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533 Doron Hotel Indoor by Cassina
533 Doron Hotel Indoor by Cassina

533 Doron Hotel Indoor by Cassina

By Cassina

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

The 533 Doron Hotel Indoor by Cassina is a modern and functional piece of furniture.

Category

2010s Italian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair for Cassina, Italy - new
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair for Cassina, Italy - new

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair for Cassina, Italy - new

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Berlin, DE

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair. Available in American Walnut, black stained ash wood or brown stained ash wood.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Fur, Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina With a real passion for the mountains, Charlotte Perriand designed the iconic Doron Hotel armchair in 1947 for the Méribel Les A...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina With a real passion for the mountains, Charlotte Perriand designed the iconic Doron Hotel armchair in 1947 for the Méribel Les A...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Doron Hotel Outdoor Armchair For Cassina Already in the interior decor line, Cassina introduces a solid teak outdoor version of the iconic Doron Hotel design arm...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues an...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues an...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues an...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fur, Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fur, Wood

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Set of Two Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Set of Two Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Set of Two Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Charlotte Perriand Set of Two Doron Hotel Armchair For Cassina With a real passion for the mountains, Charlotte Perriand designed the iconic Doron Hotel armchair in 1947 for the Mé...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fur, Wood

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues an...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues an...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Leather

Set of Four Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Set of Four Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Set of Four Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fur, Wood

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mountain lover, for the winter sports resort of Méribel Les Allues and ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

It can also be used as a writing desk under a window, to balance proportions with the wall; as occurred at its namesake, the Hôtel Doron in Méribel, France (1947). The console featu...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina
Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina

Charlotte Perriand Wood Forme Libre Console Doron Table by Cassina

By Charlotte Perriand, Cassina

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

It can also be used as a writing desk under a window, to balance proportions with the wall; as occurred at its namesake, the Hôtel Doron in Méribel, France (1947). The console featu...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Console Tables

Materials

Wood

René Martin cabinetmaker of Charlotte Perriand Meribel arolle bench 1948
René Martin cabinetmaker of Charlotte Perriand Meribel arolle bench 1948

René Martin cabinetmaker of Charlotte Perriand Meribel arolle bench 1948

By René Martin

Located in Grenoble, FR

René Martin cabinetmaker in the village Meribel les allues worked very well with Charlotte Perriand to create furniture for hotels like the Doron. So very young, son of the mountain ...

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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Wood

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Charlotte Perriand Occasional Table from Hotel le Doron, Meribel
Charlotte Perriand Occasional Table from Hotel le Doron, Meribel

Charlotte Perriand Occasional Table from Hotel le Doron, Meribel

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Los Angeles, CA

France: Charlotte Perriand occasional table from Hotel le Doron, Meribel 1946-1948

Category

Vintage 1940s French End Tables

Materials

Pine

Early Edition of Meribel Chair by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1939
Early Edition of Meribel Chair by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1939

Early Edition of Meribel Chair by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1939

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR

This is an early version, the first one designed, which notably equipped the Doron Hotel in Méribel. Its beechwood frame is entirely handcrafted, it consists of four round legs conn...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Oak

Charlotte Perriand, Stool Méribel, Circa 1960, Mid-Century Modern
Charlotte Perriand, Stool Méribel, Circa 1960, Mid-Century Modern

Charlotte Perriand, Stool Méribel, Circa 1960, Mid-Century Modern

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Hasselt, VLI

The Méribel Stool is a part of Charlotte Perriand's design legacy, associated with her work on the Hôtel le Doron in Méribel during the 1950s. As part of the interior design of this ...

Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Wood, Straw

Charlotte Perriand ‘Meribel’ Stool in Stained Ash and Rush
Charlotte Perriand ‘Meribel’ Stool in Stained Ash and Rush

Charlotte Perriand ‘Meribel’ Stool in Stained Ash and Rush

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Rotterdam, ZH

The stool was originally used in the Chalet-Hotel 'Le Doron' in ski resort Meribel Les Allues, which was built between 1946-1948 by architects Paul Grillo & Christian Durupt.

Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Stools

Materials

Rush, Ash

Set of Eight Meribel Side Chairs by Charlotte Perriand
Set of Eight Meribel Side Chairs by Charlotte Perriand

Set of Eight Meribel Side Chairs by Charlotte Perriand

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Hadley, MA

Set of eight side chairs, designed for the Doron Hotel Restaurant, Meribel Les Allues, France, 1946-1948.

Category

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

Materials

Elm, Rush

Charlotte Perriand Barstool For Hotel Doron
Charlotte Perriand Barstool For Hotel Doron

Charlotte Perriand Barstool For Hotel Doron

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Maastricht, NL

This stool was designed for the chalet-hotel Le Doron in the French ski resort Méribel Les Allues, built (1946-48) by architects Paul Grillo and Christian Durupt and furnished by Per...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Campaign Stools

Materials

Wood

Charlotte Perriand Freeform table for hotel Doron
Charlotte Perriand Freeform table for hotel Doron

Charlotte Perriand Freeform table for hotel Doron

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H 15.75 in W 36.03 in D 23.23 in

Charlotte Perriand Freeform table for hotel Doron

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Maastricht, NL

This table was designed for the chalet-hotel Le Doron in the French ski resort Méribel Les Allues, built (1946-48) by architects Paul Grillo and Christian Durupt and furnished by Per...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Pine

Charlotte Perriand Triangle Tablefor Doron
Charlotte Perriand Triangle Tablefor Doron

Charlotte Perriand Triangle Tablefor Doron

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H 17.72 in W 32.29 in D 30.32 in

Charlotte Perriand Triangle Tablefor Doron

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Maastricht, NL

This table was designed for the restaurant of the chalet-hotel Le Doron in the French ski resort Méribel Les Allues, built (1946-48) by architects Paul Grillo and Christian Durupt an...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Wood, Pine

High legged Perriand Freeform sidetable
High legged Perriand Freeform sidetable

High legged Perriand Freeform sidetable

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H 19.89 in W 33.86 in D 18.12 in

High legged Perriand Freeform sidetable

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Maastricht, NL

This pine table was designed for the chalet-hotel Le Doron in the French ski resort Méribel Les Allues, built (1946-48) by architects Paul Grillo and Christian Durupt and furnished b...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Campaign Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Pine

Charlotte Perriand, Four Stools, circa 1948
Charlotte Perriand, Four Stools, circa 1948

Charlotte Perriand, Four Stools, circa 1948

By Charlotte Perriand

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Returning to Paris, Perriand was commissioned to design the interiors of Hôtel le Doron in Méribel Les Allues, a french ski town in the Alps, in accordance with the architecture of P...

Category

Vintage 1940s French Stools

Materials

Rattan, Oak, Lacquer

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Doron Hotel For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the doron hotel you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, animal skin and fur, every doron hotel was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a doron hotel, we have 1 options in-stock, while there are 10 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect doron hotel — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right doron hotel, those designed in Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest.

How Much is a Doron Hotel?

Prices for a doron hotel start at $5,800 and top out at $23,909 with the average selling for $5,977.

Charlotte Perriand for sale on 1stDibs

A pioneer of modernism in France, Charlotte Perriand was one of the most influential figures in 20th-century design and architecture. In her long career, Perriand’s aesthetic grammar constantly evolved, moving from the tubular steel furniture of the Machine Age to a lyrical naturalism that is reflected in her enduring designs for chairs, sconces, daybeds and other works.

Perriand’s studies at the Ecole de L'Union Centrale de Arts Decoratifs left her enthralled by Charles-Édouard "Le Corbusier" Jeanneret and his vision of a new, rational architecture. In 1924, she joined his studio to design furniture along with Pierre Jeanneret, Corbu’s partner and cousin.

Together, they devised some of the finest examples of early modernist furniture, including two icons of the era: the B306 chaise — later renamed the LC4 —  with its swooping frame and hide upholstery; and the chunky, steel-framed Grand Confort club chair. Both pieces were part of the LC line, which saw the trio of designers carrying out bold experiments with tubular chromed steel, just as architect and Bauhaus faculty member Marcel Breuer had executed with his cantilever Cesca chair around the same time. (Furniture created by Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret was originally produced by Austrian manufacturer Thonet but Italian firm Cassina acquired the production and sales rights to their works in 1964.) 

Collaborative design produced another Perriand triumph: in the early 1950s, she and Jean Prouvé were engaged to produce desks, worktables and bookcases for the University of Paris. The bookcases — slim pine shelves with brightly painted aluminum dividers — are minimalist mid-century masterpieces.

By the end of that decade, Perriand’s aesthetic had changed completely from the earliest days of her career. She produced a series of furniture in ebonized wood: chairs with gentle S-curve legs, front and back; tables with elliptical tops. In the 1960s, Perriand pushed the boundaries of prefab to produce high-quality housing and furnishings at low cost for the French ski resort Les Arcs. She also adopted an almost rustic look at the time, designing simple chairs with dowel-cut frames and rush seats. 

Everything in Perriand’s oeuvre is beautiful, whether it’s the centerpiece of a décor or an accent, and her work is in every great design collection, public and private.

The vintage Charlotte Perriand furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes stools, coffee tables, case pieces, lighting and more.

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

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.

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.