Mid Century Modular Fabric Corner Sofa & Lounge Chair Vintage Retro MCM
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Mid Century Modular Fabric Corner Sofa and Lounge Chair Vintage Retro MCM This amazing modular set comes in 4 pieces, with 2 straight sections and 1 glass topped coffee...
Velvet, Glass, Foam, Teak
Sold|$6,000 / set
'Swan' Corner Sofa and Armchair
Located in Belmont, MA
'Swan' corner sofa and armchair from Ekornes, Norway, 1970s. Made of lacquered oak, each covered with checkered wool, loose cushions, corner table, and storage above table. Measures:...
Wool, Oak
Sold|$5,900
Danish Midcentury Leather Corner Sofa
By Georg Thams
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Large midcentury vintage, Danish corner sofa- L shaped leather sofa, by Georg Thams-Mobelfabrik. The sofa has been renovated and is in beautiful condition with soft and supple full-...
Leather
Green Leather Modular Corner Three Seater Sofa Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Green Leather Modular Corner Sofa Three Seater Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM A wonderful three piece vintage 70’s modular sofa set, very similar to designs by Rhombus b...
Leather, Foam
Sold|$8,099
Green Corduroy Modular Corner Sofa
Located in London, GB
A modular 1970's Italian sofa which has been reupholstered relatively recently in Rose Uniacke bottle green cotton corduroy. The 5 piece elemental sofa has multiple configurations.
Cotton, Plastic, Plywood
Howard Keith Original Barbican Modular Corner Sofa HK London Mid Century Vintage
By Howard Keith
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ Howard Keith Original Barbican Modular Corner Sofa HK London Mid Century Vintage Retro £5,995 A rare and beautiful original 1970s Howard Keith Barbican 6 seater orange...
Other
G Plan Modular Corner Sofa/Chair Black Faux Leather Mid Century Vintage Retro
By G Plan Furniture
Located in Cambridge, GB
New Stock ✅ G Plan Modular Corner Sofa/Chairs In Black Faux Leather Mid Century Vintage Retro MCM This is a truly fabulous and extremely modular sofa designed in the 1960’s by KM W...
Chrome
Guillerme et Chambron Corner Sofa, France, 1940
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Wilnis, UT
A beautiful settee / corner sofa by Guillerme et Chambron, manufactured in France in the 1940s. Made of high quality natural colored oakwood with a beautiful rustic style and eye-...
Oak
Adrian Pearsall Sectional Sofa With Corner Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Atlanta, GA
1960s sectional sofa by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates with oiled walnut details, oiled walnut corner table & new upholstery with bolsters. The 2 piece sofa can also be connect...
Sold|$9,500
1930s Danish Cabinetmaker Corner Sofa
Located in Hudson, NY
Danish modern corner sofa.
Wood
Sold|$32,000
Italian Corner Sofa by Ico Parisi, circa 1951
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and rare curved sofa by Ico Parisi. Produced by Ariberto Colombo, Cantù, Italy ca. 1951. This sofa has been authenticated by Roberta Lietti of the Ico Parisi Archive, Como....
Velvet, Wood
1950s French Design Solid Oak Corner Sofa with Ceramic by Guillerme & Chambron
By Guillerme et Chambron, Votre Maison
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Important 1950s corner sofa in carved solid oak, with tapered legs, aerial backs and original wool cushions (wear on one of the seats, the cushions of the backrests are removable), w...
Ceramic, Wool, Oak
Danish Niels Bendtsen 'Lotus' Corner Sofa in Navy Leather, 1970s
By Niels Bendtsen, Niels Eilersen
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Stunning, massive Lotus Corner Sofa Suite in a lovely navy Leather by Niels Bendtsen for N. Eilerson, Denmark, 1970s. Upholstered in a beautiful thick, buffalo leather, this super co...
Leather
Leather Curved Sectional Sofa Mid-Century Modern, 1970s Dutch Design
By De Sede, Geoffrey D. Harcourt, Artifort
Located in Beek en Donk, NL
Mid-Century Modern four-sectional corner / round sofa in cognac, brown colored leather, padded upholstery and additional hocker (on wheels).
Leather
Vintage 1960s Sculptural Corner Sofa by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates
By Adrian Pearsall, Craft Associates
Located in Hudson, NY
A large and iconic vintage 1960s corner L-shaped sofa designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates. Fantastic scale and design, with a graceful curved back which tapers down to t...
off White Boucle Sectional Corner Nuvolone Sofa by Rino Maturi, 1970s
By Mimo Padova
Located in Vilnius, LT
Nuvolone modular sofa composes of three single modules and one corner module. These can be arranged to your own liking. In the pictures sofa laid out 270 cm x 120 cm The sofa...
Bouclé
Danish Modern 1970s Three Part Leather Corner Sofa
By Niels Eilersen
Located in Hudson, NY
The sofa upholstered in light brown patinated leather. Consisting of three modules. by N. Eilersen. Long side measures 111" Short side measures 88"
Wood, Leather, Upholstery
Laauser Midcentury Modern Sectional Green Corner Sofa, ca. 1960s
Located in Schagen, NL
Wonderful comfortable sectional sofa, manufactured by Laauser Switzerland in ca. the 1960s. The sofa consists of six parts and comes with the original Green/Brown Velvel like fabric,...
Fabric
Sectional Sofa with Travertine Corner Table by Paul McCobb
By Paul McCobb
Located in Dorchester, MA
This sectional sofa, designed by Paul McCobb, features three elements: a small armless section; a larger, curved section with one arm; and a travertine-topped table. The table is flu...
Travertine, Brass
Sold|$4,260
Curved Sofa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful curved corner Mid Century sofa,newly re-upholstered with new seats and backs.
Down
Sold|$5,850 / set
'Minerva' Seating Corner by Hvidt & Mølgaard, 1957
By France & Søn, Hvidt & Mølgaard
Located in Antwerpen, BE
A complete ‘Minerva’ seating group in teak, consisting of a 3-seat and a 2-seat sofa, the matching corner table and two armrests. The original rattan tabletop is fully intact. The fa...
Metal
Togo corner in red Leather by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
By Ligne Roset, Michel Ducaroy
Located in OSS, NB
Original red leather Togo corner by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset. Original Red leather Togo sofa set from Ligne Roset by Michel Ducaroy. This is an original piece in high qualit...
Leather
Original Danish Modern Daybed Set with Corner Table by Peter Hvidt
By Peter Hvidt, France & Daverkosen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare Danish modern daybed set with corner table in original pristine condition, 111" x 83" with corner table. Small loveseat 53" W and corner table is 30" x 30" by Peter Hvidt, Denma...
Sold|$7,491
De Sede DS11 Corner Group and Chair
By De Sede
Located in Paddock Wood, Kent
De Sede DS11 corner group and chair. A six section modular sofa and armchair by De Sede produced in the mid-1960s by the high end manufacturer, mushroom brown leather in very good c...
Leather
Togo Corner in Gray Alacantra by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset, 2015
By Ligne Roset, Michel Ducaroy
Located in OSS, NB
Original Togo corner sofa by Ligne Roset designed by Michel Ducaroy. This is an original sofa from 2015 in alacantra. The color is light grey but has a tinge of blue in it. On the li...
Fabric
Mid-Century Modern Togo 2 Seater Sofa & Corner by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern Togo 2 seater sofa & corner by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset, France.
Leather
Sold|$13,457
De Sede Corner Couch in Bull Leather
By De Sede
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Very rare De Sede couch from the 1970s. This couch is without any holes or damage. Just the normal wear and with a beautiful patin. The frame is, as always with De Sede, made of soli...
Foam, Leather, Oak
Kho Liang Ie for Artifort Model 680-686 Sofa with Corner Table, Dutch Modern 60s
By Kho Liang Ie, Artifort
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Together with those two designers he is still famous for his classic and important designs in the Dutch mid-century today. Many items, like this one, are now collectors pieces such a...
Metal
Mid-Century Rosewood Corner Sofa/Bed, circa 1960
Located in BOSTON, MA
An ingenious Mid-Century Modern corner sofa/bed displaying a rosewood frame with upholstered cushions and cane siding that cleverly breaks down to form two twin size beds.
Cane, Rosewood
Guillerme et Chambron Corner Sofa, France, 1940
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Wilnis, UT
A beautiful settee / corner sofa by Guillerme et Chambron, manufactured in France in the 1940s. Made of high quality dark stained oak wood with a beautiful rustic style and eye-ca...
Oak
Mid century corner folding sofabed, Czechoslovakia, 1960´s
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Mid century corner sofabed made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1960´s.
Fabric, Walnut
Inmotion Leather Corner Sofa by De Sede of Switzerland, 1970s
By De Sede
Located in Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire
Discounted airfreight for our US and International customers (from two weeks door to door). Acquired from a private collection, Iconic de Sede Inmotion leather corner sofa which was...
Leather
Ligne Roset Togo Emerald Green Seating Two Sofas, Corner and Ottoman Set of Four
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Vienna, AT
Ligne Roset 'Togo' seating group in emerald green velour fabric comes with two sofas one 3-seater and one 2-seater as well as a corner unit and ottoman.
Fabric
Midcentury Corner Dining Set, 1970s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Midcentury corner dining set,made in the former Czechoslovakia in the 1970s. Includes a corner folding bench and two chairs. This set is made of beechwood, plywood, leatherette...
Chrome
Togo Set: 3-Seat 2-seat, corner in Pink Velvet by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Berlin, DE
This Togo set including: 3-Seat, 2-seat and corner was designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1973 and was manufactured by Ligne Roset in France. It has been reupholstered in new pink velvet ...
Velvet
Togo Set 3-Seat 2-Seat, Corner in Pink Velvet by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Berlin, DE
This Togo set including: 3-Seat, 2-seat and corner were designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1973 and were manufactured by Ligne Roset in France. It has been reupholstered in new pink velve...
Velvet
Pair of Corner Leather Togo Seats, Ligne Roset, Authentic Piece from the 1970s
By Michel Ducaroy, Ligne Roset
Located in Zagreb, HR
The Togo sofa is a true design classic designed by notable French designer Michel Ducaroy for the high-end furniture maker Ligne Roset in 1973. Offered for sale is a pair of Togo...
Leather, Foam
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.
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.
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