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An early ad for the Pedestal Collection highlights its curvilinear form.
An early ad for the Pedestal Collection highlights its curvilinear form.
Saarinen designed his famous Tulip armchair as part of the Pedestal collection for Knoll in 1956 (manufacturing began the following year). With its minimal base and narrow, simple stem, the clean-lined design aimed to provide a solution to clunkier designs of, in the designer's own words, "ugly, confusing, unrestful world."
Saarinen designed his famous Tulip armchair as part of the Pedestal collection for Knoll in 1956 (manufacturing began the following year). With its minimal base and narrow, simple stem, the clean-lined design aimed to provide a solution to clunkier designs of, in the designer's own words, "ugly, confusing, unrestful world."
Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chairs with needlepoint seating pads at the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana.
Eero Saarinen’s Tulip chairs with needlepoint seating pads at the Miller House in Columbus, Indiana.