
Virtual Exhibition
Pull Up a Chair:
A Selection of Chairs from Kirkland Museum’s Permanent Collection
Chairs have long been admired for both form and function. What some see as simply a place to sit, others imagine as a work of art or engineering marvel. Over the years, Kirkland Museum’s Founding Director & Curator Hugh Grant has amassed a stunning collection of chairs spanning a wide range of movements and styles. This love affair with chairs includes over 600 pieces ranging from Arts & Crafts to Postmodern. Kirkland Museum is proud to share its chairs via a carefully curated collection of digital images and detailed descriptions. 45 of the 150 chairs typically on view are included in Pull Up a Chair, a digital experience intended to amuse and inform, and leave the viewer wanting more.
Click on any chair below to learn more about it!


Zig Zag Chair

Armchair (Model MR 534)

Siège à Dossier Basculant (No. B301)

Door Chair

Contour Armchair (Model 175D) & Ottoman

Paimio Lounge Chair (Model 41)

Diamond Chair (No. 421)

LCW (Lounge Chair Wood)

Easy Edges Side Chair (Wiggle Chair)

Low-Back Chair from the Argyle Street Tea Room

Stokke Armchair

I Feltri Chair

Ribbon Chair (Model 582) & Ottoman

Armchair from the First-Class Dining Room of the S.S. Normandie

Cone Chair

Embryo Chair

MAgriTTA Chair

Furniture Suite

Tulip Chair

Arabesque Lounge Chair

Egg Chair and Ottoman

Red / Blue Armchair

Airline Chair

Armchair

Getsuen (Lily) Chair

Bent Wood Armchair

Tulip Armchair (Model 150)

Side Chair

High-Back Dining Chair

B 263 Side Chair

Dining Chair from the Broad Margin House

Chair from the William R. Heath House

Side Chair

Bouloum Lounge Chair

Drouant Chair (Model 1NR)

LC/4 Chaise Longue

Conference Armchair from Chandigarh, India

Pony Chair

Seven Ball Bentwood Side Chair (No. 371)

Armchair for the Smoking Room, Argyle Street Tea Rooms

Chair from the Grand Salon of the S.S. Normandie

RAR (Rocking Armchair Rod)

Zephyr Chair

Fried Egg Chair
This virtual exhibition was curated by Christopher Herron, with research by Becca Goodrum and page design by Maya Wright.
