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A Suite Of Six Modernist Chairs
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
A suite of six modernist chairs
nickeled steel, with original colt upholstery.
France, circa 1930
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 comfortable French modernist chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 comfortable French modernist chairs. 17 in. seat height.
Category
20th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Comfortable French Modernist Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 comfortable French modernist chairs. Size: 17 in. seat height.
Category
20th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Comfortable French Modernist Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 comfortable French modernist chairs. Measure: 17 in. seat height.
Category
20th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Comfortable French Modernist Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 comfortable French modernist chairs. Size: 17 in. seat height.
Category
20th Century French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Sculptural Modernist Chairs, Germany, circa 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of sculptural modernist chairs from Germany, circa 1930s. Frame is in steel with a seat in red
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pair of Italian Design Iron Base Upholstered Modernist Chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Stylish Italian design highlight this pair of iron base linen upholstered modernist chairs.
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
Dutch Modernist Chair in Pierre Frey Fabric, 1960s
By La Maison Pierre Frey
Located in Antwerp, BE
Dutch Modernism; Pierre Frey; Fabric; Wim Den Boon; Armchair; Modernist Chair; 1960s;
Dutch
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Dutch Modernist Chair in Pierre Frey Fabric, 1960s
By La Maison Pierre Frey
Located in Antwerp, BE
Dutch Modernism; Pierre Frey; Fabric; Wim Den Boon; Armchair; Modernist Chair; 1960s;
Dutch
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Mid-Century Modern French Modernist Chair Newly Upholstered
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid-Century Modern French Modernist Jean Royère style chair newly upholstered
Mid-Century Modern
Category
Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Wiener Werkstätte Modernist Chairs in Walnut, Original Taupe Velvet Upholstery
By Wiener Werkstätte
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century pair of Wiener Werkstätte Modernist chairs in walnut, original taupe velvet
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Side Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
H 39.38 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
art deco modernist chair circa 1930
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Mouscron, WHT
curious art deco modernist chair circa 1930
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Small Modernist Chairs in Lacquered Beech and Cane, Belgium circa 1925
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of small modernist chairs in lacquered beech and cane, Belgium circa 1925
relaxed caning, to
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Art Deco Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Beech
H 25.6 in W 15.36 in D 18.12 in
Eight Oak Art Deco Modernist Chairs by Fa. Randoe Haarlem, 1920s
By Randoe
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare set of eight Art Deco Modernist chairs.
This set of eight was designed and
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Art Deco Chairs
Materials
Oak
Gregory Hawthorne Sculpted Iron Modernist Chair
Located in South Jordan, UT
Offered is a Gregory Hawthorne iron chair crafted from welded metal. The seat was reupholstered in
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
Donald Knorr Modernist Chair for Knoll
By Donald Knorr
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare chair by Donald Knorr for Knoll. Great modernist design, bent sheet metal with solid rod
Category
Vintage 1950s American Slipper Chairs
Materials
Steel, Wrought Iron
Martin Visser Modernist Chair SE20 Spectrum, 1988
By Martin Visser
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare modernist side chair designed by Martin Visser and manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk, 1988
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Set of six french modernist chairs in Oak
By French House & Garden
Located in Milano, IT
Set of six chairs in Oak with red fabric upholstery.
Modernist style, beautiful wood work.
Made
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Dutch Modernist Chair by Wim Den Boon, 1947
By Wim Den Boon
Located in Antwerp, BE
Wim Den Boon ’s prototype chair for ‘Goed Wonen’ 1947.
Important and Historical piece of Dutch
Category
Vintage 1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Marcel-Louis Baugniet Modernist Chair, circa 1925, Belgium
By Marcel Louis Baugniet
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare Modernist Marcel-Louis Baugniet chair, circa 1925, Belgium.
Blackened oak in original
Category
Vintage 1920s Belgian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Feral - dining modernist chair, designed by Nigel Coates
By Nigel Coates
Located in London, GB
Handmade by Tuscan craftsmen, a solid-wood dining chair that combines a simple rectilinear language
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Cherry, Walnut, Wood
Authentic Early Modernist Chair Robert Mallet Stevens, France, 1930s
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
, later heroes of modernist design. In 1924 he organized the first exhibition of the Dutch artist group
Category
Vintage 1930s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.47 in W 16.15 in D 18.51 in
Set of Six Modernist Chairs by Ernesto Radaelli
Located in New York, NY
Set of six Modernist dining chairs by Ernesto Radaelli.
Chrome plated steel frames and leather
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
19th Century Modernist Chair
By France"
Located in Madrid, ES
19th centuy mordenist chair.
Solid wood and leather work.
Very decorative.
Measures: 65 x 50 x
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Two "Modernist" Chairs by Carlo Scarpa for Gavina, Italy, 1974
By Carlo Scarpa, Gavina
Located in Roma, IT
Two vintage oak wood chairs by Carlo Scarpa for Gavina.
Italy 1974.
Excellent condition.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Modernist Chair and Writing Table, Circa Early 20th Century
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of chair and writing table by unknown manufacturer from Spain, circa early 20th century.
In
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish Art Nouveau Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Modernist Chairs in Oak Wood for Oda Gadda House
Located in Milan, Lombardy
Chair with a clear and simple design, created in 1949 for his cousin’s daughter, Oda Gadda’s house
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Beautiful Modernist Chairs in the Style of Oswald Haerdtl, Backhausen, Austria
By Oswald Haerdtl
Located in Vienna, AT
Beautiful Viennese Mid-Century chairs, commissioned by Sir Terence Conran for the boutique Hotel
Category
2010s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
H 31 in W 24 in D 24 in
8 BRUTALIST RUSTIC MODERN Modernist CHAIRS by CHARLES DUDOUYDT, France 1950
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 8 powerfull chairs in massive dark wood and bright straw seatings, by Charles Dudouyt
Category
Vintage 1950s French Brutalist Chairs
Materials
Straw, Bentwood
H 42.33 in W 15.75 in D 18.71 in
2 MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST CHAIRS by PIERRE PAULIN, STEINER, France 1950
By Pierre Paulin
Located in PARIS, FR
A pair of chairs with armrests, Modernist, Free Form, chromed tubular metal structures, comfortable
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 31.11 in W 23.23 in D 18.9 in
A MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST CHAIR Attributed to RAOUL GUYS, France 1950
By Raoul Guys
Located in PARIS, FR
A very graphic chair with compass legs, Modernist, Free Form, Reconstruction, black lacquered metal
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 30.32 in W 27.56 in D 23.63 in
A Sculptural MID-CENTURY-MODERN MODERNIST CHAIR by RAOUL GUYS, France 1950
By Raoul Guys
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular chair of tribal inspiration, Modernist, Brutalist, Popular Art, Free Form, black
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 42.52 in W 14.57 in D 14.97 in
An Authentic EARLY MODERNIST Chair by ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS, TUBOR, France 1925
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in PARIS, FR
version of the iconic Tubor chair created by French Architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, certainly at the end
Category
Vintage 1920s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.08 in W 16.54 in D 16.15 in
An Authentic EARLY MODERNIST Chair by ROBERT MALLET-STEVENS, TUBOR, France 1925
By Robert Mallet-Stevens
Located in PARIS, FR
version of the iconic Tubor chair created by French Architect Robert Mallet-Stevens, certainly at the end
Category
Vintage 1920s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 33.08 in W 16.54 in D 16.15 in
Jumbo Modernist Chairs, France, circa 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Absolutely amazing and one-of-a-kind pair of very large sun lounger chairs, with a cantilered iron
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Patio and Garden Furniture
chrome tube bakelite chair in style of Emile Guillot art deco modernist breuer
By Emile Guillot
Located in Lyon, FR
French modernist chair from the 40's attributed to the designer Emile Guillot. Structure and base
Category
Vintage 1940s French Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Metal
H 31.5 in W 15.36 in D 20.48 in
Modernist Triangular Dining Chair, Set of 4
By Claudio Salocchi
Located in Culver City, CA
This set of striking modernist chairs, in the style of Claudio Salocchi, features a black-lacquered
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Suede, Wood, Lacquer
4 Milo Baughman Chrome Chairs in Purple Upholstery
By Milo Baughman
Located in New Haven, CT
2 Set’s of Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Barrel back modernist Chairs.
Chromed steel frame with
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Six Modernist Solid Mahogany and Bordeaux Upholstery Chairs - France 1970's
Located in New York, NY
A set of six architect modernist chairs in the Bauhaus style. These chairs are made of solid
Category
Vintage 1970s French Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
H 31.89 in W 20.48 in D 20.48 in
Midcentury Compass Chair in Solid Oak and Leather
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This midcentury modernist chair is just perfect in every way. The build quality is exceptional and
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Italian Modernist Dining Chairs in Ash Wood and Faux Leather, 1960s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Beautiful Italian modernist-restored dining chairs in ash wood and faux leather from the 1960s. Ash
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Ash
Yellow Chair by Dutch Modernist H. Wouda, 1924
By H.Pander & Zonen, Hendrik Wouda
Located in Antwerp, BE
Yellow and black modernist chair, by Hendrik Wouda, H. Pander & Zonen, Netherlands, 1924
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Belgian Black Marble
A Set of 4 MEMPHIS POST-MODERN CHAIRS by WILLY RIZZO, Italy 1980
By Willy Rizzo
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 4 Post-Modernist chairs, Memphis, Bauhaus, metal structures with square section and
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Brazilian Modernist Club Chairs by Móveis Cimo, a Pair, circa 1950s
By Moveis Cimo
Located in View Park, CA
A pair of Brazilian modernist chairs by Móveis Cimo, circa late 1950s. Sculpturally crafted from
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Eggplant Leather Barcelona Chair and Ottoman by Mies Van Der Rohe for Knoll
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Knoll
Located in Dorchester, MA
Designed in 1929, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona chair remains an icon of modernist chair
Category
20th Century American Bauhaus Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
H 30.25 in W 29.5 in D 30 in
Teak and Wicker Chair
Located in London, GB
features of this piece express an affinity with similar modernist chairs of the period.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Teak
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Israeli Orange Plastic & Chrome Chair from Plasson
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This pair of modernist chairs was produced by the Israeli factory Plasson during the 1960s. The
Category
Vintage 1960s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 28.75 in W 19.3 in D 16.54 in
Set of Four John Tabraham for Kallenbach Dining Chairs, South Africa Ca. 1960s
By Kallenbach, John Tabraham
Located in Peabody, MA
Set of four Africal Modernist chairs designed by John Tabraham for Kallenbach’s, a firm founded in
Category
Vintage 1960s South African Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 29.5 in W 21.5 in D 21.5 in
Eight Modernist Dining Chairs Designed by Edmund Karpinski for Drexel
By Drexel
Located in Dallas, TX
Revamp the look of your dining room with this hard to find a set of eight modernist chairs designed
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Early Elettra Chair by Studio BBPR for Arflex, Italy, 1950s
By Studio BBPR, Arflex
Located in Berlin, DE
chair is a modernist chair designed by BBPR for the Italian furniture manufacturer Arflex. The chair was
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Caprice Dining / Side Chairs by Philippe Starck for Cassina
By Cassina, Philippe Starck
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of modernist chairs with a retro / space age feel. This model is called the Caprice
Category
Early 2000s Italian Space Age Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Pair of Black Leather and Chrome Martin Visser Lounge Chairs, Model SZ02 1965
By Martin Visser
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Dutch modernist chairs with chromed metal frame and thick black saddle leather seat and backrest. One
Category
20th Century Danish Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
H 30 in W 24 in D 26.5 in
Rocking Chair Angel Pazmino For Muebles De Estilo - XXth Time
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Dimensions : Height : 80cm x Width : 67cm x Depth : 75cm
This modernist chair was designed by the Ecuadorian
Category
20th Century European Other Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Ecuadorian Angel Pazmino Embossed Leather Folding Armchairs
By Angel Pazmino
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
embossed with inca patterns. This modernist chair was designed by Angel Pazmino for Meubles de Estilo in
Category
Mid-20th Century Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of 4 Vintage Scandinavian Midcentury Modern Teak Wood & Fabric Dining Chairs
By Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of four modernist chairs was manufactured by the Danish manufacturer Glostrup Møbelfabrik
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak
H 31.89 in W 19.3 in D 16.93 in
Pair of Caprice Dining / Side Chairs by Philippe Starck for Cassina
By Cassina, Philippe Starck
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of modernist chairs with a retro / space age feel. This model is called the Caprice
Category
Early 2000s Italian Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of Six Chrome Milo Baughman Style Dining Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Handsome set of six (6) flat bar chromed steel dining chairs. These streamlined modernist chairs
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Modernist Childs Chair
By Clifford Pascoe
Located in New York, NY
Pure modern design childs' chair, off-white backrest, grey seat, black metal rod frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
Marcello Cuneo's 1970s Luisa Lounge Chair
Located in London, GB
Modernist chairs should be. A real interior designs piece in our humble opinion.
Size of inches: H 34” x W
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Pilot Lounge Chair in Oiled Walnut by Scott Mason for Wooda
By Scott Mason, Wooda
Located in Omro, WI
CNC wood shaping to create a modernist chair that retains the comfort, warmth, and beauty of wood. A
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
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Modernist Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic modernist chair available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and metal, every modernist chair was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a modernist chair, we have 964 options in-stock, while there are 17 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer modernist chair, there are earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A modernist chair made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made modernist chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Milo Baughman, Karpen of California and Thonet are consistently popular.
How Much is a Modernist Chair?
Prices for a modernist chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1 and can go as high as $54,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,976.
Finding the Right seating for You
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
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