'A chair should be more than simply functional.' - Pierre Paulin

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Product details

The Tulip Midi (F549) is a true Artifort classic designed by Pierre Paulin, first released in 1960, and remains a timeless chair to this day. The mid-size armchair is a striking eye-catcher for homes, libraries, museums, restaurants, and office.

Tulip Chair Collection
The Tulip family consists of a chair (Little Tulip), a bar stool (Little Tulip bar stool), a mid-size armchair (Tulip Midi), and two highback armchairs (Tulip F545 and Tulip F550).

Tulip Midi personalization options
Choose from two types of bases: Tulip Midi with a cross base (non swiveling) or Tulip Midi with a swiveling disc base.

Seat height
Standard 43 cm.

Upholstery
Tulip Midi can be upholstered in a wide range of high-quality fabrics or leather.

Finishes base
The base of the Tulip Midi is finished in powder coat as standard. Polished aluminium as an option.

Design year 1960 | Reintroduction 2016Design by Pierre Paulin

Choose from a wide range of high-quality fabrics or leather.
Click on the drop-down menu to select a colour.


Click on the drop-down menu to select a colour.

Finishes base
- Disc base (swiveling): The base is finished in powder coat or polished aluminum with a chrome tube and back/seat fastening in polished stainless steel.
- Cross base (non swiveling) : the cross base is finished in powder coat or polished stainless steel.


Documents
> Technical specification sheet

3D Files
> Tulip Midi.dwg
> Tulip Midi.obj
> Tulip Midi.skp

HR images
> HR Packshot images
Designed by Pierre Paulin

Pierre Paulin (1927) made a considerable impression with a contemporary shell fauteuil, at an international furniture show organised by Kho Liang le. Shortly after the show, he became a freelance designer for Artifort. This marked the beginning of a long and fruitful collaboration. What makes his designs so distinctive is their striking sculptural shape, which earned Paulin many prizes worldwide. His work remains timeless and progressive even today. This is not form for form’s sake but applied design. With comfort as the constant starting-point. Artifort still includes many of Paulin’s designs dating from the nineteen-sixties and seventies in its permanent collection. His work can be admired in museums throughout the world. Apart from furniture, he also designed interiors for the French presidents Pompidou and Mitterrand in the Elysée Palace in Paris. Pierre Paulin died on 13 June 2009 in a hospital in Montpellier (France). The French president Sarkozy honoured him as "the man who made design an art". In November 2009, Paulin was posthumously awarded the distinction of "Royal Designer for Industry" (RDI).

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