Mid-Century Modern Fritz Hansen Swivel Office Chair
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
bucket-style office chair that is sure to make a lasting impression in any modern interior. Made in
Chrome
$1,400Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage DoMore Office Swivel Chair Upholstered in White Faux Shearling
Located in Wilton, CT
Vintage DoMore office swivel chair upholstered in white faux shearling. The white faux shearling
Enamel, Steel
Mid-Century German Space Age Office Swivel Chair by Egon Eiermann, 1960s
By Egon Eiermann
Located in Hamburg, DE
Mid century office chair with upholstery in a special color. The seat shell is reminiscent of
Metal
$602Sale Price|71% Off
Green Mid Century Swivel Italian Chair Office Feet Wood Melchiorre Bega Style
By Melchiorre Bega
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Green Mid Century swivel Italian chair office feet wood Melchiorre Bega Style. Original Condition
Faux Leather, Wood
Mid-Century American Brown Tufted Leather Swivel Office / Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century American brown tufted leather swivel office / armchair with brass upholstery nails and
Metal, Brass
MID CENTURY MODERN DE SEDE DS35 EXECUTIVE OFFICE SWiVEL CHAIR HERITAGE LEATHER
By De Sede
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
, original Mid Century Modern Circa 1970's De Sede DS35 Executive swivel office chair in heritage black
Chrome
Mid-Century American Brown Leather Wingback Executive Office Chair
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-Century American wingback executive office chair upholstered in brown leather with rolled arms
Brass
Italian Vintage Office or Desk Swivel Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage swivel chair not adjustable in height with star-shaped base. Ideal in the office to receive
Metal
1950s Do More Swivel Office Chair Gio Ponti Industrial USA Mid-Century Modern
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, 1950s Do More office chair mid-century modern industrial era. Domore Chair
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Tufted Swivel Lounge Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mid-Century swivel lounge chair features ornately stitched vinyl seat with a comfortable
Metal
$910Sale Price|20% Off
Velca Italian Midcentrury Swivel Office Chair Armchair 1960s
By Velca Legnano
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern design swivel chair armchair by Velca Legnano with new faux leather ski
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Style ICF Office UNA Aluminum & Mesh Swivel Armchairs, a Pair
By ICF Milano 1
Located in Secaucus, NJ
evolution of the metropolitan chairs fits seamlessly into any environment and among Mid-century classic
Aluminum, Chrome
Shaw Walker Co. Mid-Century Blue Faux Leather and Steel Rolling Office Chair
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century rolling adjustable office chair with blue vinyl upholstery, silver metal frame
Metal
Mid Century Modern Herman Miller Swivel Office Chair Newly Reupholstered
By Herman Miller
Located in Chicago, IL
Mid Century Modern Peter Protzman for Herman Miller High Back Swivel Office Chair on Casters Newly
Leather
Mid-Century office chair in wood, American Clerk chair 1930s
Located in Argelato, BO
Antique swivel office armchair in solid wood, made in the 1930s and perfectly preserved. The
Wood
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Brown Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Brown Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office chair
Metal
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office chair
Metal
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office chair
Metal
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Purple Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Purple Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office chair
Metal
Matteo Grassi MG15 Office Swivel Saddle Leather Chair Armchair 1/2
By Matteo Grassi
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This swivel office chair Model MG15 was manufactured by Matteo Grassi. It is adjustable in height
Aluminum
Mid-Century Japanese Industrial Swivel Office Chair by May Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Industrial Dimensions: 31.50”-35"H x 17”W x 21”D Seat Height: 17.50"-21" This mid-century Japanese office
Steel
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Dark Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Dark Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office
Metal
Eames for Herman Miller MCM Dark Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Eames for Herman Miller Mid Century Dark Blue Padded Fiberglass Swivel Office Chair This office
Metal
Mid-Century Swivel Green Office Chair by Umberto Mascagni, Italy, 1950s
By Umberto Mascagni
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Midcentury swivel green office chair by Umberto Mascagni made in Italy in the 1950s. The vinyl used
Faux Leather
Mid-Century Danish Swivel Architects Office Chair by Jørgen Rasmussen, 1960s
By Jørgen Rasmussen
Located in Hamburg, DE
Additional information: Materials: Metal, Wood Styles: Mid-Century Modern Country of Origin: Denmark Design
Metal
Mid-Century Danish Swivel Architects Office Chair by Jørgen Rasmussen, 1960s
By Jørgen Rasmussen
Located in Hamburg, DE
Color: Blue Styles: Mid-Century Modern Country of Origin: Denmark Item Type: Vintage, Antique or Pre
Metal
Italian mid-century modern brown leather swivel chairs with wheels, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century modern brown leather swivel chairs with wheels, 1950s Swivel chairs or office
Metal
Danish Mid-Century 1960s Sage Green Leather Swivel Lounge Chair with Tilt
By Ring Mekanikk
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A stylish mid-century swivel chair from the 1960s/70s, expertly crafted in Norway by the renowned
Leather
$821Sale Price|20% Off
Scandinavian Style Leather Office Swivel Armchair, 1970s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia, 1970s - Very good orig. Condition - Dark black leather, not very used - Price for piece.
Leather
Mid Century Swivel Barrel Chairs Styled After Milo Baughman- Set of 2
By Milo Baughman
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-century swivel barrel chairs designed and manufactured in the United States circa 1960s. These
Fabric
Redesigned Mid Century Swivel Chair reupholstered in black plush and faux fur
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a redesigned Mid Century Modern swivel chair. It was originally made
Fabric, Faux Fur
Shaw Walker Co. Mid-Century Blue Faux Leather and Steel Rolling Office Chair
By Shaw Walker
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century rolling adjustable office chair with blue vinyl upholstery, silver metal frame
Metal
$2,400Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Executive Swivel Office Chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, 1950s
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chino Hills, CA
Discover the pinnacle of mid-century design with this exquisite Executive Swivel Office Chair by
Metal
1 OF 3 BROWN 1987 VITRA EAMES HERMAN MILLER EA 116 MODEL OFFICE SWIVEL CHAIRs
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Triple Stamped original vintage Charles & Ray Eames, Vitra, Herman Miller EA 116 swivel office chairs
Chrome
1 OF 3 BROWN 1989 VITRA EAMES HERMAN MILLER EA 108 MODEL OFFICE SWIVEL CHAiRS
By Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Triple Stamped original vintage Charles & Ray Eames, Vitra, Herman Miller EA 108 swivel office chairs
Chrome
1960s Herman Miller Eames Swivel Office Desk Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage 1960s Herman Miller Eames fiberglass shell office or desk chair. Swivel base with wheels
Aluminum
Executive Model DoMore Swivel Desk Office Chair Model 616 c 1950/1960's
By General Fireproofing Company
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Industrial, Mid Century swivel office, desk chair by The DoMore Chair Company. The
Steel, Chrome
1 OF 2 CHARLES & RAY VITRA EAMES EA108 HOPSAK SWIVEL OFFiCE ARMCHAIRS
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
office chairs ever made, these are fully stamped with the model number to the base and the Eames label to
Aluminum
English Georgian Style Blue Faux Leather and Wood Office/Conference Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
English Georgian style Mid-Century style faux blue leather rolling office/conference chair with a
Brass
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar 'in Clover' Tufted Black Leather Office Chair
By Edward Wormley
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century "In Clover" office / executive chair with a black leather button tufted seat
Metal, Brass
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar 'in Clover' Tufted Gray Leather Office Chair
By Edward Wormley
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century "In Clover" office / executive chair with a gray leather button tufted seat
Metal, Brass
Edward J Wormley for Dunbar 'In Clover' Tufted Red Leather Rolling Office Chair
By Edward Wormley
Located in Queens, NY
American mid-century 'In Clover' office / executive chair with a red leather button tufted seat
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Modern Bleu Swivel Desk Chair
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Bleu Swivel Desk Chair
Metal
Vintage Emeco Corp Art Deco Brushed Aluminum Black Swivel Office Desk Chair
By Emeco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Emeco Corp Art Deco Brushed Aluminum Black Swivel Office Desk Chair. Details: Adjustable
Aluminum
Set of 4 Blue Velca Legnano Midcentury Office Chairs
By Velca Legnano
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of four Italian office chairs from the 1950s was made by Velca Legnano (for Jules Wabbes
Metal
Hans Wegner, Rolling Office Chair, model JH502, early example, Johannes Hansen
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Hans Wegner (Danish 1914-2007) "Rolling" or "Swivel" Office Chair, model JH502 designed 1955
Steel
1940´s Fritz Hansen Restored Office / Workshop Chair Reupholstered in Leather
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Knebel, DK
Rare Fritz Hansen - Harbo Sølvsten swivel chair with adjustable seat hight and hight of backrest in
Steel
Office Swivel Chair FK84 Fabricius & Kastholm Alfred Kill International, 1968
Located in Berlin, DE
A rare original FK 84 lounge chair designed by Fabricius & Kastholm, a refined expression of
Stainless Steel
1950s Gio Ponti Goodform Silver Industrial Tanker Chair Swivel Office
By Gio Ponti, GoodForm
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Swivel Tanker Vintage Office Desk Chair designed by Gio Ponti for Montecatini Building in Milano. The
Metal, Aluminum, Steel
Office Chair from the 1960s, Mid-century Design, Metal and Skai.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Office chair from the 1960s, mid-century design, metal and skai. 1960s metal and skai office chair
Metal
$617Sale Price|35% Off
1970 Red Charles Eames Upholstered Swivel Office Chair for Herman MIller
By Charles Eames
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very striking swivel office chair by legendary designer Charles Eames and made by Herman
Aluminum
1960s Herman Miller Eames Swivel Office Desk Chair / rare green fiberglass
By Charles Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage 1960s Herman Miller Eames fiberglass shell office or desk chair. Swivel base with wheels
Aluminum
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Herman Miller Style Lucite Swivel Chair
By Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A beautiful vintage modern Lucite desk chair with turned armrests and a swivel base. The thick
Metal
MIM Roma Mid-Century Modern Executive Swivel Chair, Italy
By MIM Roma
Located in Naples, IT
Office armchair with armrests and five-spoke aluminium base with castors, seat and backrest shell
Metal
$2,869Sale Price|20% Off
Tecno P126 executive office chair, designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno in 1966
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Sant'Arsenio, Campania
The Tecno P126 Executive office chair, designed by Osvaldo Borsani in 1966, is an icon of Italian
Aluminum, Iron
Mid 19th Century English Mahogany and Leather Swivel Desk Chair
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A handsome and masculine mid 19th C. English mahogany desk chair with deeply patinated leather
Leather, Mahogany
Adjustable Swivel Office Chair 3117 by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen, 1960s
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Swivel chair model 3117 in black plywood. Based on the 3107 chair designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955
Steel
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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