Distinct sculptural base inspired by a drop of liquid.
Original eero saarinen furniture.
Saarinen is best known for designing the washington dulles international airport outside washington d c the twa flight.
Designed in the late 1920s and located at the heart of cranbrook academy of art from 1930 through 1950 saarinen house served as the home and studio of the finnish american designer eliel saarinen cranbrook s first resident architect and the art academy s first.
Saarinen s modernist vision illustrated beautifully and exemplified by the pedestal collection endures informing any space in which it is set with its inherent timelessness and important place in design history.
Particularly affecting were the organic curvilinear forms seen in saarinen s furniture and his best known structures.
How to identify a genuine saarinen dining table.
August 20 1910 september 1 1961 was a finnish american architect and industrial designer noted for his wide ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments.
The seat swivels for easy entrance to or exit from a table.
Through his work as an architect and designer eero saarinen was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the american mainstream.
This is an authentic knoll saarinen tulip side chair.
A schoolmate and great friend of florence schust it was an obvious choice for her to invite eero to design for knoll when she joined the company in.
Look no further than the finnish american stylings of eero saarinen.
The gull winged twa flight center at john f.
One of those pieces was the popular saarinen table often referenced as the tulip table dating to the late 1950s.
Sixty years later the innovation and visual purity of eero saarinen s groundbreaking furniture designs remains unparalleled.
Stamped with the knollstudio logo and eero saarinen s signature.
Eero saarinen ˈ eɪ r oʊ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n ˈ ɛər oʊ finnish.
From humble beginnings as an industrial designer to a much lauded partnership with fellow mid mod superstar charles eames saarinen added to the pantheon of classic furniture design with the likes of the tulip chair the womb chair and more.
Saarinen house is eliel saarinen s art deco masterwork and the jewel of cranbrook s architectural treasures.
Kennedy airport in new york opened 1962 dulles international airport in virginia.
Saarinen didn t ignore the smaller sculptural pieces needed to furnish his ambitious projects.
The tulip collection is greenguard indoor air quality certified.
Intended to clean up the slum of legs beneath typical chairs and tables furniture designer and architect eero saarinen created a line of.
Eero saarinen born to world famous parents architect and cranbrook academy of art director eliel saarinen and textile artist loja saarinen eero saarinen was surrounded by design his whole life.