$4,583Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Jacquard, Andaz Upholstery & Cinnamon Stained Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$4,583Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Liscio, Nebbia Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$4,019Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Solis, Gray Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,394Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Calligraphy Bird Jacquard Plum Upholstery & Cinnamon Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$4,984Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Divina 3, 936 Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,816Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Dodo Pavone Jacquard Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$4,984Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Divina 3, 636 Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$4,984Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in Divina 3, 662 Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,816Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in The Menagerie of Extinct Animals Upholstery & White Wash Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,394Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Sofa in The Menagerie of Extinct Animals Upholstery & White Wash Legs
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,459Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Boucle, Rainbow Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$6,880Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Dodo Pavone Jacquard Upholstery & White Wash Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,459Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Liscio, Latte Scuro Upholstery & White Wash Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,918Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Divina Melange 3, 457 Upholstery & White Wash Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,918Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Divina 3, 666 Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
$5,918Sale Price / item|20% Off
Moooi Love Highback Sofa in Canvas 2, 566 Upholstery & White Wash Stained Legs
By MARCEL WANDERS, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Have you ever fallen in love with a chair or on a sofa? Both experiences are possible, even probable while enjoying a romantic dinner for two in the Love chair or cuddling up with yo...
Upholstery
2022 Maarten Baas for Moooi SLT Double Love Seat Sofa Element S3 in Indigo Denim
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a SLT Double Seat Sofa made with a wood and steel frame and indigo denim fabric. The sofa was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Netherlands....
Steel
2022 Marcel Wanders Love Sofa / Lounge Chair in Oak & Dodo Pavone Jacquard White
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Philadelphia, PA
The sofa was designed by Marcel Wanders and produced by Moooi in the Netherlands.
Metal
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Vintage couches and antique sofas have anchored living rooms for generations. The pieces most sought after today carry the deep-buttoned tufting of a Chesterfield or the low, sculptural ease of mid-century modern and Hollywood Regency design.
Styles to Know
Rolled arms and tufted backs point to Mid-Century Modern or Hollywood Regency pieces, while tight backs and turned legs skew more traditional. Velvet is enjoying a renewed moment across most of these silhouettes; see our velvet chesterfield sofa trend report for examples. A mid-century modern coffee table within reach and a vintage mirror nearby round out the seating area.
How to Choose the Right Vintage Sofa
A sofa's frame and upholstery history can be difficult to judge from photographs alone. Ask a seller for more information when a listing doesn't show the fabric or joinery clearly, and confirm whether the upholstery is original or has been redone. Each piece comes from a vetted 1stDibs seller, with era, designer and condition detailed, and the 1stDibs Promise stands behind every purchase.