Eero Saarinen Furniture

Through his work as an architect and designer, Eero Saarinen was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Particularly affecting were the organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen’s furniture and his best-known structures: the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy airport in New York (opened 1962), Dulles International Airport in Virginia (1962) and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri (1965).
Saarinen had a peerless modernist pedigree. His father, Eliel Saarinen, was an eminent Finnish architect who in 1932 became the first head of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit. The school became synonymous with progressive design and decorative arts in the United States, and while studying there the younger Saarinen met and befriended several luminaries of mid-century modernism, among them Harry Bertoia and Charles and Ray Eames.
At Cranbrook, Saarinen also met Florence Schust Knoll, who, as director of her husband Hans Knoll's eponymous furniture company, would put Saarinen’s best designs into production. These include the Grasshopper chair, designed in 1946 and so named because its angled bentwood frame resembles the insect; the Tulip chair (1956), a flower-shaped fiberglass shell mounted on a cast-aluminum pedestal; and the lushly contoured Womb lounge chair and ottoman (1948). In his furniture as in his architecture, the keynotes of Eero Saarinen’s designs are simplicity, strength and grace.




2010s American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Felt, Plywood
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Granite, Marble, Aluminum
Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Iron
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal, Chrome, Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Carrara Marble, Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Upholstery, Birch
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Iron
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Carrara Marble
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Leather, Fiberglass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Carrara Marble, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Iron
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Ash, Fabric
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal, Aluminum
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Steel
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Iron
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Leather
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome, Metal
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome
1970s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome
1950s Italian Other Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Fiberglass
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Steel
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Fiberglass
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Fiberglass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Iron
1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Aluminum
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Stainless Steel
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Fiberglass
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Upholstery
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Wood, Upholstery
1950s American Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal
1950s American Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Metal
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Iron
Late 20th Century Finnish Scandinavian Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Fiberglass
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Marble, Aluminum
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Eero Saarinen Furniture
Aluminum
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Eero Saarinen Furniture
Steel