$15,500
H 24.81 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Sofa for Gavina, Camel Velvet, 1970
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” two-seater sofa for Gavina, camel velvet, Italy, 1970 Designed in 1970
Velvet
$8,000
H 26.78 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Armchair for Gavina, Black Leather, 1970
By Gavina, Cini Boeri
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” armchairs for Gavina, black leather, Italy, 1970, set of 2. Designed
Leather
$32,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Armchairs for Gavina, Black Leather, 1970, Set of 4
By Gavina, Cini Boeri
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” armchairs for Gavina, black leather, Italy, 1970, set of 4. Designed
Leather
$24,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Armchairs for Gavina, Black Leather, 1970, Set of 3
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” armchairs for Gavina, black leather, Italy, 1970, set of 3. Designed
Leather
$16,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Armchairs for Gavina, Black Leather, 1970, Set of 2
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” armchairs for Gavina, black leather, Italy, 1970, set of 2. Designed
Leather
$16,000 / set
H 26.78 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Armchairs for Gavina, Camel Velvet, 1970, Set of 2
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” armchairs for Gavina, camel velvet, Italy, 1970, set of 2. Designed in
Velvet
$28,000 / set
H 24.81 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Sofas for Gavina, Camel Velvet, 1970, Set of 2
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri “Gradual System” two-seater sofas for Gavina, Italy, 1970, set of 2 Designed in 1970
Velvet
$39,600 / set
H 24.81 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Living Room Set for Gavina, Velvet, 1970, Set of 4
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" living room set, camel velvet, Italy, 1970, set of four. (2 two-seater
Velvet
$28,000 / set
H 24.81 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" Living Room Set for Gavina, Velvet, 1970, Set of 3
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Cini Boeri "Gradual System" living room set, camel velvet, Italy, 1970, set of three (two-seater
Velvet
$8,667
H 24.41 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri - Leather Sofa "Gradual" for Knoll International, 1970s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Cini Boeri “Gradual” Sofa for Knoll International, Italy, 1972 Rare “Gradual” sofa designed by
Leather
$11,060
H 24.41 in W 51.97 in D 36.23 in
Cini Boeri - Pair of Lounge Chairs / Loveseats "Gradual" for Knoll, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Pair of “Loft” Lounge Chairs by Cini Boeri for Knoll International, Italy, 1970s Striking pair of
Leather
$10,000
H 27.56 in W 51.19 in D 35.44 in
Mid Century Modern Gradual Sofa with Brown Base by Cini Boeri for Knoll
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Amazing pair of Gradual sofas/ loveseats in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy 1970s
Velvet, Plastic
$15,388
H 23.63 in W 36.62 in D 90.56 in
Vintage Sofa "Gradual Lounge" by Cini Boeri for Knoll Gavina, Italy, 1970s
By Cini Boeri, Gavina, Knoll
Located in Roma, IT
sofa, designed by Cini Boeri for Knowll Gavina. A totally innovative modular system, which soon
Leather
Cini Boeri "Gradual" Sofa for Gavina / Knoll
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Wien, Wien
Double Trouble - Two Cini Boeri sofas part of the "Gradual" System. It was developed in modular
Fabric, Fiberglass
Cini Boeri Black Gradual System Seating
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Gradual seating system designed by Cini Boeri, 1970s. Manufactured by Gavina. Lacquered
Fiberglass, Leather
Cini Boeri Gradual Sofa In Black Leather For Knoll, Italy 1970s
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Amazing pair of Gradual sofas/ loveseats in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy 1970s
Leather, Fiberglass
Cini Boeri Six-Piece Gradual Sectional Sofa System for Gavina Knoll
By Cini Boeri
Located in Culver City, CA
An absolutely stunning modular sofa designed by Cini Boeri for Gavina Knoll. The sofa consists of
Sold
H 24.81 in W 90.56 in D 36.23 in
Divano Gradual di Cini Boeri per Knoll International original fabric
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Ghedi, IT
Il divano Gradual di Cini Boeri per Knoll, anni '70, lungo 230 cm, è un’icona del design modernista
Wool
Mid Century Modern Gradual Sofa by Cini Boeri for Knoll
By Knoll, Cini Boeri
Located in Byron Bay, NSW
Amazing pair of Gradual sofas/ loveseats in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll, Italy 1970s
Plastic
Cini Boeri 45/180 Gradual loveseat for Knoll, Italy c1970
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in London, GB
Cini Boeri was an architect, designer of furniture and lighting, and a leading female practitioner
Mohair
Sold
H 26.38 in W 91.74 in D 39.38 in
Rare Vintage Gradual lounge sofa in black leather by Cini Boeri for Knoll
By Cini Boeri
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
Gradual lounge sofa - Cini Boeri - Knoll Stunning & rare Gradual sofa in black leather. Designed
Leather
Cini Boeri Five-Piece Gradual Sectional Sofa System for Gavina Knoll
By Gavina, Cini Boeri
Located in Culver City, CA
An absolutely stunning modular sofa designed by Cini Boeri for Gavina Knoll. The sofa consists of
Leather, Fiberglass
Sold
H 25.99 in W 301.19 in L 25.99 in
Cini Boeri Modular Sectional Sofa Set the Gradual Lounge for Gavina Knoll, 1970
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Antwerp, BE
in high quality brown nappa leather designed by Cini Boeri. The entire frame is lacquered fiberglass
Leather
Cini Boeri For Knoll Gradual Sofa
Located in Pasadena, TX
A mid century modern sofa part of the Gradual series designed by Cini Boeri for Knoll. Black
Leather, Fiberglass
Cini Boeri for Knoll Sofa ‘Gradual’ in Black Leather
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Knoll, sofa, 'Gradual', black leather, fiberglass, Italy, 1971. This stunning black
Leather, Fiberglass
Gradual Seating System by Cini Boeri for Gavina
By Cini Boeri, Gavina
Located in Hudson, NY
Sectional sofa system, three seat and two seat sofa separated by painted fiberglass wedge table. Open fiberglass shelving on back. Reupholstered in tan leather. Made by Gavina; ret...
Sold
H 22 in W 51 in D 36 in
Cini Boeri Five-Piece "Gradual" Sofa and Table Seating System for Gavina Knoll
By Cini Boeri
Located in Long Beach, CA
Rare Cini Boeri 5 Piece "Gradual" Sofa & Table Seating System for Gavina Knoll. Nice original
Leather, Plastic
Gradual System seating by Cini Boeri
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed with decal manufacturer's label to side tables: [Gavina Model Made In Italy].
Leather
Italian Gradual Seating System by Cini Boeri for Gavina, Set of Three
Located in Pasadena, CA
Set of 3 black lacquered fiberglass bookshelves back love seats reupholstered in gray-blue leather with 2 triangular side tables which open to the size you need for the shape of the ...
Leather, Plastic, Upholstery
Cini Boeri for Knoll Gradual Black Leather Sofas, a Pair
By Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of uncommon black leather and plastic gradual lounge small sofas or love seats by Cini Boeri
Leather, Plastic
Sold
H 23.75 in W 180 in D 90 in
Cini Boeri for Gavina-Knoll Gradual Lounge Five-Piece Modular Sofa System, 1973
By Gavina, Cini Boeri, Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very impressive and rare Gradual Lounge modular sofa & end table five-piece set by Cini Boeri for
Metal, Steel
Brass and Murano Glass Sconces
Located in Austin, TX
Petite sconces from Murano, Italy made with smoked glass stamped into a lovely curved shape with texture. The brass structure has been newly wired to fit US standards. This is a sp...
Brass
$2,398 / item
H 14.18 in Dm 15.36 in
Side Table and Stool, Isola , Murano Blown Glass, Topaz Pulegoso, Kanz
By kanz
Located in Venezia, Veneto
Il tavolino/sgabello ISOLA è realizzato in vetro di Murano nel 2024. Ogni esemplare è unico, grazie alla lavorazione manuale e alla soffiatura a bocca eseguita da maestri vetrai vene...
Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass
Leather Meander Flexible Wall Sconce
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Leather wrapped flexible arm wall light you can pose and adjust as you wish. This is our updated Meander Reader light with larger cone shade and new upward angled arm. Lamping: Singl...
Brass, Metal
$3,134
H 10.24 in W 13.39 in D 13.39 in
Sergio Mazza Chioccio White Aluminum Chrome Table Lamp Quattrifolio 1970s Italy
By Quattrifolio, Sergio Mazza
Located in Lisboa, PT
A sculptural and rare lighting object, the Chioccio table lamp was designed by Sergio Mazza for Quattrifolio in the 1970s and manufactured in Rozzano, Milan. Named after the Italian ...
Metal, Chrome
Palmer Smith Art Deco Aluminum Globe Lamp
By Palmer Smith
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rare Art Deco Aluminum Globe Lamp by Palmer Smith, unsigned, American, circa 1930s. In 25 years of collecting American Art Deco, we have only seen this lamp form come up for sale twi...
Metal, Aluminum
$6,300 / item
H 16 in W 58 in D 32 in
Organic Shaped Modern Nesting Coffee Tables by Last Workshop, Walnut
By Last Workshop
Located in Chicago, IL
Organic shaped nesting coffee tables by Last Workshop, 2023 Solid walnut, natural finish Table one: 58" x 32" x 16"H Table two: 46" x 25" x 13.5" If not in stock, current productio...
Hardwood, Walnut
Swedish Modern coffee table / side table, 1940s
By Carl-Erik Johansson
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite Swedish coffee table from the 1940s is a true masterpiece of mid-century design, combining elegance with innovative craftsmanship. The table features a raw glass top, ...
Metal
$20,216Sale Price / set|30% Off
H 27.96 in W 104.73 in D 37.8 in
Mario Bellini C&B 1st Edition Camaleonda Four-Piece Sofa, 1970
By Mario Bellini
Located in Corby, GB
A beautiful Camaleonda set in original brown velvet. Two small armchairs, one large armchair and one pouffe make up this stunning 1st Edition set - produced in 1970 by C&B Italia...
Velvet
$2,900
H 28.35 in W 25.99 in D 25.99 in
Arne Norell Sirocco Safari Lounge Chair in Rosewood and Black Leather, Sweden
By Norell Möbel AB, Arne Norell
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Sirocco Safari Lounge Chair, designed by Arne Norell and produced by Norell Möbel AB in Sweden. Frame of solid rosewood with beautifully aged black patinated leather upholstery. All ...
Leather, Rope, Wood
Danish Cabinetmaker Curved Sofa Sheepskin c1940s
Located in London, England
This wonderfully curved sofa, produced by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1940s, has an inviting back and wrap around arms. It also features a curved seat and has been totally refurbish...
Sheepskin, Oak
$18,032
H 59.06 in W 37.41 in D 19.69 in
Rare Italian Liberty Style/Art Nouveau Commode with Painted Wood Inlays
Located in Milano, IT
Rare commode in the style of Louis Majorelle with front and sides inlaid in painted wood. Two doors on the front that hide a cabinet with open compartments and small drawers in light...
Wood
$13,260
H 35.44 in W 36.82 in D 19.3 in
Mid-Century Modern Record Player Cabinet by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, 1955
By Martin Eisler, Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma, Carlo Hauner
Located in New York, NY
This Caviuna Record Player was produced by Forma S.A. Móveis e Objetos de Arte in the 1950s, whose designs were made by Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler. This typology was part of the...
Hardwood
$9,293 / set
H 32.29 in W 38.98 in D 33.86 in
Roberto Menghi Pair of 'Hall' Lounge Chairs for Arflex 1958
By Roberto Menghi
Located in Tilburg, NL
Roberto Menghi Pair of 'Hall' Lounge Chairs for Arflex, designed in 1958. Italy. New, current production. We are at the end of the ‘50s: an interesting series of armchairs and sof...
Steel
HOLLYHOCKS Velvet Vesper 3-Seater Sofa - Spring
By House of Hackney
Located in New York, NY
Rest amongst a meadow of wildflowers with the HOLLYHOCKS Vesper Sofa in sumptuous British-made cotton velvet. Named for the Latin evening star, the Vesper Loveseat is the perfect pi...
Cotton, Linen
$9,800 / item
H 26 in W 26 in D 26 in
Arm Chair Shearling/ COM Modern Contemporary Blackened Steel Waxed
By J.M. Szymanski
Located in Bronx, NY
CHAIR NO. 2 J.M. Szymanski d. 2023 Did you count sheep as a child to fall asleep? We introduce you to one of these sheep. Hand craved iron is combined with plush shearling to creat...
Steel, Iron
$9,497
H 70.48 in W 17.72 in D 84.65 in
Charles dudouyt sideboard in art deco oak from the 1930s French
By Charles Dudouyt
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Large 1930s art deco sideboard / enfilade by French designer Charles Dudouyt. This sideboard is part of the superb set of bar, desk and armchair presented on our site. Structure in s...
Oak
Had Cini Boeri been a man, the Milanese architect and furniture designer, who died in 2020 at age 96, might be regarded today on par with such visionaries of the mid-20th century as Gio Ponti or Marco Zanuso. She worked with both. Although she’s well known and deeply respected in Italy, her renown elsewhere has been more akin to a cult following.
“I admire the work she did across architecture, interiors and furniture,” designer Faye Toogood says of Boeri’s impact. “She practiced architecture during a time when it was considered that women were too fragile to work outside.”
Boeri was one of very few women of her era to graduate from Milan Polytechnic with an architecture degree, which she did in 1951. Her illustrious career hinged on the strict economy of her designs and limited palette of materials. For example, her innovative 1971 Serpentone sofa for Arflex was crafted from just one material, polyurethane foam, and sold by the meter. Her ingenious 1987 Ghost chair for Fiam was cut from a single sheet of thick glass.
But in Boeri’s earlier days, her pieces displayed a more youthful exuberance. The circa 1968 Cubotto cabinet, produced in small numbers by Arflex, is an elegantly irregular arrangement of eight drawers of varying dimensions. The wooden cube, two feet square, was finished in laminate — in vivid orange, blue, sand or white — with color-coordinated casters and handles of black-enameled brass. Its design reflects a Space Age interest in flexible, space-saving, multiuse furnishings.
“It’s a very clean piece of design,” says Kaisha Davierwalla, owner and founder of Vaspaar Italy. “Even with its strong, square lines, somehow the vibrant colors and asymmetry have the feel of a feminine touch.”
Find vintage Cini Boeri seating, lighting and tables 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.