LAH by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This LAH (low Armchair H base) armchair has a leatherette seat and a fiberglass shell. This chair
Faux Leather, Fiberglass
Eames Yellow Rope-Edge Zenith Fiberglass Armchair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Zenith
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames, Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames, pp. 182-185; Herman Miller: A
Fiberglass
Early Salmon color Charles and Ray Eames Arm Shell Chair, 2nd generation X base
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early Salmon color Charles and Ray Eames Arm Shell Chair, 2nd generation. X base. Amazing condition
Iron
Vintage Eames “Eiffel Tower” Fiberglass Chairs - Set of 4
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stunning set of four vintage Eames side chairs for Herman Miller represents a pinnacle of Mid
Steel
Eames Coffee Table by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller
Located in Centreville, VA
their famous shell chair bases. The original version combined a plywood support with a brass top
Steel
1960's Original Eames DSS Stacking Vivid Green Fibreglass Dining Chair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
designed by Eames and produced in a wonderful vivid green. These are 100% original Herman Miller fiberglass
Fiberglass
Charles and Ray Eames 1st Generation Vintage Fiberglass LAR Cat´s Cradle
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Münster, DE
Eames lounge chair "LAR Armchair" Fiberglass seat shell of the first generation with hemp cord
Metal
1st Generation Charles and Ray Eames Dar Chairs, Pair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Eames's vision here. Pair the chairs with one of our sheepskin throws for an ultra-luxe feel.
Fiberglass
Original First Generation Eames Zenith Rope-Edge LAX Lounge Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
for Herman Miller. It features the original rope edge beneath the chair, as well as the original
Metal
Charles Eames "PAW Chair" Swivel Fiber Glass Shell Dowel Leg aCa
By Charles Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
Second series after 1950 Zenith Herman Miller / Charles Eames PAW Swivel chair in color salmon
Steel
Early 2nd Generation X Base Arm Shell Lounge Chair by Charles Eames
By Charles Eames
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early 2nd generation X base elephant gray arm shell lounge chair by Charles Eames for Herman Miller
Iron
$1,095 / set
Pair of Eames Molded Plastic Armchairs
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of Herman Miller produced original Eames Molded Shell Chair in a durable, 100 percent
Chrome
Charles & Ray Eames DAR Eiffel Rope Edge Chair, 1st Generation, 1950
By Charles and Ray Eames, Zenith, Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
between the Eames . Office (Designers), Zenith Plastics (Manufacturers) and Herman Miller (Distributors
Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Fiberglass Side Chair with La Fonda Base by Charles & Ray, 1960s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original Herman Miller Eames Fiberglass Side Chair with black Hopsak and elegant La Fonda Base
Metal
Mid-Century Fiberglass Side Chair with La Fonda Base by Charles & Ray, 1960s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original Herman Miller Eames Fiberglass Side Chair with black Hopsak and elegant La Fonda Base
Metal
First Edition Charles Eames "Paw Chair" Swivel Fibre Glass Shell Dowel Leg Birch
By Charles Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
First production / first generation 1949-1950 Zenith Herman Miller / Charles Eames PAW Rope Swivel
Steel
First Edition Charles Eames "Paw Chair" Swivel Fibre Glass Shell Dowel Leg Birch
By Charles Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
First production / first generation 1949-1950 Zenith Herman Miller / Charles Eames PAW rope swivel
Steel
First Edition Charles Eames Paw Chair Swivel Fibre Glass Shell Dowel Leg Walnut
By Charles Eames
Located in Hamburg, DE
First production/first generation 1949-1950 Zenith Herman Miller/Charles Eames PAW Rope Swivel
Steel
Mid 20th MCM Mr. Chair Lounge Chair & Ottoman by George Mulhauser for Plycraft
By George Mulhauser, Plycraft
Located in Topeka, KS
difference between these lounge chairs and the Herman Miller Eames lounge chairs is the recline option. While
Metal
Charles Hollis Jones Lucite Rocking Chair
By Charles Hollis Jones, Hill Manufacturing
Located in Palm Springs, CA
see the detailed pics. It is pictured next to a Herman Miller Eames LCW lounge chair and a Milo
Cotton, Lucite
Restored Eero Saarinen Womb Lounge Chair for Knoll, Fiberglass, 1950s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Detroit, MI
designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll and Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The Saarinen Womb chairs
Steel, Chrome
$1,995Sale Price / set|28% Off
'Mr Chair' and Ottoman by George Mulhauser for Plycraft, 1960s
By George Mulhauser, Plycraft
Located in Los Angeles, CA
and Ottoman by Herman Miller, the 'Mr Chair' design has also reached an iconic level of familiarity
Plywood, Faux Leather
$560Sale Price|20% Off
1 Midcentury H Miller Eames Fiberglass Stool with H-Base
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Pasadena, TX
Herman Miller Eames vinyl fiberglass stool on H base An unusual version of this classic shell in
Chrome
Restored Mid Century Green Womb Lounge Chair by Saarinen for Knoll
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Detroit, MI
Saarinen for Knoll and Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The Saarinen Womb chairs and settees were
Steel, Chrome
Set of 2 Mid-Century Fiberglass Side Chairs with La Fonda Base, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Original Herman Miller Eames fiberglass side chairs with a special Hopsack Farbe and elegant La
Metal
Mid Century Modern Selig Swivel Lounge Chair and Ottoman in Dark Grey Mohair
By Selig
Located in Bedford Hills, NY
vintage character. The chair is expertly crafted with curved, steam-bent plywood shells finished in a
Mohair, Bentwood
MCM Plycraft Lounge Chair & Ottoman in Saddle Color Italian Leather Attributed
By Plycraft
Located in Topeka, KS
brackets. Fun fact, the main difference between the Plycraft lounge chair and the Herman Miller Eames
Metal
Vintage Womb Lounge Chair in Brown Cato Wool, Eero Saarinen for Knoll Studio
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Detroit, MI
Eames for Herman Miller. Through the dedicated efforts of multiple parties, this historically important
Steel, Chrome
Lg. Mid Century Fiberglass Nature Panels Attub George Nelson Assoc. (B)
By Herman Miller
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Eames fiberglass shell chairs for the Herman Miller co. The panels was one of 12 placed in a framed wall
Fiberglass
Lg. Mid Century Fiberglass Nature Panel Attub George Nelson Assoc. (A)
By Herman Miller
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Eames fiberglass shell chairs for the Herman Miller co. This panel was one of 12 placed in a framed wall
Fiberglass
Pair of Yellow, Swivel Barstools / Drafting Stools by Charles and Ray Eames
By George Nelson, Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare pair of bar stools / drafting stools with armless yellow fiberglass bucket / shell chair seats
Steel
$1,120Sale Price|20% Off
La Fonda Arm Chair by Eames, Mid-Century Modern, Circa 1960, USA
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Centreville, VA
This arm chair is one of two new fiberglass chairs Charles and Ray Eames designed in 1961, inspired
Steel
Set of Four George Nelson ''Pretzel'' Armchair Made by ICF, Italy, 1984-1986
By George Nelson, ICF De Padova
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
did we make the chair this way? Most of the chairs had plastic shells following Eames, or straight
Fabric, Ash
Charles & Ray Eames - Pair Of Armchairs And Ottomans
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Beaune, FR
on the reverse.Model by Charles and Ray EAMES for Herman Miller. They are in good condition
Leather, Rosewood
Charles and Ray Eames Vintage Fiberglas La Fonda Bench 1970s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Münster, DE
& Ottoman (1956); and the Aluminum Group Office Chairs (1958), which are manufactured by both Herman Miller
Metal
Charles and Ray Eames Vintage Fiberglas Bench with Side Table 1970s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Münster, DE
Chairs (1958), which are manufactured by both Herman Miller in the U.S. and Vitra in Europe. The couple
Metal
Charles and Ray Eames Vintage Fiberglas Bench with Side Table 1970s
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Münster, DE
Chairs (1958), which are manufactured by both Herman Miller in the U.S. and Vitra in Europe. The couple
Metal
Set of 2 Mid-Century EA 124 Aluminium Armchairs by Charles & Ray Eames, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Aluminum lounge Chair by Herman Miller (Vitra) after a design by Ray and Charles Eames from the
Metal
$758Sale Price / set|48% Off
Pair of 70s Style Bow Wood Armchairs
By Hugues Steiner
Located in TARBES, FR
armchair with molded shell (1951), the Tonneau chair (1953) or the Corb armchair (1956) - Joseph-André
Oak
Charles Eames for Herman Miller Low DAX Shell Armchair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in St. Louis, MO
wear to the shell but overall a good example of an early Eames chair. Some staining to the seat, loss
Metal
Unavailable|$750
Eames Low Shell Chair
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Hudson, NY
Original Herman Miller Eames shell chair. Low seat height version.
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$399
Herman Miller Chair by Charles and Ray Eames
By Herman Miller
Located in Glendale, CA
1960's Iconic chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. Vintage Yellow Fiberglass
Unavailable|$500
Eames for Herman Miller Swivel Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Beirut, LB
A vintage desk chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The fiberglass shell is
Aluminum
Unavailable|$1,250
Eames Herman Miller Shell Chair with Rare Green Fabric and Swivel Base
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Billerica, MA
Eames Herman Miller shell chair with rare green fabric and swivel base. Has a few scratches on the
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$1,050 / set
Pair of Vintage Mid Century Eames for Herman Miller DSS Fiberglass Shell Chairs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Detroit, MI
• Original Eames Herman Miller DSS fiberglass shell chairs circa 1960. One bone and one white chair
Steel
Unavailable|$5,512
Iconic Eames Lounge Chair for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Oisterwijk, NL
The famous Eames chair is world known for a reason…superior comfort, which was the main concern for
Aluminum
Unavailable|$1,200
Eames Red Fiberglass DSR for Herman Miller, ca. 1970
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Eames Red Fiberglass DSR for Herman Miller, ca. 1970. Beautiful rare red fiberglass Zenith shell
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$841
Orange Herman Miller Eames RAR Arm Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
. This Herman Miller Eames RAR arm shell chair is a vintage piece, which requires some maintenance work
Fiberglass
Fibreglass and Fabric Upholstered Side Chairs by Charles Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Ambleside, Cumbria
A pair of vintage Charles Eames side chairs produced by Herman Miller during the 1960s. Green
Steel
Unavailable|$305 / item
Red Herman Miller Eames Upholstered DSR Dining Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A beautifully revitalised Classic. This original white Eames side shell chair for Herman Miller is
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$457 / item
Cadmium Green Herman Miller Eames DSW Dining Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A very bright example of this iconic design. This is an original Eames Herman Miller DSW side shell
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$570
Blue Herman Miller Eames RAR Rocking Arm Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A Herman Miller vintage, original, Eames blue vinyl upholstered white arm shell chair on its new
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$882 / item
Greige Herman Miller Eames LAX Lounge Arm Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A much sought-after color, this all original greige Eames Herman Miller LAX chair is the perfect
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$3,600
Orange Mid-Century Modern Eames Lounge Chair by Herman Miller-LAR
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Houston, TX
lounge chair was designed and manufactured by Herman Miller. Herman Miller logo embossed in the
Steel
Unavailable|$387
Cobalt Blue Herman Miller Eames DSW Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
A beautiful, original, cobalt blue Herman Miller Eames side shell on a striking Maple used, newer
Fiberglass
Unavailable|$320
Orange Herman Miller Eames Upholstered DSR Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
Vibrant and comfortable, this upholstered orange Herman Miller Eames DSR chair comprises of
Fiberglass
Blue Vinyl Herman Miller Original Vintage Eames DSR Side Shell Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
An original Herman Miller blue vinyl upholstered Eames side chair with white shell is not for the
Fiberglass
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.
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.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
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