Mission Style Dining Chairs
Early 20th Century Jacobean Dining Room Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Late 20th Century American Mission Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cherry
Late 20th Century American Mission Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cherry
Late 20th Century American Mission Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Cherry
Late 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Velvet, Beech
Antique Late 19th Century Jacobean Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
Antique 19th Century Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Elm
Early 20th Century American Colonial Dining Room Chairs
Maple
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Dining Room Chairs
Leather, Oak
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wood
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Fabric, Beech
2010s Czech Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Wool, Upholstery, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut, Beech
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Beech, Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
2010s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Walnut
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A Close Look at Modern Furniture
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Finding the Right chairs for You
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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