Joe Colombo Tube Chair
Iconic Joe Colombo 'Tube Chair' in Yellow Upholstery
By Flexform, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Flexform, 'Tube' chair, pvc, foam, fabric, United States, 1969.
This lounge chair
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Materials
Fabric, Foam, PVC
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
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Contemporary Joe Colombo Modular Tube Chair, Cappellini
By Joe Colombo
Located in Brussels, BE
Contemporary Joe Colombo Modular Tube Chair, Cappellini - Black, Blue, White or Orange ( Sold with
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21st Century and Contemporary Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
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
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20th Century American Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather
Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ Lounge Chair in Cognac Leather and Black Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair model ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963, later
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
H 36.23 in W 37.01 in D 39.38 in
Joe Colombo for Comfort Lounge Chair 'Elda' in Brown Leather and Fiberglass
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, red leather, Italy, design 1963
The
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Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
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Leather, Fiberglass
H 36.82 in W 39.77 in D 37.01 in
Joe Colombo for Comfort Lounge Chair 'Elda' in Red Leather and Fiberglass
By Joe Colombo, Comfort, Italy
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair ‘Elda’, fiberglass, red leather, Italy, design 1963, later
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Post-Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
H 36.82 in W 39.77 in D 37.01 in
Super Rare Pair of Joe Colombo 'Sella 1001' Lounge Chairs by Comfort 1963 Italy
By Comfort, Italy, Joe Colombo
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Extreme rare pair of lounge chairs model "Sella 1001" design by Joe Colombo and manufactured by
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Vintage 1960s Italian Space Age Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
H 22.05 in W 27.56 in D 25.6 in
Italian Upholstered Chairs with Tubular Metal, Italy, ca 1970s
Located in Utrecht, NL
, and Franco Teodoro in 1968, and Joe Colombo’s “Tube Chair”. These upholstered chairs are much in the
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Rare Postmodern Cowhide Side Chairs by Fritz Brückner, Germany 1980s
Located in Echt, NL
, Postwar, Sixties, Seventies, 60s, 70s, Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, Pierre Paulin, Tobia Scarpa, Osvaldo
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20th Century Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
H 29.14 in W 20.48 in D 26.38 in
Gio Ponti Christofle Style Brass Vase, Italy 1960s
By Christofle, Gio Ponti
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
Stunning Mid Century Modern organ vase sculpted from brass tubes and brass rods, Gio Ponti for
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Brass
1972, Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Early White TC2 Floor Lamp for Artimeta
By Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Artimeta
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
, 60s, 70s, 60’s, 70’s, Verner Panton, Joe Colombo, Pierre Paulin, Osvaldo Borsani, Eero Saarinen, Eero
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
H 77.17 in W 28.75 in D 5.91 in
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Original Tube Chair by Joe Colombo for Flexform, Italy, 1969-1979
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By Flos, Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
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Located in Hilversum, NL
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Joe Colombo Black Leather "Elda" Swival Lounge Chair for Comfort, Italy, 1960s
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By Flexform, Franz Sartori
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
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Restoration:
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Monumental 'Magister' Lounge Chairs and Ottomans by Sculptor Franz Sartori, 1966
By Flexform, Franz Sartori
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"Tube Chair" by Joe Colombo for Flexform, 1968-1969
By Joe Colombo
Located in New York, NY
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Joe Colombo Tube Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
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