Pony Chair
Design Date 1973
Designer Eero Aarnio (b. 1932, Finnish)
Media metal, foam and upholstery
Dimensions 34 3/4 x 43 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches
Eero Aarnio’s Pony Chair is composed of metal and molded foam in the shape of a stylized pony and covered in orange upholstery. This chair is evidence of Aarnio’s imagination and playfulness. Aarnio is quoted as saying, “A chair is a chair, is a chair…but a seat does not necessarily have to be a chair. It can be anything as long as it is ergonomically correct. A seat could even be a small and soft Pony on which you can ‘ride’ or sit sideways.”
ON VIEW in Postmodern Gallery 8
Markings unmarked
Credit Line Collection Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art
Accession Number 2011.0646
