$4,129 / set
H 38.98 in W 20.01 in D 21.07 in
Set of 10 Maxima Benches by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni, Italy 1990s
By Sawaya & Moroni
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 10 Maxima Benches is a design item realized by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni. Set of 10 bar
Steel
$3,158 / set
H 38.98 in W 20.01 in D 21.07 in
Set of 7 Red Maxima Benches by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni, Italy 1990s
By Sawaya & Moroni
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 7 Red Maxima Benches is a design item realized by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni. Set of 7
Steel
$3,400 / set
H 38.98 in W 20.01 in D 21.07 in
Set of 9 Grey Maxima Benches by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni, Italy 1990s
By Sawaya & Moroni
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 9 Grey Maxima Benches is a design item realized by William Sawaya & Paolo Moroni. Set of 9
Steel
Maxima Counter Stool by Sawaya & Moroni
By William Sawaya
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
This chair, designed in 2002, comes from the storied furniture partners Sawaya and Moroni
Plastic
Maxima Bar Stool by Sawaya & Moroni
By William Sawaya
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
This chair, designed in 2002, comes from the storied furniture partners Sawaya and Moroni
Plastic
Unavailable
H 30.32 in W 22.84 in D 20.87 in
Set of Four Maxima Chairs by William Sawaya for Sawaya & Moroni
By William Sawaya
Located in Sydney, AU
The Maxima chair by William Sawaya for Sawaya & Moroni are designed by William Sawaya 2002. The
Plastic
Sawaya & Moroni Maxima High Chair by William Sawaya
By William Sawaya
Located in Basildon, London
Introducing the Maxima High Chair, a stunning piece designed by William Sawaya and Paolo Moroni
Steel
Maxima Dining Chair by Sawaya & Moroni
By William Sawaya
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
This chair, designed in 2002, comes from the storied furniture partners Sawaya and Moroni
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool
By Bertu Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Bertu Counter Stools, White Oak Counter Stool, Chile Stool This White Oak Chile Counter Stool is beautifully constructed from solid wood in Ohio, USA. The stool is chunky and modern...
Wood, Oak
Crash Vase 1 by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Crash vase 1 by Zieta Dimensions: H 30 x W 13.5 x D 20 cm. Materials: polished stainless steel. Unobtrusive deformation Crash Vases reflect the “controlled loss of control” tech...
Stainless Steel
$8,502
H 27.56 in W 39.77 in D 0.12 in
Pekingese Family of Dogs - Oil on Canvas by F.V. Rossi - 1939
By Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi
Located in Roma, IT
Pekingese Family of Dogs is an original artwork realized in 1939 by Filiberto Vitaliano Rossi. Original oil on canvas. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner. Good cond...
Oil
$10,931
H 33.08 in W 139.77 in D 65.36 in
Francesco Binfaré Flap Sofa or Daybed in White Leather by Edra 2000s Italy
By Francesco Binfaré, Edra
Located in Cascina, Pisa
A beautiful flap sofa designed by Francesco Binfaré for Edra upholstered in white leather with nine reclinable parts. The sofa presents a steel structure and mechanisms padding in e...
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Arc Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Arc Floor Lamp, Italy, 1950s
Wood
Italian Modern Sculptural Bench or Pouf by Moroso
By Minotti, Moroso
Located in Houston, TX
Italian Modern Sculptural Bench Or Pouf By Moroso. This chic large Italian sculptural bench retains the original black wool type fabric with red stitching and a leather top. Large en...
Leather, Fabric
$419 / item
H 13.78 in W 7.49 in D 9.85 in
Contemporary Vase, 'Crash Vase' by Zieta, Large, Stainless Steel
By Oskar Zieta, Zieta
Located in Paris, IDF
"Crash vase" Contemporary large vase by Zieta. Original Zieta Vase, delivered with certificate. Collection: crash vase. Material: stainless steel polished. Size: H: 35 cm W: 1...
Stainless Steel
$1,231Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 9.06 in Dm 31.5 in
Gervasoni Guna 11 Coffee Table by Chiara Andreatti
By Gervasoni, Chiara Andreatti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chiara Andreatti designs the GUNA outdoor furniture collection consisting of carpets, charpoys, cushions and coffee tables with a strong multi-ethnic inspiration. Guna is a Sanskrit ...
Concrete
Kartell Trix Sofa Bed by Piero Lissoni in Orange
By Piero Lissoni, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Trix is made up of three different elements connected by an elegant system of elastics which can transform and adapt to different uses through easy rotation. Trix can be an original ...
Fabric, Plastic
$6,061
H 29.53 in W 84.65 in D 31.11 in
Sofa / Daybed "Minerva" by Peter Hvidt & Orla Molgaard Nielsen France & Søn, 60s
By Hvidt & Mølgaard, France & Søn
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Sofa daybed from the 1960s by France and Søn made of teakwood. This piece is featuring two cushioned armrests. The piece has been restored and covered with a light grey fabric "Halli...
Wool, Teak
Pierre Paulin, Orange Slice chair, Artifort, 1960
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Uppsala, SE
Model F437, or more famously nicknamed the Orange Slice, was designed by French designer Pierre Paulin for the Dutch manufacturer Artifort in the mid 20th century after he became acq...
Chrome
Rare Ico Parisi Console. Walnut and Ebonizsed Wood
By Ico Parisi
Located in London, GB
Rare console by Ico Parisi. circa 1949 Italy. This is the longer 140cm version. Console has been professionally and sympathetically restored. Beautiful grain to the wood.
Wood, Walnut
$154Sale Price / item|35% Off
H 5.91 in W 17.72 in D 17.72 in
Handwoven Geometric Striped Merino Wool Cushion Pillow, Red Pink Grey
By Pamela Print
Located in Chelmsford, GB
Drawing inspiration from the color and pattern found in stain glass work, the Saint Gilles cushion takes its name from an area of Brussels renowned for its Art Deco architecture. Ha...
Wool
$2,583Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 25.6 in W 59.06 in D 13.78 in
Perf Stripe Credenza with Steel Top by Moroso for Diesel
By Diesel Creative Team 1, Moroso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Perf collection is decorated with a new, striking finish: innovative liquid paint technology has made it possible to reproduce the pattern of an iconic Diesel jacquard fabric on ...
Steel
$36,196
H 26.78 in W 59.85 in D 31.5 in
De Sede Terrazza Sofa Cognac Leather Ubald Klug Ueli Berger 1972 Mid Century
By De Sede, Ueli Berger, Ubald Klug
Located in Munster, NRW
2x De Sede Terrazza sofas, model DS 1025 in cognac leather. Designed in 1972 by Ubald Klug & Ueli Berger for De Sede, Switzerland. Sophisticated design sofa elements form the perfec...
Leather
$4,500
H 12.75 in W 6 in D 12 in
American Pierced Brass and Wrought Iron Ratcheting Trivet, Circa 1750
Located in Charleston, SC
American brass and wrought iron ratcheting trivet with pierced gallery, spit hook, connecting iron stretchers, and terminating on stylized penny feet, Mid 18th-Century.
Arguably the world’s most ubiquitous man-made material, plastic has impacted nearly every industry. In contemporary spaces, new and vintage plastic furniture is quite popular and its use pairs well with a range of design styles.
From the Italian lighting artisans at Fontana Arte to venturesome Scandinavian modernists such as Verner Panton, who created groundbreaking interiors as much as he did seating — see his revolutionary Panton chair — to contemporary multidisciplinary artists like Faye Toogood, furniture designers have been pushing the boundaries of plastic forever.
When The Graduate's Mr. McGuire proclaimed, “There’s a great future in plastics,” it was more than a laugh line. The iconic quote is an allusion both to society’s reliance on and its love affair with plastic. Before the material became an integral part of our lives — used in everything from clothing to storage to beauty and beyond — people relied on earthly elements for manufacturing, a process as time-consuming as it was costly.
Soon after American inventor John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid, which could mimic luxury products like tortoiseshell and ivory, production hit fever pitch, and the floodgates opened for others to explore plastic’s full potential. The material altered the history of design — mid-century modern legends Charles and Ray Eames, Joe Colombo and Eero Saarinen regularly experimented with plastics in the development of tables and chairs, and today plastic furnishings and decorative objects are seen as often indoors as they are outside.
Find vintage plastic lounge chairs, outdoor furniture, lighting and more on 1stDibs.
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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