Mid-Century Modern Knoll Bertoia Wire Bar Counter Stool
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Single Knoll bar stool by Harry Bertoia. Seat pad labeled with tag and printed into the fabric
Steel
1960s Harry Bertoia for Knoll Diamond Lounge Chair with Seat Pad
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
pad. The chair measures 28 inches deep, 33.5 inches wide, and 30 inches high, with a seat height of
Steel
Harry Bertoia Child's Chair in White with Original Knoll Seat Pad
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
A universally recognized design, this Bertoia child's chair has a white wire seat with a black base
Metal, Wire
$3,950 / set
H 42 in W 21 in D 21 in
Pair of Bertoia Bar Height Stools in Black with Volo Leather Seat Pad
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Dallas, TX
Featuring delicate filigreed construction that's supremely strong, the airy seats of the Bertoia
Metal
$1,100 / item
H 41 in W 19.75 in D 21.25 in
2011 Harry Bertoia for Knoll Chrome Bar Stools with Ivory Fabric Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
30.25 inches. One of the stools has a stain on the seat, and the rest of the seat pads are in good used
Steel
$850
H 30 in W 33.5 in D 28.25 in
2005 Harry Bertoia for Knoll Diamond Lounge Chairs in w/ Blue Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
retain their original seat pads in a light blue woven fabric. Each chair measures 28.25 inches deep
Steel
$1,300 / set
H 24 in W 24.5 in D 22.75 in
2000s Pair of Harry Bertoia Diamond Child Size Lounge Chairs w/ Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
back of their bases. The seat pads were a custom order and are upholstered in Knoll Textiles
Steel
Unavailable
H 30 in W 33.5 in D 28.25 in
Bertoia Diamond Chair with Classic Boucle/Smoke Seat Pad & Black Frame
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in East Greenville, PA
. Seat pad in Classic Boucle, Smoke. This piece works well in the living room and bedroom.
Steel
Unavailable
H 30 in W 33.5 in D 28.25 in
Bertoia Diamond Chair in Classic Boucle/Neutral Seat Pad & Black Frame
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in East Greenville, PA
. Seat pad in Classic Boucle, Neutral. This piece works well in the living room and bedroom.
Steel
Unavailable
H 30 in W 33.5 in D 28.25 in
Bertoia Diamond Chair with Knoll Velvet/Wine Seat Pad & Rose Gold Frame
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in East Greenville, PA
Rose Gold plated finish with clear laquer protective coating. Seat Pad in Knoll Velvet, Wine. This
Steel
Unavailable
H 23.5 in W 15.75 in D 14.5 in
Knoll Noguchi Cyclone Table and Matching Bertoia Chairs for Children Set
By Knoll
Located in Denver, CO
Early Noguchi cyclone table and Bertoia chairs with the original seat pads designed for Knoll. The
Metal
Sold
H 28.75 in W 21.26 in D 22.84 in
Bertoia Side Chairs with Back & Seat Pads by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, 1952
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Eindhoven, Noord Brabant
with a back pad and seat pad which are interchangeable. The pads are attachable to the shell with snaps
Steel
Set of Harry Bertoia Childs Chairs, Original Knoll Orange Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Westport, CT
Two-six available Harry Bertoia childs chairs, white with black base, originals vintage with Knoll
Bertoia Side Chairs with Seat Pads c.2014-Price per chair
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Featuring delicate filigreed construction that's supremely strong, the airy seats of the Bertoia Seating
Metal
Sold
H 29.5 in W 23 in D 21.25 in
Set of 4 Modern Harry Bertoia White Side Chairs with Vinyl Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
boasts matching white vinyl seat pads with Knoll monograming on the underside. Each chair is in very good
Metal
Sold
H 29.5 in W 23 in D 21.25 in
Set of 4 Modern Harry Bertoia White Side Chairs with Vinyl Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
boasts matching white vinyl seat pads with Knoll monograming on the underside. Each chair is in very good
Metal
Sold
H 30.5 in W 21 in D 18 in
Vintage Mid-Century Black Knoll Bertoia Side Chair, Original Yellow Seat Pad
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Black Knoll Bertoia side chair with yellow Knoll style seat cushion The Bertoia side chair is
Iron
Mid-Century Knoll Bertoia Wire Chairs in White with Red Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are Harry Bertoia for Knoll vintage side chairs. These authentic examples
Sold
H 29.14 in W 20.87 in D 25.6 in
Vintage Black Original Harry Bertoia Chair by Knoll International, 1950 Red Seat
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage black original Bertoia chair, with red seat pad, designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll in the
Metal
Set of 10 Dining Chairs with Custom Seat Pads by Harry Bertoia
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Set of 10 dining chairs in welded steel with seat pads by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, American 1970's
Sold
H 30.5 in W 33 in D 26 in
Pair of Harry Bertoia for Knoll Diamond Chairs with Custom Leather Seat Pads
Located in Sacramento, CA
brown leather seat pads. In excellent condition. Price is for the pair. Width: 33 in / Depth: 26 in
Metal
Vintage Black Original Bertoia Chair
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Vintage black original Bertoia chair, with red seat pad, designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll in the
Steel
Four Mid-Century Modern Bertoia White Wire Side Chairs
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Topeka, KS
Classic Mid-Century Modern white wire Bertoia side chairs with blue seat pads. They are all in
Wire
Pair of Custom Diamond Bertoia Chairs for Knoll American Mid Century
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in San Diego, CA
Great and rare pair of Harry Bertoia diamond chairs, with original seat pads and original chrome
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Bertoia Childs Chairs
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Harry Bertoia for Knoll , original pair of Bertoia childs wire chairs , orange seat pads still in
Sold
H 28.35 in Dm 35.83 in
Original Saarinen Knoll Studio Marble Tulip Dining Table and Bertoia Wire Chairs
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Highclere, Newbury
dining table matched to 4 x white Harry Bertoia wire chairs with original seat pads. This is a classic
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Sold
H 24 in W 15.5 in D 15 in
Harry Bertoia Child's Chairs in White with Original Knoll Seat Pads, USA, 1960s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
seat pads.
Steel
Sold
H 29.93 in W 21.26 in D 21.26 in
Four Harry Bertoia for Knoll Wire Chairs with Original Seat Pads, USA, 1960s
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A set of four original Harry Bertoia for Knoll white wire chairs with original green seat pads, USA
Metal
Sold
H 37.5 in W 21.5 in D 21.5 in
Modernist Set of 3 Bertoia Style Chrome Wire Bar Stools w Vinyl Pads Seats
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
seats, In the style of Harry Bertoia. In excellent condition. The dimensions are 21.5" Sq x 37.5" H x 24
Chrome
Bar Stools by Harry Bertoia for Knoll International
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Dronten, NL
black leather seat pads. In Bertoia's own words; 'If you look at these stools, they are mainly made of
Steel, Chrome
Sold
H 28.75 in Dm 59.85 in
Original Eero Saarinen Black Marble Tulip Dining Table and Bertoia Wire Chairs
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Highclere, Newbury
round tulip dining table matched to 6 original black Harry Bertoia wire chairs with original seat pads
Marble, Aluminum, Steel
Large Bertoia Diamond Lounge Chair with Seat Pad for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Large Bertoia Diamond Lounge Chair with Seat Pad for Knoll Seat Pad was not photographed - Maharam
Sold
H 30.5 in W 21 in D 20 in
Set of six 1960s Harry Bertoia Side Chairs for Knoll with Original Seat Pads
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Sacramento, CA
Set of six 1960s wire mesh side chairs by Harry Bertoia for Knoll. Chairs have their original seat
Metal
Mid-Century Bertoia Chrome Wire Side Chair
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Harrogate, GB
1950s Bertoia side chair with original seat pad.
Pair of Harry Bertoia Bar Stools for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Stylish set of two vintage bar stools designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll. Black leather seat pads
Leather
Pair of Vintage Knoll Bertoia Diamond Chairs
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Original seat pads with Knoll tags available.
Steel
Set of Four Harry Bertoia Chairs With Yellow Seat Pads for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Very nice set of four classic Bertoia chairs for Knoll with original yellow vinyl seat pads. White
Metal
Sold
H 30.5 in W 21 in D 20 in
Pair of 1971 Harry Bertoia Side Chairs for Knoll with Original Seat Pads
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in Sacramento, CA
Pair of 1971 wire mesh side chairs by Harry Bertoia for Knoll. Chairs have their original seat pads
Metal
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
$1,520Sale Price|47% Off
H 42 in W 20 in D 25 in
Vintage Mid-Century Flat Bar Gold Brass Cantilever Stools Arthur Umanoff Style
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Pasadena, TX
Great pair of vintage curved flat bar bronze brass cantilever stools made by Cal-Style Furniture after an Arthur Umanoff Design, circa 1970s. Newly reupholstered in a tweed seat with...
Brass
$625 / item
H 42 in W 18.125 in D 21.6 in
2019 Marcel Breuer for Knoll Cesca Bar Stools in Two Tone Fabric 6x Available
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These are Cesca Bar Stools, originally designed by Marcel Breuer in 1928. These particular examples were produced by Knoll in 2019. The stools are comprised of a tubular steel frame ...
Steel
$215 / item
H 43.5 in W 15.5 in D 19 in
Set of 4 Mid Century Modern Bar Counter Stools Attributed to Arthur Umanoff
By Arthur Umanoff
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Set of four wood Slatted bar/counter stools with a seat height of 30 inch. All hardwood with iron connectors brackets for support. Will sell as pairs or all four together. In excelle...
Iron
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Bertoia For Knoll Wire Bar Stool
By Knoll
Located in Toledo, OH
Bertoia for Knoll wire chrome plated bar stool. Two are available. Price reflects one. Very solid and in very good condition. Remnants of a Knoll label was attached to the back of th...
Chrome
$5,450 / set
H 41 in W 22 in D 22 in
Set of Three Harry Bertoia Barstools for Knoll, Signed & New in Original Boxes
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Enhance your home or office space with this exquisite set of three Harry Bertoia barstools for Knoll. Crafted with impeccable attention to detail, these iconic chairs are both stylis...
Steel
$1,250
H 38.5 in W 21.75 in D 22 in
2021 Harry Bertoia for Knoll Counter Stool in White with Full Cover
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a classic 2021 production Harry Bertoia for Knoll Counter Stool, Model 426C, originally designed in 1952. The piece is fabricated of a welded steel basket seat that is coated...
Steel
$975 / item
H 41.25 in W 17.5 in D 21 in
2011 Harry Bertoia for Knoll Bar Stools in White, Model 428C, 9x Available
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a classic Bertoia bar stool, model 428C, designed in 1952 by Harry Bertoia for Knoll International. These particular examples date to 2011. The listed price includes one bar ...
Steel
2010s Knoll Bertoia Bar Stools in Satin Chrome w/ Blue Seats
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a classic Bertoia bar stool, model 428C, designed in 1952 by Harry Bertoia for Knoll International. These particular examples date to the mid-2010’s. The listed price inclu...
Steel
Sculptor, furniture and jewelry designer, graphic artist and metalsmith, Harry Bertoia was one of the great cross-disciplinarians of 20th-century art and design and a central figure in American mid-century modernism. Among furniture aficionados, Bertoia is known for his chairs such as the wire-lattice Diamond chair (and its variants such as the tall-backed Bird chair) designed for Knoll Inc. and first released in 1952.
As an artist, he is revered for a style that was his alone. Bertoia’s metal sculptures are by turns expressive and austere, powerful and subtle, intimate in scale and monumental. All embody a tension between the intricacy and precision of Bertoia’s forms and the raw strength of his materials: steel, brass, bronze and copper.
Fortune seemed to guide Bertoia’s artistic development. Born in northeastern Italy, Bertoia immigrated to the United States at age 15, joining an older brother in Detroit. He studied drawing and metalworking in the gifted student program at Cass Technical High School. Recognition led to awards that culminated, in 1937, in a teaching scholarship to attend the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Bloomfield Hills, one of the great crucibles of modernism in America.
At Cranbrook, Bertoia made friendships — with architect Eero Saarinen, designers Charles and Ray Eames and Florence Schust Knoll and others — that shaped the course of his life. He taught metalworking at the school, and when materials rationing during World War II limited the availability of metals, Bertoia focused on jewelry design. He also experimented with monotype printmaking, and 19 of his earliest efforts were bought by the Guggenheim Museum.
In 1943, he left Cranbrook to work in California with the Eameses, helping them develop their now-famed plywood furniture. (Bertoia received scant credit.) Late in that decade, Florence and Hans Knoll persuaded him to move east and join Knoll Inc. His chairs became and remain perennial bestsellers. Royalties allowed Bertoia to devote himself full-time to metal sculpture, a medium he began to explore in earnest in 1947.
By the early 1950s Bertoia was receiving commissions for large-scale works from architects — the first came via Saarinen — as he refined his aesthetic vocabulary into two distinct skeins. One comprises his “sounding sculptures” — gongs and “Sonambient” groupings of rods that strike together and chime when touched by hand or by the wind. The other genre encompasses Bertoia’s naturalistic works: abstract sculptures that suggest bushes, flower petals, leaves, dandelions or sprays of grass.
As you will see on these pages, Harry Bertoia was truly unique; his art and designs manifest a wholly singular combination of delicacy and strength.
Find vintage Harry Bertoia sculptures, armchairs, benches and other furniture and art on 1stDibs.
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.