Tulip chair
Colors: White frame. Cushion red (cushion variable).
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| Designer | Eero Saarinen |
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| Date | 1956 |
| Country | United States |
| Materials | Aluminium base, Fiberglass frame. Leather or fabric cushions. |
| Style / tradition | Modernist |
| Height | 80 cm (31 in) |
| Width | 50 cm (20 in) |
| Depth | 56 cm (22 in) |
The Tulip chair was designed by Eero Saarinen in 1955 and 1956 for the Knoll company of New York City. It was designed primarily as a chair to match the complementary dining table. The chair has the smooth lines of modernism and was experimental with materials for its time. The chair is considered a classic of industrial design.
The chair is often considered "space age" for its futuristic use of curves and artificial materials.
Eero Saarinen had hoped to produce the chair as a one piece unit made entirely of fiberglass, but this material was not able to support the base, and prototypes were prone to breakage. As a result, the base of the tulip chair is of cast aluminum with a rilsan-coated finish to match the upper shell, giving the appearance of a single unit. The upper shell is molded fiberglass, with a reinforced, plastic bonded finish. The upholstered foam cushion is removable with Velcro fastening.
In 1971 a modified form of the Tulip Chair was used in the design of Project Cybersyn
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