Tulip table by Eero Saarinen

The Tulip table is part of the famous collection designed by Eero Saarinen, an American architect and designer of Finnish origin, for Knoll in 1957.‎ Saarinen's intent was to eliminate the traditional legs of tables and chairs, using modern plastic materials, which for some time had been at the center of his interests as a designer.‎ The Tulip table and coffee table have an aluminum base covered in glass fiber reinforced plastic material