The Saarinen tables were designed by the Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, who "vowed to eliminate the 'slum of legs,'" according to the table producer and American design firm Knoll.

Next in our mid-century modern series we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs.

Highly sought items in pristine condition — an original Saarinen Tulip dining table, for instance, or a Vladimir Kagan Serpentine sofa — are a blue-chip investment.

Today, except for a few projects like the moribund TWA terminal at JFK, Eero Saarinen is better known for his furniture than his buildings. His "womb" chairs and pedestal tables (designed, he said, ...

Eeron Saarinen's 1957-debuted Pedestal dining table for Knoll adds a modern touch to a 19th-century London home decorated by AD100 talent Axel Vervoordt. Photo by Michael Paul.

As senior vice president and design director of Knoll, Benjamin Pardo is responsible for product and showroom design worldwide. The brand, which was established in New York in 1938 and redefined ...

Artist and ‘How to Make Mistakes on Purpose’ author Laurie Rosenwald’s blue-floor loft normally “looks like a hardware store exploded.” Tour her colorful 920-square-foot apartment in ...

Next in our mid-century modern series, we examine Eero Saarinen's seminal Tulip table, which embodied the Finnish-American designer and architect's hatred of table legs. "The undercarriage of ...