Eero Saarinen in Womb Chair of his design for Knoll Associates, 1948.

Courtesy Eero Saarinen Collection.
Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University  Library.

This exhibit will feature an assortment of iconic modern chairs from the 1940s to 2000 and show the relationship between ancient furniture forms and contemporary ones.  Examples of furniture from ancient Greece, Egypt, and the Near East will be presented in placard-form and the viewer will be able to compare them directly with the existing modern chairs on display.  The exhibit is also the first time the campus' Humanities Division and Interior Design Program will unveil the permanent collection of modern furniture begun in 2009.