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Elda Swivel Lounge Chair

Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Dorchester, MA
sitter in a roomy, comfortable embrace. The entire lounge chair sits on a swiveling base. Seat cushion
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Fiberglass, Upholstery

Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
H 36.62 in W 37.41 in D 36.23 in
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Lasne, BE
Swivel armchair in beige leather and black shell by Joe Colombo. Elda model. Seat height 38cm. Wear
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass

Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Lasne, BE
Swivel armchair in red leather and white shell. Seat height 40cm. Wear due to time and age.
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

Italian Design Classic Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo, 1970s Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Renens, CH
The Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963) is a post-war design masterpiece: The design is still today
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass

Black on Black Joe Colombo Elda Chair
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
In impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy
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2010s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass

Black on Black Joe Colombo Elda Chair
Black on Black Joe Colombo Elda Chair
H 36.23 in W 36.23 in D 36.23 in
Joe Colombo Elda Chair, Black Leather, White Fiberglass Shell
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
Showroom model in impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
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2010s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass

Joe Colombo Elda Chair + Ottoman Black Leather, White Fiberglass Shell
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
Showroom model in impeccable new condition! Iconic Space Age classics: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
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2010s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs

Materials

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2x Joe Colombo Elda Chair, Black Leather, White Fiberglass Shell
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
2 Showroom models in impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classics: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
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2010s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Fiberglass

Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Italian Lounge Chair
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo (1930-1971) in 1963 model "Elda"for Comfort. Made of
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Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Italian Lounge Chair
Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Italian Lounge Chair
H 37.8 in W 39.38 in D 37.41 in
Joe Colombo ''Boby 3'' Italian Portable Storage System for Bieffeplast, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Bieffeplast
Located in Roma, IT
famous 1969 Tubo lounge chair; and the Optic alarm clock and Bobby trolley (both 1970).
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Commodes and Chests of Drawers

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Plastic

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Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, 1963
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
The Elda lounge chair was designed in 1963 and is made of a fiberglass shell with a rotating base
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Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1963
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
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Joe Colombo Elda Lounge Chair
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Joe Colombo Elda Chair for Comfort, Italy, 1963
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Elda Chair by Joe Colombo Cognac Leather
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Joe Colombo White Elda Lounge Chair
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Elda Swivel Lounge Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the elda swivel lounge chair you’re looking for. Frequently made of plastic, fiberglass and animal skin, every elda swivel lounge chair was constructed with great care. Find 7 options for an antique or vintage elda swivel lounge chair now, or shop our selection of 4 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect elda swivel lounge chair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A elda swivel lounge chair is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in mid-century modern styles are sought with frequency.

How Much is a Elda Swivel Lounge Chair?

The average selling price for a elda swivel lounge chair at 1stDibs is $11,367, while they’re typically $644 on the low end and $21,379 for the highest priced.

Materials: plastic Furniture

Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.

From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.

When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.

Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.

Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right lounge-chairs for You

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.