Chairs Knoll International

Tulip is the name of a chair designed by fixed or rotary Eero Saarinen for Knoll International. Devised the Saarinen Tulip chair, surely his most famous creation, in 1940, characterized by the famous cup-shaped, Emphasized by the reduction of support to a single central stem. The design of the chair comes from the contest “design in home furnishing collection”, ie organic design to interior design, organized by MOMA in New York, which, among others, also attended Charles Eames.

The tulip chair perfectly demonstrates Saarinen’s ability to mix colors, shapes and materials.

Tulip consists of a base of aluminum lacquered cast (in white) and a shell fiberglass reinforced plastic. The removable cushion is attached to the seat with Velcro.

Modern and attractive design is unsurpassed icon of modernity, still a long-selling brand, a chair created by the desire to combine quality design and mass production to the household good and accessible.

Isolated or as chair, Available with or without arms, Tulip chair was created to unite in a single spatial composition arranged in series around the dining table (marble top with gray-white) of the same collection (the table Tulip) ideal for a stay with a vintage flavor. There is also a version stool, Accompanied by a low table.

Available colors are white or black lacquered finish effect. In ‘August 2008 Tulip has been available in platinum and special edition commemorative logo for the true connoisseurs and collectors.