Eero Saarinen Office Chairs
The organic chair a small and comfortable reading chair was developed in several versions for the 1940 organic design in home furnishings competition organised by the museum of modern art in new york.
Eero saarinen office chairs. Eero saarinen for knoll executive chair model 71 swivel tilt base reupholstered. With its sculptural shapes the design was ahead of the times. Located in dallas tx. Due to extraordinarily high volume of requests our responses may be delayed.
Eight kleinhans chairs by charles eames and eero saarinen 1939. Due to extraordinarily high volume of requests our responses may be delayed. The saarinen executive chair is a cushioned round organically shaped seat with a molded shell on mobile casters similar in style to his womb and tulip chairs. The saarinen executive armchair has an overall height of 31 36 25 79 92 cm width of 26.
Featured in nearly all florence knoll designed interiors the saarinen executive chair has remained one of our most popular designs for nearly 70 years. Make an offer today. Eero saarinen born to world famous parents architect and cranbrook academy of art director eliel saarinen and textile artist loja saarinen eero saarinen was surrounded by design his whole life. Though their award winning molded plywood chairs were never put into production the acknowledgement launched the careers of both men eames going on to work for herman miller while saarinen partnered with his former cranbrook associates hans and florence knoll.
By charles and ray eames eero saarinen. Eero saarinen ˈ eɪ r oʊ ˈ s ɑːr ɪ n ə n ˈ ɛər oʊ finnish. August 20 1910 september 1 1961 was a finnish american architect and industrial designer noted for his wide ranging array of designs for buildings and monuments. Charles eames eero saarinen 1940.
A schoolmate and great friend of florence schust it was an obvious choice for her to invite eero to design for knoll when she joined the company in. The saarinen executive chair was designed by eero saarinen after multiple collaborations with charles and ray eames on home designs. A rare set of eight chairs by charles eames and eero saarinen for the kleinhans music hall buffalo 1939. Shop the eero saarinen office chairs collection on chairish home of the best vintage and used furniture decor and art.
The kleinhans music hall chair is an early collaboration by charles eam. The design which is now found in dining rooms as often as it is in offices transformed the notion of what executive seating could be with its sculptural form and modern finishing. Saarinen is best known for designing the washington dulles international airport outside washington d c the twa flight.