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1960s Maurice Burke ‘Alpha’ Leather Sling Chair for Pozza, Brazil
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Newbury, Berkshire
There's not much I can tell you about Maurice Burke I'm afraid other than he was a designer from
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Metal

Set Rare Maurice Burke Alpha Chairs
By Maurice Burke
Located in Antwerp, BE
soft top-grain black leather sling seat with a pivoting back, mounted on a sleek tubular chrome frame
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Set Rare Maurice Burke Alpha Chairs
Set Rare Maurice Burke Alpha Chairs
H 25.99 in W 25.99 in D 29.93 in
Mid-Century Maurice Burke “Alpha” Brazilian Leather and Chrome Lounge Chair
By Maurice Burke
Located in Asheville, NC
Black leather and chrome "Alpha" sling lounge chair, designed by Maurice Burke for Pozza Brazil
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

Midcentury leather sling lounge chair by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Brazil
By Maurice Burke
Located in Highclere, Newbury
Lounge chair, 1960s Maurice Burke ‘Alpha’ leather sling chair for Pozza, Brazil. There's not
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Metal

Pair of Alpha Lounge Chair by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Brazil, 1960s
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Lisboa, PT
This pair of lounge chairs, model "Alpha" were designed by Maurice Burke for Pozza, in Brazil
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Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Metal, Chrome

"Alpha" Lounge Chair by Maurice Burke for Pozza
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Chicago, IL
Rare Brazilian design "Alpha" lounge chair by Maurice Burke for Pozza, circa 1960s. Low profile
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Chrome, Steel

Pair of Chrome and Leather Alpha Lounge Chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pair of chrome and leather Alpha lounge chairs by Maurice Burke, for Pozza Brazil. Chairs are
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Chrome and Leather 'Alpha Chair' by Maurice Burke
By Maurice Burke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of chrome and brown leather chairs with a sling seat with a pivoting back, designed by Maurice
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Chrome

Black Leather Alpha Sling Chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Brazil, 1960s
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Debrecen-Pallag, HU
Midcentury chrome and leather alpha lounge chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza Brazil. Chairs are
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Chrome

Alpha Sling Leather Chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Mid-Century Modern, Black
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Alpha sling leather chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Mid-Century Modern, black Two alpha sling
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Leather

Alpha Sling Leather Chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Mid-Century Modern, Black
By Maurice Burke, Pozza
Located in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Alpha sling leather chairs by Maurice Burke for Pozza, Mid-Century Modern, black Two alpha sling
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Vintage 1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Leather

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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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

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 legendary 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.

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 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.