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Mid Century Barcelona Chair Orange

Mid Century Barcelona Style Lounge Chair
By Knoll
Located in Buxton, GB
Crafted with an eye for classic design, this Mid Century Barcelona Style Lounge Chair exudes
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Mid Century Barcelona Style Lounge Chair
Mid Century Barcelona Style Lounge Chair
H 31.5 in W 29.93 in D 25.2 in
1970s MCM Knoll Poppy Orange Wool & Chrome Bertoia Diamond Armchair
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in Basel, BS
Details: Dimensions: 33.5"W × 28.25"D × 30"H Styles: Mid-Century Modern Number of Seats 1 Seat Height
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

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Knoll Studio Volo Tan Leather Barcelona Chair and Ottoman
By Knoll
Located in San Francisco, CA
Presents a Knoll Studio Barcelona chair and ottoman in leather. Original makers mark is embossed on
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2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

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Metal

Pair of Fully labeled Barcelona Chairs by L. Mies Van Der Rohe for Knoll
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Round Rock, TX
Pair of original and uncommon leather color Barcelona chairs designed by L. Mies van der Rohe for
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1990s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Mid Century Chrome Lounge Chairs in the Style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in La Mesa, CA
Pair of Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs circa 1970s. With a recently polished flat steel chrome
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Leif Jacobsen Sette's Steel Frames & Suede Ribbed Upholstery, Modern / Spaceage
By Leif Jacobsen
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely Rare Pair of Mid-Century Modern sette's designed by famed Canadian modernist Leif
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Vintage 1970s Canadian Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Chrome

Mid-Century Modern 'Barcelona' Lounge Chair
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Astoria, NY
Mid-Century Modern Barcelona lounge chair after Mies van der Rohe, with chromed metal structure
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Vintage 1970s North American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Barcelona Style Chairs for Chris Boyce California
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Knoll
Located in Garnerville, NY
A fine pair of Barcelona style lounge chairs for Chris Boyce Associates, Orange, California. Chrome
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

1st-Gen Knoll Associates Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe, Double Signed
By Knoll, Lilly Reich, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Knoll Associates Barcelona lounge chair showing the earlier 320 Park Ave address on the original label
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Two Midcentury Orange Velvet and Oak Lounge Chairs by AG Barcelona, 1960
By AG Barcelona
Located in Escalona, Toledo
Pair of longechairs of the AG Barcelona firm. Made of fiberglass body, padded and upholstered in
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Vintage 1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Velvet, Fiberglass, Oak

Charming Barcelona Chair Designed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Production, 1975
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Vienna, Vienna
Barcelona chair, designed Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, production 1975. Chromed base, brown
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Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Rare Leather Swivel Armchair by Ag Barcelona, circa 1970
By AG Barcelona
Located in L'Escala, ES
Rare swivel armchair, in a beautiful blood orange leather with chrome and wood manufactured in
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Swivel Chairs

Materials

Chrome

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Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in bruxelles, BE
Armchair in chromed metal and black leather. Wear due to time and age of the armchair. Measures: seat height: 43 cm.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1970s
H 28.75 in W 30.71 in D 27.56 in
Original 1953 Harry Bertoia Diamond Chair for H. G. Knoll Products
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare early production of the diamond chair by Harry Bertoia. Completely original upholstery and black finish. Tagged "H.G. Knoll Products" A museum piece for the midcentury collec...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of Knoll Barcelona Chairs by Mies Van Der Rohe
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in San Mateo, CA
Pair of Barcelona chairs manufactured by Knoll. These have a polished stainless steel frame with tan or saddle colored leather. These were purchased in the 1970's. The chair frames s...
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Vintage 1970s American International Style Lounge Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Mid Century Barcelona Style Lounge Chair and Footstool
By Knoll
Located in Buxton, GB
Crafted with an eye for timeless design, this Mid Century Style Barcelona Lounge Chair and Footstool set encapsulates the essence of classic modernity. The sleek black faux leather u...
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20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Authentic Original 1960's Knoll Barcelona Lounge Chairs in Cognac Leather
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Exceptional, all original PAIR of Mies van der Rohe design "Barcelona" lounge chairs produced by Knoll Associates, circa mid 1960's. Both chairs are marked with their original Knol...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Barcelona Style Lounge Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
White vinyl upholstery and chrome are paired to elegant effect in this vintage pair of Barcelona style lounge chairs. Please confirm item location with seller (NY/NJ).
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

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A Close Look at Mid-century-modern Furniture

Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.

ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.

Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively. 

Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer

Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.

The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.

As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.

Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.

Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.

Finding the Right Seating for You

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.