1960s Eames Chair

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Herman Miller Shell Chair H Base

Eames Chrome

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Black Herman Miller Swivel Chair

Eames Fiberglass Black

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

1960's Eames DSS Stacking Off White Fibreglass Chair-set of 4

Located in Hook, Hampshire

1960's Original Eames DSS Stacking Off White Fibreglass Dining Chair - Large Quantity Available.

Category

Vintage 1960s English Dining Room Chairs

Materials

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Chairs LCM Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, USA 1960s

Located in Lot/Drogenbos, BE

Designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, USA 1960s. Designer - Charles and Ray Eames Producer - Herman Miller Model - LCM Production period - 1960s Measures - ...

Category

Vintage 1960s Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

1960s Herman Miller Eames Swivel Office Desk Chair

$1,250

1960s Herman Miller Eames Swivel Office Desk Chair

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Vintage 1960s Herman Miller Eames fiberglass shell office or desk chair.

Category

Mid-20th Century Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

1960s Red Leather 'Dax' Armchair by Charles & Ray Eames

$1,183Sale Price|30% Off

1960s Red Leather 'Dax' Armchair by Charles & Ray Eames

By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller

Located in Hilversum, NL

Created in the 1960s, the chair features a distinctive Dax rope edge fiberglass Zenith shell with aluminum-finished legs.

Category

Late 20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel

ES101/Intermediate chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller - 1960s

Located in Uccle, Bruxelles

Magnificent ES101 office chair, also known as the "Intermediate Chair," designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller in the late 1960s.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Dat-1 Swivel Desk or Office Armchair by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, 1960s

$2,448

Dat-1 Swivel Desk or Office Armchair by Charles Eames for Herman Miller, 1960s

By Herman Miller, Charles Eames

Located in WIJCKEL, NL

Classic Mid-Century Modern office or desk armchair, model DAT-1 on castors and tilt swivel in off-white with molded fiberglass shell on a chrome base. Tilt swivel and adjustable base...

Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

1960s Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair

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H 34 in W 34 in D 34 in

1960s Herman Miller Eames Lounge Chair

By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Herman Miller Eames lounge chair in rosewood. Completely original. Down cushions. Gorgeous rosewood grains. Light wear to left armrest.

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By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller

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1960s Eames Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal 1960s eames chair for your home. Each 1960s eames chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, animal skin and leather. Your living room may not be complete without a 1960s eames chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A 1960s eames chair made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made 1960s eames chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller and Charles Eames are consistently popular.

How Much is a 1960s Eames Chair?

The average selling price for a 1960s eames chair at 1stDibs is $2,618, while they’re typically $75 on the low end and $55,155 for the highest priced.

A Close Look at Mid-century Modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

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.