Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Tulip Chair
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Preferred Title:
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Tulip Chair
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Alternate Title:
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Chaise Tulipe
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Image View:
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Overall view from above
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Creator:
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Eero Saarinen (American designer, 1910-1961); Knoll (American furniture manufacturer, establsihed 1938)
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Location:
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repository: Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, Île-de-France, France) AM 1993-1-848
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Location Note:
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Place Georges-Pompidou
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GPS:
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+48.860653+2.352411
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Date:
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1956-1957 (design)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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chair (furniture form)
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Classification:
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furniture
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Material:
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Shell molded reinforced fiberglass; lacquered aluminum; latex foam; fabric
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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80 cm (height) x 50 cm (width) x 48 cm (depth)
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Description:
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The chair is constructed of shell-molded reinforced (with polyester) fiberglass; the base is lacquered (with a fused plastic coating called rilsan) aluminum. The cushion is foam latex covered with fabric (or leather) and is attached to the chair with Velcro. The pedestal chair also swivels. It was not only Saarinen's inventiveness that influenced mainstream architectural practice but also his technical accomplishments. In addition to the exemplary use of structure as a form-giver, as in his "Pedestal" furniture series, he ultimately developed thin-skin technology to a new level of efficiency. The Tulip Chair was one of the Pedestal series, commissioned and manufactured by Knoll. There is a matching table; the chair comes in a side chair or armchair style. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Nine
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Identifier:
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1A1-SO-CT-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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