$2,563Sale Price|20% Off
Art Nouveau 1910 Armchair Light Brown Bamboo Emilio Paoli Firenze
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Art Nouveau 1910 liberty armchair light brown bamboo in original patina for an original. Elegant, unique of its kind and very rare, the supporting structure seems to be a sculpture.
Bamboo
Monofilo Armchair by Grassi, Conti and Forlani for Emilio Paoli, Italy, 1959
By Luciano Grassi
Located in Argelato, BO
Monofilo chairs are very rare handcrafted creations made from the union of nylon and iron, conceived in post-war Florence they amaze for the extraordinary visionary nature of the pro...
Iron
"Monofilo-Chair" by Conti, Grassi, Forlani, Emilio Paoli, 1962
By Sergio Conti, Luciano Grassi, Marisa Forlani
Located in Berlin, DE
"Monofilo-Chair" by Sergio Conti, Luciano Grassi, Marisa Forlani, manufactured by Emilio Paoli, 1962
Iron
Sold
H 25.99 in W 31.89 in D 30.32 in
‘Cesto’ Chairs by Grassi, Conti and Forlani for Emilio Paoli, Italy, circa 1959
By Paoli, Sergio Conti, Luciano Grassi, Marisa Forlani
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Rare pair of 'Cesto' chairs by Luciano Grassi, Sergio Conti and Marisa Forlani by Emilio Paoli, Italy circa. 1959. The chairs are from the 'Monofilo' series.
Iron
Fischer Chair by Luciano Grassi, Sergio Conti & Marisa Forlani
By Sergio Conti, Luciano Grassi, Marisa Forlani
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Rare Fischer chair by Luciano Grassi, Sergio Conti & Marisa Forlani, Italy, circa 1958, in black painted metal and nylon, from the Monofilo series, manufactured by Emilio Paoli, Flor...
Metal
Dryad & Co. Art and Craft Rattan Longue Chair 1920s
By Wicker Works
Located in Čelinac, BA
Dryad & Co.Art and Craft Rattan Longue Chair
Rattan
Italian 1950's Bamboo Lounge Chair
Located in New York, NY
An Italian 1950's bamboo and wood barrel back shaped lounge chair. A wonderful contrast of honey colored bamboo with a darker wood frame creates a chic and elegant silhouette, embod...
Bamboo, Wood
Rare armchair, Gastone Rinaldi, 1960
By Gastone Rinaldi, RIMA
Located in Berlin, DE
This very rare armchair by Gastone Rinaldi, model Roma, was manufactured by RIMA in 1960. The construction is lacquered steel, the upholstery is made of velvet.
Steel
French Art Deco Wicker Chaise with Bentwood Frame, Early 1930s
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Deco natural wicker and bentwood adjustable back chaise with separate footrest with light blue trim
Bentwood, Wicker
Armchair by Osvaldo Borsani / Tecno Milano 1955
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Berlin, DE
Armchair 'P72A' Osvaldo Borsani 1955 Founder with his brother Fulgenzio of Tecno, the architect Osvaldo Borsani designed most of Tecno's and italian design's icons, like the working...
Leather, Rosewood
Margherita Chair by Franco Albini for v. Bonacina, Italy, 1951
By Franco Albini, Bonacina
Located in Berlin, DE
Margherita Armchair by Franco Albini for Vittorio Bonacina. Iconic mid-century armchair with a handwoven rattan frame. Designed by Franco Albini and awarded the Gold Medal at the IX ...
Rattan, Glass
$5,952
H 27.17 in W 27.56 in D 29.14 in
Original Augusto Bozzi Armchair, Manufactured by Saporiti, 1950s
By Augusto Bozzi, Fratelli Saporiti
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This playful armchair was designed in the 1950s in Italy by Augusto Bozzi and manufactured by Saporiti and it brings the original label. The chair is in original condition with minor...
Metal
$2,433Sale Price|35% Off
H 35 in W 38 in D 32 in
Art Deco Presidents Nantucket Stick Walnut Finished Reed Rattan Lounge Armchair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This beautifully stick rattan “Nantucket” lounge chair features classic Walnut Finished stick rattan framing with tightly woven wicker wrappings, offering both form and function. Eac...
Wicker, Rattan
$1,500 / set
H 31 in W 24 in D 22.5 in
Vintage Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Wood & Cane Barrel Back Lounge Chair, Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Please message us with your zip code to request a more reasonable domestic U.S. shipping quote. Vintage Hollywood Regency/Chinese Chippendale Faux Bamboo Wood & Cane Barrel Back...
Wood
Marco Zanuso Single Martingala Armchair, Italy 1950's
By Marco Zanuso
Located in New York, NY
A Martingale armchair by Marco Zanuso for Arflex. It takes its name from the pleated feature on its back.
Brass
Modernist Bamboo and Split Reed Armchair
By Ficks Reed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual Bamboo and reed wrapped arm chair,,Made in the mid 1950s..
Bamboo, Reed
$2,200
H 41.5 in W 31.5 in D 28.5 in
Arts & Crafts Gustav Stickley Mission Style Wicker Armchair 20thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
A 20th-century Mission-style wicker armchair with a tall woven back, broad arms, and an open lattice frame. The is Gustav Stickley Catalog No. 60; the chair is unsigned. Woven wicker...
Wicker
$1,722Sale Price|40% Off
H 38.5 in W 65 in D 28.25 in
French Art Deco Rattan Lounge Chair / Recliner / Chaise Longue, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Authentic French Art Deco Chaise Lounge in Bamboo and Rattan circa 1920 with rattan woven in a cubist form and presenting a chic, slender profile. A charming atmospheric piece that a...
Bamboo, Rattan
Bamboo Arm Chair in the style of Franco Albini c 1950's
By Franco Albini
Located in New York, NY
Chic, stylish, sophisticated bamboo, and rattan side chair, made in Italy, circa 1950/1960's, in the style of Franco Albini. This example is in good original condition, structurally ...
Bamboo, Rattan
Italian Chair by Gastone Rinaldi, 1950s
By Gastone Rinaldi
Located in Palermo, PA
Italian chair by Gastone Rinaldi, 1950s. Dimensions: H= 82 cm; W= 65 cm; D= 65 cm; Height seat = 45 cm.
Brass, Iron
$2,350
H 36.5 in W 36 in D 23 in
Antique British Colonial Anglo Indian Teak Split Reed Rattan Plantation Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 20th century British Colonial Anglo Indian plantation chair. Made from teak in mortise and tenon joinery with a relaxed lounged frame and long arms. Features a curved crest rai...
Teak
$35,000
H 107 in W 97 in D 1 in
Antique 18th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
French, 18th century Verdure Aubusson tapestry handwoven in wool with silk highlights set within a complete floral border. Two birds wade aside a winding stream in this scenic landsc...
Wool, Silk, Tapestry
$20,000 / set
H 96.25 in W 96 in D 22.5 in
Pair of Country French Pine Library Bookcases Beveled Glass Doors
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing pair of matching country French bibliotheque library bookcases or display cabinets featuring beveled glass windows and doors. Constructed from mostly pine with a whitewash pa...
Iron
Pair of French Art Deco Side Tables with Etched Glass Tops
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of period French Art Deco low stands (or side tables) of patinated walnut - each table featuring a sleek, early Modern design with three tiers, topped with an inset rectangula...
Glass, Wood, Walnut
$3,112Sale Price|20% Off
H 35.44 in W 25.2 in D 44.89 in
19th Century Anglo Indian Inlaid Plantation Chair with Extending Arms
Located in Čelinac, BA
Anglo Indian Plantation chair 19th Century
Teak
$2,861
H 12.6 in W 19.69 in D 5.52 in
Postmodern Banana Floor Lamp by Heico, Plastic, Germany, 1980s Design
By Heico
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern floor lamp in the shape of a banana. An object in style of postmodern design and art movements like memphis. A unique object and rare eye-catcher. This lamp is shaped lik...
Plastic
Country English Farmhouse Welsh Pine Dresser with Plate Rack
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental country English farmhouse Welsh dresser crafted from pine. The large cabinet is surmounted by an oversized plate rack having three shelves and topped with cornice molding....
Pine
$2,700Sale Price|28% Off
H 45.75 in W 26.25 in D 14.25 in
Early Gothic Medieval Cathedral Solid Oak Misericord Bench Chair
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Gothic Medieval cathedral oak Misericord bench, circa 15th-17th Centuries. This beautiful small bench or chair stall was often found in Medieval Cathedrals and churches attached to c...
Wood
Antique Large Hand-Carved Garden Stone, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
An ideal garden ornament, sturdy weather proof planter display base or a rock solid all weather stone base for a special sculpture. From China, comes this large 20.5 inch rectangula...
Limestone
$3,891
H 67.72 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Midcentury Floor Lamp with Leaves and Flowers in Brass, Italy 1950s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing floor lamp in brass and lacquared metal with leaves and flowers. Made in Italy in the 1950s. A beautiful lamp that is perfectly working but most of all, it prov...
Metal, Brass, Iron
$39,500
H 29.53 in W 27.17 in D 27.17 in
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Chandelier in Satin Crystal and Brass
By Max Ingrand, Fontana Arte
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte, chandelier, model '2054', nickel-plated brass, satin crystal glass, Italy, circa 1960 This chandelier (c. 1960) by the esteemed French master glass wor...
Crystal, Brass, Nickel
Floor Lamp by Hans- Agne Jakobsson
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Long Island City, NY
A floor lamp designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson, Sweden, circa 1970. Yellow painted metal adjustable height shades on polished chrome stem. Existing wiring, rewiring available upon requ...
Metal
$38,916
H 72.84 in W 108.67 in D 17.33 in
André Sornay Sideboard, Vintage Wood Credenza, Functional Design, 1950
By Andre Sornay
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Really scarce sideboard by André Sornay with amazing construction and many details. Very functionnal
Brass
$4,560 / set
H 36.23 in W 35.44 in D 23.63 in
Pair of Sculptural Spanish Bamboo & Rattan Lounge Chairs, 1960
Located in Almelo, NL
**Pair of Sculptural Spanish Bamboo & Rattan Lounge Chairs, 1960s** A distinctive pair of Spanish bamboo and rattan lounge chairs dating from the 1960s. With their sweeping fram...
Bamboo, Rattan
$68,000
H 29.93 in W 47.25 in D 23.63 in
Jacques Adnet - A French 1950s Desk with Lamp by Jacques Adnet
By Jacques Adnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Adnet - A fine French Mid-Century rectangular desk and lamp, with a black lacquered metal base, pivoting leather covered drawer, saddle-stitched leather mail holder, briefca...
Metal
Angelo Lelii Ceiling Lamp for Arredoluce, 1958
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Angelo Lelii ceiling lamp for Arredoluce, perspex and brass, Italy, 1958 Genial and controversial, Angelo Lelii is considered one of the greatest lighting designers ever. In 1957, h...
Steel
$163,780
H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very rare and highly important, Museum quality, English Tudor King Henry VII Oak tester bed made for an...
Oak
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.