Knoll Saarinen Tulip Chair
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Knoll saarinen tulip chair. The chair is considered a classic of industrial design. The chairs are available with either an upholstered seat cushion or fully upholstered inner shell with seat cushion. Eero saarinen 1957 eero saarinen vowed to address the ugly confusing unrestful world he observed underneath chairs and tables the so called slum of legs a five year design investigation led him to the revolutionary pedestal collection including the tulip chair. Saarinen was assisted by don petitt of knoll s design development group who introduced several ingenious methods of model making.
Tulip chair armchair eero saarinen 1957 with the pedestal collection eero saarinen resolved the ugly confusing unrestful world underneath tables and chairs. The saarinen tulip seating collection consists of an armchair and an armless chair with swivel or fixed base. His designs used modern materials in graceful ways helping establish the identity of knoll during our formative years. A schoolmate and great friend of florence schust it was an obvious choice for her to invite eero to design for knoll when she joined the company in the 1940s.
From the late 1940s through the 1950s eero saarinen designed many of the most recognizable knoll pieces including the tulip chairs and pedestal tables the womb chair and the 70 series executive seating collection. The swivel stool with an upholstered cushion completes the collection. Many designers designed for knoll. The chair has the smooth lines of modernism and was experimental with materials for its time.
Replacement parts like eero saarinen tulip chair swivel overhaul sets. The collection is a defining accomplishment of modern design and a timeless addition to your home a true classic. It was designed primarily as a chair to match the complementary dining table. Saarinen tulip high tables designed by eero saarinen 1957 eero saarinen vowed to address the ugly confusing unrestful world he observed underneath chairs and tables the so called slum of legs a five year design investigation led him to the revolutionary pedestal collection introduced in 1958.
Together with a knoll design research team they worked out the problems arising in production. The saarinen tulip side chair 1956 began with his observation that the underside of typical tables and chairs makes a confusing unrestful world featuring a swivel seat this chair stands on a gracefully shaped cast aluminum base inspired by a drop of high viscosity liquid.