$2,316Sale Price / set|20% Off
Old Hickory Chairs in Brown Suede Leather - Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Old Hickory Chairs newly upholstered in brown suede seats & backing.These amazing barrel back Old Hickory chairs are super comfortable and sturdy.
Suede, Hickory
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair
Located in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
17th Century Oak Wainscot Chair A late 17th Century wainscot chair in oak of a good colour and patina and handsome carved back; channel mouldings to the back and seat rails and boldl...
Oak
$1,200Sale Price / set|60% Off
Mid-Century Modern Style Chair Multicolor Upholstery and Walnut Frame, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A stylish pair of Mid Century Modern style barrel chairs. The chairs feature a recent upholstery in vivid dark blue, yellow and cranberry colors.
Upholstery, Walnut
18th Century Giltwood Gustavian Bucket Chairs, Set of 4, Sweden, Circa 1790-1800
Located in New York, NY
Elegant proportions, beautifully hand-carved, extremely comfortable, neoclassical set of four barrel back chairs with very special patina.
Giltwood
Kazuhide Takahama Gaja Chair by Cassina, Metal & Leather, Italy
By Kazuhide Takahama, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Base is available in chrome, matt white painted, matt black painted, chrome gun barrel or gold chrome. Seat is available in leather or a huge variety of fabrics in different colors.
Metal
Kazuhide Takahama Gaja Bar Chair or stool for Cassina, new
By Kazuhide Takahama, Cassina
Located in Berlin, DE
Base is available in chrome, matt white painted, matt black painted, chrome gun barrel or gold chrome. Seat is available in leather or a huge variety of fabrics in different colors.
Metal
Contemporary Dining Chair with Curved Backrest & Glossy Lacquered Legs
Located in New York, NY
This contemporary tub chair or modern barrel chair is a sophisticated dining room chair with arms, featuring a gracefully curved backrest with a lower opening for added visual intere...
Wood, Lacquer, Fabric
Bunny Williams Home Olivia Armchair, Performance Woven/Adobe
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
You'll find it hard to resist its soft embrace, thanks to the curved barrel-shaped hardwood frame. The tufted upholstery is both soft and supportive.
Synthetic
Bunny Williams Home Olivia Armchair, Solid Performance Linen/Aegean
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
As with our T42 Chair, you'll find it hard to resist its soft embrace, thanks to the curved barrel-shaped hardwood frame. The tufted upholstery is both soft and supportive.
Synthetic
Olivia Armchair, Solid Performance Linen/Sand, by Bunny Williams Home
By Bunny Williams Home
Located in New York, NY
As with our T42 Chair, you'll find it hard to resist its soft embrace, thanks to the curved barrel-shaped hardwood frame. The tufted upholstery is both soft and supportive.
Synthetic
$3,070Sale Price|50% Off
Pair of Leather Graz Chairs by Paola Navone for Baxter, Italy
By Paola Navone, Baxter
Located in Boston, MA
River leathers get their typical smooth matte aspect after the laying of particular waxes in different phases, that are then shifted to special drying barrels, showing all coat’s pas...
Leather
Pair of Pierre Guariche Yellow Fiberglass Side Chairs by Steiner - France 1950's
By Pierre Guariche, Siege Steiner
Located in New York, NY
These "tonneau" chaped chairs are iconic Guariche pieces and epitomize his series of compact barrel shaped chairs to which belong the famous Amsterdam plywood chairs.
Steel
Mid-Century Tufted Lounge Chair by Fairfield Chair Co
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Modern walnut frame lounge chair with barrel back rest and tufted green upholstery. A wide design with overstuffed seating ensuring maximum comfort.
Walnut
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Tufted Vinyl Lounge Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This wonderful pair has a comfortable barrel backrest with sloping arm rests. These stylish chairs have thick padded seating with deep tufts and wheels on the base ensuring convenien...
Faux Leather
Ron Arad circa 1991, Four Soft Big Heavy Orange Armchairs Made by Moroso, Italy
By Ron Arad, Moroso
Located in London, GB
Started by Vinnie Jones ex-footballer, who played for Chelsea FC, turned actor and star in films such as: Lockstock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, X Men: The Last Stand to name but...
Fabric, Foam, Hardwood
$11,917 / item
Odette Black Oak Club Chair by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
The Odette club chair is a modern take on the cozy wingback armchair that defies all categorizations, being also describable as a Bergère, as well as a barrel chair, thanks to its wo...
Wool, Oak
$11,907 / item
Odette Oak Club Chair by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
The Odette club chair is a modern take on the cozy wingback armchair that defies all categorizations, being also describable as a Bergère, as well as a barrel chair, thanks to its wo...
Wool, Oak
$11,907 / item
Odette Oak Club Chair by Fred and Juul
Located in Geneve, CH
The Odette club chair is a modern take on the cozy wingback armchair that defies all categorizations, being also describable as a Bergère, as well as a barrel chair, thanks to its wo...
Oak, Wool
$2,080Sale Price / item|20% Off
Haga, Gustavian Style Armchair
By Ephraim Stahl
Located in Allerum, SE
HAGA, a fine reproduction Gustavian barrel back armchair is influenced by a Gustavian armchair from our private collection that is attributed to Stockholm master Ephraim Stahl, (1767...
Beech
Exceptionally Rare Original 17th Century Wainscot Armchair Northern England Oak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare original 17th century Northern English hand carved from solid oak Wainscot armchair A highly decorative and original pie...
Oak
1 of 6 Solid Elm Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Countryhouse Furniture
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Elm
English Classic Antique Victorian 19th Century Elm and Ashwood Windsor Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Ash, Elm
Pair of Burr Yew Wood and Elm Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Country House
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Elm, Yew
1 of 6 Burr Yew Wood Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Countryhouse Furniture
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Yew
1 of 6 Burr Yew Wood & Elm Windsor Armchairs circa 1860 English Country House
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Elm, Yew
English Classic Antique Victorian 19th Century Elm Hoop Back Windsor Armchair
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
There were a large number of tradesmen working in villages and towns making everything from coffins, cartwheels and even barrels but they had to diversify to ensure their survival so...
Elm
Contemporary Rifle Chair in Walnut and Brushed Brass and Polished Aluminum
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
Crafted in walnut, engineered brushed brass and polished aluminium, the curved seat rest of the chair and distinctive barrel-shaped legs are a continued reference to the form of a sh...
Aluminum, Brass
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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