Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen

Finland, 1910 – 1961

Eero Saarinen, was born in 1910 in Finland and in 1923 the family emigrated to the US. He studied architecture at Yale, graduating in 1934. A Yale scholarship enabled Saarinen to travel to Europe but he returned to the US in 1936 to work in his father’s architectural practice. When his father died in 1950, Eero Saarinen took over the practice. Saarinen taught at Cranbrook Academy where he met Charles Eames in the late 1930s. Experimenting with Eames, Eero Saarinen co-developed new furniture forms and the first designs for furniture made of molded, laminated wood. In 1940 Saarinen and Eames took part in the “Organic Design in Home Furnishings” competition mounted by the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

For Knoll International Saarinen designed a great many pieces of furniture, including the 1948 Womb Chair, which was designed to make those seated in it feel as secure and cozy as a fetus in the womb. The Pedestal Group, dating from 1955-56, is collection of chairs and tables made of plastic and featuring only one central leg ending organically in a round disc on the floor. The very successful Tulip Chair belonged to this group. Eero Saarinen says he wanted to abolish the “miserable maze of legs.” In 1951 he designed the Saarinen Collection for Knoll, consisting of the still popular line of Executive Chairs. These chairs transformed the notion of what executive seating could be with its sculptural form and modern finishings.

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  1. Knoll Saarinen - Womb® Settee
    Regular $9,720.00CAD Sale $7,776.00CAD

  2. Vitra Miniatures Womb Chair & Ottoman
    Regular $1,428.00CAD Sale $1,213.80CAD

  3. Vitra Organic Conference Chair
    Regular $4,522.00CAD Sale $3,843.70CAD

  4. Knoll Saarinen - Tulipâ„¢ Armless Chair
    Regular $2,319.00CAD Sale $1,855.20CAD

  5. Knoll Saarinen - Oval Coffee Table
    Regular $2,959.00CAD Sale $2,367.20CAD

  6. Knoll Saarinen - Oval Side Table
    Regular $1,179.00CAD Sale $943.20CAD

  7. Knoll Saarinen - Round Side Table
    Regular $1,002.00CAD Sale $801.60CAD

  8. Knoll Saarinen - Round Dining Table
    Regular $3,248.00CAD Sale $2,598.40CAD

  9. Knoll Saarinen - Tulipâ„¢ Stool
    Regular $1,595.00CAD Sale $1,276.00CAD

  10. Knoll Saarinen - Tulipâ„¢ Arm Chair
    Regular $3,551.00CAD Sale $2,840.80CAD

  11. Knoll Saarinen - Womb® Ottoman
    Regular $1,892.00CAD Sale $1,513.60CAD

  12. Knoll Saarinen - Womb® Chair
    Regular $5,925.00CAD Sale $4,740.00CAD

  13. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Armless Chair with Wood Legs
    Regular $2,128.00CAD Sale $1,702.40CAD

  14. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Arm Chair with Wood Legs
    Regular $2,841.00CAD Sale $2,272.80CAD

  15. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Arm Chair with Tubular Legs
    Regular $2,366.00CAD Sale $1,892.80CAD

  16. Vitra Organic Highback Chair
    Regular $5,362.00CAD Sale $4,557.70CAD

  17. Vitra Organic Chair
    Regular $4,522.00CAD Sale $3,843.70CAD

  18. Vitra Miniatures Tulip Chair
    Regular $588.00CAD Sale $499.80CAD

  19. Vitra Miniatures Organic Armchair
    Regular $588.00CAD Sale $499.80CAD

  20. Knoll Saarinen - Round Coffee Table
    Regular $2,603.00CAD Sale $2,082.40CAD

  21. Knoll Saarinen - Oval Dining Table
    Regular $8,297.00CAD Sale $6,637.60CAD

  22. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Arm Chair with 5-Star Base
    Regular $3,077.00CAD Sale $2,461.60CAD

  23. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Arm Chair with 4-Star Base
    Regular $2,722.00CAD Sale $2,177.60CAD

  24. Knoll Saarinen - Executive Stool
    Regular $2,575.00CAD Sale $2,060.00CAD

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