Oak Mid Century Lounge Chair
Vintage 1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Canvas, Oak
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Fabric
Mid-20th Century French Lounge Chairs
Wood, Oak
Vintage 1960s European Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Oak
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
2010s Chinese Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Velvet
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Mohair, Oak
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen, Oak
Vintage 1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Oak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Wool, Oak
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Walnut
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Upholstery, Oak, Walnut
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Fabric
Vintage 1960s Polish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Wood, Oak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Metal
Vintage 1970s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Cotton, Oak
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Fabric
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Oak
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Mohair
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Mid-20th Century European Brutalist Lounge Chairs
Leather, Oak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Linen, Oak
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Wool, Oak, Bentwood
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Wool, Oak
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1950s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Leather, Fabric, Oak
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak, Linen
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Fabric, Oak, Teak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Oak
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Oak Mid Century Lounge Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Oak Mid Century Lounge Chair?
A Close Look at Mid-Century Modern Furniture
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage 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. The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influence 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.
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 chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other 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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