Knoll Saarinen Executive Armless Chair in Weave and Ultrasuede, Swivel Base

Eero Saarinen’s design career was both wildly iconic yet sadly short-lived. His work in furniture design and architecture was centuries ahead of its time and quite possibly only achievable by Saarinen himself. His furniture work aided his design process for architecture and vice a versa, he understood the human form and how people interact with design in the world. These iconic Saarinen Executive Chairs remain one of his most notable designs, instantly recognizable and widely used to this day.

The Saarinen Executive Chair is perhaps the most versatile chair known from the Mid-Century Modern design movement. Saarinen’s mastery of swooping curves invite users to sit and be embraced by a level of comfort only he could achieve. The iconic opening of the chair’s back allows for a slight “give” as one sits back. This chair is in every way a Saarinen sculpture; beautiful at every angle.

The Object Refinery team is particularly fond of this iteration Saarinen Executive Chair due to its less commonly seen stainless steel swivel base. Knoll has evolved their swivel base design tremendously throughout the years, the currently issued base design for this chair appears to have been inspired by this vintage one. We find this stainless 4-star base to be the most attractive base design from the range - it’s equipped with tilt, swivel, and manual height adjustment. While some minor wear exists from age and history, it has been professionally polished to a near-factory shine. Our team selected a two tone upholstery for this chair, an Ivory Weave for the back and a durable Ultrasuede in Saddle for the seat. The combination of materials creates a chair that is suitable for the home working environment, capability and comfort in one.