Saarinen Executive Side Chair

Knoll Vintage Office Chair

Saarinen Plywood

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Materials

Steel

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1974 Eero Saarinen for Knoll Upholstered Rolling Office Desk Chair in Tan Vinyl

By Knoll, Eero Saarinen

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This is a Saarinen Executive Swivel side chair, originally designed by Eero Saarinen in 1957.

Category

Vintage 1970s American Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Materials

Wool

Pair of executive chairs by Eero Saarinen

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H 32 in W 22.5 in D 20.5 in

Pair of executive chairs by Eero Saarinen

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pair of executive chairs by Eero Saarinen. To be reupholstered in C. O. M. ($1,000 extra for the pair). 18 in. seat height.

Category

20th Century American Side Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Vintage Pair of Knoll Saarinen Executive Chairs

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H 31.25 in W 22 in D 20 in

Vintage Pair of Knoll Saarinen Executive Chairs

By Knoll

Located in Austin, TX

Pair of chairs by Knoll with original green and blue woven fabric in good condition. Originally featured in almost all of the Florence Knoll’s interiors, the Sarrinen Executive chair...

Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Eero Saarinen for Knoll Executive Arm and Side Chairs

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Eero Saarinen for Knoll Executive Arm and Side Chairs

By Eero Saarinen

Located in Pasadena, TX

A set of ten Saarinen chairs for Knoll; two with armrests and eight without. All chairs feature wood legs instead of the standard polished steel, giving them a distinct, unique chara...

Set of Four Modern Eero Saarinen for Knoll Green Armless Executive Side Chairs

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H 29.5 in W 22 in D 21 in

Set of Four Modern Eero Saarinen for Knoll Green Armless Executive Side Chairs

By Eero Saarinen, Knoll

Located in Houston, TX

Modern set of four armless executive lounge chairs designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll upholstered in green fabric. Restoration recommended.

Materials

Steel

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Saarinen Executive Side Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal saarinen executive side chair for your home. Frequently made of fabric, metal and chrome, every saarinen executive side chair was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer saarinen executive side chair, there are earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A saarinen executive side chair, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern or Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Saarinen Executive Side Chair?

Prices for a saarinen executive side chair start at $750 and top out at $11,000 with the average selling for $2,333.

Eero Saarinen for sale on 1stDibs

Through his work as an architect and designer, Eero Saarinen was a prime mover in the introduction of modernism into the American mainstream. Particularly affecting were the organic, curvilinear forms seen in Saarinen’s furniture and his best-known structures: the gull-winged TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy airport in New York (opened 1962), Dulles International Airport in Virginia (1962) and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri (1965).

Saarinen had a peerless modernist pedigree. His father, Eliel Saarinen, was an eminent Finnish architect who in 1932 became the first head of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit. The school became synonymous with progressive design and decorative arts in the United States, and while studying there the younger Saarinen met and befriended several luminaries of mid-century modernism, among them Harry Bertoia and Charles and Ray Eames.

At Cranbrook, Saarinen also met Florence Schust Knoll, who, as director of her husband Hans Knoll's eponymous furniture company, would put Saarinen’s best designs into production. These include the Grasshopper chair, designed in 1946 and so named because its angled bentwood frame resembles the insect; the Tulip chair (1957), a flower-shaped fiberglass shell mounted on a cast-aluminum pedestal; and the lushly contoured Womb lounge chair and ottoman (1948). In his furniture as in his architecture, the keynotes of Eero Saarinen’s designs are simplicity, strength and grace.

Find vintage Eero Saarinen tables, chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.

Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.

Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.

The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.

Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.

With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.

Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.

No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.