Side Chair
Eero Saarinen (American, born Finland, 1910–1961)
- Maker
- Eero Saarinen (American, born Finland, 1910–1961)
- Date
- designed 1956
- Medium
- Aluminum base, fused plastic finish, molded plastic shell reinforced with fiberglass, upholstered seat cushion
- Dimensions
- 31.7 x 19.5 x 16.7 in. (80.6 x 49.5 x 42.5 cm)
- Form
- Chair
- Origin
- East Greenville
- Museum
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Accession
- 1975.54.2b
- Credit line
- Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
This chair is from Eero Saarinen's Single Pedestal Furniture series, which included an armchair and a variety of tables. Although the seat of the chair is plastic and the base is aluminum, they appear to be one material and were Saarinen's answer to a "slum of legs."