Image source: Knoll — Tulip Chair (Armless)
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Tulip Chair (Armless)
Eero Saarinen's 1957 armless Tulip chair on a single cast-aluminum pedestal, fixed or swivel
508 × 813 × 540 mm
1957
Approx. $3,500 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Tulip Chair, Armless (Knoll shop name Saarinen Tulip Side Chair, price-list code 151C) is the armless version of Eero Saarinen's Tulip Chair, dated 1957 on the design-plan page, with a seat that can swivel.
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Construction
- Molded fiberglass seat shell with a cast-aluminum pedestal base, Rilsan finish
- Base and shell in Black, White or Cream
- Seat cushion only, or upholstered inner shell with seat cushion
- Fixed or swivel seat
Specifications
- W 20" × D 21¼" × H 32" (508 × 540 × 813 mm); seat height 18½"
- Intertek Clean Air GOLD certified
Story
The armless chair of the Tulip family
Knoll's page places the armless chair with the armchair, the stool and the pedestal tables in the Saarinen Collection. Its design-plan text says the swiveling seat allows easy entrance and exit from a table.
Upholstery choices
The shop lets a buyer pick either a cushion on the seat or an all-over upholstered shell, in 18 ranges of KnollTextiles and Spinneybeck leathers.
More by Eero Saarinen
Saarinen Tulip Armchair
Eero Saarinen's 1955-56 pedestal armchair, with a swivel or fixed seat
Womb Chair
Saarinen's 1948 Womb Chair, made for Florence Knoll to curl up in
Saarinen Dining Table, Round 137 cm
Saarinen's 1957 one-legged pedestal table, round 54 in (137 cm) with a stone top
Saarinen Outdoor Dining Tables
Eero Saarinen's 1957 pedestal dining table in weatherproof Vetro Bianco quartz
Collection
Saarinen Collection
Knoll's Saarinen Collection: Eero Saarinen's Pedestal tables and Tulip chairs of 1957, the Womb Chair and the Executive Chair, from Cranbrook to Knoll.
