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Cape Lounge Chair Warm Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair warm grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Warm Grey by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Warm Grey by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair olive by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 69 x W 66 x H 73 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell Lounge chair Sand by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell Lounge chair Petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Haven Lounge Chair Jade by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair Jade by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery, Foam

Haven Lounge Chair Jade by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Jade by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge chair sand by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Coral by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair coral by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Coral by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Coral by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair Petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge chair cream by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair blush by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 107 x W 84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair olive by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Cape Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair sand by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Sand by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Terracotta by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Terracotta by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Terracotta by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Terracotta by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Mint by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair mint by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm. Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mint by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Mint by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair blush by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 90 x W 82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Blush by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair olive by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Olive by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair cream by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 90 x W 82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Cream by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Gesture Lounge Chair Black by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture Lounge chair black by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D59 x W60 x H 73 cm Material: Black
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Gesture Lounge Chair Black by Warm Nordic
Gesture Lounge Chair Black by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 23.23 in
Gesture Lounge Chair Teak by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture lounge chair teak by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D59 x W60 x H 73 cm Material: Teak oiled
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak, Teak

Gesture Lounge Chair Teak by Warm Nordic
Gesture Lounge Chair Teak by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 23.23 in
Gesture Lounge Chair Oak by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Gesture lounge chair oak by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 59 x W 60 x H 73 cm Material: White oiled
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Gesture Lounge Chair Oak by Warm Nordic
Gesture Lounge Chair Oak by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 23.23 in
Cape Lounge Chair Burgundy by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Capelounge chair burgundy by Warm Nordic. Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm. Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Burgundy by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Burgundy by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Warm Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with Stitches Warm Grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Dwell Lounge Chair Sprinkles Latte by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair sprinkles latte by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 69 x W 66 x H 73 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Light Cyan by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell Lounge chair light cyan by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Light Cyan by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Light Cyan by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair minty grey by Warm Nordic. Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm. Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Vegetal Nature by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair Vegetal nature by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Vegetal Nature by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Vegetal Nature by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Dwell Lounge Chair Silk Camel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair silk camel by Warm Nordic. Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm. Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Silk, Foam, Wood, Oak

Dwell Lounge Chair Silk Camel by Warm Nordic
Dwell Lounge Chair Silk Camel by Warm Nordic
H 28.75 in W 25.99 in D 27.17 in
Haven Lounge Chair Apple Red by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge chair apple red by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Apple Red by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Apple Red by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge chair pearl grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Haven Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
Haven Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
H 43.31 in W 33.08 in D 41.34 in
Haven Lounge Chair Sprinkles Mocca by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair sprinkles Mocca by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Cape Lounge Chair Sprinkles Mocca by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair Sprinkles Mocca by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 90 x W 82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Fresh Peach by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair fresh peach by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Fresh Peach by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Fresh Peach by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Sprinkles Eggplant by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair sprinkles eggplant by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair pearl grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Pearl Grey by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Forest Green by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair forest green by Warm Nordic. Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Forest Green by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Forest Green by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Sprinkles Latte by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Sprinkles Latte by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Graphite by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Mosaic Graphite by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Taupe by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair mosaic taupe by Warm Nordic. Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm. Material: textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Taupe by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Taupe by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Steel Blue by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair steel blue by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 90 x W 82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Steel Blue by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Steel Blue by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Cape Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair minty grey by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material: Textile
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
Cape Lounge Chair Minty Grey by Warm Nordic
H 31.5 in W 32.29 in D 35.44 in
Haven Lounge Chair Sprinkles Eggplant by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge Chair Sprinkles Eggplant by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Lean Back Lounge Chair Teak, Amber by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Lean back lounge chair teak Amber by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D68 x W78 x H 78 cm Material: Solid
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Teak, Upholstery, Foam

Dwell Lounge Chair Silk Camel Latte by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Dwell lounge chair silk camel latte by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D69 x W66 x H 73 cm. Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood, Oak, Leather, Silk

Fried Egg Right Lounge Chair Caramel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Fried egg right lounge chair caramel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D99 x W68 x H 68 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Teak

Fried Egg Right Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Fried Egg Right Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D99 x W68 x H 68 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Teak

Fried Egg Left Lounge Chair Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Fried egg left lounge chair petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 99 x W 68 x H 68 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Teak

Fried Egg Left Lounge Chair Caramel by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Fried egg left lounge chair caramel by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D99 x W68 x H 68 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Teak

Haven Lounge Chair Mosaic Spicy Brown by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven Lounge chair Mosaic spicy brown by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D107 x W84 x H 110 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Terracotta by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with Stitches Terracotta by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Sand by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape lounge chair with stitches sand by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Mint by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with Stitches Mint by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Dark Bordeaux by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Mosaic Dark Bordeaux by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Burgundy by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with stitches burgundy by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Cream by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with stitches cream by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair Mosaic Spicy Brown by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair Mosaic spicy brown by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D90 x W82 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Petrol by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with Stitches Petrol by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Cape Lounge Chair with Stitches Olive by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Cape Lounge chair with Stitches Olive by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D95 x W84 x H 80 cm Material
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Haven Lounge Chair Sprinkles Cappuccino Brown by Warm Nordic
Located in Geneve, CH
Haven lounge chair Sprinkles Cappuccino brown by Warm Nordic Dimensions: D 107 x W 84 x H 110 cm
Category

2010s Danish Post-Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Foam, Wood

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Warm Nordic Lounge Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal warm nordic lounge chair for your home. A warm nordic lounge chair — often made from fabric, foam and plastic — can elevate any home. Each warm nordic lounge chair bearing Modern or Scandinavian Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made warm nordic lounge chair over the years, but those crafted by Hans Olsen and Arne Hovmand-Olsen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Warm Nordic Lounge Chair?

A warm nordic lounge chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,710, while the lowest priced sells for $1,185 and the highest can go for as much as $5,425.

A Close Look at post-modern Furniture

Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.

ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.

Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendinia onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.

Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group,  which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.

Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals. 

After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.

On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.

Finding the Right lounge-chairs for You

While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.

Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.

Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.

The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.

On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.