Knoll

Slightly shorter than the Saarinen Dining Table, the lounge height table serves the contemporary need for less formal work and gatherings. Its pedestal base and 26" height pair neatly with sofas, lounge chairs, and benching to support free-flowing activities.

Defining form

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The Saarinen Pedestal Table brings order and beauty to the surrounding architecture.

The tabletops are available in a robust palette of exquisite woods, stones, and laminates.

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Enjoyed in offices, restaurants, museums, and residences around the world, the Saarinen Pedestal Table captivates with its pure, intentional form.

Knoll Eero Saarinen Tulip Pedestal Chair history

Shaping the experience of space

While studying at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1930s, Florence Knoll and Eero Saarinen forged a lasting friendship. The connection between these avid students of design evolved into a partnership that produced some of the most revered furniture pieces of the 20th century.  

Eero Saarinen insisted that, in any design, “confusion comes from trying to amalgamate several conflicting ideas.” To avoid that confusion, in his furniture, as in his architecture, Saarinen sought the essential idea and represented it formally with clarity and strength, always striving for “consistency and relatedness of all parts.”  

In the early 1950s, he turned his attention to the “ugly, confusing, unrestful world” he believed resulted from “the slum of legs” underneath typical tables and chairs. In 1957, he realized his ideal of formal unity with the Pedestal Table and Tulip Chair collections for Knoll. These majestically effortless, one-legged tables and chairs have since become symbols of modern design and mainstays of the Knoll design legacy.

Eero Saarinen

Born to world famous architect and Cranbrook Academy of Art Director Eliel Saarinen and textile artist Loja Saarinen, Eero Saarinen was surrounded by design his whole life. After meeting Florence Knoll at Cranbrook, Saarinen went on to design many of Knoll's most recognizable pieces, including the Tulip collection, the Womb chair, and the 70 Series of seating. In addition to these achievements, Saarinen became a leader of the second-generation modernists.

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