Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Red for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' designed 1970 in Red for B-Line Multichair is a convertible system
Fabric
$8,487 / set
H 28.55 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Space Age Pop Art Vintage Red Orange Plastic Dining Chairs Joe Colombo Italy Six
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
red and bold orange highlights this set of six chairs or dining chairs by Joe Colombo and would be
Plastic
4867 chair set, Joe Colombo for Kartell
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Neuss, NW
4867 chair set by Joe Colombo for Kartell from 1979. High quality red polycarbonate injection
Plastic
Universal chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell , 1960s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Athens, Attiki
Joe Colombo’s ‘Universale’ chair, Kartell late 1960s. Solid, stackable, and colorful, this red
Plastic
$10,314
H 36.62 in W 37.41 in D 36.62 in
Vintage Elda Chair in Black Leather & Red Shell by Joe Colombo for Comfort Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Buggenhout, Oost-Vlaanderen
a red fiberglass shell. This iconic “Elda” armchair was designed in Italy by Joe Colombo ( 1930
Leather
$18,700
H 36.42 in W 37.21 in D 38.39 in
Joe Colombo for Comfort 'Elda' Lounge Chair in Red Leather and Fiberglass
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963 The ‘Elda
Leather, Fiberglass
$18,700 / item
H 36.42 in W 37.21 in D 38.39 in
Joe Colombo for Comfort 'Elda' Lounge Chairs in Red Leather and Fiberglass
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chairs ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963 The ‘Elda
Leather, Fiberglass
Set 3 Space Age Stacking Chairs by Joe Colombo 1967 Italy
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 3 iconic and colorful space age stacking "Universal chair" designed by Joe Colombo for
Plaster
$9,400 / set
H 30.71 in W 19.1 in D 19.69 in
Joe Colombo for Pozzi Set of Eight '300' Dining Chairs in Red Upholstery
By Joe Colombo, Pozzi & Verga
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Pozzi, set of eight dining chairs, model ‘300’, fabric, stained beech, Italy, 1966
Fabric, Beech
$3,520
H 31.89 in W 31.5 in D 35.44 in
Sculptural Wave Lounge Chair in Original Red Velour with White Molded Base, 1970
By Joe Colombo
Located in Almelo, NL
Sculptural Wave Lounge Chair in Original Red Velour with White Molded Base, 1970s Striking and
Upholstery, Wood
Vintage Joe Colombo Molded Resin Chairs - Set of Three
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Colombo chairs. Originally designed in 1965, the "Universale" model represents a landmark in industrial
Resin
Sold
H 28.55 in W 16.93 in L 28.55 in
Space Age Red Vintage Plastic Dining Chairs Universale Joe Colombo 1960s Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
designed by Joe Colombo 1965-1967 and produced by Kartell, Noviglio, Milano. The dining chairs are
Plastic
Sold
H 28.55 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Mid-Century Modern Red Vintage Plastic Dining Chairs Joe Colombo 1960s Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of 2 red plastic dining chairs Model No. 4860 Universale was designed by Joe Colombo 1965
Plastic
Sold
H 28.55 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Joe Colombo Space Age Pop Design Red Vintage Plastic Chair 1968 Italy Universale
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Vienna, AT
Joe Colombo Space Age red vintage plastic chair, which was designed 1965 - 1967 Italy named Model
Plastic
Sold
H 31.5 in W 30.71 in D 28.75 in
1964, Joe Colombo, Super Comfort Chair in Red Leather and Black Base for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Superleggera armchair by Joe Colombo is exhibited at the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin. This chair is in red
Metal
Elda Lounge Chair by Joe Colombo for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in bruxelles, BE
Swivel armchair in red leather and white shell designed by Joe Colombo, model Elda. Seat height
Metal
Sold
H 37.01 in W 40.95 in D 30.71 in
Elda Lounge Chair in Red Leather by Joe Colombo for Comfort Italy 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
Iconic design chair by top designer Joe Colombo. The Elda chairs were produced by Comfort Italy
Leather, Fiberglass
Sold
H 27.96 in W 16.54 in D 16.74 in
Universal Vintage Chair from the 70s Design J. Colombo for Modern Antique Kartel
By Joe Colombo
Located in None, IT
Red plastic chair with removable legs. Universal model, design Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
Plastic
Sold
H 28.35 in W 16.54 in D 18.51 in
Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Naples, IT
Joe Colombo model 4867 Universale stacking chair. Designer: Joe Colombo Manufacturer: Kartell
Plastic, Rubber
Joe Colombo "Elda" Chair, 1960s
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Amarillo, TX
Joe Colombo "Elda" chair with swivel base. Italy, circa 1960s. Manufacture: Comfort, Italy
Fiberglass, Leather
Joe Colombo 4801 for Kartell Lounge Chair
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in New York, NY
age. Designed by Joe Colombo for Kartell, sculptural, graphic, and comfortable, truly an iconic piece
Sold
H 30.71 in W 19.3 in D 19.69 in
Joe Colombo Set of Six '300' Dining Chairs in Red to Brown Leather
By Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Pozzi, set of 6 dining chairs model '300', leather and oak, Italy, 1966
Leather, Oak
Model 4867 chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970S, set of 2
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in bruxelles, BE
Red chairs by Joe Colombo. Model 4867. Stamped below the chairs. Wear due to time and the age of
Plastic
Four Universale Dining Chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Four Universale dining chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Injection molded plastic. Signed. Made in
Plastic
Sold
H 36.42 in W 37.21 in D 38.39 in
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
Sold
H 28 in W 16.5 in D 17 in
Mid Century Joe Columbo & Kartell Red Plastic Pop Art Universals Model # 4867
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous chair designed by Joe Columbo for Kartell c1967. Red plastic is in excellent vintage
Plastic
Red Lacquered Sculptural Joe Colombo No. 4801 “Interlocking” Chair
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A red lacquered sculptural Joe Colombo No. 4801 “Interlocking” chair. The body is composed of three
Plywood
Sold
H 36.23 in W 37.41 in D 36.62 in
Joe Colombo Elda Chair for Longhi Italy in Red-Violett Anilin Leather
By Joe Colombo
Located in Hamburg, DE
Design: Joe Colombo 1964 Manufacturer: Longhi Italy Condition: like new Model: Elda chair
Leather, Fiberglass
Red Joe Colombo Universale Plastic Chair by Kartell, Italy, 1967
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
Set of 2 Universale stacking chairs by Joe Colombo for Kartell. Model: 4867.
Plastic
Universale Chair 860/861 by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Budapest, HU
Universale Chair 860/861, the pioneer chair to be molded from a single material, by Joe Colombo for
Plastic
Sold
H 28.35 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Red Model 4867 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Joe Colombo, Kartell
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Red Model 4867 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s 3 pieces left - Price is per
Plastic
Sold
H 28.35 in W 17.33 in D 17.33 in
Red Model 4869 Universale Chair by Joe Colombo for Kartell, 1970s
By Kartell, Joe Colombo
Located in Ixelles, Bruxelles
Designer - Joe Colombo Producer - Kartell Model - Universale Chair / Model 4869 Design Period
Plastic
Sold
H 24.02 in W 40.16 in D 24.41 in
Revolutionary’s Armchair by Joe Colombo Tubo Chair by Flexform, 1969
By Joe Colombo
Located in Villeurbanne, Rhone Alpes
A revolutionary’s armchair known as Tubo chair for Flexform, Italy, circa 1969. Joe Colombo
Foam, PVC
$16,738 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
$1,155Sale Price / item|30% Off
H 16.1 in Dm 11.5 in
'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
Textile
$15,324
H 27.56 in W 94.49 in D 39.38 in
Gianfranco Frattini Brown Velvet Sesann Three-Seater Sofa for Cassina, 1972
By Cassina, Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Vicenza, IT
Sesann three-seater sofa, designed by Gianfranco Frattini in 1970 and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina. It features brown alpaca velvet upholstery and a chrome tubular ca...
Chrome
$2,311Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 17.7 in Dm 29.5 in
Small 'Floatation' Japanese Paper Suspension Lamp for Ingo Maurer
By Ingo Maurer
Located in Glendale, CA
Small 'Floatation' Japanese paper suspension lamp for Ingo Maurer. Designed and produced by Ingo Maurer, one of the most celebrated German lighting icons since 1966. With imaginatio...
Metal, Iron
Organic Modern Floor Lamp Natural Wood Handmade Ivory Fluted Shade
By Isabel Moncada
Located in San Antonio, TX
PATA DE ELEFANTE (LARGE) floor lamp was designed for the Atomic collection by Mexican artist Isabel Moncada. Named Pata de Elefante –Elephant‘s Foot– for the prominent shape at its ...
Textile, Wood, Linen, Fiberglass
$3,990 / item
H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in
Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V
By Dusty Deco
Located in Los Angeles, CA
DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...
Fabric, Beech, Velvet
$3,300 / set
H 30.71 in W 18.9 in D 19.69 in
Space Age Four White Vintage Plastic Dining Chairs Alexander Begge, 1971
By Alexander Begge
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age set of four vintage dining chairs named Casalino by Alexander Begge, Germany, 1971 for Casala, Germany was made of cream white plastic. Also the dining chairs feature upho...
Fabric, Upholstery, Plastic
$1,886 / set
H 21.66 in W 24.02 in D 35.83 in
Pair of Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs in Ochre Boucle, 1970s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Modules can be used as a modular sofa or modular seating set. Beautiful and unique shape. A 1970 design and p...
Bouclé, Foam, Wood
$1,060 / set
H 22.05 in W 23.63 in D 35.44 in
Pair of Vintage Italian Mid-Century-Modern Lounge Chairs or Club Chairs, 1970s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Pair of vintage Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs or club chairs. Beautiful and unique shape, made entirely from foam with a plastic floor. 1970-1975 production, reupholstered...
Upholstery, Foam
$8,677 / item
H 25.99 in W 74.41 in D 37.41 in
Customizable Tacchini Le Mura Modular Sofa by Mario Bellini
By Mario Bellini, Tacchini
Located in New York, NY
The project Le Mura by Mario Bellini represents the manifesto of a radical design that went through all the Italian 70s: design was as an answer to questions not only of aesthetics, ...
Textile
$6,483 / set
H 32.68 in W 19.3 in D 21.66 in
Dining Chairs Vintage Multi-color Beech Pop Art Set of Six, circa 1980
Located in Vienna, AT
Pop Art style modern multicolored set of six vintage dining chairs from solid beechwood, 1980s. A stunning, splashy set six ( 6 ) stackable dining chairs from solid beech and plywoo...
Plastic, Beech, Plywood
$4,111Sale Price / set|34% Off
H 29.53 in W 16.93 in D 19.69 in
Space Age Vintage Eight Red Plastic Dining Chairs Marcello Siard 1969 Italy
By Marcello Siard
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age eight ( 8 ) vintage dining chairs or chairs from plastic in poppy red color by Marcello Siard, Italy 1969. Stamped underneath with company´s name Marcello Siard Collezioni ...
Plastic
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Black for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' designed in 1970 in black for B-Line Multichair is a convertible system consisting of two individual elements that can easily turn into a conversation/relax...
Fabric
$4,276 / item
H 25.2 in W 22.84 in D 28.35 in
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in Orange 'Sprinkles Kvadrat' for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Multichair' in orange 'Sprinkles Kvadrat' for B-Line Multichair is a convertible system consisting of two individual elements that can easily turn into a conversation/r...
Fabric
$4,465 / item
H 27.56 in W 29.14 in D 35.44 in
Rodolfo Bonetto ‘Boomerang’ Lounge Chair in Green 1968 for B-Line
By Rodolfo Bonetto
Located in Tilburg, NL
Rodolfo Bonetto ‘Boomerang’ lounge chair in Green 'Remix 3 by Kvadrat' 1968 for B-Line. Boomerang is a welcoming lounge chair featuring a flat pocket at the back for use as magazi...
Metal
Joe Colombo Tube Chair for Flexform 1969 / Milan, Italy
By Joe Colombo
Located in PARIS, FR
Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo responded to the changing social conditions of the 1960s by radically reinventing furniture forms and creating innovative interior environm...
Stainless Steel
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.