Tulip Stool
Eero Saarinen's 1957 swivel stool on the Tulip pedestal base, 18 inches high
394 × 457 × 394 mm
Source: spec sheet PDF — Tulip Stool 153Y, swivel — published as W 15.5 × D 15.5 × H 18 in
1957
USD 1,978, 153Y Tulip Stool, fabric grade A (153YS), Knoll price list effective 04/02/2026
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.
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.
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