Eero Saarinen for Knoll

EERO SAARINEN (Finland, 1910-1961) for Knoll Studio.
Saarinen table, designed in 1957
White Arabescato marble and white aluminum base.
Unused. With original packaging. Brand new.
Presents stamp of the manufacturer and designer.
Measurements: 51 x 57 x 38 cm.
Designed by Eero Saarinen in the 1950s for the Knoll company, the Tulip side table is part of a collection of pedestal furniture that also includes chairs and dining tables. Saarinen's goal was to eliminate the furniture's "forest of legs" by creating a single-base piece inspired by the shape of a tulip, hence the name. The base is made of cast aluminum molding, and the top is available in various materials, including marble.
Saarinen initially studied sculpture at the Académie de la Grand Chaumière in Paris, and later architecture at Yale University. He then furthered his studies in Europe on a scholarship, and upon his return took up a teaching position at Cranbrook Academy, one of the most important architecture and industrial design schools in the United States. In 1937 he began designing furniture in collaboration with Charles Eames, winning the 1940 prize in the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Later, as an independent, Saarinen will create furniture designs for the firm Knoll International. As an architect, Saarinen became famous for his spaces with curved lines, especially in the roofs of his buildings, with which he managed to give them a great lightness. One of his most representative and well-known buildings is the TWA terminal at J. F. Kennedy Airport in New York. His designs are currently present in the most important collections around the world, including the MoMA in New York.