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Mid-Century Set/12 Little Tulip Armchairs by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, 1980s

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Mid-Century Set/12 Little Tulip Armchairs by Pierre Paulin for Artifort, The Netherlands 1980s The swivel Little Tulip chair, designed by Pierre Paulin for Artifort in the Netherlands in 1965, is a timeless piece of furniture still beloved today. The chair has a half-open petal design that envelops the sitter, creating a delicate, cheerful, inviting, and cozy atmosphere. The chair is perfect for use at a dining table or meeting room, adding elegance and inspiration to any space—original high-quality black leather upholstery. The Little Tulip is an Artifort classic that remains in good overall condition despite minor traces of use. Pierre Paulin was a Paris-born French designer who created his most famous pieces in collaboration with Artifort, including iconic chairs like the Tongue Chair and Ribbon Chair, both of which are featured in museums such as MOMA in New York and Centre Pompidou in Paris. Jules Wagemans established Artifort as an upholstery business in Maastricht in 1890, which his son, Henricus Wagemans, later expanded into a furniture factory. By the end of the 1920s, the company had a showroom in Amsterdam and was well-known nationally. In the 1930s, the economic recession forced the company, then known as H. Wagemans & Van Tuinen, to create a distinctive profile. They developed a catchy brand name and logo. They focused on creating functional, comfortable, and high-quality furniture, with aesthetically pleasing design and innovative materials—priced for 12 chairs.

Creator:
Pierre Paulin (Designer)
Design:
Tulip Lounge Chair
Dimensions:
Height: 30.32 in (77 cm)Width: 27.56 in (70 cm)Depth: 25.6 in (65 cm)Seat Height: 18.12 in (46 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 12
Style:
Mid-Century Modern (In the Style Of)
Materials and Techniques:
Aluminum,Leather,Steel
Place of Origin:
Netherlands
Period:
Late 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1980
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Almelo, NL
Reference Number:
Seller: 61641stDibs: LU3696338016972
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Pierre Paulin introduced a fresh breeze into French furniture design in the 1960s and ’70s, fostering a sleek new space-age aesthetic. Along with Olivier Mourgue, Paulin developed furnishings with flowing lines and almost surreal naturalistic forms. And his work became such a byword for chic, forward-looking design and emerging technologies that two French presidents commissioned him to create environments in the Élysée Palace in Paris.

Paulin was born in Paris to a family of artists and designers. He initially sought to become a ceramist and sculptor and was studying in the town of Vallauris near the Côte d'Azur — a center for pottery making, where Pablo Picasso spent his postwar summers crafting ceramics — but broke his hand in a fight. He enrolled at the École Camondo, the Paris interior design school. There, Paulin was strongly influenced by the work of Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson and Arne Jacobsen, as was reflected in his early creations for the manufacturer Thonet-France. It was at the Dutch firm Artifort, which he joined in 1958, where Paulin blossomed. In a few years, he produced several of his signature designs based on abstract organic shapes. These include the Butterfly chair (1963), which features a tubular steel frame and slung leather, and a group of striking seating pieces made with steel frames covered in polyurethane foam and tight jersey fabric: the Mushroom (1960), Ribbon (1966) and Tongue (1967) chairs.

In 1971, the Mobilier National — a department of France’s Ministry of Culture in charge of furnishing top-tier government offices and embassies — commissioned Paulin to redesign President Georges Pompidou’s private apartment in the Élysée Palace. In three years, Paulin transformed the staid rooms into futuristic environments with curved, fabric-clad walls and furnishings such as bookcases made from an arrangement of smoked-glass U shapes, flower-like pedestal chairs and pumpkin-esque loungers. Ten years later, the Mobilier National called on Paulin again, this time to furnish the private office of President François Mitterand. Paulin responded with an angular, postmodern take on neoclassical furniture, pieces that looked surprisingly at home in the paneled, Savonnerie-carpeted Louis XVI rooms. As those two Élysée Palace projects show, Paulin furniture works well both in a total decor or when used as a counterpoint to traditional pieces. You will see on 1stDibs that Pierre Paulin’s creations have a unique personality: bright and playful yet sophisticated and suave.