Through his work as an architect and designer, Eero Saarinen was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Particularly affecting were the organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen’s furniture and his best-known structures: the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy airport in New York (opened 1962), Dulles International Airport in Virginia (1962) and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri (1965).
Saarinen had a peerless modernist pedigree. His father, Eliel Saarinen, was an eminent Finnish architect who in 1932 became the first head of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit. The school became synonymous with progressive design and decorative arts in the United States, and while studying there the younger Saarinen met and befriended several luminaries of mid-century modernism, among them Harry Bertoia and Charles and Ray Eames.
At Cranbrook, Saarinen also met Florence Schust Knoll, who, as director of her husband Hans Knoll's eponymous furniture company, would put Saarinen’s best designs into production. These include the Grasshopper chair, designed in 1946 and so named because its angled bentwood frame resembles the insect; the Tulip chair (1957), a flower-shaped fiberglass shell mounted on a cast-aluminum pedestal; and the lushly contoured Womb lounge chair and ottoman (1948). In his furniture as in his architecture, the keynotes of Eero Saarinen’s designs are simplicity, strength and grace.
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Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Side Table
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960s we offer this Mid-Century Modern tulip side table made in the Knoll factory that was installed in Mexico. The white pedestal base is cast aluminum. The Tulip table is ver...
Aluminum
Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of Saarinen’s most enduring designs, part of the Pedestal Collection and designed in 1957, this side table features a white enameled heavy molded cast aluminum base with a round ...
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
Saarinen Knoll Tulip Table
By Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Early Knoll Saarinen tulip table, cast iron base, oval laminate top. Minor cosmetic wear, normal and consistent with age.
Iron
Eero Saarinen, for Knoll International. Tulip side table. Circa 1970
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Eero Saarinen, for Knoll International Round tulip-shaped side table. The base is made of cast aluminum with a white epoxy lacquer finish and bears the Knoll label. The tabletop is ...
Marble, Aluminum
Mid-Century Eero Saarinen for Knoll Oval Tulip Side Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Early Eero Saarinen for Knoll oval tulip side table. Retains early Knoll label.
Aluminum
$935Sale Price|45% Off
H 20.08 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Knoll Tulip Table by Eero Saarinen — Round Top, Mid-Century Modern
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Markington, GB
Eero Saarinen for Knoll — Oval Tulip Table, Circa 1965 Designed in 1958 by Eero Saarinen, the iconic Tulip Table remains one of the most influential pieces in modern design. This ex...
Aluminum
Saarinen Tulip Side Table by Knoll Studio
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Authentic Eero Saarinen's signature white pedestal Tulip Table by Knoll Studio, with laminate top and cast-aluminum base. Signature plate on the underside. **List Price: $1,400/EACH ...
Aluminum
Eero Saarinen 20" Top Tulip Side Table for Knoll ( B )
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A iconic sculptural tulip side table with a bigger sized 20" round top in white Laminate and matching steel base . Retains the manufactures label by Knoll designed by Eero Saarinen ...
Metal
Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very fine sculptural tulip side table with a bigger sized 20" round top in white Laminate and matching base . Retains the manufactures label by Knoll and designed by Eero Saarinen...
Metal
$607Sale Price|20% Off
H 18.51 in Dm 17.72 in
Vintage Eero Saarinen Tulip Side Table, Laminated Top, Steel Base
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice tulip side table. Solid steel base, comes with a Laminated top. 1960s.
Laminate
Saarinen Elliptical Tulip Side Table, 1960c – Oiled Walnut Tops & Cast-Iron Base
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Chicago, IL
Saarinen Elliptical Tulip Side Table, 1960c – Oiled Walnut Tops & Cast-Iron Base. An exceptionally rare early production of Eero Saarinen’s iconic Tulip side table, this circa-1960 e...
Iron
Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll White Oval Tulip Cocktail Table 1957
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll White Oval Tulip Cocktail Table 1957 A classic mid-century design by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, this o...
Iron
Eero Saarinen for Knoll “Tulip” Side Table, c.1960 – Early Carrara Marble Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll “Tulip” Side Table, c.1960 – Early Cast-Iron Base & Carrara Marble Top A highly sought-after early cast-iron–based Tulip side table by Eero Saarinen for Knol...
Carrara Marble, Iron
Osvaldo and Valeria Borsani Unique Revolving Occasional Table
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Chicago, IL
Unique revolving occasional table by Osvaldo and Valeria Borsani for Tecno Provenance Ziuta Gerstenzang Akston (1901-1994) and Joseph James Akston (1895-1983), Palm Beach, Florida.
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Copy - Nicos Zographos Bronze Base End Table with Glass Top 1970's
By Nico Zoographos, Nicos Zographos
Located in Chicago, IL
Nicos Zographos Bronze Base End Table with Tinted Glass Top 1970s This striking end table, designed by Greek-born industrial designer Nicos Zographos, features a beautifully sculp...
Bronze
Eliel Saarinen & Pipsan Swanson for Johnson Furniture Company Dining Table 1951
By Eliel Saarinen, Johnson Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Eliel Saarinen & Pipsan Swanson for Johnson Furniture Company Dining Table 1951 from the Flexible Home Arrangements series in birchwood legs have slight curve Signed underside; S ...
Birch
