Solid Oak Brutalist Chair, France ca 1940s

With a robust organic form and an earth-toned palette, this pair of chairs is the embodiment of Brutalism. In furniture and décor, the Brutalist movement was somber, giving importanc...

This beautiful easy chair is the Danish interpretation of the classic British upholstered seating style, the Chesterfield. Considering its structural, material and visual qualities, ...

“Sverige brutal” or Swedish Brutal was a pre-eminent design movement not only in architecture, but also in 20th century furniture design. In more recent years, a new appreciation for...

Impressive set of six oak brutalist chairs, Spain, circa 1970. This set features six exquisitely sculptural and geometrical brutalist chairs. The marks of Brutalism can be observed i...

Mid-century designers were eager to break free from the aesthetics of the past and experiment with new forms, and techniques. At the same time, especially in Europe, the modernist design movement was often based on traditional styles and techniques, such as turned chairs. Turned chairs — sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs — represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that had a vogue in the late 16th and early 17th century. The technique was carried on to the 20th century and was widespread in Europe as well, where craftsmen created durable pieces for various interiors and purposes. In turned furniture, the individual wooden spindles of the piece were made by shaping them with chisels and gouges while they were being spun, or turned between the centre points of a lathe. The construction of this pair is evocative of the more robust Arts and Crafts Movement, featuring subtle decorative elements such as the finials atop the backs. The sphere-shaped finials aren’t the only ornamentations on the design; the shape of the two splats on the back, the carved stretchers and carving on the feet are all decorative features that make this pair visually arresting. In later turned chairs, like this pair, rush seats were common. Here, the seats are woven around the frames with a light colour that beautifully contrasts to the dark, patinated wood. The partnership of the two natural materials is very effective as well; the wood and rush pair...

In the tumultuous design landscape of mid-20th century Belgium, this pair of chairs emerged from the hands of skilled craftsmen during the 1970s. Crafted from the dense and unyieldin...

Set of 8 brutalist oak chairs - 1940s.

Set of 8 French Brutalist Solid Oak Chairs

Wonderful pair of French Oak chairs with wingback floating seats - newly upholstered in "Chanel" style tweed fabric. Chair floats in oak fr...

Brutalist solid oak dining chairs set of 6.

Very impressive Sculptural chairs in very good condition. These chairs were made in the 1970s in Spain. They are made of solid oak wood and constructed with visible joints. The cu...

Set of 6 Brutalist chairs in solid oak, very nice design, very good condition, seat redone a few years ago in Alcantara In recent years, we have seen a return to grace of “brutalism”, a very particular style of design characterized by minimalism of forms and the use of raw materials. Current designers are inspired by this very fashionable style from the 50s to the end of the 70s to create unique collector's items. Some moreover do not hesitate to claim a “neo brutalist...