Image source: Knoll — Tulip Stool
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Tulip Stool
Eero Saarinen's 1957 swivel stool on the Tulip pedestal base, 18 inches high
394 × 457 × 394 mm
1957
Approx. $2,000 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Tulip Stool is the stool of Eero Saarinen's Tulip seating, dated 1957 on Knoll's design-plan page: a padded swivel seat on a single cast-aluminum pedestal.
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Construction
- Cast-aluminum base with Rilsan finish in Black, White or Cream
- Foam seat pad, covered in KnollTextiles fabric or Spinneybeck leather
- Swiveling seat
Specifications
- Ø 15½" × H 18" (394 × 457 mm); seat height 16½"
- Intertek Clean Air GOLD; Greenguard Indoor Air Quality (Tulip Collection)
Story
A stool on the pedestal base
The design-plan page ties the stool's swiveling seat to freedom of movement and gives the base three colours. The cut sheet groups the stool with the armless chair and the chair with arms under the name Tulip Chair and Stool.
Seat coverings
The shop's selector counts 205 seat colours across eighteen ranges of textiles and 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.
