Midcentury Chair With Ottoman
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Ottomans and Poufs
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1950s American Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Bamboo, Wicker
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Aluminum, Steel
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen, Walnut
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Upholstery, Teak
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Chrome
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Chrome
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Walnut
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Faux Leather, Wood
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Rope, Wood
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Textile, Bamboo, Wicker
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s Italian Club Chairs
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Suede, Rosewood
Vintage 1950s European Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Fabric
Vintage 1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
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Mid-20th Century Danish Lounge Chairs
Aluminum
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Leather, Wood
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Teak
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
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Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric
Mid-20th Century British Georgian Wingback Chairs
Fabric, Textile, Wood
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Mid-20th Century Louis XV Bergere Chairs
Velvet, Walnut
Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Rope, Oak
Vintage 1950s North American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Walnut
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
1990s Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Upholstery, Wood
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Suede
Vintage 1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Rosewood
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
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2010s German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
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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 mid-century modern American 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.
Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist “International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s 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, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century 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, blonde-wood furniture — and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
As the collection of vintage mid-century modern American furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
Finding the Right Lounge Chairs for You
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique, new or vintage lounge chair came to be is slightly more ambiguous.
Although there are rare armchairs dating back as far as the 17th century, some believe that origins of the first official “lounge chair” are tied to Hungarian modernist designer-architect Marcel Breuer. Sure, Breuer wasn’t exactly reinventing the wheel when he introduced the Wassily lounge chair in 1925, but his recliner was indeed revolutionary for its integration of bent tubular steel.
Officially, a lounge chair is simply defined as a “comfortable armchair,” which allows for the shape and material of the furnishings to be extremely diverse. Whether or not chaise longues make the cut for this category is a matter of frequent debate.
The Eames lounge chair, on the other hand, has come to define somewhat of a universal perception of what a lounge chair can be. Introduced in 1956, the Eames lounge (and its partner in cozy, the ottoman) quickly became staples in television shows, prestigious office buildings and sumptuous living rooms. Venerable American mid-century modern designers Charles and Ray Eames intended for it to be the peak of luxury, which they knew meant taking furniture to the next level of style and comfort. Their chair inspired many modern interpretations of the lounge — as well as numerous copies.
On 1stDibs, find a broad range of authentic lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftsmen such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.
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