The Tulip Chair, as unique and visually appealing as seating can possibly be, a testament of enduring beauty which, despite the decades since inception, becomes more popular and contemporary as the days go by. Saarinen’s Chair was the culmination of years of obsession with what he termed ‘organic design,’ yes inspired by nature, replacing linear traditional forms with natural curves and striking splendour, but also shaped and contoured to the human form, the beginnings of the ergonomic future we all strive for today.
Tulip Chairs have completed what can only be described as an evolutionary full cycle! Originally designed and constructed with mouldable fibreglass at conception, a material that could almost be used like clay, the very reason those wonderful natural curves were brought to life! Fast forward to the 1990’s and fibreglass had been replaced with injection moulded plastics, proving much easier to mass produce. The Little Tulip Shop has worked tirelessly to return to a beautiful, super high quality Tulip Chair, made back in the original and very best modern fibreglass but this time with a contemporary eco-friendly alternative!
So just what is it about the Tulip chair that has made it quite so enduring? An interesting question indeed and with more than one right answer too! Its comfortable? Undoubtedly so, with a soft seat cushion at just the right height and a top made to contour the shape of your back, but many chairs can be right!? Its unique too? It certainly is, much copied and eternally emulated, the visuals are an artistic masterpiece, genuinely resembling its floral namesake. Is it versatile? Unbelievably so, and despite its unusual design, literally finds itself at home in everything from super contemporary glass houses to the wood panelled classical manor, and without exception too!
Not only were we blessed with one inspiring, magical Tulip Chair design, as graceful and beautiful as the flower, but Saarinen only went and gave us two! The Tulip Side Chair is the one we commonly seen, its resemblance to the flower most uncanny, like a late season bloom still standing, a single petal left to remind us of the full wonder of the mimicked layers of nature in all its detail. Then, there is the early spring Tulip Arm Chair, a blossoming bud just awakening, reaching up toward the sun, looking forward to shining majestically for many moons to come. And now you just cannot unsee it, the inspiration from nature clear as day, captured within the design of functional furniture, a true classic in every sense.
Our faithful recreations, made without an equal, and to the very highest quality, a weighty reassurance of a purchase covered with long guarantees of effortless service. We make our wonderful Tulip Chairs available in a classic silk like White or a Black as dark as the night, each holding a velvety cushion of mesmerising colour, soft and warm to the tactile touch.