$22,000 / set
H 27.25 in W 27 in D 28 in
Sergio Rodrigues 'Kilin' Lounge Chairs in Rosewood & Leather, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful and authentic pair of Kilin lounge chairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues in Brazil, circa
Leather, Rosewood
$8,295
H 25.4 in W 26.38 in D 25.99 in
Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin' Lounge Chair in Wood and Leather, Brazil, 1970's
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Uithoorn, NL
Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin' Lounge Chair in Wood and Leather, Brazil, 1970's This lounge chair
Leather, Wood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Armchairs by Oca, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of 'Kilin' armchairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues and manufactured in 1973 by Oct, Brazil
Leather, Wood
Kilin Chair by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in London, GB
This piece is a genuine reproduction of Sergio Rodrigues' Kilin chair, originally designed in 1973.
Leather, Wood
Unavailable
H 26.78 in W 26.78 in D 25.6 in
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Lounge Chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Beautiful pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin lounge chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973 in solid Imbuia wood
Leather, Imbuia
Sergio Rodrigues Red Leather 'Kilin' Lounge Chair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Stockholm, Sweden
This "Kilin" easy chair was designed by Sergio Rodrigues in Brazil. This chair is made of Brazilian
Leather, Wood
Unavailable
H 26.78 in W 26.78 in D 26.78 in
19702 brown leather and wood Lounge Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
Beautiful Brazilian solid wooden and leather Kilin lounge chairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues in
Leather, Wood
Unavailable
H 26.78 in W 26.78 in D 25.6 in
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Lounge Chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Beautiful pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin lounge chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973 in solid Imbuia wood
Leather, Imbuia
Sergio Rodrigues “Kilin” Chairs Brazilian Mid Century - a Pair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sergio Rodrigues attrib Kilin Chairs. Produced by Oca. 2 available. Original leather.
Leather, Wood
Kilin Chair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Solid hardwood frame, two sides and two rails attached with wedges, back with a single piece of soft sole leather , or natural cattle fur.
Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Chairs, Brazil 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Pair of ‘Kilin’ lounge chairs by Sergio Rodrigues for Oca, Brazil 1973. Distinctive design out of
Leather, Jacaranda
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin chairs for OCA
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Super cool pair of easy chairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA furniture in 1973 for the
Beech, Leather
Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1970s
By OCA Brazil, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Beautiful pair of ‘Kilin’ lounge chairs by Sergio Rodrigues for Oca, Brazil, 1973. Distinctive
Leather, Jacaranda
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H 27 in W 26 in L 27 in
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs in Rosewood and Cowhide, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming pair and wonderful examples of Kilin chairs by famed Brazilian modern designer Sergio
Leather, Rosewood
Sold
H 27 in W 26 in D 25 in
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs in Rosewood and Cowhide, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming pair and wonderful examples of 'Kilin' chairs by famed Brazilian modern designer Sergio
Leather, Rosewood
Sold
H 27 in W 26 in D 25 in
Pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs in Rosewood and Cowhide, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming pair and wonderful examples of 'Kilin' chairs by famed Brazilian modern designer Sergio
Leather, Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs Pair Oca, Brazil, 1973
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice pair of rosewood ‘Kilin’ easy chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil, 1973
Leather, Rosewood
Two 1970s "Kilin" Lounge Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A pair of 1970s Brazilian "Kilin" chairs in Parana pine and leather by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA
Leather, Pine
Sold
H 26.78 in W 26.38 in D 25.2 in
Amazing Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Lounge Chair for Oca Industries, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Amazing Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Louge Chair, designed by Oca Industries in the 1970s in Brazil
Leather, Wood
Sergio Rodrigues Black Leather Kilin Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Black Leather Strap Armchair
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H 27 in W 26 in L 27 in
Sergio Rodrigues 'Kilin' Lounge Chair in Rosewood and Cowhide, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming and wonderful example of the 'Kilin' lounge chair by famed Brazilian modern designer
Leather, Rosewood
Sold
H 26.78 in W 26.78 in D 25.6 in
Pair of Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge chairs by Sergio Rodrigues
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Beautiful pair of 'Kilin' lounge chairs by Sergio Rodrigues for Oca, Brazil 1973. Distinctive
Leather, Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Armchair OCA, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice mahogany ‘Kilin’ easy chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA, Brazil, 1973. This is
Leather, Mahogany
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chairs. Original Leather and Wood Surface. OCA Label present.
Leather
Sergio Rodrigues 'Kilin' Chair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Astoria, NY
A 1970s 'Kilin' armchair by Brazilian designer Sergio Rodrigues with cowhide sling back and seat
Cowhide, Wood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chair for Oca Industries
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sergio Rodriques Kilin lounge chair. All original! Leather shows signs of patina, but very solid
Leather, Wood
Sold
H 27.56 in W 26.78 in D 24.81 in
Pair of Brazilian "Kilin" Chairs and Table by Sergio Rodrigues, 1973
Located in Utrecht, NL
Exquisite pair of all original "Kilin" Imbuia wooden (a type of tropical walnut timber) armchairs
Glass, Leather, Wood
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H 26.38 in W 26.78 in D 25.99 in
Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin' Lounge Chairs. set of two, Brasil, 1970s
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Uithoorn, NL
Exceptional set of Kilin chairs by Brazilian architect Sergio Rodrigues. Made dark wood and high
Wood, Leather
Sergio Rodrigues Black Leather 'Kilin' Lounge Chair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Utrecht, NL
Imbuia wooden (a type of tropical walnut timber) and black leather "Kilin" armchair by Brazilian
Leather, Imbuia
Mid-Century Modern "Kilin" Lounge Chair by Sergio Rodrigues x
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous Killin lounge chair by Sergio Rodrigues. Reupholstered with a animal print leather. In
Leather, Jacaranda
Sold
H 27 in W 26 in D 25 in
Sergio Rodrigues 'Kilin' Lounge Chair in Rosewood and Cowhide, OCA, Brazil 1970s
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charming and wonderful example of the 'Kilin' lounge chair by famed Brazilian modern designer
Leather, Rosewood
Sold
H 26.38 in W 26.78 in D 25.99 in
"Kilin" Armchair, by Sergio Rodrigues, 1973, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
The Kilin armchair, designed by Brazilian architect and designer Sérgio Rodrigues, is a masterpiece
Wood, Leather
Sold
H 27 in W 28.25 in D 29.5 in
Pair of Mid-Century Modern "Kilin" Lounge Chairs by Sergio Rodrigues for OCA
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and very elegant pair of lounge chairs by Sergio Rodrigues. The Killin Lounge chair was
Leather, Jacaranda
Sergio Rodrigues Set of Two 'Kilin' Lounge Chairs
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Waalwijk, NL
. Set of two 'Kilin' easy chairs in Jacaranda rosewood and cognac leather. These chairs have a sturdy
Leather, Jacaranda, Rosewood
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H 26.78 in W 26.38 in L 26.78 in
Amazing Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Lounge Chair for Oca Industries, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues, OCA Brazil
Located in Voorburg, NL
Amazing Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Louge Chair, designed by Oca Industries in the 1970s in Brazil. We
Leather, Wood
"Kilin" lounge chair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
"Kilin" lounge chair in imbuia with natural/tan leather seat. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues for Lin
"Kilin" lounge chair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
"Kilin" lounge chair in imbuia wood with red leather seat. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues for Lin
1970s Sergio Rodrigues for Oca Kilin Chair
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Kensington, MD
70s Sergio Rodrigues for Oca Kilin Chair
Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chair in Leather and Imbula Wood
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Near Matlock, Derbyshire, GB
Genuine Kilin chair of recent manufacture, with label to rear. Designed by Sergio Rodrigues, 1973
Kilin Chair by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in New York, NY
Wood and leather. Authorized re-edition.
Sold
H 26.25 in W 26.25 in D 26.5 in
Sergio Rodrigues "Kilin" Chair, Jacaranda and Leather, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Hudson, NY
Dubbed the father of Brazilian furniture, Sergio Rodrigues designed this iconic Kilin lounge chair
Leather, Jacaranda
"Kilin" Easy Chair by Sergio Rodrigues, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Wilnis, UT
Beautiful "Kilin" easy chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues in Brazil, circa 1973. This amazing
Jacaranda, Leather
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Lounge Chair Fro Oca, Brazil, 1973
By Oca, Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Beautiful Brazilian solid Imbuia (a type of tropical walnut timber) wooden and leather Kilin
Leather, Imbuia
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H 26.78 in W 26.78 in L 26.78 in
A pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Lounge Chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973
By Sergio Rodrigues, Oca
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Beautiful pair of Sergio Rodrigues Kilin lounge chairs for Oca, Brazil, 1973 in solid Imbuia
Leather, Imbuia
Pair Kilin Lounge Chairs
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Hudson, NY
pair Kilin Lounge Chairs - Sergio Rodrigues - with original leather
Leather sling "Kilin" arm chairs designed by Sergio Rodrigues
Located in West Hollywood, CA
These are the early version of the "Kilin" arm chair designed by Sergio Rodrigues. Original
Leather, Wood
Kilin Chair by Sergio Rodriques
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kilin Chair by Sergio Rodriques.
Vintage Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Chair
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Princeton, NJ
Low-slung chair in exotic hardwood and leather by the legendary Brazilian designer. Impossibly cool
Hardwood, Leather
70s Sergio Rodrigues ‘Kilin’ Chair for Oca
By Sergio Rodrigues, OCA Brazil
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
A charming and wonderful example of the 'Kilin' lounge chair by famed Brazilian modern designer
Leather, Rosewood
Sergio Rodrigues Kilin Lounge Chair, Rosewood and Leather, Brazil
By Sergio Rodrigues
Located in Hudson, NY
"Kilin" lounge chair in 1973 using Jacaranda rosewood and high quality saddle leather in dark brown. Side
Leather, Jacaranda
$9,595
H 28.35 in W 48.04 in D 38.59 in
Early Mario Bellini Le Bambole Lounge Chair, Original Leather, C&B Italia, 1970s
By Mario Bellini, C&B Italia
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A rare first edition Mario Bellini Le Bambole lounge chair, in its original wonderfully patinated leather, produced by C&B Italia, Italy, in the early 1970s. Fast shipping worldw...
Leather
Leather Meander Wall Sconce
Located in Pound Ridge, NY
Our updated Meander Reader light with leather wrapped flexible arm and a larger cone shade and new upward angle feature. Bulb can be fully recessed. Comes with suggested LED bulb. ...
Brass
$4,900 / item
H 34 in W 86 in D 42 in
Custom Made Modern English Arm Sofa in Performance Linen Velvet - 86"
By Bloom Home Inc
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
This beautiful english arm sofa has a modern twist, with its single bench cushion, and beautiful curved apron sides. It’s upholstered in a Linen Velvet Performance fabric. Shown in...
Linen, Velvet
$12,717Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 27.56 in W 100.4 in D 37.8 in
Arflex Marenco Sofa in Fabric Heidi and Candy by Mario Marenco
By Arflex, Mario Marenco
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Marenco Sofa is designed by Mario Marenco for Arflex. This sofa features the system with making the armrest and seat as the base portion. There is a metal tubular frame facilitated f...
Metal
Pair of Murano Glass Wall Sconces, Art Deco Style, in Stock
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of Murano glass wall sconces, in stock Fume color and horizontal striation texture Black opaline finials and brass accents Art Deco inspired design. Gives off warm beams of lig...
Brass
Tito Agnoli for Bonacina Rattan Armchair Mod.P3, Italy 1960s
By Bonacina, Tito Agnoli
Located in Naples, IT
Chaise longue/armchair made entirely of rattan mod. P3 by Tito Agnoli for Bonacina, 1960s. The structure is composed of a single component that "bends" to form the inclined backres...
Rattan
$6,010
H 34.65 in W 35.44 in D 35.44 in
Scandinavian Lounge Chair Esko Pajamies “Pele” for Lepokalusto, Finland, 1970s
By Esko Pajamies
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This lounge chair was manufactured by the Finnish furniture company, Lahden Lepokalusto Oy in the 1970s. The “Pele” lounge chair by Finnish designer Esko Pajamies isa very rare pie...
Suede, Oak
$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
Murano chandelier by Mazzega Italy 1970s
By AVMazzega
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Introducing a mesmerizing Murano chandelier crafted by Mazzega in Italy during the 1970s, representing the epitome of mid-century modern Italian lighting. This exquisite chandelier f...
Murano Glass
$15,420
H 15 in W 75 in D 31 in
Woven Rush Daybed in Walnut with Leather Pillow and Cushion by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
The Woven Rush Day Bed, designed by Judy Smilow in 2014, is a modern addition to Mel Smilow's Woven Rush Collection. Solid walnut daybed with handwoven rush seat and leather cushio...
Rush, Walnut
$19,235
H 71.66 in W 82.68 in D 25.6 in
A corner sofa by J.M. Middelraad for H. Pander & Zn, circa 1900, The Netherlands
By H.Pander & Zonen
Located in Delft, NL
A corner sofa by J.M. Middelraad for H. Pander & Zn A corner sofa with fabric upholstery. The beautiful hand-carved details in Art Nouveau patterns and dragonflies, as well as on th...
Fabric, Palmwood
Cognac Italian Lounge Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Low-slung Italian lounge chair from the 1970's, showcasing the bold, sculptural lines and relaxed sensibility of the era. Featuring an ebonized wood frame with sweeping curves, the p...
Leather, Ebony
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
"Voltaire" Figured Oak Nightstand by Christiane Lemieux
Located in New York, NY
Step into the allure of 1930s French sophistication with our exquisitely hand-crafted Voltaire nightstand, a homage to the Post-Deco era. Meticulously designed, this nightstand captu...
Oak
$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
$8,054 / set
H 48 in W 69 in D 48 in
Trapezi Five Lights Neutral Shades Contemporary Pendant/Chandelier Brass, Glass
By Silvio Mondino Studio
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
The Trapezi Chandelier Offers a Contemporary Interpretation of the Murano Glass Chandelier, Grounded in Italian Design and Shaped by the Clarity and Lightness of the International St...
Brass
The prolific architect and designer Sergio Rodrigues is often called the "father of modern Brazilian design," but it is the second adjective in that phrase that deserves emphasis: Rodrigues’s great achievement was to create furniture in a style that captured the spirit, character and personality of his country.
Modernity came slowly to 20th-century Brazil, politically and culturally. The nation finally realized genuine constitutional democracy in 1945, ushering in a new, progressive era in the arts. More often than not, the luxurious furnishings of that time and place, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, uniquely Brazilian quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American mid-century modernists and Scandinavian makers of the same era. Until that time in Brazil, heavy furniture based on historical European models had been the norm.
In the late 1940s, designer Joaquim Tenreiro introduced sleek, minimalist chairs and cabinets; José Zanine Caldas, now best known for his later artisanal work, created plywood furnishings for mass production; the Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi, a former editor for the Gio Ponti-founded magazine Domus — and a furniture designer with talent, imagination and a social conscience — set up shop in São Paulo, designing elegant, flexible chairs set on slim metal frames.
This was the heady scene into which Rodrigues, the son of an artistically prominent Rio de Janeiro family, arrived after graduating in 1952 from the national university. He moved to Curitiba and helped establish the furniture manufacturer Móveis Artesanal with Italian designer Carlo Hauner and Austrian architect Martin Eisler — as well as Carlo’s brother Ernesto Hauner — which eventually rebranded as Forma. Later, Rodrigues relocated to Rio de Janeiro where he founded Oca in 1955, a company that would become the preeminent maker and retailer of modernist furniture in Brazil.
When architects Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer were tasked in 1956 with the whirlwind project to plan, design and build the new capital, Brasília, in five years, they used Rodrigues’s early chairs, with their softly-contoured lines and caned seats and backrests, to furnish many of the buildings.
Rodrigues would realize the true expression of his talents in — and garner international awards and acclaim with — his Mole chair of 1957. The word mole means "soft" in Portuguese, but can be interpreted as "easygoing" or even "listless." The chair, which is also known as the Sheriff chair, features a sturdy, generously proportioned frame of the native South American hardwood jacaranda, upholstered with overstuffed leather pads that flap like saddlebags across the arms, seat, and backrest.
Rodrigues's Mole chair invites sprawling — perfect for the social milieu of the bossa nova and caipirinha cocktails; where a languorous afternoon spent chatting and joking is the apex of enjoyment. The seat won first prize at the IV Concorso Internazionale del Mobile in Cantù, Italy, in 1961, and ISA Bergamo acquired the rights to manufacture a modified version of Rodrigues’s original design.
In 1963, Rodrigues established a shop called Meia-Pataca, which sold simpler and more affordable furniture he had designed, such as his Tonico seating, which was intended for student housing.
Most of the estimated 1,200 armchairs, sofas, tables, storage cabinets and dining tables Rodrigues created in his long career are imbued, in one way or another, with the air of robust relaxation that defines the Mole chair. He was a designer who was true to the temperament of his people.
Find vintage Sergio Rodrigues furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
More often than not, vintage mid-century Brazilian furniture designs, with their gleaming wood, soft leathers and inviting shapes, share a sensuous, unique quality that distinguishes them from the more rectilinear output of American and Scandinavian makers of the same era.
Commencing in the 1940s and '50s, a group of architects and designers transformed the local cultural landscape in Brazil, merging the modernist vernacular popular in Europe and the United States with the South American country's traditional techniques and indigenous materials.
Key mid-century influencers on Brazilian furniture design include natives Oscar Niemeyer, Sergio Rodrigues and José Zanine Caldas as well as such European immigrants as Joaquim Tenreiro, Jean Gillon and Jorge Zalszupin. These creators frequently collaborated; for instance, Niemeyer, an internationally acclaimed architect, commissioned many of them to furnish his residential and institutional buildings.
The popularity of Brazilian modern furniture has made household names of these designers and other greats. Their particular brand of modernism is characterized by an émigré point of view (some were Lithuanian, German, Polish, Ukrainian, Portuguese, and Italian), a preference for highly figured indigenous Brazilian woods, a reverence for nature as an inspiration and an atelier or small-production mentality.
Hallmarks of Brazilian mid-century design include smooth, sculptural forms and the use of native woods like rosewood, jacaranda and pequi. The work of designers today exhibits many of the same qualities, though with a marked interest in exploring new materials (witness the Campana Brothers' stuffed-animal chairs) and an emphasis on looking inward rather than to other countries for inspiration.
Find a collection of vintage Brazilian furniture on 1stDibs that includes chairs, sofas, tables and more.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that the origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his seat was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounger (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.