$12,400 / item
Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Leather Lounge Chair
By Joe Colombo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a Joe Colombo Elda chair, an iconic piece of mid-century modern design. It was first
Leather, Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Tubular Chair after Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Postmodern lounge chair made by an anonymous creator in the style of Joe Colombo's radical Tube
Faux Leather
Joe Colombo Elda swivel chair in original condition.
By Joe Colombo
Located in Greensboro, NC
Iconic swiveling "Elda Chair" by Italian designer Joe Colombo. This chair was designed in 1963, and
Leather, Fiberglass
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Six Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Two Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
Set of Four Joe Colombo 'Chair 300' Wood and Sørensen Leather by Karakter
By Joe Colombo
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1965. Designed by the forward-thinking Italian designer Joe
Leather, Wood
$2,886 / set
Four Chairs by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, 1966
By Pozzi, Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Four chairs realized by Joe Colombo in 1966 for Pozzi. Lacquered wood and padded skai. Ref. I
Wood, Leather
Vintage Elda Chair in Grey Leather and Black Shell by Joe Colombo, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
leather with a black fiberglass shell. This iconic “Elda” armchair was designed in Italy by Joe Colombo
Leather
Elda Armchair, Joe Colombo for Conforti, white leather, 1975
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The Elda Armchair, designed by Joe Colombo for Comfort Italia in 1963, is an icon of modern design
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage Elda Chair in Black Leather & Red Shell by Joe Colombo for Comfort Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
padded black leather Joe Colombo, one of the most innovative Italian furniture designers of his
Leather
Original Elda chair Joe Colombo Sessel Vintage Comfort Leder weiß
By Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
Colombo und wurde international unter dem Namen "Elda chair" bekannt. Der Sessel wurde professionell
Leather, Fiberglass
Vintage Joe Colombo Elda Chair, Comfort Fratelli Longhi, Black Leather
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Original Elda Chair, designed by Joe Colombo and manufactured by Comfort Fratelli Longhi. The Elda
Leather, Fiberglass
Set of 4 Chairs Model "300" by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, 1966
By Pozzi, Joe Colombo
Located in Roma, IT
Eight 300 chairs realized by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, Italy, in 1966. Oak Wood and black leather
Leather, Wood
Joe Colombo for Comfort 'Elda' Lounge Chairs in Red Leather and Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chairs ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963 The ‘Elda
Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo for Comfort 'Elda' Lounge Chair in Red Leather and Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963 The ‘Elda
Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo for Comfort Lounge Chair 'Elda' in Black Leather and Fiberglass
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, 1963 The ‘Elda’ chair is
Leather, Fiberglass
Joe Colombo 'Elda' Lounge Chair, White Leather and Fibreglass, by Comfort, Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ Lounge Chair, Black Leather and White Fibreglass Shell, Produced by Comfort
Leather, Fiberglass
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in bruxelles, BE
Swivel armchair in red leather and white shell designed by Joe Colombo, model Elda. Seat height
Metal
Elda Chair and Ottoman by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy 1970s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Hellouw, NL
The Elda chair, designed in 1963 by the visionary Italian designer Joe Colombo, remains one of the
Leather, Plastic
Italian Design Classic Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo, 1970s Italy
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Renens, CH
The Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963) is a post-war design masterpiece: The design is still today
Leather, Fiberglass
'Elda' Chair by Joe Colombo and Mario Brunu Pouf in Black Leather for Comfort
By Comfort, Italy, Mario Brunu, Joe Colombo
Located in Hellouw, NL
A sculptural statement in black leather and fibreglass; this original Joe Colombo Elda chair is
Leather, Fiberglass
Italian mid-century modern leatherette wood chairs 300 by Colombo Pozzi, 1960s
By Pozzi, Joe Colombo
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern leatherette and wood chairs mod. 300 by Joe Colombo for Pozzi, 1960s Set
Leather, Wood
Joe Colombo Swivel "Elda" Leather Lounge Chair
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo (1930-1971) in 1963 model "Elda"for Comfort. Made of
Bouclé, Fiberglass
$8,177Sale Price|20% Off
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort - 1960's Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Lisboa, PT
Iconic Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort - Collectible Design Masterpiece The Elda Chair
Leather, Fiberglass
$21,164Sale Price|20% Off
Golden Limited Edition Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Longhi Italy no. 8/20
By Joe Colombo, Longhi
Located in Budapest, Budapest
based on Joe Colombo’s original ELDA design. The chair was only taken out of its original box to take a
Metal
Unavailable|$7,900
Joe Colombo "Elda" Chair
By Joe Colombo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Seat designed by Joe Colombo manufactured by Comfort, Italy, 1963. Very decorative chair with
Fiberglass, Leather
Unavailable|$7,800
Joe Colombo Black Leather Elda Chair
By Joe Colombo
Located in Turners Falls, MA
Joe Colombo black leather Elda chair, 1963, Italy Leather cushions. Fiberglass shell sits upon
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,147 / item
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
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,147 / item
Joe Colombo Elda Chair in White leather and white fiberglass
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
In impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$7,000
Joe Colombo "Elda" Chair
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Antwerp, BE
Chair "Elda" designed by Joe Colombo manufactured by Comfort, Italy, 1963. Very decorative chair
Fiberglass, Leather
Unavailable|$22,294 / set
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
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$17,917 / set
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
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,147 / item
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
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$21,368
Joe Colombo "Elda" Chair for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Joe Colombo
Located in PEGO, Alicante
The 'Elda' chair is one of the best-known and iconic designs by Italian designer Joe Colombo
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,424
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for comfort, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Herzele, BE
Elda lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo for Comfort in 1963. Joe Colombo named the chair after
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$1,743
Joe Colombo – LEM chair – White Leather – Bieffeplast – Italy – 1960s
By Bieffeplast, Joe Colombo
Located in NIEUWKUIJK, NB
This cool chair is named LEM chair and is designed by Joe Colombo for Bieffeplast in 1964. It’s
Steel
Unavailable|$6,012
1963 "Elda" Armchair by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Paris, FR
1963 "Elda" armchair by Joe Colombo with shell in brown fiberglass and brown leather upholstery.
Fiberglass, Leather
Unavailable|$7,696
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, 1963
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Berlin, DE
, the seat is padded with black leather covering. The iconic piece, designed by Joe Colombo, was very
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$6,974
Elda Swivel Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, 1963
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Parma, IT
Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ swivel chair, prod comfort, 1963. First edition in leather with rare dark brown
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,063
"Elda" Joe Colombo Chair
By Joe Colombo
Located in Paris, FR
An "Elda" chair by Joe Colombo with original dark brown leather upholstery.
Fiberglass, Leather
Unavailable|$11,147 / item
Joe Colombo Elda chair Cognac leather, White shell
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
In impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classics: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$11,147 / item
Joe Colombo Elda Chair Cognac leather, Black shell
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
In impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$10,822
Elda Chair by Joe Colombo
By Joe Colombo
Located in Porto, Porto
Elda Chaie designed in 1963 by Joe Colombo. produced in Italy. It was considered very futuristic
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$22,294 / set
2x Joe Colombo Elda Chair Black on Black
By Joe Colombo
Located in Izegem, BE
In impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy
Leather, Fiberglass
Unavailable|$8,000
Blue Tube Chair by Joe Colombo, Italy 1969
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milan, IT
/ Bibliography: “Joe Colombo and Italian Design of the Sixties”, Ignazia Farata, 1988, pg 82-83. “1000 chairs
Leather, Resin, Paint, Rubber
Unavailable|$8,000
White Tube Chair by Joe Colombo, Italy 1969
By Joe Colombo
Located in Milan, IT
pieces designed by the visionary genius Joe Colombo, who synthesized in this product his research
Leather, Resin, Paint, Rubber
He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative chairs, table lamps and other lighting and furniture as well as product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise.
Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture.
In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company.
Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads.
Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes (his Additional Living System seating is similarly versatile).
Vintage Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer on wheels, designed in 1970 — is priced in the range of $700.
As Colombo intended, his designs are best suited to a modern decor. If your tastes run to sleek, glossy Space Age looks, the work of Joe Colombo offers you a myriad of choices.
Find vintage Joe Colombo lamps, seating and other furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
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.