Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio for Asko
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Wien, AT
Eero Aarnio Ball Chair from the first production of Asko. An absolute design icon and known
Fabric, Fiberglass, Foam
Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio for Asko
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Wien, AT
The Eero Aarnio Ball Chair from the first production run by Asko is an absolute design icon
Fabric, Fiberglass, Foam
Extreme rare Ball chair by Eero Aarnio made by Asko.
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Sittard, NL
Rare 1st edition Ball chair. Made by Asko, Finland. Designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963. Today they
Leather
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H 47.25 in W 43.31 in D 39.38 in
1st Edition Series Eero Aarnio Ball Chair, Asko Finland Custom Order in Leather
By Eero Aarnio, Asko
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
The ball chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963 and produced by Asko in Finland It was
Leather, Fiberglass
Original Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Asko
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Telgte, DE
Original ball chair by Eero Aarnio Asko Leather, 1960s.
Fiberglass, Leather
Original Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Asko
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Telgte, DE
Original ball chair by Eero Aarnio Asko Red fabric, 1960s.
Fabric, Fiberglass
Original Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Asko
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Telgte, DE
Original ball chair by Eero Aarnio Asko Red fabric, 1960s.
Fabric, Fiberglass
Vintage Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio for Asko, Finland 1963
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Langemark-Poelkapelle, BE
interior? This original Ball Chair by Finnish designer Eero Aarnio, produced by Asko in the 1970's
Metal
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H 47.25 in W 41.34 in D 38.59 in
Eero Aarnio, Ball Chair by Asko, Signed 1, Edition in Bright Orange 1963 Finland
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Munster, NRW
The ball chair was designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963 and presented at the International Furniture
Fabric, Fiberglass
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H 49.22 in W 40.16 in D 40.16 in
20th Century Retro Ball Chair in the Style of Eero Aarnio for Asko, C.1960
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The iconic and original ball chair, designed by Eero Aarnio for Asko. The interior cushioning has
Lambskin
Eero Aarnio The Ball Chair, Pair
By Eero Aarnio, Asko
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
We love balls! Midcentury masterpieces. From Aarnio Originals website: The ball chair was designed
Fabric, Fiberglass
Set of Two Original Adelta Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Asko
By Eero Aarnio, Adelta
Located in Telgte, DE
Set of two original Adelta ball chair by Eero Aarnio Asko Very nice Adelta ball chairs. Color: red
Fabric, Fiberglass
Eero Aarnio Ball Chair for Asko
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Authentic 1960s vintage ball chair by the iconic Mid-Century designer, Eero Aarnio. A "room within
Metal
Eero Aarnio Red Velvet Ball Chair for Asko
By Asko, Stendig Co., Eero Aarnio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Authentic vintage ball chair by the iconic Midcentury designer, Eero Aarnio. A "room within a room
Metal
Ball Chair by Asko - Eero Aarnio 1963, Rare First Edition
By Eero Aarnio, Asko
Located in Munster, NRW
Ball chair by Asko Eero Aarnio. 1963 First edition, foam is good.
Fiberglass
Eero Aarnio Ball Chair by Asko Lahti
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pre Adelta ball chair by Eero Aarnio from the 1960s in brilliant orange with original black
Aluminum
Lucite Hanging 'Bubble Chair' by Eero Aarnio for Adelta, Signed
By Adelta, Eero Aarnio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
designed the Ball chair, which was equally iconic to the Bubble chair. We have an authentic Ball chair by
Chrome
Eero Aarnio Ball Chair Asko Finland, 1963
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Frankfurt / Dreieich, DE
Early Eero Aarnio ball chair with spectacular original fabric. Made by Asko, Finland, 1963. Good
Metal
Original Vintage Eero Aarnio Ball Chair-- Asko
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Eero Aarnio white ball chair manufactured by Asko.
Executive Chairs by Eero Aarnio for Mobel Italia
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Staphorst, NL
Executive chairs. Designer: Eero Aarnio (Ball chair Asko). Manufacturer: Mobel Italia. Chromed
Chrome
Ball Chair Designed by Eero Aarnio and Produced by Asko in 1963
By Eero Aarnio, Asko
Located in Paris, FR
design from the sixties, very famous thanks to his Ball Chair designed between 1963 and 1965. Aarnio
Fiberglass
Ball Chair Designed by Eero Aarnio and Produced by Asko in 1963
By Eero Aarnio, Asko
Located in Paris, FR
Original 1st edition of the Ball Chair Designed by Eero Aarnio and Produced by Asko in 1963. The
Fabric, Fiberglass
Ball or Globe Chair by Eero Aarnio for Asko
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Sundridge, GB
1st Edition Ball or Globe chair in very nice condition white shell and recovered in Red Wool fabric
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H 47.25 in W 41.34 in D 38.59 in
Extremely rare Ball chair by Eero Aarnio made by Asko with phone !!
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare 1st edition Ball chair. Made by Asko, Finland. Designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963. Today they
Metal
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H 41.34 in W 47.25 in D 38.59 in
Extremely Rare Ball Chair by Eero Aarnio Made by Asko with Phone !!
By Eero Aarnio
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare 1st edition ball chair made by Asko, Finland and designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963. Nowadays
Old Tree Trunk Sculpture Object
Located in Rochester, NY
An ancient looking tree trunk fragment that at first glance appears to be faux bois rather than real wood. Beautifully aged color and wear to surface from many years of exposure to t...
Wood
$11,857 / set
H 72.05 in W 89.77 in D 25.99 in
Art Deco Bedroom Set: Armoire, Bed and Mirror - France, 1920s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Lovely and lively exotic bedroom set comprised of one three-door wardrobe, a double bed and a large mirror. The set is lacquered in red and black with gilt and silvered decor repr...
Writing Desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A single pedestal writing desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller with a built-in pivoting lamp. Lamp is 18" H.
Steel
$451 / item
H 9.06 in Dm 9.06 in
Late Century Japanese Cast Aluminium Industrial Flameproof Table Lamp, Edison
By Kokosha, Industrial Production
Located in Leicester, Leicestershire
Reclaimed Kokosha aluminium flame proof ceiling light circa 1998, made by Kokosha of Osaka, Japan Originating form super tankers and cargo ships this lamp has been expertly stripp...
Aluminum
$5,807
H 10.63 in W 12.21 in D 10.24 in
Mid-20th Century Black Forest Small Taxidermy Fawn on Green Painted Plinth
Located in Kitzbühel, Tirol
A very rare and very small stuffed real Bambi. Laying on a green painted wooden piece. Eyes in glass. The fur is in excellent condition. One ear has a small fur fault. Great decorati...
Fur
$1,250 / item
H 13.25 in W 24 in D 13 in
Mid-Century Verner Panton Pantonova Wire Cube for Fritz Hansen (Two Left)
By Fritz Hansen, Verner Panton
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Rare Mid-Century Verner Panton Pantonova wire cube for Fritz Hansen. They can be used as a stool or side table. Multiples can be configured into a wall unit. Priced per cube. Two cu...
Steel, Chrome
$18,000
H 36 in W 93 in D 28 in
Jamaican Cuban Mahogany Upholstered Sofa with Acanthus & Lion Paw Feet. C. 1820
Located in Charleston, SC
Jamaican Cuban mahogany sofa with flanking scrolled arms, reeded skirt, centered rosette, and terminating on acanthus carved lions paw feet. Sofa has been covered in white muslin wit...
Muslin, Mahogany
$45,000
H 48 in W 60 in D 12 in
German Painted & Carved Wood Carousel Horse w/ Saddle Seat on Stand 19th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
German hand carved wood and decorative painted carousel horse with carved flowing mane, carved hairy tail, upholstered muslin saddle seat, flanking original glass eyes, and mounted o...
Wrought Iron
Iconic Eero Aarnio Giant Ball Chair
By Eero Aarnio
Located in New York, NY
he Leather Ball Chair Designed by Eero Aarnio 1963 Designed by Eero Aarnio 1963 Designed by Eero Aarnio 1963 Designed by Eero Aarnio 1963 The Ball Chair was designed in the early 196...
Aluminum
Buffet or Bar attributed to Osvaldo Borsani
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Albany, NY
Very rare piece by Osvaldo Borsani with original leather and interior pink paint.
Bronze
"Luce Nello Spazio" Wall Light by Poliarte
By Poliarte
Located in Albany, NY
Wall light/sculpture in cast aluminum and raw crystal with six internal light bulbs. Follow Frank on Instagram. Frank.rogin photos dedicated to Poliarte.
Aluminum
George Nelson "Dry Erase" Desk with Return
By George Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic desk by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Newly laminated Formica top with dry erase laminate. Very cool, dry/erase surface for your work desk. Extremely functional and uniq...
Chrome
$89,000
H 66 in W 108 in D 17.75 in
Italian Art Deco Marquetry Cabinet Storage Buffet Lacquered Goatskin Masterpiece
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco tall, handsome and attention-grabbing trophy of 20th century Italian Cabinet, Buffet design and sophistication. Featuring four parchment covered doors with marquetry panels...
Goatskin, Lacquer, Wood
Rare 20th Century Mahogany Dressing Table with Electrical Lights
By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, GB
A remarkable ladies dressing table made by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. of London for his Highness Nawab Sir Sadiq Mohammed Khan Abbasi the V of Bahawalpur. Constructed in maho...
Silver, Enamel, Ormolu
$175,000 / item
H 31.5 in W 171.26 in D 59.06 in
MAD Martian Long Dining Table Polished Stainless Steel by MAD Architects
By Ma Yansong
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An inverted mountain range the dining table places the peaks of the Martian landscape at the centre of the communal domestic experience of the small colony. This epically large piece...
Aluminum
$35,000 / item
H 30.71 in W 75.6 in D 28.75 in
MAD Martian Chaise Lounge by Ma Yansong MAD Architects Aluminum and Leather
By Ma Yansong
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
The MAD Martian collection began with a question: What would the Chinese colonization of a Martian planet look like? This naturally led to more questions such as at what point does s...
Leather
“I always look ahead, never back,” Finnish design legend Eero Aarnio has been quoted as saying. A leading innovator of modern furniture design, Aarnio has long embraced a bold, playful, confident and colorful style several steps ahead of his time.
For his 1954 entrance test for the Institute of Industrial Arts in Helsinki, Aarnio created a whimsical painting of a man reading a newspaper in a red, curved chair whose silhouette foreshadowed Aarnio’s Ball chair of 1963. That spherical seat skyrocketed him to design fame, and decades later, it is still recognized as one of the world’s most futuristic designs.
Born in 1932 to a house painter and a seamstress, Aarnio has always had a cheerful disposition and an independent spirit. He went his own way early on: After just two years at Asko, the big Scandinavian furniture company that originally produced his Ball chair, Aarnio established his own studio in 1962.
Over the next decade, the young visionary made an indelible mark on the world. Open-minded and entrepreneurial, Aarnio embraced the aesthetics, materials and technologies of the Swinging Sixties, working with a new generation of plastics and molding them into fluid, organically shaped, brightly hued forms.
Introduced at the 1966 Cologne Furniture Fair, the pod-like fiberglass Ball chair soon adorned the homes of movie stars and royalty, graced magazine covers around the world and was featured in films and ads. The groundbreaking seat originally came in orange, white, black, yellow and red and could be ordered with a telephone installed in it. Yet this designer of the future, as he was known in the 1960s, has always insisted that he didn’t deliberately seek to be associated with the decade’s sci-fi aesthetic.
“I had no intention to create either pop or Space Age design — as many people label my work,” Aarnio declares in one of the essays included in Eero Aarnio — Designer of Colour and Joy, a book jointly created by the Design Museum and publisher WSOY to accompany 2016’s “Eero Aarnio” exhibition.
The show featured a number of Aarnio’s objects, including his iconic Ball, Pastil (1967), Bubble (1968), Tomato (1971) and Pony (1973) chairs. These were joined by lesser-known seating and other objects like the rattan Juttujakkara, or mushroom, stool (1960); the sculptural Double Bubble lamp (2000), with which Aarnio first explored the possibilities of rotation-cast plastic; and the three-legged Rocket (1995) and Baby Rocket (2006) stools, both parts of a collection produced by Artek after Tom Dixon, the company’s creative director from 2004 to 2009, discovered the original piece in Aarnio’s kitchen.
“Aarnio expanded the whole idea of what constitutes furniture,” explained Suvi Saloniemi, the Design Museum’s chief curator. “His significance as a designer is crystallized in the liberation of form that he has introduced by discovering the properties of plastic as the material of a designer. His furniture is sculpture-like and eye-catching, but the pieces are always utilitarian at the same time.”
Find an extraordinary range of vintage Eero Aarnio chairs, tables and other furniture on 1stDibs.
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.
You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
Now considered emblematic of 1960s mod aesthetics, the Finnish designer's famous creation was far from an overnight success.