The contoured plywood seat is supported by metal or wood legs.
Saarinen executive chair wood legs.
Description designer in the 1930s eero saarinen created a range of organically shaped plywood chairs.
The steel legs seem to have an ackward pitch or angle so the wood legs look much better.
Crafted and perfected over the years with a fiberglass shell and densely soft foam.
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This chair is greenguard indoor air quality certified for its use of low emitting products.
This work inspired saarinen to design a chair that would provide exceptional comfort from its shell alone and not just from the furnishing.
Introduced in 1950 the chair transformed the notion of what executive seating could be with its sculptural form and modern finishing.
The armless chair with a plastic back ideal for café applicatons is a recent reintroduction.
These went on to win the moma sponsored 1940 organic design in home furnishings competition.
The steel legs are chrone plated.
Knoll saarinen executive arm chair with wooden legs stock id 365593601 shipping details.
Saarinen executive armchair wood legs.
Featured in nearly all florence knoll designed interiors the saarinen executive chair has remained one of our most popular designs for nearly 70 years.
Saarinen executive chair armless item share this eero saarinen 1950.
This work inspired saarinen to design a chair that would provide exceptional comfort from its shell alone and not just from the furnishing.
His luxurious and sculptural executive side chair and the matching executive armchair were the results.
Son of the celebrated architect eliel saarinen eero was classically trained in sculpture and architecture.
Introduced as the 71 and 72 series the chairs replaced florence knoll s model 43 chairs as the planning unit s go to seating solution.
The chair is available with and without arms and features metal or wood legs or a swivel base.
The feel remains unchanged as the molded shell flexes slightly with the sitter.
After completing the womb chair saarinen returned his focus to task seating scaling down the concept and form of the womb into arm and armless chairs.
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The saarinen executive chair 1946 was originally made of fiberglass but was later updated in polyurethane.
The wood legs are steam bent oak with several stain colors.
This modern and ergonomic design was inspired by classic finnish and american architecture offering beauty and functional support for the everyday home.