Saarinen Tulip Stool
1957 Saarinen Tulip Stool
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 Stool.
The Saarinen Tulip Stool, is available with a white or black rilsan coated cast aluminium base with seat upholstered in fabric or leather.
Knoll Saarinen Tulip Stool : Eero Saarinen 1957
Dimensions : 450mm D x 400mm H
Options : The Saarinen Tulip Stool is available with a white or black rilsan coated cast aluminium base with seat upholstered in fabric or leather
Eero Saarinen
Finish designer Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) graduated from Yale School of Architecture, joining his father’s Ann Arbor practice to become Saarinen and Saarinen. He taught design at the Cranbrook Academy, the birthplace of American modernism, and had a long career designing for Knoll, which produced his iconic Womb and Tulip chairs. His TWA terminal in New York is a landmark mid-century modern building, recently converted to a hotel.
About Knoll
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