What is a tulip chair?

In 2007, she celebrated her 50th birthday. Eero Saarinen designed this visually arrested armchair that many said that it evokes space age and ultra -modern design. Saarinen's design, which he discussed in the magazine Time Magazine a year before his release in 1957, was interested and so away with his feet chairs by creating a single base from the center of the chair. The base increased at the bottom to the circle to give the chair more stability and to turn the chair. Typical colors of tulip chairs were first white, with black pillows. Today you will find a tulip chair in many color samples: white/red, platinum/red and black/black is several.

The pictures are difficult to obtain materials of the base of chairs and seats, especially because most of the pictures show a white version that looks very like white plastic used today in chairs. In fact, a tulip chair is a much more robust constructed piece than a plastic chair. The base is aluminum aluminum with satinA painted surface. The chair itself is pressed from glass fibers and a seat cushion usually covered with vinyl.

Although the initial design of the chair was heartless, you can now buy armed versions of the chair Tulip. To maintain an effective appearance, the arms are not separate from the other parts of the chair seat - instead the slope of the fiber extends up from the seat base to provide arm support.

To praise the tulip chairs, Saarinen also designed several tulip tables. They have a similar base to a round table chair. The entire appearance of the table and chairs is considered part of the industrial design school and provides functionality with a unique look. At first glance, these tables and chairs are really going to be that they are "space age" in design. Furthermore, officially made tulip chairs and tables with certification and designer signature are available at the cost of space age. Although you can buyIT KNOCK-OFF design for about $ 200 in USD (USD), Saarinen's chair costs over $ 1,000.

In fact, you can save more if you find vintage tulip in good condition than if you buy new tulip chairs. Older chairs can be as cheap as about $ 150 USD, although the first few chairs can cost a little more. But if you want to capture this modernist look of your home, you can try looking for tulip chairs made in 60 or 70 years.