Vintage Mango Wood Coffee Table with Drawer and Tapered Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
Ideal for anchoring a relaxed seating area, this low-profile table pairs beautifully with linen-upholstered seating, vintage leather, or even minimalist decor.
Hardwood
$2,247Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair of Chinese Export Red Lacquer Chippendale Style Sofa Side Tables Christie's
By Christie's, Thomas Chippendale
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A very attractive and usable pair with excellent decorative impact, equally suited to a sophisticated contemporary interior, Oriental-inspired room, bedroom or relaxed low-level seat...
Lacquer
Joe D'urso for KNOLL International Black Granite Top Round Dining Table
By Joseph D'Urso
Located in North Miami, FL
In 1980, D’Urso collaborated with Knoll to develop a collection of high rolling tables, low tables and lounge seating that reflected his preference for objects that look more enginee...
Granite, Chrome
Mid-century Peter Ghyczy Rectangular Brass Glass Oak Coffee Table 1970
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Styling Options Mid-Century Classic: Pair this coffee table with vintage-inspired furniture, geometric rugs, and low-profile seating to channel the golden age of design.
Brass
Mid-century Peter Ghyczy Square Brass Glass Oak Coffee Table 1970
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in DE MEERN, NL
Styling Options Mid-Century Classic: Pair this table with retro-inspired furniture, bold-patterned rugs, and low-profile seating to evoke classic mid-century charm.
Brass
French 19th Century Louis XVI St. Marble, Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Clock
By Jean A. Rennes
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Above is a beautiful finely detailed patinated bronze maiden draped in a wonderfully executed flowing garment reading a book. She is seating on a low stool while lying back, leaning ...
Carrara Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Coffee Table by Maison Jansen
By Maison Jansen
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Unlike many contemporary oversized coffee tables, this example enhances spatial flow, lending itself beautifully to low-slung seating arrangements or more intimate room layouts.
Marble, Gold Leaf
$525Sale Price|40% Off
Vintage Turkish Tulu Rug, Hand-Knotted Wool. Geometric Tribal Design, 3.3x5.3 FT
Located in Spring Valley, NY
• Works beautifully as a statement piece under low-profile seating. Rustic / Cabin / Lodge • The shaggy wool pile adds warmth, coziness, and tactile comfort
Wool
Vintage New Zealand Ivory Sheepskin Patchwork Rug or Bed Throw, 1970s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
When displayed on the floor, it works particularly well in a bedroom, beside a bed, beneath a reading chair or in a low-traffic seating area. A suitable non-slip rug pad is recommend...
Sheepskin
'Flex2' Low Chair by Stephane Ducatteau, France, 2005
By Stephane Ducatteau
Located in London, London
'Flex2' low chair by Stephane Ducatteau, France, 2005. Signed All Ducatteau pieces are available exclusively from Decoratum and are To Order only. Please allow 6-8 weeks for d...
Cut Steel
Aesthetic Movement Low Spindle-Back Side Chair
Located in New York, NY
A marvelous low, decorative chair is remarkable for its maker's attention to detail. Four beautifully detailed bronze hemispheres cap the front legs and either side of the chair's ba...
Bronze
'Flex1' Low Chair by Stephane Ducatteau, France, 2005
By Stephane Ducatteau
Located in London, London
'Flex1' low chair in black patina sheet metal by Stephane Ducatteau, France, 2005. Signed. All Ducatteau pieces are available exclusively from Decoratum and are To Order only. Ple...
Steel
Brueton Catalog 1992
By Brueton
Located in New York, NY
Stylistically skewed to post-modern, the catalog also features clean-lined international style pieces plus reissues of several classic modern designs by Hans and Wassily Luckhardt an...
Plastic, Paper
Charles Eames for Herman Miller Low DAX Shell Armchair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in St. Louis, MO
Charles and Ray Eames second generation Zenith shell armchair, black enameled metal legs in X-pattern, large shock mounts, pale yellow fiberglass shell, fiberglass is free of chips, ...
Metal
"Bar Stud" Studded Black Leather and Steel Base Low Stool by Moroso for Diesel
By Moroso, Diesel Creative Team 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Bar Stud" is a stool, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring a wooden seat with fire retardant polyurethane foam only covered by black leather with b...
Steel
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.
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