Modern Sling Butterfly Hanging Chair
By Joanina and David Pastoll
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
The timeless butterfly chair is a classic that has stood the test of time for over 80 years. Its
Steel
Mid Century Butterfly Chair with Yellow Canvass Sling
By Knoll, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury butterfly chair with yellow canvas sling seat. Clean, ready to use condition.
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Butterfly Chair with Black Canvass Sling
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury butterfly chair with yellow canvas sling seat. Clean, ready to use condition. Please
Wrought Iron
Mid Century CastIron Butterfly Chairs With Canvas Slings - a Pair
Located in Esperance, NY
Introducing a remarkable pair of vintage Cast Iron Butterfly Chairs featuring durable canvas slings
Metal
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
H 34 in W 33 in D 27 in
BKF Hardoy for Knoll Butterfly Chair with New Cowhide Sling
By Bonet, Kurchan, and Hardoy, Knoll
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Hardoy for Knoll Butterfly Chair that date to the mid-60's. New Cowhide Sling gives it a fun look
Iron
$595
H 35.5 in W 34 in D 24 in
Vintage Butterfly Chair with Original Orange Canvass Sling Seat att. to Knoll
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Mid Century design lounge chair, attributed to Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, for Knoll. This example
Wrought Iron
Knoll Butterfly Chair with Custom Sling
By Knoll
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Iconic Knoll butterfly chair with custom-made sling. The Fabric used to make the sling is vintage
Vintage Leather Butterfly Chairs, Pair
Located in Lábatlan, HU
Vintage elephant leather "Butterfly Chairs”. Original leather sling with nice brown patina, circa
Metal
Three Butterfly Sling Chairs by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy for Knoll
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Ferndale, MI
Three Butterfly Sling Chairs by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy for Knoll
Knoll Hardoy Vintage BFK Butterfly Sling Chairs with New Leather
By Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Knoll or Hardoy BFK wrought iron butterfly chairs with leather slings. Brand new thick leather four
Sold
H 36 in W 30 in D 30 in
Jorge Ferrari, Hardoy Butterfly Sling Chair for Knoll International, 1960
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Munster, NRW
very rare edition with a stainless steel sling frame and leather seating... J. Hardoy for Knoll
Stainless Steel
Sold
H 39 in W 25 in D 29 in
1960s Butterfly Sling Chair and Ottoman in Saddle Leather by William Katavolos
By William Katavolos
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Rare and very sought after 1960s swivel sling chair by William Katavolos for Leathercrafter. Made
Iron
Sold
H 35.5 in W 32 in D 32 in
Butterfly Chairs, New Hair-On Cowhide Leather Covers, Hardoy Design for Knoll
By Knoll, Bonet, Kurchan, and Hardoy
Located in Kansas City, MO
Five available. Price is for each. Vintage Knoll Hardoy BFK butterfly sling chairs with new tan
Wrought Iron
Vintage Pair of Leather Sling Butterfly Chairs
Located in Hixson, TN
A nice quality pair of butterfly chairs in the style of Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy. These are not signed
Mid Century Butterfly Chairs with Canvas Slings, a Pair
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Esperance, NY
Very nice pair of Butterfly chairs with canvas slings. The slings have been replaced recently and
Canvas
Sold
H 38 in W 29 in L 38 in
Rare 1960s William Katavolous Sculptural Leather Swivel Sling Butterfly Chair
By William Katavolos
Located in Hudson, NY
Rare 1960s wrought iron and heavy luggage tan leather hide sling chair designed by William
Wrought Iron
Sold
H 32 in W 34 in D 28 in
Vintage Mid Century Modern Wrought Iron Butterfly Sling Lounge Chair Frame
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Wrought Iron Butterfly Sling Lounge Chair Frame (no seat). Circa Mid
Wrought Iron
Pair of Hardoy Style Folding Leather Butterfly Chairs
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in New York, NY
Nice vintage pair of leather sling butterfly chairs. Saddle leather slings rest in wrought iron
Wrought Iron
Set of 4 Butterfly Sling Chairs
By Knoll
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of four Mid-Century Modern butterfly sling lounge stacking outdoor suitable chairs.
Iron
Knoll Hardoy Butterfly Sling Chairs 1954 brown leather
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in Dallas, TX
Early pair of Knoll Hardoy butterfly chairs with beautiful original patinated cognac leather slings
Pair of Early Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy Iron Butterfly Sling Chairs
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in New Windsor, NY
Old BKF iron frames with new Vermillion duck cloth sling seat covers. Clean and room ready, circa
Iron, Wrought Iron
Sold
H 33.5 in W 30 in D 30 in
2 Mid-Century Modern Iron Butterfly Sling Chairs Algoma Cover Vintage Retro
By Knoll
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th century Iron butterfly chairs attributed to Knoll. Features 2 sets of Algoma seat covers.
Iron
Unusual High Back Hardoy Style Butterfly Chair
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in New York, NY
Not often found form, Butterfly Sling Chair with exaggerated tall back. This example comes with the
Wrought Iron
Iron Frame Butterfly Chair Frames, A Pair
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll, Bonet, Kurchan, and Hardoy
Located in New Windsor, NY
A very good and early pair of iron frame butterfly sling chairs. The original design dates to the
Iron
Classic Modernist Hardoy "Butterfly" Chair Sling, Knoll
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic modernist, "Hardoy" sling chair also known as the "butterfly" chair designed by Jorge
Wrought Iron
Mid Century Butterfly Chair with Black Canvas Sling Seat
By Knoll, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in New York, NY
Period midcentury butterfly chair, having a wrought iron frame and original black canvas sling seat
Wrought Iron
Hardoy Butterfly Chair with Original Orange Canvas Sling Seat
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in New York, NY
Hip sling chair with vintage orange canvas sling seat, on wrought iron frame.
Wrought Iron
Leather Butterfly Hardoy Lounge Chair
By Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Classic vintage leather "Hardoy" butterfly lounge chair. Tan leather sling seat, on black wrought
Wrought Iron
Nice Leather Hardoy Butterfly Chair
By Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Nice period Hardoy leather sling butterfly chair, with wrought iron frame. This example has a
Hardoy Tan Leather Butterfly Chair
By Knoll
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Jorge Ferrari- Hardoy design butterfly tan leather sling chair. Originally designed in 1938
Wrought Iron
Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy Black Wrought Iron "Butterfly" Sling Stool, 1950s
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Knoll
Located in Bainbridge, NY
. Featuring a sturdy Black Wrought Iron frame with new Black leather saddle cover. The Hardoy, butterfly chair
Wrought Iron
Vintage Butterfly Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A beautiful butterfly/sling chair also known as a "Hardoy" chair after the original 1938 design by
1950's Charles Pinnell Leather Sling Butterfly Chair
Located in New York, NY
Early Leather Sling Iron Butterfly chair by Charles Pinnell.Solid iron frame supports heavy weight
Iron
Sold
H 37.01 in W 33.86 in D 31.89 in
1970s Knoll Butterfly Chair by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, Suede Leather Sling Chair
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Huddersfield, GB
Vintage Knoll butterfly chair. Designer: Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy for Knoll. Designed by Jorge
Steel
Pair Mid-Century Butterfly Chairs with New White Slings
By Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Asheville, NC
Two vintage butterfly chairs with new white slings, in the style of Jorge Ferrari Hardoy for Knoll
Iron
$9,080 / item
H 35.44 in W 63 in D 27.56 in
Brass and Alabaster Mobile Chandelier by Glustin Luminaires
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Mobile kinetic chandelier made of patinated brass with a round counterweight and two enlighten alabaster globes. Original design by Glustin Luminaires.
Alabaster, Brass
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
$3,969 / item
H 28.35 in W 40.16 in D 34.65 in
"Pietra" Curved Armchair with Leather Arms Upholstered in Bouclé Fabric
By Studio Marta Manente
Located in Centro, RS
Pietra from Italian: Stone The designer Marta Manente is of Italian descent, her great-grandparents migrated from Italy over 100 years ago and lived in the region of Bento Gonçalves ...
Bouclé
$1,353 / item
H 13.39 in W 10.63 in D 10.63 in
Set Antique Vintage Acorn Opaline White Milk Glass Ceiling Pendant Light Lamp
Located in Sale, GB
- A fabulous run of church opaline acorn pendant lights with steel galleries, circa 1950. - Wear commensurate with age, all in excellent condition, the steel galleries are aged worn...
Glass
$1,696Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 4.15 in W 5.35 in D 7.75 in
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' Verdigris Patinated Outdoor Sconce
By Örsjö Industri AB, Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Glendale, CA
Hans-Agne Jakobsson 'Mini-Tratten' verdigris patinated outdoor sconce. An exclusive made for U.S. and UL listed authorized re-edition of the classic Swedish design executed in rich v...
Metal
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Oak Wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccable proportion...
Oak
$6,242 / set
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Iroko Wood by Master Studio for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Neatly proportioned with exceptional detailing, the constant nightstand is your perfect bedside partner. In our furniture making, the IDEA is to create special pieces that you can bu...
Hardwood
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
Ondamarmo Vulcano Onyx Matte Polished Side Table
Located in AVENZA CARRARA, IT
The Ondamarmo series by Federica Elmo includes 6 objects: The extra large dining table, two smaller size tables, three shelves, and a tray designed as an evolution of the shapes of t...
Onyx
Vintage Leather Butterfly Chair by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy for Knoll
By Knoll, Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Butterfly Chair, designed by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy for Knoll, American, circa 1960s. This example retains it's dark chocolate brown leather sling and the black iron base ha...
Iron
$985 / item
H 8.25 in W 5.29 in D 5.79 in
ALLA Wall Sconce Calacatta Marble & Glass, Emily Del Bello x Blueprint Lighting
By Blueprint Lighting
Located in New York, NY
ALLA WALL SCONCE Featuring a Calacatta Marble backplate and delicate chain inspired by Christian Dior’s luxurious pearl earrings, the Alla Wall Sconce delivers a harmonious blend of...
Travertine, Marble, Brass, Bronze
$52,000
H 121.66 in W 149.81 in D 14.18 in
Mogens Koch for Rud Radmussen Substantial Modular Library in Pine
By Mogens Koch, Rud Rasmussen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mogens Koch for Rud Rasmussen, modular bookcase or library, pine, Denmark, design 1928 Intriguing and substantial modular library by Danish designer Mogens Koch. This piece is cons...
Pine
Unavailable|$3,800 / set
H 32 in W 24 in D 24 in
Pair of BKF Hardoy Butterfly Chairs for Knoll in Natural Canvas
By Bonet, Kurchan, and Hardoy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
BKF Hardoy butterfly chairs for Knoll. Dynamic Classic form, for indoor or outdoor use. New canvas slings fit nicely on the original Knoll metal frames. Pairs available in either cob...
Metal
George Smith Mohair Velvet Ottoman Sofa Banquette
By George Smith
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental bespoke mohair velvet tufted sectional banquette sofa custom designed by George Smith, London UK. The grand "ottoman sofa" was commissioned by Samantha Todhunter Design fo...
Mohair, Hardwood
$5,111Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 24.01 in Dm 13.78 in
Pair of Constant Night Stands in Poplar Burl wood by Master for Lemon
By Lemon
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Envisioned by designer Yaniv Chen, the Constant nightstand exudes an air of refined luxury, celebrating the inherent splendor of Poplar burl wood. Meticulously crafted with impeccabl...
Burl, Poplar
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 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.
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.
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