Tropitone Leilani Brown Jordan Aluminum Frame Pool Patio Lounge Chairs - Set 4
By Tropitone
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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Aluminum
Solid Brid’s-Eye Maple High Pool Chairs Bar Stools
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair of very fine custom-made rock solid bird’s-eye and tiger maple bar stools.
Birdseye Maple, Maple
Reguitti Brescia Italy Long Chair Capri design years 50s pool deckchair
By Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Biella, IT
Reguitti Brescia Italy long chair "Capri", design years 50 in very good vintage condition. Measures: high 48 inches, large 23", deep 64".
Textile, Wood
Original David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster 8 Sun Chairs by a Pool 1976
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster, entitled "8 Sun chairs by a Pool", was created in 1996 for Hockney's Drawing Exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum. T...
Paper
White Lounge Pool Chair, Mid-Century Modern
Located in De Klinge, BE
Amazing vintage white modern lounge chair made of fiberglass in the 1960s. Unique design with a sculpted frame to ensure maximum comfort. Smooth exterior with the perfect shape to ...
Fiberglass
Red Lounge Pool Chair, Mid-Century Modern
Located in De Klinge, BE
Amazing red vintage modern lounge chair made of fiberglass in the 1960s. Unique design with a sculpted frame to ensure maximum comfort. Smooth exterior with the perfect shape to co...
Fiberglass
Yellow Lounge Pool Chair, Mid-Century Modern
Located in De Klinge, BE
Amazing vintage yellow modern lounge chair made of fiberglass in the 1960s. Unique design with a sculpted frame to ensure maximum comfort. Smooth exterior with the perfect shape to...
Fiberglass
Oversized Fiberglass Egg Indoor Outdoor Mid-Century Pool Patio Chair
By Eero Aarnio, Claudio Cabaca, Fibrella
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Oversized and by oversized I mean Huge, fiberglass egg shape indoor outdoor chair. Cushion is all new with fade resistant outdoor fabric in a fun orange and gray stripe. Can be used ...
Fiberglass
Sold
H 37.5 in W 21 in D 62.5 in
Vintage Edgar Bartolucci for Barwa Aluminum Rocking Pool Chaise Lounge Chair
By Barwa Associates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Edgar Bartolucci for Barwa Aluminum Frame Rocking Pool Chaise Lounge Chair -Single. Item featured is designed by Edgar Bartolucci for Barwa, aluminum metal rocking frames, cl...
Aluminum
Sold
H 37.5 in W 21 in D 58 in
Pair Vtg Edgar Bartolucci for Barwa Aluminum Rocking Pool Chaise Lounge Chairs
By Barwa Associates
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage English Bartolucci for Barwa Aluminum Frame Rocking Pool Chaise Lounge Chair - a Pair. Item featured is designed by Edgar Bartolucci for Barwa, aluminum metal rocking frames,...
Aluminum
Sold
H 32 in W 22.5 in D 26 in
1970s Vintage Faux Bamboo Aluminum Yellow Hauser Pool Patio Dining Chairs
By Emil Hauser
Located in Bensalem, PA
Great set of 6 super comfortable aluminum faux bamboo outdoor chairs.
Aluminum
1950's Mid-Century Modern Patio POOL Chaise Lounge Chairs, a Pair
By Brown Jordan
Located in Burbank, CA
Pair of original Mid-Century Modern outdoor chaise lounge chairs for sale. From the 1960's, and have been newly wrapped with teal vinyl cording. The frames have the original finish a...
Metal
White Iron Pool Lounge Chair
Located in Brussels, BE
White iron pool lounge chair.
Iron
Sold
H 32 in W 20 in D 24 in
MCM Russel Woodard Style Wire Mesh Patio Chairs, Pool Lounge Chair and Umbrella
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Of Russel Woodard Style Wire Mesh Sculptural Collection Patio Chairs, Pool Lounge Chair and Pink and White Striped Umbrella Elevate your outdoor space with the Mi...
Wire
Sold
H 39.38 in W 26.78 in D 35.44 in
1950s Spanish Hand Woven Wicker Pool Deck Sunbathing Lounge Chair
Located in Marbella, ES
Vintage 1950s Spanish hand woven wicker pool deck sunbathing lounge chair with extensible foot rests.
Wicker
Sold
H 29.14 in W 29.93 in D 44.89 in
Charles Zublena 1968, Pool Lounge Chair, Edition Les Plastiques De Bourgogne
By Plastiques de Bourgogne Edition, Charles Zublena
Located in Munster, NRW
Extremely rare easy chair by Charles Zublena for "les plastiques de bourgone." Cult edition from 1968! Completely fiberglass moulded construction with black coating. The seat posi...
Fiberglass
Sold
H 30 in W 24.5 in D 26 in
Pair Surfline Surf Line Green Vinyl Strap Metal Folding Chairs Pool Armchairs
By Surf Line
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair vintage surfline surf line green vinyl strap metal folding pool armchairs. Item features green vinyl straps, steel frames, original label, and sleek sculptural form, circa 1950....
Steel
Sold
H 12 in W 70 in D 24 in
Midcentury Folding Deck Chair, Pool Patio Lounger by Kurz, Germany, 1970s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
An amazing Mid-Century Modern lounge chair, Pool or Patio Lounger.
Aluminum
Sold
H 35 in W 21.5 in D 62 in
Pair of 1960s Fiberglass Patio or Pool Chaise Lounge Chairs Beautifully Restored
Located in Kansas City, MO
Pair of super cool and comfortable outdoor chaises in white fiberglass with black iron frames. These are adjustable. When you sit in the chair it stays upright. When you sit and put ...
Fiberglass
Sold
H 23.63 in W 30.32 in D 63 in
Pair of Original Charles Zublena Polyester Patio or Pool Side Lounge Chairs, '60
Located in Voorburg, NL
Stunning pair of original French, 1960s Polyester Patio or pool side chaise lounge chairs in white, designed by Charles Zublena. Directly from the first owner and in original conditi...
Polyester
Sold
H 26.38 in W 27.56 in D 31.5 in
Pair of GN2 Peter Ghyczy Lounge Pool Chairs for Reuter, Form+Life Collection
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Osnabrück, NDS
Made from moulded Polyurethane these chairs from Peter Ghyczy for Reuter, located in Lemförde, Germany, designed in the early 1970s for either indoor or outdoor. They are a nice exa...
Plastic
Sold
H 27.5 in W 65 in D 27 in
John Salterini Tete a Tete for Outdoor / Patio / Pool. Completely restored.
By John Salterini, Maurizio Tempestini
Located in Kansas City, MO
John Salterini tete a tete completely restored and ready for outdoor use. Professionally media blasted and powder coated in a lightly textured satin black finish. Like new.
Charles Zublena for Club Med Set of 3 French POOL Chairs
By Charles Zublena
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful set of 3 French POOL or patio chairs by Charles Zublena for Club Med, originally designed in the 1960s, made of fiberglass.
Fiberglass
4 Pool or Garden Lounge Chairs
By Mathieu Matégot
Located in Morbio Inferiore, CH
Stunning pool or garden lounge chairs in the manner of Mathieu Matégot. The perfect item if you have a swimming pool. Very easy to move them around as well.
Pair of Vintage Brown Jordan Sand or Pool Chairs, ca. 1960
By Brown Jordan
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Pair of Vintage Brown Jordan Sand or Pool Chairs, ca. 1960. Professionally restored with new black powder coat and black strapping with new floor protectors. Hard to find, these lo...
Aluminum
Mid-20th Century Modern Pool Sun Lounger
Located in Pickering, North Yorkshire
A wonderful midcentury pool sun lounger chair in a two-tone blue woven plastic in the style of earlier woven cane. A wonderful design, believed to be Italian.
Plastic
Mid-20th Century Modern Pool Sun Lounger in Two-Tone Blue
Located in Pickering, North Yorkshire
A wonderful midcentury pool sun lounger chair in a two-tone blue woven plastic in the style of earlier woven cane. A wonderful design, believed to be Italian.
Plastic
Tito Agnoli P3 Lounge, Easy or Garden Chair, Pool Side Chair
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Agnoli rattan lounge chair, side chair or pool side chair made of a steel tubular frame upholstered with a woven rattan cover. This chair is in excellent condition, with beautifully ...
Steel
Pair of Vintage Patio or Pool Lounge Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of 1970s Adirondack chairs are made from solid wood and have recently been painted in an off-white color with a gray stripe in the center. The curved seats are accented by ...
Wood
Barwa Outdoor Pool Side Lounge Chair
By Bertolucci & Waldheim
Located in Denver, CO
Barwa lounge chairs designed by Edgar Bartolucci and John Waldheim. Made of aluminium extruded tube with a blue canvas sling. The aluminium is weathered from being outside for their ...
Aluminum
$125
H 24 in W 25 in D 0.1 in
Garrowby Hill Offset Print, Pop Art Style, Late 20th Century, Unframed
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hockney returned to his native Yorkshire in the 1990s and was inspired by the countryside he found there. Interpreting it through the lens of early 20th century artists such as Matis...
Offset
$1,010 / item
H 33 in W 24 in D 1 in
SALE 80s Original David Hockney Pool & Steps Louisiana Museum Exhibition Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1987 Original David Hockney "Pool and Steps" Louisiana Museum Exhibition Lithograph Poster Gorgeous Original David Hockney's "Pool and Steps" Lithograph Exhibition Poster for the Lo...
Paper
$3,527 / set
H 28.35 in W 16.93 in D 15.75 in
Pair of Alvar Aalto War Time Chairs With Finger Joints Model 69, Artek 1940s
By Alvar Aalto, Artek, Huonekalu-Ja Rakennustyötedas Oy
Located in Helsinki, FI
A rare pair of Alvar Aalto model 69 chairs, manufactured during the 2nd World War years in Finland in the 1940s. The iconic L-leg is different in these pieces compared to the normal....
Fabric, Birch
$1,480Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 29.5 in W 24.5 in D 21.75 in
Mid-Century Brown Jordan Outdoor Aluminum Dining Chairs, 1960s - Set of Four
By Brown Jordan
Located in Miami, FL
Set of four original Brown Jordan outdoor white powder coated aluminum dining chairs circa 1960s.
Aluminum
$2,599Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 28.15 in W 15.36 in D 14.77 in
Midcentury pair of stools mod. K65 by Alvar Aalto for Artek
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Model K65 Stool by Alvar Aalto for Artek Finland, 1970s Designed by Alvar Aalto between 1933 and 1935, the K65 stool exemplifies his pioneering approach to bent birch construction an...
Wood
A Pair Of Aluminum Outdoor Chaises By Tropitone With Cushions
By Tropitone
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of powder coated aluminum chaises by Tropitone with adjustable backs, including Gold Crest cushions.
Aluminum
Set of Four Vintage Brown Jordan Patio, Poolside Garden Chairs
By Brown Jordan
Located in New York, NY
Set of four vintage Brown Jordan Tropitone Leillani poolside lounge chairs, having aluminum frames and woven vinyl strap upholstery. The chairs are all structurally sound and sturdy,...
Aluminum
$1,200 / set
H 30.5 in W 25 in D 21.5 in
Set of Four Vintage Garden Patio Poolside Wrought Iron Dining Chairs by Woodard
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Nice clean set of four dining height wrought iron and metal mesh garden, patio, poolside chairs att. to the Woodard Furniture Company. The chairs feature wrought iron frames, with m...
Wrought Iron
Brown Jordan Tamiami Lounge Chair & Ottoman
By Brown Jordan
Located in Highland, IN
Brown Jordan "Tamiami" furniture is exceptional for several reasons. Brown Jordan has been know for their high quality outdoor furniture for decades. Using the best materials that wi...
Aluminum
A Retrospective at the Tate Gallery
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
A rare original exhibition poster from David Hockney's A Retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery in 1988-1989 featuring Hockney's original artwork titled Little Stanley Sleeping...
Lithograph, Wove Paper
$975 / set
H 32 in W 18 in D 17.5 in
Set of Four Vintage Garden Patio Poolside Metal Strap Dining Chairs
By Woodard Furniture Co.
Located in New York, NY
Set of four wrought iron and metal mesh garden, patio, poolside dining chairs. Te chairs have metal strap backs, and metal mesh seats. All four are in very fine, original, clean and ...
Metal, Wrought Iron
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 29 in W 22.5 in D 24 in
Vintage Brown Jordan Patio Chair Set of Four, Mid-Century Modern
By Brown Jordan
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage set of four(4) patio chairs by Brown Jordan. USA circa the 1960s. Aluminum painted in black satin with sunbrella fabric in gray tone. New woven rop...
Aluminum
$475
H 42.5 in W 26 in D 70 in
Mid Century Patio Poolside Folding Chaise Lounge by Telescope Chair Company
By Telescope Chair Company
Located in New York, NY
Voguish Mid Century patio, poolside, garden chaise lounge, by the Telescopce Chair Company. The chaise is constructed of an anodized gold tone aluminum frame, with solid wood arms, t...
Aluminum
Kunsthalle Helsinki Exhibition poster
By David Hockney
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Offset Lithograph (poster) Edition of Unknown Size Unsigned 27.56 x 19.68 in (70.0 x 50.0 cm) This is an original, authorized David Hockney poster, produced by the Kunsthalle Hels...
Lithograph
$998 / set
H 29.14 in W 16.93 in D 18.12 in
Alvar Aalto Artek Chair 69 Pair Finland 1950s Vintage Original
By Alvar Aalto, Artek
Located in Espoo, FI
Artek 69 chairs 2 pcs, birch. The chairs are from around the 1950s. Wear consistent with age. Designer Alvar Aalto. The chairs are sold as a pair, the price includes two chairs.
Birch
Bauhaus Folding Chair, Daybed, Germany 1930s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Adjustable Bauhaus bed armchair made of creamy white painted over steel and walnut wood armrests. The armchair, which can be adjusted to a recliner, was designed in Germany in the 19...
Metal, Steel, Chrome
$295,000
H 31.25 in W 41.5 in
Views of Hotel Well I (Moving Focus Series), Signed Lithograph, T. 280; DH. 67
By David Hockney
Located in Aventura, FL
Views of Hotel Well I, from Moving Focus series (T. 280; DH. 67). Lithograph printed in colors on TGL handmade paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Edition 15/75. or...
Paper, Lithograph
1972 Munich Olympic Games - David Hockney Original Vintage Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Winchester, GB
Celebrated British artist David Hockney was one of 29 artists commissioned to produce posters for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. In the run-up to the 1972 Games, the Organising Commi...
Paper
$1,498
H 39 in W 24.5 in D 0.3 in
Original The French Riviera (Cote d'Azur) French Railways vintage travel poster
By Jules Cavailles
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel advertising poster for the FRENCH RIVIERA FRENCH NATIONAL RAILROADS SNCF (French National Railways) - the French Riviera. (Cote D'Azur, known as the French ...
Lithograph
$5,500 / item
H 27.5 in W 19.6 in D 4 in
David Hockney A Bigger Book Limited Edition with Marc Newson Stand
By David Hockney
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in.), 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, with an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book A Bigger Book,...
Paper
$1,650
H 32.75 in W 36.75 in D 0.25 in
David Hockney 1986 Pear Blossom Highway Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
David Hockney 1986 Pear Blossom Highway Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Amazing, Out-of-Print, original, 1986 David Hockney Exhibition Lithograph Poster, entitled "Pear Blosso...
Paper
$1,024Sale Price|20% Off
H 24.5 in W 37.5 in D 0.5 in
ART SALE David Hockney Nichols Canyon Exhibition Poster Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Original oversized Hockney Lithograph Exhibition Poster of Nichols Canyon, in California Louisiana Museum of Art, Humlebæk, Denmark The lithograph was printed in Denmark, on high-...
Paper
$100Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.5 in W 23.75 in D 0.1 in
David Hockney '20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures' Vintage Pop Art
By David Hockney
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster for David Hockney’s 20 Flowers and Some Bigger Pictures at Galerie Lelong in Paris is a vibrant and visually compelling piece that encapsulates the es...
Offset
David Hockney, A Diver from Paper Pools Lithograph
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exciting Hockney A Diver from Paper Pools Lithograph. This is a wonderful exciting lithograph, Original Exhibition Poster for The Australian National Gallery Canberra, Paper Pools, 1...
Paper
$3,017
H 38.59 in W 23.63 in
1988 poster for David Hockney: A Retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
By David Hockney
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1988 poster for “David Hockney: A Retrospective” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a vibrant and visually striking representation of the artist’s distinct style. Featuring Hoc...
Paper, Lithograph
Unavailable|$65,000
H 10.5 in W 9 in
David Hockney, Pool Made with Paper and Blue Ink for Book, 1980
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
1980 Lithograph in colors, on Arches Cover paper, the full sheet Image/sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 in. (26.7 x 22.9 cm) Edition AP LXXXV, apart from the edition of 1000, Published by Tyler Gra...
Paper, Lithograph
$544Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 24 in W 16 in D 1 in
SALE David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Orig Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
David Hockney Park Hotel Munich Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster Denmark 1972 David Hockney Original Exhibition Lithograph Poster entitled Park Hotel Munich published by the L...
Paper
$1,290Sale Price|50% Off
H 24 in W 17 in D 0.5 in
SALE Original Vintage David Hockney Man Shower Beverly Hills Exhibition Poster
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
Vintage, David Hockney exhibition poster from the 1992 David Hockney "Seven Paintings" exhibition at Tate Gallery UK. The original painting was created in 1962 at Hockney's Beverly...
Paper
$11,000
H 81.11 in W 40.95 in D 0 in
David Hockney Original Vintage Poster 'Parade Metropolitan Opera New York 1981'
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Original vintage poster for David Hockney ''Parade Metropolitan Opera New York 1981' Created for the Opera Parade at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1981. It shows an acrobat ...
Paper
$895Sale Price|30% Off
H 41.5 in W 26.5 in D 0.013 in
Original Restored Lithograph SNCF French Rail Travel Poster, Languedoc c.1956
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT Original restored SNCF French lithograph rail travel poster and linen backed. CREATOR Artist: Jean Jules Louis Cavailles (1901 - 1977). Printer: Perceval, Paris. DAT...
Linen, Paper
$587
H 26.7 in W 26.7 in D 0.1 in
1996 David Hockney - A Drawing Retrospective - LACMA Vendor Original Poster
By David Hockney
Located in Winchester, GB
This beautiful poster featuring David Hockney's original exhibition poster drawing "8 Sunchairs by a Pool" was produced by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the USA to promote ...
Paper
$850
H 28 in W 34 in D 0.5 in
1988 David Hockney Original Exhibition Malcolm Bradford Hall Los Angeles
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
1988 David Hockney Original Exhibition Malcolm Bradford Hall Los Angeles Vintage 1988 David Hockney Out-of-Print, limited edition Lithograph. Published in Yorkshire, UK. This Pop A...
Paper
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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