Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Finnish-American modernist icon Eero Saarinen might be best known for his architectural works — the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the TWA Flight Center in New York and Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., for instance — but his vintage tables and other original contributions to mid-century furniture design should not be overlooked.
Legendary furnishings designed by Saarinen like his durable side tables, the Womb chair, the Tulip chair and the Pedestal table are still frequently used in interiors today — and often copied at more affordable prices. Born in Finland, Saarinen immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. His father, Eliel Saarinen, led the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at the famous Cranbrook Academy of Art outside Detroit, a school that became a hotbed for mid-century modern designers. The younger Saarinen worked and taught at the academy, too, befriending design pioneers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia and Florence Knoll.
The Pedestal series grew out of Saarinen’s desire “to clear up the slum of legs” beneath tables. His first foray into the concept of a streamlined undercarriage was a table designed for the Kingswood School for girls, Cranbrook’s partner institution, which saw the four legs of a table cinched together to make room for chairs and legs beneath it. This piece of furniture would ultimately lead Saarinen to design a model with a circular top that sat upon a single swooped cast-aluminum column that flared out into a circular base — the Pedestal table, today manufactured by Knoll with tabletops available in a variety of materials.
On 1stDibs, the collection of vintage Eero Saarinen tables includes Pedestal dining tables, oval coffee tables, Tulip side tables with Verde Alpi marble tabletops and more.
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Creator: Eero Saarinen
Custom Knoll Ebony coffee table
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in South Charleston, WV
1966 Knoll Coffee Table 35.75" x 14.765" with custom genuine Ebony wood applied in 2025 by Aaron Saxton. The ebony is flawless, the highest grade and uncomm...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum, Steel
36" Knoll Teak coffee table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in South Charleston, WV
1966 Knoll Coffee Table 35.75" x 14.765" with custom genuine Teak wood applied in 2025 by Aaron Saxton. The Teak is flawless, the highest grade and uncommon...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum, Steel
Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll White Oval Tulip Cocktail Table 1957
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll White Oval Tulip Cocktail Table 1957
A classic mid-century design by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, this oval tulip cocktail table features a ...
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1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
Vintage Eero Saarinen Marble Top Coffee Table for Knoll 1960's
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
Vintage Eero Saarinen marble top coffee table for Knoll. This is a beautiful early example from the 1960's featuring a thin translucent 47.25" marble top. The table is in vintage, or...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Knoll 3’ Round Tulip Coffee Table Walnut by Eero Saarinen
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll 3’ round tulip coffee table walnut Laminate top. Base is heavy and has has original off white paint. Has original felt ring around base to protect the floor....
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Steel
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Vintage Tulip Coffee Table in Verdi Alpi Marble
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Spectacular vintage Tulip coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Circa 1970s production with original Knoll label underneath. Cast iron base and green marble knife edge sl...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble
Tulip Round Coffee Table by Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
Tulip coffee table by Saarinen for Knoll. USA, cira 1960 to 1970.
Signed with early Knoll red/white label.
Features a 36 inch round top in matte white laminate with matte white...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Early Restored Saarinen Knoll 42" Round Tulip Coffee Table Walnut & Iron Base
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Since the 1950s, these tables, along with this era of Knoll furniture as a whole, have gained a cult following, and for good reason. In some ways, they represent the pinnacle of Amer...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
Mid-Century Modern Knoll oval Tulip Coffee Table white laminate by Eero Saarinen
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid-Century Modern knoll oval tulip coffee table white Laminate top. Base is very heavy and has has original off white paint. Has origina...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Steel
Mid-Century Modern White Tulip Oval Cocktail Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An iconic classic designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll. It features a white top with white base. Excellent overall condition. Manufactures stamp.
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum
1960s Eero Saarinen Marble Top Coffee Table by Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
1960s pedestal base coffee table by Knoll. Marble top sits on a white enamel cast iron tulip base. Beautiful veining throughout the marble top. The white enamel cast iron bottom is v...
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1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Iron
Vintage Tulip Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A vintage coffee table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll with white tulip base and laminate top. This icon of mid-century modern design was acquired from the family of the original owner, w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in bruxelles, BE
Round coffee table in white laminated wood by Eero Saarinen. Stamped under the leg (see photo). Wear due to time and age of the table.
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1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Aluminum
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Table. Eero Saarinen / Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic Modernist Marble Oval Cocktail Tulip Coffee / cocktail Table. Designed by Eero Saarinen manufactured by Knoll. Stunning graining to the Italian marble.. Hand delivery avail t...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Aluminum
Mid-Century Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble
Tulip coffee table, Eero Saarinen, Knoll, 1956
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Tulip coffee table, Eero Saarinen, Knoll, 1956
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1950s American Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Knoll Saarinen Marble Tulip Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Hudson, NY
An ICONIC mid century modern ‘tulip’ coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Gorgeous round marble top with an aluminum base, made in Italy.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Aluminum
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, Tulip Low Table, Marble Top, Design 1958
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, Tulip Low Table
Green variegated marble circular top on painted metal base
90cm diameter, 53.5cm high
Knoll label to underside
The Pedest...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Metal
Mid-Century Oval Marble Side Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Lovely marble side-table, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International.
Very nice oval marble plate with a white aluminium tulip base.
This original table is mar...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Metal
1960s Eero Saarinen Oval Walnut Coffee Table for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
Early production 1960s Saarinen coffee table manufactured by Knoll. Beautiful walnut top with satin lacquered base in antique white.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
Eero Saarinen x Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Tulip Table Homage
By Eero Saarinen, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Saint Paul, MN
From the moment the catalog for Christies Design 2022 catalog dropped, we were enamored with the Saarinen tulip table edited by Charlotte Perriand. And while we could never compete w...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
2016 Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Coffee Table w/ 35" Inch Round Laminate Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Tulip Pedestal Coffee Table, Model 162TR, originally designed in 1956 by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. The listed price includes one table, and we have two available for purchas...
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2010s American Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Coffee Table with Walnut Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This table as acquired from the original owner who had purchased new in 1971. It features a powder coated aluminum base with a walnut top. Manufacturer label.
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1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum, Iron
Early Oval Saarinen for Knoll Coffee Table. Out of Production 54" Walnut Top.
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Kansas City, MO
Early, out of production fifty four inch wide oval coffee table with white tulip base designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll, 1960s. The table features a walnut top and pai...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
Vintage Eero Saarinen Off White Tulip Base Coffee Table Knoll Associates 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Miami, FL
Classic Eero Saarinen Mid-Century Modern Tulip Coffee or Cocktail Table for Knoll, circa 1960. Solid cast iron Pedestal base, off-white Wood laminate top.
Some wear to edges as show...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Iron
Eero Saarinen for Knoll International Mid-Century Finnish "Tulip" Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century (Late 1950s) Finnish "Tulip" wooden oval coffee table top supported by a white enameled circular metal base. (EERO SAARINEN FOR KN...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Wood
2016 Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Coffee Table w/ 35" Inch Round Laminate Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Tulip Pedestal Coffee Table, Model 162TR, originally designed in 1956 by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. This particular piece was produced in 2016. Its base is formed of molded c...
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2010s American Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum
Mid 20th Century Vintage Knoll International Marble Saarinen Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen
Located in west palm beach, FL
Elevate your living space with our Vintage MCM Knoll International Marble Saarinen Coffee Table. This iconic American design by Knoll International features ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Marble, Metal
Eero Saarinen Oval Coffee Table for Knoll International, Swiss Production 1970s
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Renens, CH
Oval-shaped large low tulip coffee table designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International during the late 1950s.
Materials: White laminated wood on aluminium base.
Origination:...
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1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Early Eero Saarinen for Knoll Oval Pedestal Tulip Coffee Table in White Laminate
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Stamford, CT
Eero Saarinen’s Pedestal Collection for Knoll is one of the most iconic designs in furniture history. Commonly referred to as the "Tulip" collection, Saarinen's goal was to eliminate...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Big Size Mid Century Eero Saarinen for Knoll Center Table.
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this Rare Big Size Mid Century Eero Saarinen for Knoll Center Table.
Vintage From the late 1950s throug...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum
Eero Saarinen For Knoll International 35 Inch Tulip Coffee Table Rosewood 2009
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is one Knoll 35 inch Tulip Coffee Table, designed by Eero Saarinen.
This example has a white powder coated base with a gorgeous rosewood...
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Early 2000s American Modern Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Rosewood
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Countryside, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip Walnut Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 36 wide x 36 deep x 15.25 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in what we call r...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip 36 inch White Laminate Coffee Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Countryside, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Mid Century Tulip 36 inch White Laminate Coffee Table
This coffee table measures: 36 wide x 36 deep x 15 inches high
All pieces of furniture can be had in w...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Laminate
Mid-Century Oval Marble Side Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Lovely marble side-table, designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International.
Very nice oval marble plate with a white aluminium tulip base.
This original table is mar...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Marble, Metal
1974 Eero Saarinen for Knoll 36 inch Round Coffee Table in White Laminate
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a Saarinen coffee table, originally designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956. This particular example was produced by Knoll in the USA in 1974. The table is comprised of an aluminum...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Aluminum
Tulip coffee table, Eero Saarinen, Knoll, 1956
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Tulip coffee table, Eero Saarinen, Knoll, 1956
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Coffee and Cocktail Tables
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Metal
Eero Saarinen coffee and cocktail tables for sale on 1stDibs.
Eero Saarinen coffee and cocktail tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Eero Saarinen coffee and cocktail tables, although gray editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original coffee and cocktail tables by Eero Saarinen were created in the mid-century modern style in north america during the 20th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider coffee and cocktail tables by Charles and Ray Eames, Adrian Pearsall, and Jens Risom. Prices for Eero Saarinen coffee and cocktail tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1,387 and can go as high as $8,950, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,672.
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- Where is Eero Saarinen from?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Eero Saarinen was originally from Finland. He was born in Kirkkonummi in 1910. In 1923, his family moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The architect and designer lived in the U.S. for much of the remainder of his life. He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1991. Shop a selection of Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs.
- Who is Eero Saarinen?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 29, 2024Eero Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and designer and a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Particularly affecting were the organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen’s furniture and his best-known structures: the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy airport in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
Saarinen’s designs for Knoll, such as the Womb chair, Tulip chair and Pedestal table, are acclaimed all over the world.
Find a selection of vintage Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024Eero Saarinen is famous for his work as a designer and architect. He was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Saarinen designed the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and many other structures. As a furniture designer, he is best known for his Grasshopper chair, Tulip chair and Womb lounge chair and ottoman. Find a collection of Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 29, 2024To pronounce Eero Saarinen, say "EH-row SAH-ruh-nuhn." The architect and designer was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, in 1910 but was raised in Michigan in the United States. Saarinen is known for his sculptural architecture projects as well as the innovative modernist furniture he designed for Knoll.
Find vintage Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs. - What did Eero Saarinen design?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 29, 2024Eero Saarinen designed many pieces of furniture as well as acclaimed buildings and monuments during his lifetime. Saarinen created the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy airport, the Gateway Arch in Missouri, and Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Some of Saarinen’s most famous furniture designs include the Pedestal table, the Womb chair and the Tulip chair.
Shop a collection of vintage Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs. - Who is Eero Saarinen’s father?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 29, 2024Eero Saarinen's father was Eliel Saarinen, a well-known Finnish-American architect. In 1923, he moved Eero and the rest of his family from their native Finland to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he and his wife Loja taught at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Eliel was named president at Cranbook in 1932.
Find a selection of Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertMarch 29, 2024No, Eero Saarinen was not a postmodernist. The work of the Finnish-American architect and furniture designer is primarily associated with modernism. His best known designs for seating and tables, created during the 1940s and 1950s, were manufactured by Knoll, a furniture brand and a chief influence in the rise of modern design in the United States.
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s (Saarinen died in 1961).
Find vintage Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertMarch 31, 2024Eero Saarinen is considered a modern architect for a number of reasons. An innovative merging of the International Style and the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright can be found in his acclaimed building projects and monuments. He worked with steel and concrete, just as his modernist peers had, and the neo-futuristic forms that characterize his architecture are those commonly associated with modernism.
Through his work as an architect and designer, Saarinen was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Particularly affecting were the organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen’s furniture and his best known structures: the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri.
Saarinen had a peerless modernist pedigree. His father, Eliel Saarinen, was an eminent Finnish architect who in 1932 became the first head of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit. The school became synonymous with progressive design and decorative arts in the United States, and while studying there the younger Saarinen met and befriended several luminaries of mid-century modernism, among them Harry Bertoia and Charles and Ray Eames.
Like all modernist designers of the mid-century era, Saarinen was interested in the new technology and new and venturesome applications for materials that became widely available for the production of domestic goods in the postwar era. Thanks to Florence Knoll, a pioneering designer in her own right, his famous designs for seating and tables, created during the 1940s and 1950s, were manufactured by Knoll, which was a prominent influence in the rise of modern design in the United States.
Find vintage Eero Saarinen furniture for sale on 1stDibs. - 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2024The concept of Eero Saarinen's work was to convey expressive statements through buildings and furniture. The keynotes of his modern designs were simplicity, strength and grace. The organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen's furniture and his best-known structures, like the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, went on to influence generations of architects and designers. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of Eero Saarinen furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Eero Saarinen moved the design firm started by his father from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to Hamden, Connecticut, in1961, but no authoritative sources state why. Most likely, he had a desire to be closer to the campus of Yale University. Saarinen graduated from the post-secondary institution in 1934 and designed buildings on the campus. Find a range of Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022An Eero Saarinen table is 28.25” high. It comes in a variety of widths, with a 42” round table seating 4 to 5 people. You can shop a selection of Eero Saarinen designs from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Eero Saarinen is a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer that worked with a variety of mediums, including steel, glass and concrete. Eero Saarinen is also credited with the creation of some notable styles of furniture, including the Tulip chair. Browse a variety of Eero Saarinen designed furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Eero Saarinen used a variety of materials in his furniture designs. Some of his designs feature hardwood frames, but he didn't work in wood exclusively. His Tulip chair consists of a fiberglass seat mounted on a cast aluminum base. You'll find a range of Eero Saarinen furniture on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024The history of Eero Saarinen's Womb Chair dates back to the late 1940s. It was then that designer and entrepreneur Florence Knoll challenged her friend, Eero Saarinen, to create the most comfortable chair ever made. To succeed at the task, Saarinen sought to evoke what he imagined was the comfortable, secure feeling of being in the womb and set out to design the now iconic chair. Production of the Womb chair began in 1948, and it didn't take long for the seat to become a cultural phenomenon. In the decade following its release, it appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial, a New Yorker magazine cartoon and a Norman Rockwell painting on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post. Today, Knoll offers the seat in 15 upholstery options, and when Saarinen's famous TWA terminal reopened as a hotel in 2019, Womb chairs were featured prominently in the guest rooms. Explore a collection of Eero Saarinen Womb chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Whether you can replace Eero Saarinen chair legs depends on the chair. You can most easily swap out the legs on pieces that feature wooden dowels like the Lilac Organic. You will likely find it more difficult to replace legs on chairs that include metal bases like the Executive arm chair or pedestals like the Tulip. You'll find a collection of Eero Saarinen chairs on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 7, 2024Eero Saarinen believed that the architect's role was to create structures that enhance daily life and inspire people to consider new possibilities. He thought that buildings should suit their intended purpose well and provide comfortable accommodations while at the same time being aesthetically appealing. Some of his best-known structures include the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of Eero Saarinen furniture.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Eero Saarinen’s famed pedestal chairs, although streamlined in appearance, are crafted with a variety of materials from aluminum and molded fiberglass to the plastic-bonded finish. You can shop a selection of Eero Saarinen pieces from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Historians classify Eero Saarinen's St. Louis Gateway Arch as modern architecture. This is due largely to the simple curving shape of the arch and its perfect symmetry. In addition, the arch reflects Neo-futurism, a forward-looking movement that frequently incorporated steel, concrete and glass. On 1stDibs, find a variety of Eero Saarinen furniture designs.
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