Modern Style Aurora armchair Sculpted in solid wood, caning back, leather seat
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Warm and inviting, the Aurora Collection, prestigious winner of the International IF Design Award 2023 and the German Design Awards 2023, now welcomes an addition with its armchair, ...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Modern Style Aurora armchair Sculpted in solid wood, leather seat and back
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Warm and inviting, the Aurora Collection, prestigious winner of the International IF Design Award 2023 and the German Design Awards 2023, now welcomes an addition with its armchair, ...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Modern Style Aurora armchair Sculpted in solid wood, leather seat and back
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Warm and inviting, the Aurora Collection, prestigious winner of the International IF Design Award 2023 and the German Design Awards 2023, now welcomes an addition with its armchair, ...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Modern Style Aurora armchair Sculpted in solid wood, caning back, leather seat
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
Warm and inviting, the Aurora Collection, prestigious winner of the International IF Design Award 2023 and the German Design Awards 2023, now welcomes an addition with its armchair, ...
Leather, Textile, Upholstery, Faux Leather, Cane, Hardwood, Walnut
Colourful postmodern armchair, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Unique postmodern coloured wooden armchair in the style of gerrit Rietveld. This chair has an unknown provenance but thanks to the coloured wooden panels and the great design, it r...
Wood
$7,862 / item
Sandor Armchair by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Sandor Armchair by Madheke Dimensions: D 80 x W 85 x H 70 cm. Materials: leather, brass. Finish options: Fabric Seat Coli CL 215371 Color 02, Leather Back Classic Soft Olive, Leathe...
Leather
$11,448 / item
Ollie Armchair by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Ollie Armchair by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 74 x D 82 x H 70 cm Materials: Upholstery. Armchair with fully padded structure upholstered. Seat and backrest covered with a removable a...
Upholstery
$11,448 / item
Ollie Armchair by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Ollie Armchair by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 74 x D 82 x H 70 cm Materials: Upholstery. Armchair with fully padded structure upholstered. Seat and backrest covered with a removable a...
Upholstery
$11,138 / item
Frank Armchair by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Frank Amrchair by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 89.4 x W 66.5 x H 72 cm. Materials: Upholstery, oak wood. Available in different fabrics and leathers. Available with or without arm...
Upholstery, Wood
$6,004 / item
Jacob Armchair by Collector
Located in Geneve, CH
Jacob armchair by Collector Materials: Fabric. Dimensions: W 110 x D 90 x H 75 cm x SH 42 cm. This fun and sophisticated armchair, it’s simple shape and attractive color game al...
Fabric
$17,274 / item
Sterling Armchair by Kreoo
Located in Geneve, CH
Sterling Armchair by Kreoo Designed by Christophe Pillet Dimensions: D 50 x W 60 x H 70 cm. Materials: Calcatta Carrara marble. Available in different marble options. Please contac...
Marble
$4,860 / item
Oscar Armchair by DUISTT
Located in Geneve, CH
Oscar Armchair by DUISTT Dimensions: W 80 x D 76 x H 75 cm Materials: Boucle Fabric - SF.DE.21.004 One back cushion is included. Swivel version available upon request. Please contac...
Bouclé
$20,121 / item
Rialto Armchair by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Rialto Armchair by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 105 x D 90 x H 75 cm Materials: Upholstery, Velvet, Marble. Padded armchair upholstered in matt velvet Lario 09, with three solid Grey ...
Marble
$20,002 / item
Rialto Armchair by Laurameroni
Located in Geneve, CH
Rialto Armchair by Laurameroni Dimensions: W 105 x D 90 x H 75 cm Materials: Upholstery, Velvet, Wood. Padded armchair upholstered in cat. A Nabuk leather 2138, with three sturdy l...
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
$6,016 / item
Adele Armchair by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Adele Armchair by Somaschini Dimensions: W 68 x D 70 x H 62 cm Materials: Solid wood and curved plywood structure padded with polyurethane foam in different densities. Pre-upholstery...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
$6,016 / item
Adele Armchair by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Adele Armchair by Somaschini Dimensions: W 68 x D 70 x H 62 cm Materials: Solid wood and curved plywood structure padded with polyurethane foam in different densities. Pre-upholstery...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
$6,945 / item
Boris Armchair by Somaschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Boris Armchair by Somaschini Dimensions: W 68 x D 82 x H 95 cm Materials: Solid wood and curved plywood structure padded with polyurethane foam in different densities. Swivel base. P...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
$7,517 / item
Legacy Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Legacy armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Leather. Dimensions: W 70 x D 79 x H 75 cm. Also available in different materials. This stunning armchair is the result of highl...
Leather
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$5,956 / item
Bold Armchair by Mohdern
Located in Geneve, CH
Bold Armchair by Mohdern Dimensions: W 78 x D 65 x H 73 cm Materials: Fabric, Bouclé Bold is a comfortable armchair that features enveloping lines and different geometric shapes sk...
Fabric, Upholstery, Bouclé
$33,964 / item
Holly Armchair by Kreoo
Located in Geneve, CH
Holly Armchair by Kreoo Designed by Christophe Pillet Dimensions: D 55 x W 85 x H 102 cm. Materials: Travertino Paglierino and leather. The price is inclusive of leather cushions, ...
Travertine
$33,964 / item
Holly Armchair by Kreoo
Located in Geneve, CH
Holly Armchair by Kreoo Designed by Christophe Pillet Dimensions: D 55 x W 85 x H 102 cm. Materials: Travertino Paglierino and leather. The price is inclusive of leather cushions, ...
Travertine
$9,435 / item
Foz Armchair by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Foz Armchair by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 96 x W 115 x H 87 cm. Materials: Oxidized brushed brass. Upholstery: InsidherLand Woollen Ref. 6 - Cat. G Weight: 58 kg Available in differ...
Brass
$21,872 / item
Max Armchair by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Max Amrchair by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 95 x W 123 x H 79 cm. Materials: Upholstery, wood. We’re all a bit like Max! We often want to lay but we also sometimes work comfortab...
Upholstery, Wood
$21,872 / item
Max Armchair by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Max Amrchair by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 95 x W 123 x H 79 cm. Materials: Upholstery, wood. We’re all a bit like Max! We often want to lay but we also sometimes work comfortab...
Upholstery, Wood
$21,872 / item
Max Armchair by Haymann Editions
Located in Geneve, CH
Max Amrchair by Haymann Editions Dimensions: D 95 x W 123 x H 79 cm. Materials: Upholstery, wood. We’re all a bit like Max! We often want to lay but we also sometimes work comfortab...
Upholstery, Wood
$7,624 / item
Ginga Armchair by Duistt
Located in Geneve, CH
Ginga Armchair by Duistt Dimensions: W 82 x D 89 x H 85 cm Materials: Lelievre Esterel 03 fabric, Solid Black Oak Ginga is the swaying movement of Brazilian martial art, Capoeira. I...
Fabric, Oak
$1,060 / item
Naive Armchair by DAaZ
Located in Geneve, CH
Naive Armchair by DAaZ Dimensions: D 62 x W 52.5 x H 78 cm. Materials: Albizzia, twine, fabric. DAaZ Furniture honors the spirit of adventure. We embrace the escape of the ordinary...
Wood, Fabric, Twine
$6,814 / item
Edison Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Edison armchair by Domkapa Materials: Black Texturized Steel, Fabric. Dimensions: W 71 x D 88 x H 80 cm. Also available in different materials. This armchair is the epitome o...
Steel
$5,158 / item
Niemeyer Armchair by InsidherLand
Located in Geneve, CH
Niemeyer Armchair by InsidherLand Dimensions: D 92 x W 94 x H 86 cm. Materials: Oak, InsidherLand Woollen Ref. 1 fabric. 32 kg. Available in different fabrics. The Niemeyer armchair...
Upholstery, Wood
$6,766 / item
Stranger Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Stranger armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Leather, Black Texturized Steel. Dimensions: W 72 x D 77 x H 82 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact us. S...
Steel
$9,304 / item
Pearl Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Pearl armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Ash, Bouclé. Dimensions: W 88 x D 82 x H 78 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact us. Pearl armchair holds an...
Bouclé, Ash
$8,577 / item
Greta Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Greta armchair by Domkapa Materials: Velvet, Black Ash. Dimensions: W 73 x D 77 x H 85 cm. Also available in different materials and colors. Greta armchair is proof that aes...
Velvet, Ash
$22,396 / item
Frequency Armchair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Frequency Armchair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Casted bronze / casted aluminium Dimensions: W 60 x D 49 x H 70 cm The collection includes designs inspired by patterns that repres...
Silver, Bronze
$6,051 / item
Minima Armchair by Mingardo
Located in Geneve, CH
Minima Armchair by Mingardo Dimensions: D75 x W94 x H79.5 cm Materials: Burnished iron structure, Polyurethane with cotton velvet fabric [Customizable fabrics and colors] Weight:...
Other, Iron
$3,538 / item
Camille Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Camille Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 97 x W 83 x H 75 cm. SH: 41 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Vivid Chenille, ref. Moss, VIC13. Available in all Munna fabri...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,181 / item
Margaret Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Margaret Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 87 x W 101 x H 94 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Si...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$5,110 / item
Luke Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Luke Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 106 x W 116 x H 80 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet, ref. Cerulean, CV35. Available in all Munna fabr...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$5,110 / item
Luke Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Luke Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 106 x W 116 x H 80 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk....
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$5,110 / item
Luke Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Luke Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 106 x W 116 x H 80 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk....
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$5,110 / item
Luke Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Luke Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 106 x W 116 x H 80 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk....
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,181 / item
Margaret Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Margaret Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 87 x W 101 x H 94 cm. SH: 48 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet, ref. Desert, CV03. Available in all Munna fab...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$5,110 / item
Luke Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Luke Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 106 x W 116 x H 80 cm. SH: 47 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk....
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,181 / item
Frank Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Frank Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 90 x W 105 x H 79 cm. SH: 43 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Bouclé Wool, COM. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Si...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$7,719 / item
Roy Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Roy Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 115 x W 140 x H 83 cm. SH: 42 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet, ref. Cerulean, CV35, and Cerulean matt lacquer. ...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
$4,884 / item
Fringes Armchair by Munna
Located in Geneve, CH
Fringes Armchair by Munna Dimensions: D 85 x W 94 x H 90 cm. SH: 45 cm. Materials: Wood, foam, and upholstery. Finish: Cotton Velvet. Available in all Munna fabrics except Wild Silk...
Upholstery, Foam, Wood
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.
If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.