P40 Lounge Chair

Melotti Fausto

Atelier Di Varedo

Tecno D70

1930s Art Deco Living Room Couch

Crippa Roberto

Tecno Milano

Materials

Metal

Located in Vigonza, Padua

Initially, Tecno manufactured only Borsani’s furniture designs, and, although he continued to design furniture and objects until the early 1980s, by the late 1950s, Tecno also manufa...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Vanities

Materials

Materials

Metal, Steel

Unavailable

H 33.47 in W 76.78 in D 35.44 in

Osvaldo Borsani, D70 Sofa/ Sofa ‘Green’ Bed, 1954

By Osvaldo Borsani

Located in Berlin, DE

There, he created one of his hallmark designs, the P40 lounge chair, featuring rubber arms and the ability to assume 486 distinct postures.

Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Sofas

Vintage Italian Brass Bed Structure by Osvaldo Borsani and Arnaldo Pomodoro

Unavailable

H 47.25 in W 69.3 in D 74.81 in

Vintage Italian Brass Bed Structure by Osvaldo Borsani and Arnaldo Pomodoro

By Osvaldo Borsani, Arnaldo Pomodoro

Located in Milan, IT

The first was an architect and furniture designer - especially known for his founding role in Tecno, and as author of iconic pieces such as the P40 and Canada lounge chairs; the latt...

Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Metal, Brass

P40 Lounge Chair by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno

By Osvaldo Borsani

Located in Dallas, TX

P40 adjustable lounge chair designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno.

Materials

Iron

P 40 Leather Lounge Chair by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno

Sold

H 31 in W 28 in D 50 in

P 40 Leather Lounge Chair by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno

Located in Dallas, TX

An Osvalso Borsani P40 lounge chair for Tecno , Italy . This highly adaptable chair can be used in any of 486 different positions .

Category

Vintage 1960s Chaise Longues

P 40 Leather Lounge Chair by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno

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H 31 in W 28 in D 50 in

P 40 Leather Lounge Chair by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno

Located in Dallas, TX

An Osvalso Borsani P40 lounge chair for Tecno , Italy . This highly adaptable chair can be used in any of 486 different positions .

Materials

Materials

Travertine

$4,360 / item

H 28.35 in W 40.16 in D 34.65 in

"Pietra" Curved Armchair with Leather Arms Upholstered in Bouclé Fabric

By Studio Marta Manente

Located in Centro, RS

Pietra from Italian: Stone The designer Marta Manente is of Italian descent, her great-grandparents migrated from Italy over 100 years ago and lived in the region of Bento Gonçalves ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Bouclé

Rosso Glass Wall Mirror

$2,895 / item

H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 1.97 in

Rosso Glass Wall Mirror

By Specchi Veneziani

Located in Milan, IT

Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...

Category

2010s Italian Renaissance Wall Mirrors

Materials

Glass

H 15.75 in W 74.81 in D 29.14 in

Mustard Velvet Daybed with V-Shaped Beechwood Base, Model V

By Dusty Deco

Located in Los Angeles, CA

DD V daybed is an exclusive daybed made by hand in Bosnia and Herzegovina by skilled craftsmen with long experience in wood and upholstery. Both frame and the characteristic V-shaped...

Category

2010s Bosnian Mid-Century Modern Daybeds

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Velvet

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P40 Lounge Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal p40 lounge chair for your home. A p40 lounge chair — often made from metal, fabric and brass — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect p40 lounge chair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right p40 lounge chair, those designed in Mid-Century Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made p40 lounge chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno and Tecta are consistently popular.

How Much is a P40 Lounge Chair?

Prices for a p40 lounge chair start at $2,250 and top out at $18,000 with the average selling for $6,634.

Osvaldo Borsani for sale on 1stDibs

With his stylish and technically innovative furniture, Osvaldo Borsani helped change the face of Italian design in the 1950s and ’60s. His sofas and chairs, featuring deeply upholstered seating and adjustable position settings, have an aura of optimism and efficiency that still seems fresh and lively today.

Born in the commune of Varedo in northern Italy’s Lombardy region, Borsani studied at the Brera Academy in Milan — the same school attended by such luminaries as designer Piero Fornasetti and artist Lucio Fontana — as well as the Polytechnic University of Milan. Borsani first worked for his father’s furniture-making firm, Arredamenti Borsani, an atelier influenced by the more expressive and curvaceous wing of Art Deco design.

By 1953, when, along with his twin brother, Fulgenzio — the pair also created this visionary mid-century villa — Borsani opened the furniture company Tecno, his design sensibilities had evolved toward furnishings with strong, simple forms enhanced by mechanical innovations, as with the P40 adjustable armchair. Borsani would be the firm’s lead designer for 30 years, while fostering work by Vico Magistretti, Carlo De Carli, Robin Day and others.

Similar to Gio Ponti in the earliest years of his career, Borsani first created designs marked by lush and buoyant lines: tables with voluptuous curved legs, sofas with undulating backrests.

But Borsani’s best-known and most novel pieces date from Tecno’s initial furniture lines: the adjustable D70 sofa, which folds open to make a daybed, and the P40 recliner. The latter — now included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum — is an articulated lounger with a back, seat and leg rest that can be moved into 486 different positions. Not only is it extremely comfortable, it is also enduringly chic.

Find a collection of vintage Osvaldo Borsani tables, dining chairs and other furniture on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Seating for You

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.