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The Tulip chair was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 and 1956 [1] for the Knoll company of New York City. [2] The designs were initially entitled the 'Pedestal Group' before Saarinen and Knoll settled on the more organic sounding 'Tulip chair' to mirror its inspiration from nature. [3]
Eero Saarinen (/ ˈ eɪ r oʊ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n, ˈ ɛər oʊ-/, Finnish: [ˈeːro ˈsɑːrinen]; 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 the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport ...
Following the production of the tulip chair, the tulip table was designed by Saarinen. In 1953, the company was accorded exclusive manufacturing and sales rights to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe furniture, including the Barcelona chair, which was designed in collaboration with Lilly Reich for the 1929 Barcelona Pavilion.
The Tulip Chair, the Grasshopper Chair and the Scimitar Chair are among their most successful works. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The pieces of furniture they produced during their seven-year period of cooperation from 1961 to 1968 were so distinctive that many are still produced today as classics. [ 4 ]
Hans Knoll was born in Germany in 1914. His father was a modern furniture manufacturer, who supported the Nazi regime. [1] Perhaps because of his father's views, or perhaps because he wanted to follow many other German modernists who had emigrated, Knoll left Germany in 1936, and first moved to England. [1]
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