In 2007, the tulip chair celebrated its 50th birthday. Eero Saarinen designed this visually arresting chair, which many have said evokes the space age and ultra modern design. 

“The undercarriage of chairs and tables in a typical interior makes an ugly, confusing, unrestful world,” 
as Saarinen put it .......“I wanted to make the chair all one thing again”. 
~ Eero Saarinen 

The design was popularized by its use on the original Star Trek television series (1966-69). 

This particular version on the Tulip chair has an upholstered and padded seat and backrest. Available in a variety of premium wool colours. 


Materials & Features
The upper half of the tulip chair is a simple, streamlined construction made of hardened fibreglass & resin mix built for durability and finish, The shell is lacquered with 7 enamelled layers and is white in colour. 

The base of the chair is high quality enamelled cast aluminium with a white satin painted finish. It has a layer of felt underneath to protect floors. 

The seat, backrest and seat cushion are upholstered in premium wool, available in a choice of colours. 

As per the original design the chair features 360° swivel function. 
 

This product is a reproduction of the original design by Eero Saarinen.

Dimensions
Width – 50.5 cm
Depth – 54 cm
Height – 82 cm

Seat height – cm

Leather Description: Full Italian Semi Aniline Leather
Leather origin: Bovine Leather
Dyeing: Semi Aniline
Typology: Full grain
Thickness: 0.9mm – 1.1mm

Seat material – Fibreglass shell

Base – Cast aluminium with swivel function

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish American architect and product designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.

Saarinen first received critical recognition, while still working for his father, for a chair designed together with Charles Eames for the "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition in 1940, for which they received first prize. The "Tulip Chair" became the basis of the seating used on the original Star Trek television series.

Saarinen is now considered one of the masters of American 20th Century architecture. There has been a veritable surge of interest in Saarinen's work in recent years, including a major exhibition and several books. This is partly due to the Roche and Dinkeloo office having donated their Saarinen archives to Yale University, but also because Saarinen's oeuvre can be said to fit in with present-day concerns about pluralism of styles

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