Anni Albers and the Tulip Chair

Take one part Anni Albers fabric and one part Tulip chair, put them in a blender and what do you get? Well, probably a lot of threads, fiberglass and some aluminum -- so don't do that. Instead, just admire the marriage of Anni Albers and the Saarinen Tulip. A fine combination, indeed.

Anni Albers, who studied at the Bauhaus, was the first weaver ever to have an exhibition at the MoMA. An accomplished weaver and printmaker, her Éclat design was originally created in 1974 as a printed textile. The pattern was reintroduced by Knoll in 2008 and can be seen, among other places, on the Tulip Chair.

The Tulip Chair, which is also celebrating its 50th anniversary, is available with the Éclat, in bark, black, pine, scarlet and tangerine at DWR.

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I totally picked up a vintage tulip chair for $25 in Talking Rock, GA. hooray for small town ignorance! YAY!

posted by lindsay on May 23rd 2008 at 9:39pm
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I actually saw 4 Thonet chairs on Sunday at a sidewalk sale, sadly, they were dirty and needed to be reupholstered but looked to be in good shape otherwise.

Totally covered in bright turquoise vinyl and had the swivel pedistal base, judging by the style, 60's or 70's era I think and had the makers tags and all so I know these were the real deal too.

Didn't buy them as for the aboved reason and I had no room for 'em and didn't know what they were going for either.

posted by ciddyguy on May 27th 2008 at 7:14am
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Lindsay, can you believe my mom's neighbor actually had an Eames aluminum group side chair sitting on her front porch?

posted by Alex on May 27th 2008 at 11:18am
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