market System ("NMS") or listed
on one or more national securities exchanges or other electronic securities
exchanges, it shall be a condition to the grant of Restricted Shares or Stock
upon the exercise of options under the Plan that the grantee or optionee
execute a Joinder Agreement in the form attached to the Knoll, Inc.
Stockholders Agreement (Common Stock under Stock Incentive Plan) (the
"Stockholders Agreement") agreeing to be bound by the terms of such Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE V

                               Fair Market Value
                               -----------------

        "Fair Market Value Per Share" means, as of any date when the Stock is
quoted on the NASDAQ NMS or listed on one or more national securities
exchanges, the closing price reported on NASDAQ-NMS or the principal national
securities exchange on which such Stock is listed and traded on the date of
determination.  If the Stock is not quoted on NASDAQ-NMS or listed on an
exchange, or representative quotes are not otherwise available, the Fair
Market Value Per Share shall mean the amount determined by the Board in good
faith to be the fair market value per share of Stock.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                   Terms and Conditions of Restricted Shares
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        Restricted Shares will become unrestricted and vest only in accordance
with a vesting period set by the Committee with respect to each grant of
Restricted Shares (the "Restriction Period").  The Committee may provide in
the Restricted Share Agreement for acceleration of the Restriction Period and
accelerated vesting upon termination of the grantee's employment by reason of
death or disability, or by the Company without Cause, or upon any other event
for which the Committee determines, in its discretion, that such acceleration
is appropriate.  With respect to each grant of Restricted Shares, "Cause" shall
have the meaning given such term in a grantee's Restricted Share Agreement.

        During the Restriction Period, Restricted Shares shall constitute
issued and outstanding shares of Stock for all corporate purposes but unless
and until such Restricted Shares shall have become vested (i.e., the date at
which such shares shall not be subject to forfeiture) (a) the Company shall
retain custody of the stock certificate or certificates representing such
shares, (b) the Company will retain custody of all dividends and distributions
("Retained Distributions") made or declared thereon (and such Retained
Distributions shall be subject to the same restrictions, terms and vesting and
other conditions as are applicable to the Restricted Shares) until such time,
if ever, as the Restricted Shares with respect to which such Retained
Distributions shall have been made, paid or declared shall have become vested,
and such Retained Distributions shall not bear interest or be segregated in a
separate account; provided, however, that in the event such retained dividends
or distributions are taxable to the grantee in the year of payment,
notwithstanding their failure to have become vested by the date of payment,
the Company shall arrange for the release to the grantee of such part of the
retained dividends or distributions as are sufficient to cover the taxes
payable by the grantee with respect thereto; (c) the grantee of such Restricted
Shares shall not be entitled to vote such shares, and (d) except as otherwise
permitted by the Stockholders Agreement, the grantee of such Restricted Shares
may not, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, sell, assign, transfer, pledge,
exchange, encumber or dispose of the Restricted Shares or any Retained
Distributions thereon or his interest in any of them (it being understood that,
except to the extent so permitted, any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge,
exchange, or disposition (i) before the shares shall have become vested shall
be null and void and of no effect and (ii) after the shares shall have become
vested shall only be as permitted under the terms of the Stockholders
Agreement).  Except as set forth in

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any applicable Restricted Share Agreement, any Restricted Shares which have not
vested as of, or by reason of, a grantee's termination of employment shall be
immediately forfeited to the Company and the grantee and any permitted
transferee shall have no further rights in respect of such forfeited shares.

        With respect to Restricted Shares which have become vested pursuant to
the provisions of the Restricted Share Agreement, the Company shall promptly
deliver the Stock certificate or certificates representing such shares to the
grantee, registered in the name of the grantee.  The Company may endorse such
legends on such certificates as may be required by law or under the terms of
the Plan, the Restricted Share Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement.

                                  ARTICLE VII

                             Option Exercise Price
                             ---------------------

        The option price per share of Stock for each option shall be set by
the Committee at the time of grant, subject to the ability of the Committee to
reprice options pursuant to ARTICLE VIII; provided, however, that the option
price per share of Stock for incentive stock options, subject to ARTICLE IX,
shall not be less than the Fair Market Value Per Share at the time the option
was granted.

                                  ARTICLE VIII

                         Exercise and Terms of Options
                         -----------------------------

        The Committee shall determine the dates after which options may be
exercised, in whole or in part.  If an option is exercisable in installments,
installments or portions thereof which are exercisable and not exercised shall
remain exercisable.

        Any other provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, but
subject to ARTICLE IX in the case of incentive stock options, no option shall
be exercised after the date ten years from the date of grant of such option
(the "Termination Date").

        Options shall become exercisable only in accordance with the exercise
schedule set forth in the option agreement entered into with respect to each
grant of options (the "Option Agreement").  The Committee may provide in the
Option Agreement for acceleration of exercisability upon termination of the
optionee's employment by reason of death, disability, or by the Company without
Cause, or upon any other event for which the Committee determines, in its
discretion, that such acceleration is

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appropriate, including a change in control of the Company.  With respect to
each grant of options, "Cause" shall have the meaning given such term in the
optionee's Option Agreement.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this ARTICLE VIII or the
terms of any option agreement, the Committee may in its sole discretion (i)
accelerate the exercisability of any option granted hereunder and (ii) reprice
any option to a lower exercise price.  Any such acceleration shall not affect
the terms and conditions of any such option other than with respect to
exercisability.

                                   ARTICLE IX

                         Special Provisions Applicable
                        to Incentive Stock Options Only
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        To the extent the aggregate Fair Market Value Per Share (determined as
of the time the option is granted in accordance with Article V) with respect to
which any options granted hereunder which are intended to be incentive stock
options may be exercisable for the first time by the optionee in any calendar
year (under this Plan or any other stock option plan of the Company or any
parent or subsidiary thereof) exceeds $100,000, such options shall not be
considered incentive stock options but rather shall be nonqualified options.

        No incentive stock option may be granted to an individual who, at the
time the option is granted, owns directly, or indirectly within the meaning of
Section 424(d) of the Code, stock possessing more than 10 percent of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or of any parent
or subsidiary thereof, unless such option (i) has an option price of at least
110 percent of the Fair Market Value Per Share on the date of the grant of such
option; and (ii) cannot be exercised more than five years after the date it is
granted.

        Each optionee who receives an incentive stock option must agree to
notify the Company in writing immediately after the optionee makes a
disqualifying disposition of any Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an
incentive stock option.  A disqualifying disposition is any disposition
(including any sale) of such Stock made within the period which is (a) two
years after the date the optionee was granted the incentive stock option or
(b) one year after the date the optionee acquired Stock by exercising the
incentive stock option.

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                                   ARTICLE X

                               Payment for Shares
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        Payment for shares of Stock purchased under an option granted hereunder
shall be made in full upon exercise of the option, by certified or bank
cashier's check payable to the order of the Company or by any other means
acceptable to the Company.  The Committee, in its discretion, may allow an
optionee to pay such exercise price by having the Company withhold shares of
Stock being purchased having an aggregate Fair Market Value Per Share equal to
the amount of such exercise price.

                                   ARTICLE XI

                      Non-Transferability of Option Rights
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        No option shall be transferable except by will or the laws of descent
and distribution.  During the lifetime of the optionee, the option shall be
exercisable only by him.  The Committee may, however, in its sole discretion,
allow for transfer of options which are not incentive stock options to other
persons or entities, subject to such conditions or limitations as it may
establish.

                                  ARTICLE XII

                 Adjustment for Recapitalization, Merger, etc.
                 ---------------------------------------------

        The aggregate number of shares of Stock which may be granted or
purchased pursuant to options and other awards granted hereunder, the number of
shares of Stock which may be subject to options and stock appreciation rights
granted to any one person in any one year, the number of shares of Stock
covered by each outstanding option and other award and the price per share
thereof in each such option shall be appropriately adjusted for any increase or
decrease in the number of outstanding shares of stock resulting from a stock
split or other subdivision or consolidation of shares of Stock or for other
capital adjustments or payments of stock dividends or distributions or other
increases or decreases in the outstanding shares of Stock without receipt of
consideration by the Company.  Any adjustment shall be conclusively determined
by the Committee.

        In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Stock by reason
of any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination or
exchange of shares or other corporate change, or any distributions to common
shareholders other than cash dividends, the Committee shall make such
substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable, as to the
number

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or kind of shares of Stock or other securities issued or reserved for issuance
pursuant to the Plan, the number or kind of shares of Stock which may be
subject to options and stock appreciation rights granted to any one person in
any one year, and the number or kind of shares of Stock or other securities
covered by outstanding options and other awards, and the option price thereof.
In instances where another corporation or other business entity is being
acquired by the Company, and the Company has assumed outstanding employee
option grants and/or the obligation to make future or potential grants under a
prior existing plan of the acquired entity, similar adjustments are permitted
at the discretion of the Committee.

        The foregoing adjustments and the manner of application of the
foregoing provisions shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.  Any such adjustment may provide for the elimination of any
fractional share which might otherwise become subject to an option.

                                  ARTICLE XIII

                        No Obligation to Exercise Option
                        --------------------------------

        The granting of an option shall impose no obligation on the recipient
to exercise such option.

                                  ARTICLE XIV

                                Use of Proceeds
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        The proceeds received from the sale of Stock pursuant to the Plan shall
be used for general corporate purposes.

                                   ARTICLE XV

                            Rights as a Stockholder
                            -----------------------

        An optionee or a transferee of an option shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any share covered by his option until he shall
have become the holder of record of such share, and he shall not be entitled
to any dividends or distributions or other rights in respect of such share for
which the record date is prior to the date on which he shall have become the
holder of record thereof.

        Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Committee, in its
sole discretion, may restrict the transferability of all or any number of
shares issued under the Plan upon the exercise of an option by legending the
stock certificate as it deems appropriate.

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                                  ARTICLE XVI

                               Employment Rights
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        Nothing in the Plan or in any agreement related to options or
Restricted Shares granted hereunder shall confer on any optionee or grantee
any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
or to be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that
the Company or any if its subsidiaries will employ the optionee or grantee in
any particular position or at any particular rate of remuneration, or for any
particular period of time, or to interfere in any way with the right of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate the optionee's employment at
any time.

                                  ARTICLE XVII

                            Compliance with the Law
                            -----------------------

        The Company is relieved from any liability for the nonissuance or
non-transfer or any delay in issuance or transfer of any shares of Stock
subject to options under the Plan which results from the inability of the
Company to obtain or any delay in obtaining from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction, all requisite authority to issue or transfer shares of Stock of
the Company either upon exercise of the options under the Plan or shares of
Stock issued as a result of such exercise, if counsel for the Company deems
such authority necessary for lawful issuance or transfer of any such shares.
Appropriate legends may be placed on the stock certificates evidencing shares
issued upon exercise of options to reflect such transfer restrictions.

        Each option granted under the Plan is subject to the requirement that
if at any time the Committee determines, in its discretion, that the listing,
registration or qualification of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise of
options is required by any securities exchange or under any state or Federal
law, or that the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is
necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the grant of
options or the issuance of shares of Stock, no shares of Stock shall be issued,
in whole or in part, unless such listing, registration, qualification,
consent or approval has been effected or obtained free of any conditions or
with such conditions as are acceptable to the Committee.  Notwithstanding any
terms or conditions of any award to the contrary, the Company shall be under
no obligation to offer to sell or to sell and shall be prohibited from offering
to sell or selling any shares of Stock or other security pursuant to an award
under the Plan unless such shares or other securities have been properly
registered for sale

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pursuant to the Securities Act with the Securities and Exchange Commission or
unless the Company has received advice of counsel, satisfactory to the Company,
that such shares or securities may be offered or sold without such registration
pursuant to an available exemption therefrom and the terms and conditions of
such exemption have been fully complied with.  The Company shall be under no
obligation to register for sale under the Securities Act any of the shares of
Stock or other securities to be offered or sold under the Plan.  If the shares
of Stock or other securities offered for sale or sold under the Plan are
offered or sold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities
Act, the Company may restrict the transfer of such shares and may legend the
Stock certificates representing such shares in such manner as it deems
advisable or to ensure the availability of any such exemption.

                                 ARTICLE XVIII

                            Cancellation of Options
                            -----------------------

        The Committee, in its discretion, may, with the consent of any
optionee, cancel any outstanding option hereunder.

                                  ARTICLE XIX

                   Effective Date and Expiration Date of Plan
                   ------------------------------------------

        The Plan is effective as of November 4, 1999, the date of adoption of
the Plan by the Board, subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company
in a manner which complies with Section 422(b)(1) of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations thereunder.  The expiration date of the Plan, after which no option
may be granted hereunder, shall be November 4, 2009.

                                   ARTICLE XX

                      Amendment or Discontinuance of Plan
                      -----------------------------------

        The Board may, without the consent of the Company's stockholders or
optionees under the Plan, at any time terminate the Plan entirely and at any
time or from time to time amend or modify the Plan, provided that no such
action shall adversely affect Restricted Shares or options theretofore granted
hereunder without the grantee's or optionee's consent.

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                                  ARTICLE XXI

                             Repurchase of Options
                             ---------------------

        In granting options hereunder, the Committee may in its discretion, and
on terms it considers appropriate, require an optionee, or the executors or
administrators of an optionee's estate, to sell back to the Company such
options in the event such optionee's employment with the Company is terminated.

                                  ARTICLE XXII

                                 Miscellaneous
                                 -------------

        (a)  Grants of options and Restricted Shares shall be evidenced by
agreements (which need not be identical) in such forms as the Committee may
from time to time approve.  Such agreements shall conform to the terms and
conditions of the Plan and may provide that the grant of any Restricted Share
or option under the Plan and Stock acquired upon the exercise of options shall
also be subject to such other conditions (whether or not applicable to any
other grantee or optionee) as the Committee determines appropriate, including,
without limitation, provisions to assist the Optionee in financing the purchase
of Stock through the exercise of options, provisions for the forfeiture of, or
restrictions on, resale or other disposition of shares under the Plan,
provisions giving the Company the right to repurchase shares acquired under
the Plan in the event the participant elects to dispose of such shares, and
provisions to comply with Federal and state securities laws and Federal and
state income tax withholding requirements.

        (b)  At such time that the delivery of shares of Stock to a grantee or
optionee becomes subject to tax withholding requirements, the Company may
require that the grantee or optionee pay to the Company such amount as the
Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligation to withhold Federal, state
or local income or other taxes.  The Committee, in its discretion, may allow
the grantee or optionee to pay such amount by having the Company withhold
shares of Stock which would otherwise be delivered to such grantee or optionee
having an aggregate fair market value equal to such amount.

        (c)  If the Committee shall find that any person to whom any amount is
payable under the Plan is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or
accident, or is a minor, or has died,

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then any payment due to such person or his estate (unless a prior claim
therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if the
Committee so directs the Company, be paid to his spouse, child, relative, an
institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any other person
deemed by the Committee to be a proper recipient on behalf of such person
otherwise entitled to payment.  Any such payment shall be a complete discharge
of the liability of the Committee and the Company therefor.

        (d)  No member of the Committee shall be personally liable by reason of
any contract or other instrument executed by such member or on his behalf in
his capacity as a member of the Committee nor for any mistake of judgment made
in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each member of
the Committee and each other employee, officer or director of the Company to
whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the
Plan may be allocated or delegated, against any cost or expense (including
counsel fees) or liability (including any sum paid in settlement of a claim)
arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan unless
arising out of such person's own fraud or bad faith; provided, however, that
approval of the Board shall be required for the payment of any amount in
settlement of a claim against any such person.  The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification
to which such persons may be entitled under the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that
the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

        (e)  The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of Delaware without reference to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof.

        (f)  No provision of the Plan shall require the Company, for the
purpose of satisfying any obligations under the Plan, to purchase assets or
place any assets in a trust or other entity to which contributions are made or
otherwise to segregate any assets, nor shall the Company maintain separate
bank accounts, books, records or other evidence of the existence of a
segregated or separately maintained or administered fund for such purposes.
Optionees shall have no rights under the Plan other than as unsecured general
creditors of the Company, except that insofar as they may have become entitled
to payment of additional compensation by performance of services, they shall
have the same rights as other employees under general law.

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        (g)  Each member of the Committee and each member of the Board shall be
fully justified in relying, acting or failing to act, and shall not be liable
for having so relied, acted or failed to act in good faith, upon any report
made by the independent public accountant of the Company and upon any other
information furnished in connection with the Plan by any person or persons
other than such member.

        (h)  Except as otherwise specifically provided in the relevant plan
document, no payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining
any benefits under any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, group insurance or
other benefit plan of the Company.

        (i)  The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the
Company.

        (j)  Masculine pronouns and other words of masculine gender shall
refer to both men and women.

                                 ARTICLE XXIII

                                  Other Awards
                                  ------------

        The Committee may grant any other cash, stock or stock-related awards
to any eligible individual under this Plan that the Committee deems
appropriate, including, but not limited to, stock appreciation rights, limited
stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards, the bargain purchase of Stock
and stock bonuses.  Any such benefits and any related agreements shall contain
such terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate.  Such awards and
agreements need not be identical.  With respect to any benefit under which
shares of Stock are or may in the future be issued (other than shares issued
from the Company's treasury) for consideration other than prior services, the
amount of such consideration shall not be less than the amount (such as the
par value of such shares) required to be received by the Company in order to
comply with applicable state law.

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        Shares of Stock may also be used to satisfy obligations of the Company
to deliver shares of Stock (whether or not restricted) under other compensation
and benefit plans heretofore or hereafter established by the Company.

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As adopted by the Board of Directors of
Knoll, Inc. as of November 4, 1999

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                                                                 Exhibit 10.20

                                 NON-QUALIFIED
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
                                   UNDER THE
                                  KNOLL, INC.
                           1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

        THIS AGREEMENT, made this ___ day of _________, ____, by and between
Knoll, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and ____________________
(the "Optionee").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              - - - - - - - - - -

        WHEREAS, the Optionee is now employed by or currently engaged as a
consultant to the Company or one of its subsidiaries in a key capacity or is a
director of the Company, and the Company desires to have _____ remain in
such employment or engagement and to afford _____ the opportunity to acquire,
or enlarge, _____ ownership of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share ("Stock"), so that _____ may have a direct proprietary interest in the
Company's success (all references to employment hereafter shall relate to any
consulting or similar relationship, if applicable);

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

        1.    Grant of Option.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
              ---------------
herein and in the Company's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), the Company
hereby grants to the Optionee, during the period commencing on the date of this
Agreement and ending ten (10) years from the date hereof (the "Termination
Date"), the right and option (the right to purchase any one share of Stock
hereunder being an "Option") to purchase from the Company, at a price of
$______ per share, an aggregate of ____________ shares of Stock.  The Optionee
expressly acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and agrees to be bound by
all of the provisions of the Plan.

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        2.    Limitations on Exercise of Option.  The exercise of the Options
              ---------------------------------
is expressly contingent upon the Optionee's having executed a Joinder Agreement
agreeing to be bound by the provisions of the Stockholders Agreement.  Subject
to compliance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Optionee may
exercise ____% of the Options on and after ___________________________________
_______________, an additional ____% of the Options on and after _____________
__________________________________, an additional ____% of the Options on and
after ________________________________________________ and an additional ____%
of the Options on and after ________________________________________________.
Notwithstanding the vesting provisions in this Section 2, upon a Change in
Control (following the date hereof), as defined in Exhibit A annexed hereto,
100% of the Options, to the extent not previously exercised, shall become fully
vested and exercisable.

        3.    Termination of Employment.
              -------------------------

        (a)   If prior to the Termination Date, the Optionee shall cease to be
employed by the Company by reason of a disability, as defined in Section
22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or by
reason of retirement on or after age 65 and such cessation of employment occurs
during a time when the Stock is listed or quoted on a national securities
exchange or in the over-the-counter market ("Publicly Traded"), the Options
shall remain exercisable until the earlier of the Termination Date or one year
after the date of cessation of employment to the extent the Options were
exercisable at the time of cessation of employment.  In the event of such
cessation of employment during a time when the Stock is not Publicly Traded,
the Options that were exercisable at the time of such cessation of employment
shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (i) the Termination Date, (ii)
the date that is the three year anniversary of such cessation of employment or
(iii) the date that is 90 days after the date that the Stock becomes Publicly
Traded.  For purposes of calculating the 90 day period in (iii) above, any days
during which the Optionee is prohibited from selling Stock into the public
market on account

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of (A) any applicable underwriter's lock-up period or (B) any blackout period
imposed under the Company's policy governing insider trading, shall (without
duplication) not be counted (the appropriate date under (i), (ii) or (iii)
(taking into account any days not counted pursuant to clause (A) or (B)) is
hereafter referred to as the "Non-Public Termination Date").  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if such cessation of employment occurs at a time when the Stock
is not Publicly Traded and less than one year prior to the Non-Public
Termination Date, such Options shall remain exercisable until the date that is
one year from the date of such cessation of employment but not beyond the
Termination Date.

        (b)   If the Optionee shall cease to be employed by the Company prior
to the Termination Date by reason of death, or the Optionee shall die while
entitled to exercise any of the Options pursuant to paragraph 3(a) or paragraph
3(c) and such death occurs during a time when the Stock is Publicly Traded,
the executor or administrator of the estate of the Optionee or the person or
persons to whom the Options shall have been validly transferred by the
executor or administrator pursuant to will or the laws of descent and
distribution shall have the right, until the earlier of the Termination Date
or one year after the date of death, to exercise the Options to the extent that
the Optionee was entitled to exercise them on the date of death, subject to any
other limitation contained herein on the exercise of the Options in effect on
the date of exercise.  In the event such death occurs during a time when the
Stock is not Publicly Traded, the Options that were exercisable at the time of
such death shall remain exercisable until the Non-Public Termination Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such death occurs at a time when the Stock
is not Publicly Traded and less than one year prior to the Non-Public
Termination Date, such Options shall remain exercisable until the date that is
one year from the date of such death but not beyond the Termination Date.

        (c)   If the Optionee voluntarily terminates employment (including but
not limited to retirement prior to age 65) with

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the Company for reasons other than death, disability, or retirement on or
after age 65 (a termination on account of death, disability or retirement on
or after age 65 being referred to herein as a "Special Circumstances
Termination"), or if the Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated
without Cause, as hereinafter defined, and such cessation of employment occurs
during a time when the Stock is Publicly Traded, the Options, to the extent
exercisable immediately prior to such termination, shall continue to be
exercisable until the earlier of the Termination Date or 90 days after the
date of such termination.  For purposes of calculating the 90 day period in the
immediately preceding sentence, any days during which the Optionee is
prohibited from selling Stock into the public market on account of (A) any
applicable underwriter's lock-up period or (B) any blackout period imposed
under the Company's policy governing insider trading, shall (without
duplication) not be counted.  In the event of such termination of employment
during a time when the Stock is not Publicly Traded, the Options that were
exercisable at the time of such termination of employment shall remain
exercisable until the Non-Public Termination Date.  If the Company terminates
the Optionee's employment for Cause, as hereinafter defined, unless otherwise
provided by the Committee, the Options, to the extent not exercised prior to
such termination, shall lapse and be canceled.

        (d)   For purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise provided in an
employment agreement between the Company and the Optionee, "Cause" shall mean:
(i) the Optionee's failure (except where due to a disability), neglect or
refusal to perform his duties which failure, neglect or refusal shall not have
been corrected by the Optionee within 30 days of receipt by the Optionee of
written notice from the Company of such failure, neglect or refusal, which
notice shall specifically set forth the nature of said failure, neglect or
refusal, (ii) any engaging by the Optionee in conduct that has the effect of
injuring the reputation or business of the Company or its affiliates in any
material respect; (iii) any continued or repeated absence from the Company,
unless such absence is (A) approved or excused by

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the Board or (B) is the result of the Optionee's illness, disability or
incapacity; (iv) use of illegal drugs by the Optionee or repeated drunkenness;
(v) conviction of the Optionee for the commission of a felony; or (vi) the
commission by the Optionee of an act of fraud or embezzlement against the
Company.

        (e)   Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3(d) hereof, whether
employment has been or could have been terminated for the purposes of this
Agreement, and the reasons therefor, shall be determined by the Committee,
whose determination shall be final, binding and conclusive.

        (f)   After the expiration of any exercise period described in either of
paragraphs 3(a), 3(b) or 3(c) hereof, the Options shall terminate together with
all of the Optionee's rights hereunder, to the extent not previously exercised.
Except as set forth herein, all vesting with respect to the Options shall cease
upon the Optionee's termination of employment and all Options to the extent
unvested at the time of termination shall expire.

        4.    Method of Exercising Option.
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        (a)   The Optionee may exercise any or all of the Options by delivering
to the Company a written notice signed by the Optionee stating the number of
Options that the Optionee has elected to exercise at that time, together with
full payment of the purchase price of the shares to be thereby purchased from
the Company.  Payment of the purchase price of the shares may be made by
certified or bank cashier's check payable to the order of the Company, or, in
the sole discretion of the Committee, (i) by surrender or delivery to the
Company of shares of Stock or other property acceptable to the Committee in its
sole discretion, which Stock or other property shall have a value equal to the
purchase price, (ii) after the date of an IPO, by delivery to the Committee of
a copy of irrevocable instructions to a stockbroker to deliver promptly to the
Company an amount of sale or loan

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proceeds sufficient to pay the purchase price, or (iii) by such other means as
the Committee shall allow in its discretion.

        (b)   At the time of exercise, the Optionee shall pay to the Company
such amount as the Company deems necessary to satisfy its obligation to
withhold Federal, state or local income or other taxes incurred by reason of
the exercise or the transfer of shares thereupon.

        5.    Issuance of Shares.  Subject to any limitations set forth in the
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Plan, as promptly as practical after receipt of such written notification and
full payment of such purchase price and any required income tax withholding
amount, the Company shall issue or transfer to the Optionee the number of
shares with respect to which Options have been so exercised, and shall deliver
to the Optionee a certificate or certificates therefor, registered in the
Optionee's name.

        6.    Successors.  Whenever the word "Optionee" is used in any
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provision of this Agreement under circumstances where the provision should
logically be construed to apply to the executors, the administrators, or the
person or persons to whom the Options may be transferred by will or by the laws
of descent and distribution, the word "Optionee" shall be deemed to include
such person or persons.

        7.    Non-Transferability.  The Options are not transferable by the
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Optionee otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and are
exercisable during the Optionee's lifetime only by him.  No assignment or
transfer of the Options, or of the rights represented thereby, whether
voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (except by will or
the laws of descent and distribution), shall vest in the assignee or transferee
any interest or right herein whatsoever, but immediately upon such assignment
or transfer the Options shall terminate and become of no further effect.

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        8.    Rights as Stockholder.  The Optionee or a transferee of the
              ---------------------
Options shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any share covered
by the Options until he shall have become the holder of record of such share,
and no adjustment shall be made for dividends or distributions or other rights
in respect of such share for which the record date is prior to the date upon
which he shall become the holder of record thereof.

        9.    Recapitalizations, Reorganizations, etc.
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        (a)   The existence of the Options shall not affect in any way the
right or power of the Company or its stockholders to make or authorize any or
all adjustments, recapitalizations, reorganizations or other changes in the
Company's capital structure or its business, or any merger or consolidation of
the Company, or any issue of stock or of options, warrants or rights to
purchase stock or of bonds, debentures, preferred or prior preference stocks
ahead of or affecting the Stock or the rights thereof or convertible into or
exchangeable for Stock, or the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, or
any sale or transfer of all or any part of its assets or business, or any other
corporate act or proceeding, whether of a similar character or otherwise.

        (b)   The shares with respect to which the Options are granted are
shares of Stock of the Company as presently constituted, but if, and whenever,
prior to the delivery by the Company of all of the shares of the Stock with
respect to which the Options are granted, the Company shall effect a
subdivision or consolidation of shares of the Stock outstanding, without
receiving compensation therefor in money, services or property, the number and
price of shares remaining under the Options shall be appropriately adjusted.
Such adjustment shall be made by the Committee, whose determination as to what
adjustment shall be made, and the extent thereof, shall be final, binding and
conclusive.  Any such adjustment may provide for the elimination of any
fractional share which might otherwise become subject to the Options.

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        (c)   In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Stock by
reason of any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination
or exchange of shares or other corporate change, or any distributions to common
shareholders other than cash dividends, the Committee shall make such
substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable, as to the
number or kind or shares of Stock or other securities covered by the Options
and the option price thereof.  The Committee shall notify the Optionee of any
intended sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets within a
reasonable time prior to such sale.

        (d)   Except as herein before expressly provided, the issue by the
Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for
labor or services, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of options,
rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or to purchase the same, or upon
conversion of shares or obligation of the Company convertible into such shares
or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof
shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares of Stock subject
to the Options.

        10.   Compliance with Law.  Notwithstanding any of the provisions
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hereof, the Optionee hereby agrees that he will not exercise the Options, and
that the Company will not be obligated to issue or transfer any shares to the
Optionee hereunder, if the exercise hereof or the issuance or transfer of such
shares shall constitute a violation by the Optionee or the Company of any
provisions of any law or regulation of any governmental authority.  Any
determination in this connection by the Committee shall be final, binding and
conclusive.  The Company shall in no event be obliged to register any
securities pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (as now in effect or as
hereafter amended) or to take any other affirmative action in order to cause
the exercise of the Options or the issuance or transfer of shares pursuant
thereto to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority.

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        11.   Notice.  Every notice or other communication relating to this
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Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be mailed to or delivered to the party
for whom it is intended at such address as may from time to time be designated
by it in a notice mailed or delivered to the other party as herein provided,
provided that, unless and until some other address be so designated, all
notices or communications by the Optionee to the Company shall be mailed or
delivered to the Company at its principal executive office, and all notices or
communications by the Company to the Optionee may be given to the Optionee
personally or may be mailed to him at the address shown below his signature to
this Agreement.

        12.   Non-Qualified Options.  The Options granted hereunder are not
              ---------------------
intended to be incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of
the Code.

        13.   Binding Effect.  Subject to Section 7 hereof, this Agreement
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shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators and successors of
the parties hereto.

        14.   Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted
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in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without reference
to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.

        15.   Plan.  The terms and provisions of, and the defined terms used
              ----
in, the Plan, a copy of which is attached hereto, are incorporated herein by
reference.  Unless a different meaning is expressly set forth herein, the
defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the same meaning given to such
terms in the Plan.  In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between
discretionary terms and provisions of the Plan and the express provisions of
this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern and control.  In all other
instances of conflicts or inconsistencies

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or omissions, the terms and provisions of the Plan shall govern and control.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

                                      KNOLL, INC.

                                      By: __________________________

                                            Senior Vice President

                                      OPTIONEE:

                                      ___________________________

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                                   EXHIBIT A
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Change in Control.  For purposes of this Agreement, a "Change in Control" shall
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be deemed to have occurred if: (i) any person (as defined in Section 3(a)(9)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the
"Exchange Act"), and as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including
any "group" as defined in Section 13(d)(3) thereof (a "Person"), but excluding
the Company, any majority owned subsidiary of the Company (a "Subsidiary"),
Warburg, Pincus & Co. ("Warburg") and any affiliate of Warburg (other than a
Warburg portfolio company), and any employee benefit plan sponsored or
maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary (including any trustee of such plan
acting as trustee), becomes the beneficial owner of shares of the Company
having at least 50% of the total number of votes that may be cast for the
election of directors of the Company (the "Voting Shares") provided, however,
that such an event shall not constitute a Change in Control if the acquiring
Person has entered into an agreement with the Company approved by the Board
which materially restricts the right of such Person to direct or influence
the management or policies of the Company; (ii) the shareholders of the Company
shall approve any merger of other business combination of the Company, sale of
the Company's assets or combination of the foregoing transactions (a
"Transaction") other than a Transaction involving only the Company and one or
more of its Subsidiaries, or a Transaction immediately following which the
shareholders of the Company immediately prior to the Transaction continue to
have a majority of the voting power in the resulting entity; or (iii) within
any 24-month period beginning on or after November 4, 1999, the persons who
were members of the Board on or immediately before the beginning of such period
(the "Incumbent Directors") shall cease (for any reason other than death) to
constitute at least a majority of members of the Board or the board of
directors of any successor to the Company, provided that any director who was
not a director as of November 4, 1999 shall be deemed to be an Incumbent

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Director if such director was elected to the Board by, or on the recommendation
of or with the approval of, at least two-thirds of the directors who then
qualified as Incumbent Directors either actually or by prior operation of this
definition.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Change in Control shall be
deemed to have occurred for purposes of this Agreement by reason of (i) any
actions or events in which the Grantee participates in a capacity other than
in his capacity as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary, or (ii) any
decrease in the share ownership of Warburg and its affiliates, to the extent
such decrease is attributable to such shareholders having distributed shares
owned by them directly to one or more members of their investment group.

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