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Are tulip tables sturdy?

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Are tulip tables sturdy?
With a cast iron or aluminum alloy base, rest assured, the tulip table is indeed sturdy. With its centrally-placed leg, the style of the table was designed to be functional and structurally solid. You’ll find a variety of tulip tables from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
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Early 1960’s Knoll Saarinen Walnut Table
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Lovely early Knoll Saarinen Tulip table with a walnut top. 16 inch diameter. It bears the Knoll 320 Park Avenue label which dates it to the...
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Vintage 1960s American Side Tables

Materials

Iron

Early Eero Saarinen for Knoll Cast Iron Tulip Table with Custom Travertine Top
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Ferndale, MI
Tulip table Designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll. Eero Saarinen vowed to address the "ugly, confusing, unrestful world" he observed underneath chairs and tables - the so-called "slum ...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Travertine, Iron

Vintage Knoll Walnut Tulip Side Table by Eero Saarinen
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage tulip side table with walnut top by Eero Saarinen for Knolll. Retains full earliest iteration bowtie label. In near perfect condition.
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Tables

Materials

Walnut

Tulip Dining suite of Marble top table and 4 swivel chairs by Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A really good example of an original Knoll produced Tulip set by Eero Saarinen. The table with a calacatta top, and the four swivel chairs with original green Knoll fabric cushions.T...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Space Age Dining Room Sets

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

20th Century Eero Saarinen Knoll Table mod Tulip in Calacatta Marble, 70s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Turin, Turin
Eero Saarinen, born in Finland in 1910, moved to the US in 1923, where he grew and graduated from Yale in 1934. He met Charles Eames, with whom he collaborated and won the 1st prize ...
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Vintage 1970s American Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Marble, Aluminum

Dining Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Lasne, BE
Round table with marble top and aluminium base designed by Eero Saarinen and produced by Knoll International. Wear due to time and age of the table.
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Vintage 1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Carrara Marble, Aluminum

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