Series of pedestal tables designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956.

The pedestal furniture group was Saarinen’s attempt to solve the “bottom of the legs” problem and eliminate visual confusion. Since his early works in collaboration with Eames, Saarinen continued to work on the problem of “organic furniture”, ie furniture in a single form and in a single material. Visually, the pedestal furniture group presents an organic unity.

However, given the technical limitations of the period, Saarinen was unable to make this series with a single mold and a single printed material. The base was made of cast aluminum because the plastic molded in such a shape was not strong enough to hold a table top or the weight of a seated person. Consequently, from this point of view, Saarinen considered this project a failure, hoping to one day find a plastic material strong enough to solve the problem without having to compromise the beauty of the finished object.