What is an MCM chair?

An MCM chair is a mid-century modern chair. The design style known as mid-century modernism emerged during the mid-20th century and was informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Organically shaped, clean lines and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern chairs and other furniture. Find a selection of vintage mid-century modern chairs on 1stDibs.

Danish Mcm Chair

Dining Chairs Set Of 8

Mcm Dining Room Sets

Dining Chairs 17 Inch Wide

Borge Mogensen Oak Dining Chairs

Rosewood Mcm

Borge Mogensen Karl Andersson

Mcm Teak Dining Table

Mcm Armchair

Danish Modern Solid Walnut Dining Side Desk Chair MCM

$875

Danish Modern Solid Walnut Dining Side Desk Chair MCM

By Hans J. Wegner

Located in San Diego, CA

Danish Modern Solid walnut Dining side chair original finish with original naugahyde seat excellent condition , solid sturdy we have cleaned and oiled the piece.

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Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Side Chairs

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Naugahyde, Walnut

Mid-Century Teak Lounge Chair by Grete Jalk, Denmark, 1950s, MCM

$2,676

Mid-Century Teak Lounge Chair by Grete Jalk, Denmark, 1950s, MCM

By France & Søn, Grete Jalk

Located in München, BY

Dimensions: 73 x 75 x 77 cm (Width x Height x Depth) This exquisite lounge chair exemplifies the essence of Scandinavian design, created by Grete Jalk and crafted by France and Son ...

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Teak

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Danish Modern "type 182" teak rocking chair by Frank Reenskaug for Bramin (Brahmin). This gorgeous mid-century chair was produced in 1958. This Rocker is a very clean example, import...

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Vintage 1950s Rocking Chairs

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Leather, Teak

Set of 4 Vintage H.W. Klein Teak Dining Chairs Set, 1960s Danish Modern MCM

$3,798 / set

Set of 4 Vintage H.W. Klein Teak Dining Chairs Set, 1960s Danish Modern MCM

Located in Chicago, IL

A set of four teak dining chairs designed by Henry Walter Klein, 1950s–1960s. Henry Walter Klein worked closely with Bramin Møbler across several decades, producing some of the most...

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Fabric, Teak

$5,548Sale Price / set|20% Off

Vintage Danish MCM Dining Chairs by N.O Moller for JL Moller Stamped, Set of 6

Located in Seattle, WA

Vintage Danish Mid-Century Modern dining chairs by N.O Moller for JL Moller stamped. Set of 6. Dimensions Arm chair. 22 3/4 W ; 28 3/4 H ; 20 D Side chair. 20 W ; 28 3/4 H ; ...

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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Wood

$3,250 / set

Set of Six Vintage Mid-Century Danish Style Teak Dining Chairs

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Set of six MCM vintage Danish teak dining chairs, including (2) armchairs and (4) side chairs, upholstered in a textured orange fabric.

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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

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Upholstery, Wood, Teak

Outstanding Pair Hand Crafted Danish Modern Chairs, c1980s Two sets available.

$1,750 / set

Outstanding Pair Hand Crafted Danish Modern Chairs, c1980s Two sets available.

By MCM Unique

Located in Bellport, NY

There are four chairs available and sold in sets of two,all new upholstery in a soft chenille fabric,immaculate condition. Generous deep seat,light oak wood curvaceous frames. Danish...

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Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Oak

Vintage Niels Otto Møller 78 Dining Chairs in Solid Teak Set of 4

$4,900 / set

Vintage Niels Otto Møller 78 Dining Chairs in Solid Teak Set of 4

Located in Emeryville, CA

Recently imported from Denmark and in excellent vintage condition, these chairs are both stylish and functional—perfect for any modern or MCM-inspired space.

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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Teak

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ESA Modell 802 Danish Lounge Chair by Werner Langenfeld with Ottoman, Black, Mcm

Unavailable

H 36.23 in W 31.89 in D 29.93 in

ESA Modell 802 Danish Lounge Chair by Werner Langenfeld with Ottoman, Black, Mcm

By Werner Langenfeld

Located in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

ESA modell 802 Danish lounge chair by Werner Langenfeld with ottoman, black leather, mcm, Scandinavian This black Danish leather swivel armchair by Werner Langenfeld for ESA comes...

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Leather

Mid Century Danish Hans Wegner AP 62 AP Stolen Lounge Chair Vintage Retro MCM

Unavailable

H 38.98 in W 30.71 in D 27.56 in

Mid Century Danish Hans Wegner AP 62 AP Stolen Lounge Chair Vintage Retro MCM

By A.P. Stolen, Hans J. Wegner

Located in Cambridge, GB

New Stock ✅ Mid Century Danish Hans Wegner AP 62 AP Stolen Lounge Chair Vintage Retro MCM A high backed lounge chair designed by Hans Wegner for AP Stolen.

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Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Other

24 Vintage Danish Teak Dining Chairs MCM

Unavailable

H 30.04 in W 20.08 in D 20.87 in

24 Vintage Danish Teak Dining Chairs MCM

Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB

Constructed from thick cuts of solid teak with the backrests and seats upholstered in brown leather cloth. Some imperfections and repairs commensurate with age and use. Structural...

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Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Furniture

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Teak

Located in Stamford, CT

Compatible Mid-Century Modern Pair of Paul Volther For Erik Jorgensen Corona Leather Chairs. These fine 20th century; chrome-plated steel frame, three graduated oval-shaped leather u...

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

$5,800

H 30.25 in W 24.875 in D 29.75 in

Danish Designer, Lounge Chair, Teak, Fabric, Denmark, 1950s

Located in High Point, NC

A teak and brown wool fabric lounge chair designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1950s. Wooden legs and arms present with light areas of wear consistent with age and use. Original up...

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Teak

Mid-Century Teak Armchair, Danish Design by Ole Wanscher for France & Søn, 1950s

$2,676

H 29.53 in W 28.75 in D 29.53 in

Mid-Century Teak Armchair, Danish Design by Ole Wanscher for France & Søn, 1950s

By Ole Wanscher, France & Søn

Located in München, BY

Dimensions: 73 x 75 x 77 cm (Width x Height x Depth) This Mid Century lounge chair was designed by Ole Wanscher for the Sentator Series for France and Son in the 1950s. This model i...

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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Mid-Century Danish Modern Sculptural Vintage Lounge Armchair Chair Teak, 1960s

$636Sale Price|20% Off

H 29 in W 28.5 in D 32 in

Mid-Century Danish Modern Sculptural Vintage Lounge Armchair Chair Teak, 1960s

Located in Madison, WI

Beautiful Danish lounge chair, frame only. Priced well below market value. We recommend refinishing the frame and re-strapping the seat straps. Re-strapping is often done by an uph...

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Teak

$17,430 / set

H 29.53 in W 28.35 in D 31.5 in

Ib Kofod-Larsen Candidate Lounge Chairs, circa 1960

By Ib Kofod-Larsen

Located in London, England

A pair of Afromosia African teak 'Kandidaten', (Candidate), lounge chairs produced by Olof Perssons Fatoljindustri (O.P.E.) in Jonkoping, Sweden, circa 1960. Danish master Ib Kof...

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Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Teak

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Danish Mcm Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the Danish mcm chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A Danish mcm chair — often made from wood, hardwood and teak — can elevate any home. There are many kinds of the Danish mcm chair you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right Danish mcm chair, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Danish mcm chair over the years, but those crafted by Peter Hvidt, Fritz Hansen and Arne Jacobsen are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Danish Mcm Chair?

Prices for a Danish mcm chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,250 and can go as high as $10,500, while the average can fetch as much as $4,245.

A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

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

Emerged during the mid-20th century
Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
A heyday of innovation in postwar America
Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
Promotion of functionality

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

Charles and Ray Eames
Eero Saarinen
Milo Baughman
Florence Knoll
Harry Bertoia
Isamu Noguchi
George Nelson
Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa

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.

Finding the Right Seating for You

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.

Questions About Danish Mcm Chair

What is an MCM chair?
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1stDibs ExpertMarch 3, 2023
An MCM chair is a mid-century modern chair. The design style known as mid-century modernism emerged during the mid-20th century and was informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture. Organically shaped, clean lines and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe mid-century modern chairs and other furniture. Find a selection of vintage mid-century modern chairs on 1stDibs.

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The brand that turned Charles and Ray Eames, Isamu Noguchi and George Nelson into mid-century household names is just as relevant today as it was six decades ago.