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Living Room Sets For Sale
Arches Dining Chair, Twist & Brass, InsidherLand by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Best Chair Design at the International Design & Architecture Awards 2021 Honorable Mention at the European Product Design Awards 2021 The Arches dining chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Living Room Sets

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Brass

Restored Rattan Sofa & Chair Livingroom Set by John Wisner for Ficks Reed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored single-strand rattan living room set designed by John Wisner with Campaign-style anodized goldtone capped armrests and beautiful zen-style arched poles. The set features a t...
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1950s American Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Lowboy Dresser and Two Nightstands Wicker Bedroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Wicker lowboy dresser and set of nightstands in a tropical mid-century style. These pieces feature a metal pull handle and are made in a medium oak color wood. Dimensions Dresser: H...
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1970s Vintage Living Room Sets

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Wicker, Wood

3 piece mid 20th century shell back living room suite
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
3 piece mid 20th century shell back living room suite circa 1950. Elegant lounge suite to give any interior that hotel look and very much in the art deco taste. Concave seats with s...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Art Deco Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Beech

Comfort Designs Inc. Pencil Reed Love Seat & Lounge Chair
Located in West Chester, PA
Vintage Comfort Designs Inc. Pencil Reed Love Seat & Lounge Chair Set Adrian Pearsall designed for Comfort Designs Inc. but could not determine if these were his. Loveseat 52” wide x 32" deep x 26" high Lounge Chair 28” wide...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Reed, Wood

Restored 3/4 Pretzel Rattan 3-Seat Sectional Sofa w/ 2-Tier Side Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This rare find is a 3-strand 3/4 pretzel arm rattan 3-seat sectional sofa paired with a spacious 2-tier side table, seamlessly fitting on the armle...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Living room set in Louis Philippe Style, France, circa 1870.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Living room set, France, circa 1870. Very good condition, after renovation and replacement of upholstery. Wood: oak dimensions : sofa height 100 cm seat height 39 cm width 171 cm...
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1870s French Antique Living Room Sets

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Oak

Munari Sofa and 2 Armchairs
Located in Catania, IT
Living room consisting of a sofa and 2 armchairs, with elegant lines that reflect the classic Italian furniture of the 1950s, attributable to Bruno Munari.
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Wood

Black leather couch and 2 armchairs Germany 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Black leather couch and 2 armchairs, Germany 1960s. This set of seats made of genuine leather is in a good condition with traces of use according to its age. Dimensions: Armchair -...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Leather

20th Century Stylized, Round Table with Upholstered Chairs
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this set of living room furniture, composed of a round table and four chairs. This suite is from the 1950s, stylized as Biedermeier. The table is round, supported on...
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Mid-20th Century European Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Mahogany

Vintage Modular Leatherette Living Room Set, 1970´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This leatherette modular living room set is a typical example of furniture design of the 1970/1980´s It was made in Western Europe. It can used as a) 4-seater sofa, b) corner sofa ...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Faux Leather, Wood

Original Otto Wagner & Kohn Jacob & Josef & Koloman 'Kolo' Moser Ensemble, 1901
Located in Vienna, AT
As pioneer and master of the Modern, Otto Wagner seized the then rather new technique of bending wood for his furniture designs. Occasionally These furniture are attributed to Koloma...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Bentwood

Model "Onda" Set by De Pas D’Urbino and Lomazzi for Zanotta, Italy 1980's
Located in Zagreb, HR
De Pas, D’Urbino and Lomazzi for Zanotta, living room set consisting of a sofa and an armchair, model 'Onda', blue leather, chrome, Italy, 1985 Rounded and curved ‘Onda’ sofa by Jon...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Rainer Daumiller dining room set, chairs & table
Located in Neuss, NW
Rare dining room set by Rainer Daumiller for Gramrode Møbelfabrik from the 1970s. The high quality set consists of a dining table with solid pine tree wood frame and table top and fo...
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1970s Danish Vintage Living Room Sets

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Pine

Contemporary Bar Chair 'Gropius CS1' by Noom, Fully upholstered, Calico 29
Located in Paris, FR
Counter chair Gropius CS1 Designer: Kateryna Sokolova Model in the main picture Wool, Calico 29. Dimensions: Height: 101 cm / 29,13 in Width: 57 cm / 22,44 in Depth: 57 cm ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Organic Modern Living Room Sets

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Wool, Foam, Wood

Art Nouveau Livingroom-Set by Julius & Josef Herrmann, Vienna Secession (1905)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Wohnzimmer-Set (Vitrine, Sitzbank mit Vitrinenverbau, Spiegel mit Sitzbank, Tisch, vier Sessel) Entwurf: Julius und Josef Herrmann, Wien um 1905 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: Julius und Josef Herrmann, Wien um 1905 Maße in cm Vitrine (H x B x T): 182 x 115 x 39 Maße in cm Sitzbank (H x B x T): 180 x 205 x 65 Maße in cm Spiegel (H x B x T): 220 x 115 x 35 Maße in cm Tisch (H x DM): 75 x 85 x 85 Maße in cm Sessel (H x B x T x SH): 89 x 41 x 40 x 42 Material: Mahagoniholz massiv und furniert, Weißmetall (geometrisch intarsiert), Messing, eingefärbtes geschliffenes Glas in Weißmetall gefasst, facettierter Spiegel, Stoff Zustand: sehr gut, mit minimalsten Gebrauchsspuren (2004 restauriert) Provenienz: Wiener Privatbesitz Literatur: Das Interieur, 1906, S. 72 (Tisch), Bel Etage...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Living Room Sets

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Metal, Brass

Post Modern German Leather Loveseat Sofas - A Pair
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Nice pair of Post Modern Leather Loveseats made in Germany. Sofas are in overall good condition. There is some wear to the leather as seen in the last few photos, but they are fr...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Living Room Sets

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Leather

Sofa Set in Red Velvet by Grete Jalk, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Hemiksem, VAN
Set of Danish seats from the 1960s by Grete Jalk. This set consists of a 3-seater and 2 separate 1-seater seats. The cushions are in a warm red color and ...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Velvet, Teak

Bottega Intreccio Milli Sofà Composition Woven Wicker 21st Century Sofa
Located in Mogliano, Marche
Milli Sofà Composition - D005 - D007 - D010 ( 306 x 275 cm encumbrance ) The compositional feature is the armrest, which references the iconic woven motif invented in this region and reinterpreted, in this case, in the alternation between wicker and leather “tiles...
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2010s Italian Arts and Crafts Living Room Sets

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Wicker

Mid-century Italian red and blue metal and plastic sofa and armchairs 1950
By RIMA
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mid-century Italian red and blue metal and plastic sofa and armchairs 1950
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Metal, Iron

Art Nouveau Seating-Set by Josef Hoffmann for J.J.Kohn (Buenos Aires Garnitur)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Sitzgruppe “Buenos Aires” (Canapé + zwei Fauteuils) Entwurf: Josef Hoffmann, Wien um 1905 Modell-Nummer: 675 C/F (C: Canapé, F: Fauteuil) Ausführung: Jacob und Josef Kohn...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Living Room Sets

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Brass

Rare Restored Double Tear Drop Stacked Rattan Lounge Chair Sofa Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Rattan living-room set including a matching 3-seat sectional sofa and two lounge chairs with complimentary stacked coffee tables with two side tables. Both lounge chairs ...
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1950s American Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Restored "1949er" Rattan Lounge Chair & Sofa Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century "1949er" Rattan living-room set including a matching 3-seat sectional sofa and two lounge chairs with complimentary coffee tables with two side tables. Both lounge chairs and sofas feature the "1949er" side arms and arched rattan base. The seats are covered in beige broad cloth cushions. To complement this seating set are the matching vintage rattan coffee table and 2 two-tier side tables with a 3 strand base and a shaped Mahogany top wrapped in a rattan border. 1940, United States...
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1940s American Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Noble Vienna Secession Livingroom-Set by Julius & Josef Herrmann (1905)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Sitzgruppe (Tisch & 4 Sessel, Teil eines gesamten Zimmers) Entwurf: Julius und Josef Herrmann, Wien um 1905 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: Julius und Josef Herrmann, Wien um 1905 Maße in cm Tisch (H x B x T): 75 x 85 x 85 Maße in cm Sessel (H x B x T x SH): 89 x 41 x 40 x 42 Material: Mahagoniholz massiv und furniert, Weißmetall (geometrisch intarsiert), Messing, geschliffenes Glas, Jugendstilstoff Zustand: sehr gut, mit minimalsten Gebrauchsspuren (2004 restauriert) Provenienz: Wiener Privatbesitz Literatur: Das Interieur, 1906, S. 72 (Tisch), Bel Etage...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Living Room Sets

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Metal, Brass

Danish Vintage Living Room Set, Mod 710 by P. Fabricius for Walter Knoll, 1972.
Located in Eindhoven, Noord Brabant
The Walter Knoll Fabricius Armchair and Sofa Model 710-10 are a design by Preben Fabricius. This originally Danish designer designed the Fabricius Model 710-10 set as early as 1972. ...
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1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Steel

1960s Swedish Curved Sofa & Chair Johannes Andersen Trensums Mid-Century Modern
Located in Sherborne, Dorset
Rare, and seriously striking curved three-seat sofa and matching armchair designed in 1960 by Danish designer Johannes Andersen for little-known Swedish company Trensums. This desig...
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1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Wool, Oak

SUPER RARE 1933 ANTiQUE MINTY OXFORD THREE PIECE SOFA & ARMCHAIR SUITE & RECEIPT
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this SUPER RARE and highly collectable Minty Oxford three piece sofa and pair of armchairs suite along with ...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Midcentury Steelpipe-Armchairs (1970)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Stahlrohrsessel Entwurf: unbekannt, um 1970 Modell-Nummer: - Ausführung: unbekannter Kunstmöbelhersteller, um 1970 Maße in cm Sessel (H x B x SH): 74x55x43 Material: Stahlroh...
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Late 20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Steel, Aluminum, Chrome

Two Lounge Chairs by Miroslav Navratil, Newly upholstered, 1959s
Located in The Hague, NL
Set of two lounge chairs by Miroslav Navratil, manufactured in former Czechoslovakia by Cesky Nabytek, 1959s. Original wooden base. Both chairs have been newly reupholstered with lig...
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1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Beech

Pair of Venetian Armchairs and Stool
Located in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Pair of 19th C Venetian hand-painted armchairs and stool with traces of the original paint showing through. 1880. Stool dimensions: 20.5"W x 15"D x 17.5"H Chair dimensions are be...
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19th Century Italian Antique Living Room Sets

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Wood

Exhibition Quality Antique Victorian Carved Walnut 9 Piece Suite
Located in Suffolk, GB
Exhibition quality antique Victorian carved walnut 9 piece suite consisting of a set of 6 fantastic carved walnut dining chairs, exhibition quality carved...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Living Room Sets

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Walnut

Foot Walnut Bench by Project 213A
Located in Geneve, CH
Foot Walnut Bench by Project 213A Dimensions: W 140 x D 27 x H 30 cm Materials: Walnut This playful design is part of Project 213A's hand carved wooden "foot series"; inspired by a ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Living Room Sets

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Walnut

Antique Victorian Sofa & Armchair Suite Chinoiserie Upholstery Claw & Ball Feet
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this exquisite Victorian hand made in England, Walnut framed with Chinoiserie upholstery three piece suite. ...
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19th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Walnut

Ds 11 Modular Sofa in Brown Patchwork Leather by De Sede Team for De Sede Swiss
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
De Sede ‘DS-11’ Modular Patchwork sofa in beige leather. Still 100% original. This high-quality sectional sofa designed by De Sede in the 1970s contains one regular elements & ...
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Mid-20th Century Swiss Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Leather

Restored 5-Strand Square Pretzel Rattan Chair & Sofa Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Thank you for your inquiry regarding the Mid-Century Rattan living room set reminiscent of Paul Frankl's style, crafted by Tochiku. This exquisite ensemble comprises a four-seat sectional sofa, two lounge chairs, and a stacked ottoman...
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1950s American Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

A set - a sofa with an armchair, designed by Carl Malmsten, Sweden, 1950s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Sofa + armchair set, designed by Carl Malmsten, Sweden. Very good condition, after renovation and replacement of upholstery with a new one. dimensions : sofa height 86 cm seat hei...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Walnut

HABITAT SMITHFIELD ARON PROBYN 50TH ANNiVERSARY BROWN LEATHER SOFA & ARMCHAIR
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this now sold out, Habitat Smtihfield 50th Anniversary brown leather sofa and armchair suite designed by Aro...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Leather

Gianfranco Frattini Khaki Brown Velvet Sesann Armchair for Cassina, 1972
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann armchair, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It features khaki brown velvet upholstery and a chrome tubular cage as stru...
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1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Mid century sofa and armchair by Andersson
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid century sofa and armchair by andersson circa 1960. Here we have a sofa and armchair designed by bertil frighagen for broderna andersson.  Know as the aristocrat model and well r...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Teak

Moss 1800 Sofa by Artu
Located in Geneve, CH
Moss 1800 sofa by Artu Pavel Vetrov Dimensions: W 180 x D 82 x H 76 cm Materials: Wood, Upholstery Other colors and materials available. Soft, flowin...
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2010s Polish Post-Modern Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Wood

GEORGE SMiTH HOWARD & SON'S WILLIAM MORRIS SOFA ARMCHAIR SUITE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this new, George Smith Signature Scroll Arm, Howard & Son's Model, two seat sofa and matching armchairs suit...
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20th Century English Country Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Vintage Taylor King Beige Floral Rolled Arm Club Lounge Library Chair & Ottoman
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Lynch Chair & Ottoman by Taylor King, #5316-01, 5316-00. featuring rolled arms with beige / gold / whitish silver floral skirted upholstery. Taylor King began over forty yea...
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Late 20th Century Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Hardwood

Red Lacquered English Chippendale Living Room Set in Japanese Style
Located in Antwerp, BE
Red lacquered English Chippendale dining set in Japanese style. Dimensions. Tabel;H 30.3" - 77 cm.W 34.6" - 88 cm.D 26.3' - 67 cm. 2 armchairs;H 41.7" - 106 cm.W 27.5" - 70 cm.D 24....
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20th Century British Anglo-Japanese Living Room Sets

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Wood

Restored 5-Strand Square Pretzel Sofa & Lounge Chair Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Five-strand square pretzel style living room set featuring a three-seat sectional sofa and lounge chair. This sofa and chair feature the famous five-strand square pretzel side arms a...
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1950s American Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Restored 6 Strand Black Ash Table, Sofa, Lounge Chair Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Frankl-style rattan living room set includes a matching three-seat sectional sofa and a pair of lounge chairs. Both feature the famous six-strand square pretzel side arms and st...
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1930s Vintage Living Room Sets

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Rattan

Set of 4 chairs Carlo Scarpa, Bernini mod. 1934-765
Located in Montecchio Precalcino, VI
This Is a rare iconic set of 4 chairs design by Carlo Scarpa for Bernini, mod 1934-765. This chairs Born in 1970, and come up in original condition, without any restoration as in pho...
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1970s Italian Brutalist Vintage Living Room Sets

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Wood

Set 4 Cassina VillaBianca chairs by Vico Magistretti
Located in Montecchio Precalcino, VI
Rare set of 4 "VillaBianca" chairs design by italian master Vico Magistretti for luxury brand Cassina. This Amazing set Is perfect for 80s lovers, Memphis style, plastic space age ro...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Polyester, Hardwood

3 seater modular sofa by Peter Ole Schionning for Niels Eilersen
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This rare model is in very good condition. The pine wood frames show hardly any signs of wear, and the brown fabric upholstery is also in perfect condition. Bright canvas covers with thick leather straps are stretched into the wooden frame. All pillowcases can be easily removed and washed. The set of 3 includes an ottoman. The objects can be placed together as a 3-seater sofa or individually. Peter Ole...
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1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Pine

Pair of Italian Velvet and Wood Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning pair of carved wood armchairs from Italy, 1940's. Beautiful carved wood arms and wood frame with original dark stain showing grain. Original finish shows great age and patin...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Wood, Velvet

'Hunting' Lounge Chairs with Ottoman in Solid Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of lounge chairs with ottomans, oak, fabric, Germany, 1950s Modest set of two lounge chairs with two ottomans. These relaxing hunting chairs show a basic minimal design with gr...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Cord, Oak

Pair of Club Chairs by Claudio Salocchi for Sormani Italy, c 1970, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This newly reupholstered pair of club chairs by Claudio Salocchi for Sormani, circa 1970s, features graceful chrome frames with nubby white bouclé fabric. Signed with 1960s/ 1970s Sormani label as shown in photo gallery. *Note, we have the matching sofa available in another listing. The graceful frames share a design quality with Cassina's LC2 / LC3 design by Le Corbusier, as they are 'buckets of cushions' in similar fashion and comfort. However these Sormani lounge chairs feature some unique subtle details, such as the slight "twist" in the rear legs (see photos). Signed with a Sormani label, this particular rare design is attributed to Claudio Salocchi. While there were several other famous designers who created works for Sormani in this time period, the style best matches Salocchi's work. For collectors looking for something unique and rare within a collection of 1960s/ 1970s Italian designs, this pair of easy chairs are an amazing opportunity. These Cassina LC2 / LC3 style chairs...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Chrome

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Brown Velvet Soriana Living Room Set for Cassina, 1969
Located in Vicenza, IT
Soriana living room set, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa, and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1969. The set is composed of a three-seater sofa, a lounge chair and a...
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1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Living Room Sets

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Chrome

20th Century Italian Rococo Style Carved, Gilt, Satin, Set of 3 Sofa, Bergeres!
Located in Austin, TX
Stunning sofa, Bergeres, Italian Rococo style carved and gilt, Satin Brocade, set of 3! Pair of Italian Rococo style carved bergeres, each having a parcel gilt and paint-decorated pierce carved crest rail surmounting the cabachon back, custom upholstered in cream satin brocade, leading to rolled arms, centering the drop-in seat cushion, the whole rising on a similarly carved and gilt apron and cabriole feet, 45.5" height x 41" width x 28" depth, seat 22" height. This set of three Italian Rococo style furniture is an excellent addition to any living room or parlor. The crest railed custom upholstery cabachon back sofa and chairs, matching set, are crafted from gilt wood, cream satin brocade, and paint decorated with a parcel gilt finish. The seating area with conversation area cream colored chairs...
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20th Century Italian Rococo Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Wood

Original Viennese Jugendstil Ensemle, Secession Style 1905-Restored Carefully
Located in Vienna, AT
An extraordinary Ensemble ivery carefully restored by an artist carpenter.
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Wood

Eastern bloc Vintage living room set, Czechoslovakia, 1970´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
This living room set is a typical example of furniture design of the 1970/1980´s in the former Czechoslovakia. The furniture is very comfortable. It consists of one sofa and two arm...
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Late 20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Living Room Sets

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Fabric, Wood

Early Year LC2 Black Leather Three-Seat Sofa by Le Corbusier for Cassina, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredibly comfortable Le Corbusier for Cassina 'LC2' three-seat sofa (authentic signed and earlier year production example with low number production number stamped on the fram...
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1970s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Living Room Sets

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Steel

Carlo Scarpa Iroko Wood and Green Velvet Cornaro Sofa for Studio Simon, 1974
Located in Vicenza, IT
Cornaro two-seater sofa, designed by Carlo Scarpa and manufactured by Studio Simon in 1974. Made of Iroko wood, foam, and azure chenille velvet. Excellent vintage condition. Born in Venice on June 2nd, 1906, Carlo Scarpa began working very early. Only a year after he had first qualified as an architect in 1926, he began working for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin & Co. in a consultative capacity; from 1927, he began to experiment with the Murano glass, and this research not only gave him excellent results here but would also inform his progress for many years to come. Between 1935 and 1937, as he entered his thirties, Carlo Scarpa accepted his first important commission, the renovation of Venice’s Cà Foscari. He adapted the spaces of this stately University building which stands on the banks of the Grand Canal, creating rooms for the Dean’s offices and a new hall for academic ceremonies; Mario Sironi and Mario De Luigi were charged with doing the restoration work on the frescos. After 1945, Carlo Scarpa was constantly busy with new commissions, including various furnishings and designs for the renovation of Venice’s Hotel Bauer and designing a tall building in Padua and a residential area in Feltre, all worth mentioning. One of his key works, despite its relatively modest diminished proportions, was the first of many works which were to follow in the nineteen fifties: the [bookshop known as the] Padiglione del Libro, which stands in Venice’s Giardini di Castello and shows clearly Scarpa’s passion for the works of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the years which were to follow, after he had met the American architect, Scarpa repeated similar experiments on other occasions, as can be seen, in particular, in the sketches he drew up in 1953 for villa Zoppas in Conegliano, which show some of his most promising work. However, this work unfortunately never came to fruition. Carlo Scarpa later created three museum layouts to prove pivotal in how twentieth-century museums were set up from then on. Between 1955 and 1957, he completed extension work on Treviso’s Gipsoteca Canoviana [the museum that houses Canova’s sculptures] in Possagno, taking a similar experimental approach to the one he used for the Venezuelan Pavilion at [Venice’s] Giardini di Castello which he was building at the same time (1954-56). In Possagno Carlo Scarpa was to create one of his most incredible ever works, which inevitably bears comparison with two other museum layouts that he was working on over the same period, those of the Galleria Nazionale di Sicilia, housed in the Palazzo Abatellis in Palermo (1953-55) and at the Castelvecchio in Verona (1957- 1974), all of which were highly acclaimed, adding to his growing fame. Two other buildings, which are beautifully arranged in spatial terms, can be added to this long list of key works that were started and, in some cases, even completed during the nineteen fifties. After winning the Olivetti Award for architecture in 1956, Scarpa began work in Venice’s Piazza San Marco on an area destined to house products made by the Industrial manufacturers Ivrea. Over the same period (1959-1963), he also worked on renovating and restoring the gardens and ground floor of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, which many consider one of his greatest works. While he worked on-site at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Carlo Scarpa also began building a villa in Udine for the Veritti family. To shed some light on how much his work evolved over the years, it may be useful to compare this work with that of his very last building, villa Ottolenghi Bardolino, which was near completion at the time of his sudden death in 1978. Upon completion of villa Veritti over the next ten years, without ever letting up on his work on renovation and layouts, Scarpa accepted some highly challenging commissions which were to make the most of his formal skills, working on the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genoa as well as another theatre in Vicenza. Towards the end of this decade, in 1969, Rina Brion commissioned Carlo Scarpa to build the Brion Mausoleum in San Vito d’Altivole (Treviso), a piece he continued to work on right up until the moment of his death. Nevertheless, even though he was totally absorbed by work on this mausoleum, plenty of other episodes can offer some insight into the final years of his career. As work on the San Vito d’Altivole Mausoleum began to lessen in 1973, Carlo Scarpa started building the new headquarters for the Banca Popolare di Verona. He drew up plans that were surprisingly different from the work he carried out simultaneously on the villa Ottolenghi. However, the plans Carlo Scarpa drew up, at different times, for a monument in Brescia’s Piazza della Loggia commemorating victims of the terrorist attack on May 28th, 1974, make a sharp contrast to the work he carried out in Verona, almost as if there is a certain hesitation after so many mannered excesses. The same Pietas that informs his designs for the Piazza Della Loggia can also be seen in the presence of the water that flows through the Brion Mausoleum, almost as if to give a concrete manifestation of pity in this twentieth-century work of art. Carlo Scarpa has put together a highly sophisticated collection of structures occupying the mausoleum’s L-shaped space stretching across both sides of the old San Vito d’Altivole cemetery. A myriad of different forms and an equally large number of different pieces, all of which are separate and yet inextricably linked to form a chain that seems to offer no promise of continuity, arising out of these are those whose only justification for being there is to bear the warning “si vis vitam, para mortem,” [if you wish to experience life prepare for death] as if to tell a tale that suggests the circle of time, joining together the commemoration of the dead with a celebration of life. At the entrance of the Brion Mausoleum stand the “propylaea,” followed by a cloister that ends by a small chapel, with an arcosolium bearing the family sarcophagi, the central pavilion, held in place on broken cast iron supports, stands over a mirror-shaped stretch of water and occupies one end of the family’s burial space. The musical sound of the walkways, teamed with the luminosity of these harmoniously blended spaces, shows how, in keeping with his strong sense of vision, Carlo Scarpa could make the most of all his many skills to come up with this truly magnificent space. As well as an outstanding commitment to architectural work, with the many projects we have already seen punctuating his career, Carlo Scarpa also made many equally important forays into the world of applied arts. Between 1926 and 1931, he worked for the Murano glassmakers Cappellin, later taking what he had learned with him when he went to work for the glassmakers Venini from 1933 until the 1950s. The story of how he came to work on furniture design is different, however, and began with the furniture he designed to replace lost furnishings during his renovation of Cà Foscari. The later mass-produced furniture started differently, given that many pieces were originally one-off designs “made to measure.” Industrial manufacturing using these designs as prototypes came into being thanks to the continuity afforded him by Dino Gavina, who, as well as this, also invited Carlo Scarpa to become president of the company Gavina SpA, later to become SIMON, a company Gavina founded eight years on, in partnership with Maria Simoncini (whose own name accounts for the choice of company name). Carlo Scarpa and Gavina forged a strong bond in 1968 as they began to put various models of his into production for Simon, such as the “Doge” table, which also formed the basis for the “Sarpi” and “Florian” tables. In the early seventies, other tables that followed included “Valmarana,” “Quatour,” and “Orseolo.” While in 1974, they added a couch and armchair, “Cornaro,” to the collection and the “Toledo” bed...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Velvet, Foam, Chenille, Wood

Lounge Chairs and Sofa by Aksel Bender Madsen for Bovenkamp, 1952
Located in Antwerp, BE
Early rare midcentury livingroom set composed of one lady-chair, one highback reading chair, attached neck pillow, and one sofa. Beautifully sculpted teak frame and original amber-or...
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1950s Dutch Scandinavian Modern Vintage Living Room Sets

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Upholstery, Oak

Vintage and Antique Living Room Sets for Sale on 1stDibs

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