Longo works with architects and end user to design and furnish theater spaces. Irwin Seating is the industry leader for fixed seating venues (Performing Arts Centers, University Theaters, High School Auditoriums).
2. The Irwin Difference
People, Products & Services
For 100 years, Irwin Seating
Company’s sole focus has been
on meeting our customers’ needs
for public seating solutions. We
achieve this through innovative
design, by manufacturing the
industry’s most durable products,
and by providing unmatched ser-
vice before, during, and after the
installation of a project. Everyone
at Irwin Seating Company is
focused on quality, continuous
improvement and customer satis-
faction. This commitment is what
the Irwin Difference is all about
Kimmel Center, Verizon Hall, - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and why we are the world’s lead-
ing supplier of theatre seating.
We recognize the importance of
stewardship and understand the
delicate balance between aes-
thetics, durability and comfort.
Our expertise will help to take
care of the physical details of the
seating so the audience is free to
enjoy the performance.
We start by asking questions
and listening to our customers’
requirements to gain an under-
standing of their unique needs.
We provide design consultation
for seating layout, chair customi-
zation and offer sight line studies Carnegie Hall - New York, New York
and ADA recommendations to
ensure an unencumbered experi-
ence by all. We offer luxurious
fabrics, fine furniture finishing
and an unequalled number of
backs, seats and aisle end panels
that can be customized to fit the
needs of any type of theatre.
We coordinate installation with
the construction contractor
using factory certified installers
and offer full chair restoration
services to return old, worn chairs
to their original beauty. Talk with
your Irwin Seating company rep-
resentative today and experience
the Irwin Difference.
Holland Performing Arts Theatre - Omaha, Nebraska
1 Right: International Festival Institute at Round Top - Round Top, Texas
3. Designed Versatility
Every facility is unique in design and appearance so we’ve designed our products in a modular fashion
to put choice into your hands. We manufacture over 40 different backs, 8 different seats and dozens of
aisle end panels and accessories. We’ve included our most popular components here, but others can be
found at www.irwinseating.com.
No. 6 Century PAC No. 10 Grand Rapids No. 11 Springfield No. 17 Davies No. 27 Allegro No. 29 Rialto No. 52 Marquee No. 52 Marquee
• veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer rear panel with • veneer rear panel with • veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer rear panel with matching • veneer or laminate rear panel • veneer rear panel • upholstered rear panel
rear panel matching face reveal matching face reveal rear panel face reveal • 2” poly foam, 3” available • 2” poly foam with tufted cover • 2” poly foam with tufted cover
• 2” poly foam, 3” available • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam, 3” available • 2” poly foam, 3” available • 1-piece cover • concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners
• 1-piece cover (2-pc available) • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover (2-pc available) • 1-piece cover • exposed fasteners • ergonomically formed “tall” • ergonomically formed “tall”
• concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners back back
• high-back available
CHAIR BACKS [No. 27]
No. 55 Forest No. 58 Winter Garden No. 63 Empire No. 64 Paradise No. 69 Emerson No. 81 Oriental No. 82 Orpheum No. 83 New Amsterdam
• veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer or laminate rear panel • veneer or laminate rear panel • veneer rear panel with matching • veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer, laminate or upholstered • veneer rear panel with matching
rear panel rear panel • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam face reveal rear panel rear panel face reveal
• 2” poly foam with tufted cover • 2” poly foam with tufted cover • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam • 2” poly foam
• concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners • exposed fasteners • exposed fasteners • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover • 1-piece cover
• ergonomically formed “tall” back • ergonomically formed “tall” back • exposed fasteners • concealed fasteners • concealed fasteners • “tall” back with concealed
fasteners
SEATS [No. 17]
No. 6 Seat No. 7 Loge Seat No. 12 Seat No. 12U Fully Upholstered Seat No. 14 Crusader Seat No. 14U Upholstered Crusader Seat No. 17 Allegro Wood Bottom Seat
• steel seat pan • steel seat pan • plastic seat foundation • plastic seat foundation • self-rising, 7-ply hardwood plywood seat • self-rising, 7-ply hardwood plywood seat • gravity-lift, 8-ply hardwood plywood seat
• serpentine spring support • serpentine spring support • 3” poly foam (4” available) • 3” poly foam • surfaced with wood veneer • upholstered over 3” poly foam with deco- • upholstered over 3” poly foam
• 3” poly foam • 4” poly foam • available with serpentine spring or • serpentine spring support • available with upholstered pad rative welt • available with decorative solid hardwood
• available with acoustical perfora- • available with acoustical perfora- ergonomic substrate construction • zipper enclosure • available with 11-ply hardwood veneer • available with upholstered bottom cover cap to conceal plies
tions and sound absorption pad tions and sound absorption pad • available with 11-ply hardwood veneer
AISLE STANDARDS [No. 17]
No. 14 Aisle End No. 46 Aisle End No. 56 Aisle End No. 66 Aisle End No. 86 Aisle End No. 73 Aisle End No. 98 Aisle End No. 12 Aisle End
Model: N o 27.17.17 Allegro
No. 17 Aisle End
• steel column • steel column • steel column • steel column • steel column • steel column • steel column • steel column • cast iron column with cast iron panel
• veneer surfaced panel • veneer surfaced panel • solid wood panel • veneer surfaced panel • veneer surfaced aisle panel • veneer surfaced aisle panel • veneer surfaced aisle panel • contemporary, • available for riser mounting
with block front with block front with block front with block front • available with riser and canti- • available with riser and canti- • available with laminate “open” aisle standard • available with Nos. 56, 66 and 86 aisle
• available with riser and • available with riser and • available with riser and • available with riser and cantilevered levered mounts levered mounts surfaced or upholstered aisle panels surfaced with laminate, veneer
cantilevered mounts cantilevered mounts cantilevered mounts mounts • available with laminate • available with laminate panels or fabric
• available with upholstered • available with upholstered • available with upholstered • available with laminate surfaced or surfaced or upholstered aisle surfaced or upholstered aisle
aisle panel aisle panel aisle panel upholstered aisle panels panels panels
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4. Accessories & Options
Details are what distinguish one project from another so we offer a wide array of accessories designed
specifically to help add those final touches of function, comfort and beauty.
Scrolled Wood Armrest Curved Wood Armrest
Rounded Wood Armrest
Standard Armrest Blow-Mold Plastic Armrest Plastic Cupholder Armrest
(stained or surfaced with (black only)
plastic laminate
Row Letter Plate No. 92 ADA Aisle Standard Upholstered Seat Insert Cantilever Steel Standards
No. 119 No. 137 No. 139 No. 140 No. 141 No. 142
Deco Singer Sunburst Fireside Zeigfield Fulton
No. 166 Skyline Aisle End Row Letter Plate No. 12 ADA Aisle Standard Veneer Seat Insert Riser Mount Steel Standards
No. 143 No. 145 No. 146 No. 151 No. 153 No. 154
Winter Garden Herald Rialto Roundabout Pantages Sunset
120v Rectangular Aisle Light 120v Round Aisle Light Seat Number Plate Movable Base Acoustical Perforations Riser Mount Cast Iron Standards
No. 155 No. 158 No. 160 No. 162 No. 163 No. 164
Low Voltage L.E.D. Aisle Light Low Voltage Concealed Donor Plate Swing-Away Aisle End Tru-Fold Tablet Arm E-Link System
Baroque New Amsterdam Warner Mystic Commonwealth Trinity
L.E.D. Aisle Light
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5. Custom Chair Design
Do the math on our component based system, and you will find over 15,000
possible chair combinations; and that doesn’t include accessories! But we
know even with that kind of selection to choose from there are times when
a custom solution is needed; whether it’s a period-style end or a custom
shaped back the Irwin Difference will ensure the seating meets all your
expectations.
Custom Allegro
shown with:
• custom back with CNC cut holes in the top reveal for exact
duplication (recommend No. 8 Natural finish only with this
option)
• custom aisle end standard with curved, solid wood arm- Custom Century PAC
rests and concealed, low voltage LED lighting
shown with:
• fully upholstered back with 3”
foam and a two-piece cover
• fully upholstered gravity lift seat
• upholstered armrests and modified
aisle end panel
• decorative applique for aisle and
center standards
Custom Chair
shown with:
• custom veneer surfaced back
• No. 17 wood bottom seat
• custom aisle end panel designed to match the back curvature
Custom Meteor
shown with:
• custom reveal on the back face for
Custom Allegro custom chair number tag placement
shown with: • No. 17 wood bottom seat
• custom high back Allegro • custom aisle end panel designed to
match the back angle
• custom aisle end on rocker platform
• custom aisle and center armrests
• custom cupholder arms with laser cut, stainless steel inserts
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6. Allegro
27HB.17.17 Allegro High Back
27.XX.XX Allegro
shown with:
shown with:
• 35” high back with veneer surfaced rear
• 31” high back with veneer surfaced rear panel attached with concealed fasteners and
panel attached with concealed fasteners and wood reveal on the face
wood reveal on the face • no. 17 wood bottom seat
• modified no. 17 wood bottom seat • aisle end panel surfaced with wood veneer
• custom aisle end panel surfaced with wood and solid wood armrests
veneer and custom solid wood armrests
27HB.17.14PED Allegro High Back
37.12.14 Allegro shown with:
shown with: • 35” high back with veneer surfaced rear
panel attached with concealed fasteners and
• 31” high back with veneer surfaced rear panel attached
wood reveal on the face
with concealed fasteners
• no. 17 wood bottom seat
• upholstered, self-rising seat with decorative fabric
insert and seat number plates • pedestal base with no. 14 aisle end panel
surfaced with wood veneer and solid wood
• no. 14 aisle end panel surfaced with wood veneer, 2”
armrests
round row letter plate and solid wood armrests
Allegheny College, Vukovich Center Kimmel Center, Perelman Theater Bass Performance Hall Kansas City Music Hall Georgia Southern University Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Meadville, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fort Worth, Texas Municipal Auditorium Statesboro, Georgia Nashville, Tennessee
11 Kansas City, Missouri 12
Note: Many of the chairs featured in this brochure feature custom, non-standard products that require extended lead times.
7. Century PAC Davies
6.XX.56 Century PAC 17.12U.46 Davies
shown with: shown with:
• 32” high back surfaced with a fully upholstered rear • 31” high back surfaced with a wood veneer
panel attached with concealed fasteners rear panel attached with concealed fasteners
• custom self-rising seat with decorative wood bottom • fully upholstered self-rising seat
• steel standards with veneer surfaced aisle panels • steel standards with solid maple aisle panels
which feature a block front and solid maple armrests which feature a block front and solid maple
• low voltage LED aisle light armrests
• number & letter plates
17.17.46 Davies
shown with:
• 31” high back surfaced with a wood veneer rear panel
attached with concealed fasteners
• gravity-lift wood bottom seat
• steel standards with solid maple aisle panels which fea-
ture a block front and solid maple armrests
• number & letter plates
Herberger Theater Eastern Illinois University Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center The Classic Center Clay Center Theatre Works
Phoenix, Arizona Doudna Fine Arts Center University of Indianapolis Athens, Georgia Charleston, West Virginia Hartford, Connecticut
13 Charleston, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana 14
Note: Many of the chairs featured in this brochure feature custom, non-standard products that require extended lead times.
8. Marquee
52.12.46 Marquee 53.12.46 Marquee
shown with: shown with:
• 36” high back with maple veneer surfaced rear panel • 36” high back with fully upholstered rear panel
• upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation • upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation
and decorative veneer seat bottom insert and decorative upholstered seat bottom insert
• solid maple aisle panel and armrests with 2” round row • upholstered aisle panel with padded and upholstered
letter plate armrests
Alys Robinson Stephens Center Richardson Performance Hall Summerlin Performing Arts Center Wynn Las Vegas, Grail Theatre SUNY Fine Arts Center National Theatre
University of Alabama Del Mar College Summerlin, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Buffalo, New York Washington, D.C.
Birmingham, Alabama Corpus Christi, Texas
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9. Grand Rapids Springfield
10.6.56 Grand Rapids 11.12.142 Springfield
shown with: shown with:
• 33” high back with veneer surfaced rear • 33” high back with veneer surfaced rear panel and match-
panel and matching wood reveal on the face ing wood reveal on the face
• upholstered self-rising seat with acoustical • upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation
perforated steel foundation and number • period style aisle standard with scrolled, solid oak armrests
plates
• steel standards with solid wood aisle panel
and armrests with a rectangular aisle light
10.17.56AV Grand Rapids
shown with:
• 33” high back with veneer surfaced
rear panel and matching wood 11.6.155 Springfield
reveal on the face shown with:
• upholstered, wood bottom gravity-
• 33” high back with veneer surfaced rear panel and
lift seat
wood reveal on the face
• solid wood aisle panel and armrests
• upholstered self-rising seat with acoustical perforated
on air vent pedestal standard
steel foundation and number plates
• period style aisle standard with scrolled, solid maple
armrests and row letter plates
DeVos Performance Hall The Bushnell, Belding Theatre Warner Theatre The Grand Opera House Columbia Theatre Fulton Opera House
Grand Rapids, Michigan Hartford, Connecticut Erie, Pennsylvania Wilmington, Delaware Southeast Louisiana University Lancaster, Pennsylvania
17 Hammond, Louisiana 18
Note: Many of the chairs featured in this brochure feature custom, non-standard products that require extended lead times.
10. Rialto Winter Garden
29.6.166 Rialto
shown with:
• 32” high back surfaced with maple veneer
and attached with exposed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foun-
dation and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled
maple armrests
58.12.141 Winter Garden
shown with:
• 34” high back features a tufted cover and rear panel surfaced with maple
veneer attached with concealed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation and decorative
upholstered seat bottom insert
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled maple armrests
Pantages Theatre Boston Opera House Warner Theatre Shubert Theatre Music Box Theatre Winter Garden Theatre
Los Angeles, California Boston, Massachusetts Torrington, Connecticut New York, New York New York, New York New York, New York
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11. Orpheum & New Amsterdam Emerson
82.6.153 Orpheum
shown with:
• 33” high back surfaced with a wood veneer
rear panel attached with concealed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foun-
dation and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled
maple armrests
69.14U.137 Emerson
shown with:
• 34” high back surfaced with a wood veneer rear panel attached
with exposed fasteners and matching wood reveal on the face
• self rising wood bottom seat
• period style cast aisle end standards and scrolled maple armrests
83.6.158 New Amsterdam
shown with:
• 36” high back surfaced with a wood
veneer rear panel attached with concealed fasteners and matching
wood reveal on the face
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foundation and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled maple armrests
New Amsterdam Theatre Cutler Majestic Theatre The Venetian Resort, Hotel & Casino
New York, New York at Emerson College Las Vegas, Nevada
21 Boston, Massachusetts 22
Note: Many of the chairs featured in this brochure feature custom, non-standard products that require extended lead times.
12. Forest Empire, Paradise & Oriental
55.6.142 Forest
shown with:
• 34” high back features a tufted cover and
rear panel surfaced with maple veneer
attached with concealed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foun-
dation and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled
maple armrests
63.12U.156 Empire
shown with:
• 33” high back surfaced with maple veneer
and attached with exposed fasteners
• fully upholstered self-rising seat
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled maple armrests
64.7.151 Paradise
shown with:
• 33” high back surfaced with maple veneer and
attached with exposed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foundation
and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled maple
armrests
81.6.164 Oriental
shown with:
• 33” high back surfaced with maple veneer and
attached with concealed fasteners
• upholstered self-rising seat with steel foundation
and number plates
• period-style cast aisle standard and scrolled
Hippodrome Theatre Forest Theatre Brooks Atkinson Theatre maple armrests
Baltimore, Maryland Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New York, New York
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13. Marquee Citation & Millennium
51.12.66 Marquee 47.12.66 Millennium
shown with: shown with:
• 36” high back with an injection molded plastic rear • 32” high back with an injection molded back panel
panel and structurally formed lumbar support • upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation
• upholstered self-rising seat with plastic seat foundation • laminate surfaced aisle panels and armrests
and decorative veneer seat bottom insert
• solid maple aisle panel and armrests (below), laminate
surfaced aisle panel, armrests and tablet arm (right)
4.12.56 (left) 4.12.86 (above) Citation
shown with:
• 32” high back with an injection molded
back panel
• upholstered self-rising seat with plastic
seat foundation
• laminate surfaced aisle panels with
cupholder armrests (left), veneer surfaced
aisle panel and solid wood armrest (above)
William D. Purser Center Indigo Music Club Nokia Live Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino Juanita K. Hammons Performance Hall Trinity Academy
Logan College of Chiropractic London, England Los Angeles, California Las Vegas, Nevada SW Missouri State University Wichita, Kansas
Chesterfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri
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14. Chair Restoration
Restoration is an excellent way to maintain the original design of an auditorium or theatre and is often the
best solution when compliance with modern building codes is a concern. Chair restoration is also an out-
standing way to practice environmental stewardship. Often, the best solution is a mix of new and original
components and with 100 years of experience the Irwin Difference can help to bridge the gap between new
and old.
Before
Before
Period Chair
AMSECO 16M
Restoration Details:
Restoration Details:
• all components not suitable for restoration were replaced from stock
• all components not suitable for restoration were
replaced from stock • all steel / cast iron components were stripped, pre-finished and powder coated
• all steel / cast iron components were stripped, pre-finished • standards were modified to accept new self rising seats
and powder coated After • upholstered pads were added to the backs After
• seat-lift springs & bushings were replaced with new parts • wood armrests were stripped, sanded and stained
• fabric covers and foam were replaced to meet current safety codes • aisle light assemblies were replaced
• wood armrests were stripped, sanded and stained • custom number and letter plates were produced
• number and letter tags were replaced
Candor High School (before) Candor High School (after) Lincoln Theatre Bailey Hall (before) Bailey Hall (after) Warner Theatre
Candor, New York Candor, New York Yountville, California Cornell University Cornell University San Pedro, California
27 Ithica, New York Ithica, New York 28