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Eero Saarinen armrest tulip chair
fibreglass seat
aluminium base
different color available
item no; BL***9
Eero Saarinen was the son of the celebrated Finnish architect and
first President of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Eliel Saarinen.
Born in Helsinki, he emigrated with his family to the United States
in ***3.Initially studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grande
Chaumiére in Paris (***9/*0) and later architecture at Yale
University in New Haven, Connecticut, graduating in ***4. He
received a scholarship there which enabled him to travel to Europe
(***4/*5). On his return, he taught at the Cranbrook Academy of
Art. In ***7, he began a collaboration with Charles Eames which
culminated in a series of highly progressive and prize-winning
furniture designs for The Museum of Modern Art´s ***0 "Organic
Design in Home Furnishings" competition. He later produced several
highly successful furniture designs for Knoll International. He
worked in his father´s architectural office until Eliel´s death in
***0. His greatest architectural project was the remarkable TWA
terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport, New York.
Design Eero Saarinen, ***6.
In his purist approach to design, Finnish-born Eero Saarinen sought
out the essential idea and reduced it to the most effective
structural solution. He designed the ***6 Tulip chair in terms of
its setting, rather than a particular shape. "In any design
problem, one should seek the solution in terms of the next largest
thing." he said. "If the problem is a chair, then its solution must
be found in the way it relates to the room..." In the Tulip,
Saarinen realized his ideal of formal unity: "Every significant
piece of furniture has a holistic structure." Winner of the ***9
Museum of Modern Art Award, the Tulip is Saarinen's genius solution
to clearing up the "slum of legs" that populates the under-carriage
of most dining sets.
Construction notes: Base is a cast aluminum, rilsan coated finish.
Shell is molded fiberglass with a reinforced plastic bonded finish.
Upholstered foam cushion is removable, with zippered cover and
velcro fastening. Base and shell finish available in white or
black. Upholstery available with a seat cushion only or with a
fully upholstered inner shell. The signature of Eero Saarinen is
located on the underside of the base.
