Tulip Table and Womb Chair Designed by Eero Saarinen

In a 1956 cover story in Time magazine, Eero Saarinen said he wanted to "clear up the slum of legs in the U.S. home." Later that year, he completed his Pedestal Table Collection. Available in a variety of materials. Our products of replica furniture are reproduced to the style of the original design.

In his purist approach to design, Finnish-born Eero Saarinen sought out the essential idea and reduced it to the most effective structural solution. "The underside of typical chairs and tables makes a confusing, unrestful world," explained Saarinen. In his Tulip table collection, which includes a dining, coffee and side table, Saarinen realized his ideal of formal unity: "Every significant piece of furniture has a holistic structure." Winner of the 1969 Museum of Modern Art Award.

With the mid point of the last century came huge advances in material technology and manufacturing processes, new plastics, resins and fibreglass could be mass produced quickly, efficiently and with consistent results. These developments provided exciting opportunity in many areas; not least of all for furniture design and prompted a new era of industrial design. 
In 1956 Eero Saarinen designed a complimentary range of tables and chairs which he named the Tulip range because of the slender, elegant stem like pedestals and organic shapes that typified the pieces. As with his namesake Eero Aarnios' designs the experimental use of materials and minimalist forms are often considered to be space age and their appeal has outlived the period in history from which they originated.

This is a chair designed by Eero Saarinen as well. He was invited by Florence Knoll to design a furniture which challenged the concept of conventional furniture. 

Named for the way it hugs the body, our Eero Saarinen style Womb Chair is a design icon. From its soft, catching curves to its comfortable cushions and tubular steel legs. Every detail has been particularly reproduced. The chair is constructed from a fibreglass shell covered with high density foam and then encased in either soft wool fabric or top grain aniline leather. The legs are made from flawless stainless steel. The chair comes in a wide choice of colours to suit every taste. In nature, the Eero Saarinen Womb Chair was made to curl up in so any posture it is in a place where you can truly relax. Place one in your favourite corner of the living room next to the window. Have one in your bedroom as a comfy easy chair. 

Upon sitting in this attractive lounge chair replica, you’ll first notice an increased sense of comfort and security. The Womb Chair’s reproduction by Assonhom mimics the simple yet sweeping motion of the original, which curves up and around to envelop the body. Tailored details of hand-stitching and premium wool further add to the allure of this high quality designer furniture reproduction.