$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Orchid Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in an orchid colored curly boucle fabric. Orchid is a muted purple color. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating...
Fabric
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Persimmon Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a red-orange colored curly boucle fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned sea...
Fabric
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Taupe Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a taupe colored curly boucle fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and...
Fabric
Custom Leopard Parsons Style Ottoman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning Parsons style ottoman with Turkish pillow top in the style of Milo Baughman. Available as shown, or in your choice of fabric for $1800 + COM (3.5 yards of fabric).
Velvet, Wood
$395 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Lagoon Birds
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a printed cotton abstract bird pattern. This fabric design consists of a beautiful play between negative and positive space in the ...
Fabric, Wood
Mushroom Ottoman in Sunset Birds
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a printed cotton abstract bird pattern. This fabric design consists of a beautiful play between negative and positive space in the ...
Fabric, Wood
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Fuchsia Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Fuchsia" pink wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptur...
Wool
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Grass Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Grass" green wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptura...
Wool
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Saffron Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Saffron" yellow wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculpt...
Wool
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Moss Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Moss" green wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptural...
Wool
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Carrot Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Carrot" orange wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptu...
Wool
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Kiwi Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Kiwi" green wool fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptural...
Wool
Ottoman by unknown designer, Sweden, 1950s
By Josef Frank
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
Generously proportioned ottoman resting on sculptural beech legs with softly turned details. Newly upholstered in shearling and finished with deep-buttoned tufting, adding texture an...
Sheepskin, Beech
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Pink Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped stool, upholstered in a pink colored curly boucle fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sc...
Fabric
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Regency Style Ebonized Gold Painted Upholstered Stool Pouf Bench
Located in Dayton, OH
This beautiful vanity stool showcases a sophisticated blend of French Empire and Regency styling, featuring an expertly ebonized black wood frame accented with gold detailing. The ro...
Fabric, Hardwood
Palladio Italian Baroque Gilt Iron Vanity Stool, Mid-Century 1950
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Baroque-style mid-century (circa 1950) Rope and Tassel vanity stool with a gilt iron frame and unattached purple pink and green plaid seat cushion. (Palladio, Italy).
Metal
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Denim Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a denim blue colored curly boucle fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned sea...
Fabric
Danish Mid-Century Floating Bench by Jens Risom, Green Upholstery
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century rectangular floating bench with a green fabric upholstered seat resting on a wooden floating frame base. (JENS RISOM).
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Gray Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a gray curly boucle fabric. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfortable cushioned seat and sculptur...
Fabric
Milo Baughman X-Bench, Brass Base, Mid-Century Upholstered Seat
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century bench with a beige, orange, and brown patterned fabric upholstered seat resting on a brass X-form base. (MILO BAUGHMAN / THAYER COGGIN)(Similar piece: DUF0372)
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Footstool by Design Institute America with Chrome Base
By Design Institute America
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century cantilever design footstool with a curved square chrome tube base supporting a rectangular beige upholstered top with a faint floral pattern. (DIA DESIGN INSTITU...
Metal, Chrome
$276Sale Price|30% Off
Taylor King MCM Ottoman Footstool
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on More Details below. Shipping Quote Information The shipping quote stated in the listing was from 1st Dibs and they normally set all the costs and ...
Cotton
$1,800 / item
De Sede Leather Patchwork Ottomans
By De Sede
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Large collection of patchwork leather ottomans by Swiss designer De Sede. Original soft leather with beautiful patina and age. Multiple colors, sizes and shapes available.
Leather
Custom Designer Concave Ottomans Newly Reupholstered - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Custom Designer Concave Ottomans Newly Reupholstered - Pair Sophisticated pair of custom designer concave ottomans featuring sculptural walnut platform bases with four-footed suppo...
Fabric, Chenille, Velvet
$8,500 / set
Edward Wormley Ottoman for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edward Wormley design x-base ottoman for Dunbar Furniture. Timeless and classic design by Wormley offering additional seating for any arrangement. Newly refinished and upholstered in...
Upholstery, Mahogany
$1,330Sale Price|30% Off
Canvas Ottoman from the 1930s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ottoman in its original condition from the 1930s Located in Brooklyn.
Fruitwood
Italian Ottoman in Red Chenille
Located in Buchanan, NY
A sleek Italian ottoman in red chenille. Bring a modern flair to your home with this stylish Italian ottoman upholstered in bold red chenille and supported by sleek black metal legs....
Chenille
$3,600 / set
Pair of Paul Laszlo Ottomans
By Paul Laszlo
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of Paul Laszlo ottomans. Green laquered notched legs with brass cross stretchers.
Edward Wormley Green Leather Ottoman for Dunbar
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Edward Wormley was a longtime director of design for the Dunbar furniture company and was one of the leading forces in bringing modern design into American homes in the mid-20th cent...
Leather, Mahogany
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Toadstool Ottoman
By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
Perfect for enthusiasts of high-quality mid-century modern furnishings, this Toadstool Ottoman brings both rarity and elegance to your home decor.
Metal, Brass
$1,950 / set
Pair of French 1950s Ottoman
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of French 1950s ottoman, original vintage condition. Black faux leather, brass feet.
Brass, Steel
$395 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Wool Fly Agaric
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in a dotted wool blend fabric to resemble a fly agaric mushroom. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A comfo...
Wool
Barcelona Knoll Styled Leather Chrome Ottoman / Stool
By Knoll
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted heavy chromed luxurious ottoman or stool with squared leather top cushion in the manner of Knoll and Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe. Perfect for extra seating or use as...
Chrome
Mushroom Ottoman in Pistachio Boucle
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped stool, upholstered in "Pistachio" curly boucle fabric. Pistachio is a yellow-green color. Perfect for using as a footstool or extra occasional seating. A ...
Fabric
$2,995 / set
Vintage Marge Carson Brass Stools/Ottomans
By Marge Carson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
More than just functional seating, this set represents a rare opportunity to own a piece of mid-century design history. With their timeless appeal and impeccable restoration, these M...
Brass
Danish Mid-Century Floating Bench by Jens Risom, 1950s Black Vinyl
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century floating bench with a black vinyl button tufted seat resting on a wooden floating frame base. (JENS RISOM).
Upholstery, Wood
Milo Baughman Dowel Bench for Glenn of California, Mid-Century Design
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular 'dowel' bench with a light wood frame and a seat made of dowel slats. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR GLENN OF CALIFORNIA)(Similar bench: DF0640) A few seat dowe...
Wood
Dunbar styled Midcentury Upholstered Swiveling Ottoman
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A midcentury swiveling ottoman with walnut base and brushed metal detail strips to the legs, there are adjustable foot pads to each. The button tufted (gray / green) very similar to ...
Upholstery
Danish Mid-Century Floating Bench by Jens Risom, Upholstered Seat, 48
By Jens Risom
Located in Queens, NY
Danish Mid-Century rectangular floating bench with a banded Southwestern blue and green patterned fabric upholstered seat resting on a wooden floating frame base. (JENS RISOM).
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
John Stuart Ottoman with Sculpted Legs
By John Stuart
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A large-scale John Stuart ottoman with sculpted walnut legs. Elegant Mid-Century look, new upholstery.
Mushroom Ottoman in "Parlay" Specialty Fabric
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Parlay" specialty fabric. Parlay is a woven black and white fabric with the white part having a velvet texture. Perfect for using ...
Fabric
$2,144 / item
Outdoor Ottoman 'Studio' by Norr11, Whisper
By Norr11
Located in Paris, IDF
Studio sofa by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl for Nor11 Ottoman Measures: W 80 CM / D 96 CM / H 47 CM Modular sofa: assemble different modules to create your composition Outd...
Wool
$2,144 / item
Outdoor Ottoman 'Studio' by Norr11, Coconut
By Norr11
Located in Paris, IDF
Studio sofa by Kristian Sofus Hansen & Tommy Hyldahl for Nor11 Ottoman Measures: W 80 CM / D 96 CM / H 47 CM Modular sofa: assemble different modules to create your composition Outd...
Wool
MCM Karl Springer Brass Base Pouf Ottoman Newly Reupholstered
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Karl Springer Brass Base Pouf Ottoman Newly Reupholstered in Mohair Elegant mid-century modern pouf ottoman by Karl Springer, newly reupholstered in luxurious c...
Mohair
$3,150Sale Price|30% Off
Jacques Charpentier Maison Jansen Stacked Pillow Ottomans Foot Stool Pouf MCM
By Maison Jansen, Jacques Charpentier
Located in Dayton, OH
This Jacques Charpentier for Maison Jansen modular ottoman represents an iconic piece of 1970s French mid-century modern design, celebrated for its glamorous and highly stylized allu...
Fabric
$1,800 / set
Vintage Ottoman Styled After Marge Carson
By Marge Carson
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This exquisite pair of vintage ottomans, beautifully styled after Marge Carson and crafted in the United States during the 1980s. Draped in a luxurious gold fabric that encases the e...
Fabric
$2,450 / set
Vintage McGuire Woven Rattan Ottomans - A Pair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
These versatile pieces reflect the upscale "vacation-at-home" aesthetic popular in mid-to-late 20th-century luxury interiors. Ideal for use as flexible extra seating, comfortable f...
Wicker, Rattan
Harry Bertoia Leather Bench for Knoll, Chrome Frame, Mid-Century, 72
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rectangular bench with a two section chocolate brown leather upholstered seat resting on a square chrome tube frame. (HARRY BERTOIA FOR KNOLL ASSOCIATES).
Metal, Chrome
Vintage Chesterfield Style Tufted Gray Leather Ottoman
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chesterfield Style Tufted Gray Leather Ottoman on Turned Walnut Legs Vintage Chesterfield-style tufted ottoman upholstered in gray leather, raised on turned walnut legs. Cla...
Leather
$8,800 / item
The Freeform Ottoman by Stamford Modern
By Stamford Modern
Located in Westport, CT
Introducing the Freeform Ottoman by Stamford Modern – Where Elegance Meets Organic Beauty Elevate your living space with the captivating allure of the Freeform Ottoman, a true maste...
Brass
$425 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Marimekko Unikko Beige
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman upholstered in Marimekko "Unikko" (Unikko, meaning "Poppy" in Finnish. 100% cotton fabric, designed by Maija Isola in 1964. Features poppy flowers...
Fabric
Pair Of Pierre Paulin Style Mushroom Ottomans
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman, Pierre Paulin, Marge Carson, Karl Springer
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Pierre Paulin Style Mushroom Ottomans. This great pair of mid century modern mushroom ottomans or poufs with chrome bases have been newly upholstered in plush blue velvet.
Chrome
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Sky Melange Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Sky Melange" light blue wool fabric. This melange fabric has beautiful variation within the fibers, please see close up pictures. ...
Wool
Pair of Newly Upholstered Petite Ottomans
Located in Locust Valley, NY
This is a pair of petite ottomans featuring newly upholstered fabric. The design displays a lively and organic pattern resembling a zebra or woodgrain motif in shades of red and whit...
Fabric
$375 / item
Mushroom Ottoman in Ivory Melange Wool
Located in Fairfield, CA
A handmade mushroom shaped ottoman, upholstered in "Ivory Melange" wool fabric. This melange fabric has beautiful variation within the fibers, please see close up pictures. Perfect f...
Wool
Raymond Loewy Telephone Bench, Oak and Iron, Mid-Century Design, USA
By Raymond Loewy
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century oak telephone bench /table with a rust orange textured fabric upholstered seat next to a side table with a dark stained, geometrically incised drawer above an op...
Metal, Iron
Adrian Pearsall Custom Upholstered Animal Print Swivel Poof Ottoman
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A swivel pouf ottoman, often referred to as a "mushroom pouf," that was designed by Adrian Pearsall for his company, Comfort Designs, Inc.. Adrian Pearsall founded Comfort Designs in...
Metal
Italian Modern, Ottomans, Fabric, Painted Wood, Italy, 1930s
Located in Stamford, CT
Italian Mid-Century Modern, Ottomans, Fabric, Painted Wood, Italy, 1930s Pair of footstools or ottomans designed and produced in Italy in the early part of the 20th century.
Fabric, Wood
$2,650 / set
Pair Of Italian Chiavari Brass Ottomans
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Itlalian Chiavari Brass Ottomans. Offered is a matching pair of mid-century Italian brass Chiavari ottomans, poufs or footstools with three legs, a shell design and cabriole ...
Brass
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Rosewood Toadstool
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Edward Wormley for Dunbar Mid Century Rosewood Toadstool This ottoman measures: 14.75 wide x 14.75 deep x 19.5 inches high Excellent Vintage Condition.
Upholstery, Rosewood
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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