Being an architect, Dean appreciates modern designers and their product. So he is thrilled to have one of Eero Saarinen’s vintage pieces in our home! This week I scored a 1960s Saarinen tulip side table on craigslist for $350, with the original Knoll sticker on the bottom.
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The marble top has both gray and tan marbelized lines. Which makes it easy to match to stuff. Ignore the unfinished loveseat! |
It has a sturdy iron base and weighs about 50 lbs. The marble top and lines of the base give it a floating sensation. It is so pretty that I am hesitant to put anything on it. Maybe that is why the modernists have clutter-less interiors—their furniture is too beautiful to cover with books and lamps and miniature dog figurines.
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Also note our new Ikea nesting coffee tables: KLUBBO. $69.99. |
Eero was a mid-century Finnish American designer known for his “machine-like rationalism,” according to Wikipedia. Like Dean, Eero grew up in Michigan. Unlike Dean, Eero hung out with kids like Ray and Charles Eames and Florence Knoll.
-Andi