Collection: Eero Saarinen
Eero Saarinen August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.; the TWA Flight Center (now TWA Hotel) at John F. Kennedy International Airport; and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. He was the son of Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.
While still working for his father, Saarinen first gained recognition for his design capabilities for a chair he designed together with Charles Eames, which received first place in the Organic Design in Home Furnishings competition in 1940. The Tulip chair, like all other Saarinen chairs, was taken into production by the Knoll furniture company, founded by Hans Knoll, who married Saarinen family friend Florence (Schust) Knoll. Further attention came also while Saarinen was still working for his father when he took first prize in the 1948 competition for the design of the Gateway Arch National Park (then known as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial) in St. Louis. The memorial wasn't completed until the 1960s. The competition award was mistakenly addressed to his father because both he and his father had entered the competition separately.
During his long association with Knoll he designed many important pieces of furniture, including the Grasshopper lounge chair and ottoman (1946), the Womb chair and ottoman (1948),[6] the Womb settee (1950), side and arm chairs (1948–1950), and his most famous Tulip or Pedestal group (1956), which featured side and arm chairs, dining, coffee and side tables, as well as a stool. All of these designs were highly successful except for the Grasshopper lounge chair, which, although in production through 1965, was not a big success.
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Pair of Mid Century Knoll Saarinen Arm Chairs
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Eero Saarinen Executive Arm Chair with Four Star Base
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Mid Century Saarinen Side Chair
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Knoll Saarinen Arm Chair with casters
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Pair of Knoll Saarinen Office Side Arm Chairs
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Modern Burke Eero Saarinen Lounge Arm Chair
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Mid century Modern Burke Eero Saarinen Side Chair
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Set of 6 Mid Century Modern Eero Saarinen Arm Chairs for Knoll
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Original Knoll Eero Saarinen Tulip Arm Chair
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Four vintage Eero Saarinen Style Tulip Side Dining Chairs
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4 Vintage White Eero Saarinen Style Tulip Chairs
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Knoll Eero Saarinen Mid Century Modern 72U Chairs
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