Fragonard Chair

Jumbo Collection reintroduced classic Italian style to a contemporary audience. The luxury furniture brand is known for its stunning Louis XVI-style furniture made from materials like solid wood and fine fabric upholstery. Its sophisticated pieces include exquisitely detailed sofas and armchairs, as well as ornate side tables. Each piece is crafted by hand according to traditional techniques.

Jumbo Collection was established in Cantù, Italy, in 1985. It builds on hundreds of years of Italian furniture-making and design. After just a few years in business, Jumbo Collection was selling its furniture in Russian, Middle Eastern and Asian markets. In the 1990s, the company introduced even more styles and designs, all made by hand in Italy and refined to meet its high standards. 

The company positions itself as a brand for discerning buyers who value quality materials and aesthetic elegance. Jumbo Collection furniture is characterized by details like veneer inlays, intricate carvings and fine porcelain. Some of its pieces even feature semi-precious stones for an extra touch of luxury. Alongside this opulence, the furniture has modern clean and simple lines that allow these details to shine.

Jumbo Collection takes great pride in its Italian roots and manufacturing. It has received a 100% Made in Italy designation from the Institute for the Protection of Italian Manufacturers. The company is also part of Qualità Cantù 2001, a local association that promotes handmade Italian products abroad.

As reported by Interior Furniture Design Magazine, Jumbo Collection refocused on classicism and extreme luxury in 2022 as part of a more extensive rebranding operation. To support this effort, the company debuted its Interior Design Service, which is aimed at consumers, designers, studios and architects looking to collaborate on one-of-a-kind pieces. 

On 1stDibs, find Jumbo Collection seating, tables, case pieces and more.

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames. 

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.