Iconic pair of "Tulip" side tables designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in the 1950s and produced in the 1960s. Made with a white lacquered aluminum base and a round white laminated wood top, they express Saarinen's celebrated quest for "legless," pure and sculptural design. The flowing line and single pedestal eliminate the visual confusion of traditional legs, embodying the postwar American modernist philosophy. Eero Saarinen (1910-1961), a Finnish architect and designer naturalized in the United States, authored such icons as the Tulip chair and the TWA terminal in New York City. Knoll, founded in 1938, is among the most influential design companies of the 20th century, known for collaborating with masters such as Mies van der Rohe, Bertoia and Saarinen himself.