Costes Chair

Philippe Starck For Driade Chairs

Mid Century Plywood Shell Chair

Mahogany And Black Leather Chairs

King Chair

Iconic Armchairs

Curved Armchair

Materials

Aluminum

Bespoke Dining Chair in the Louis XVI Manner

Located in New York, NY

The one shown is cerused oak. The cost per chair includes finish but does not include upholstery.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Louis XVI Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Set of Six French Restauration Gondola Dining Chairs, Mahogany, 20th Century

Located in Pasadena, CA

**We will reupholster this set of chairs at nominal cost in the buyer's fabric.

Category

20th Century French Restauration Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

1970s Set of Six Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Onda Dining Chairs

$7,500 / set

1970s Set of Six Giovanni Offredi for Saporiti Italia Onda Dining Chairs

By Giovanni Offredi

Located in Philadelphia, PA

We have intentionally left the original upholstery intact on this set, as Saporiti's collaboration with Missoni during the 1970s is extremely coveted. We can have the chairs reuphols...

Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

$1,107 / item

1970s Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen Restored Conference Armchairs in Oak

By Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen, Magnus Olesen

Located in Knebel, DK

Ask for shipping quote for the number of chairs you are looking for as the shipping cost per chair is reduced when you ship more chairs in the same shipment compared to shipping just...

Category

Vintage 1970s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs

Materials

Oak

Recent Sales

Set Costes Chairs by Philippe Starck with Black Leather Seats

Unavailable

H 31.11 in W 18.51 in D 21.66 in

Set Costes Chairs by Philippe Starck with Black Leather Seats

By Driade, Philippe Starck

Located in Cape Town, WC

The Costes Chair expresses the multiplicity inherent within the every-day object as a goal for the pursuit of form; owing its wooden, shell-like structure to Starck’s keenness for ex...

Category

Vintage 1980s European Post-Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Black Philippe Starck Costes Chairs, Set of Six

Unavailable

H 31.89 in W 18.9 in D 20.87 in

Black Philippe Starck Costes Chairs, Set of Six

By Aleph Geddis, Philippe Starck

Located in 's Heer Arendskerke, NL

Great set of the Philip Starck Costes chair in black painted mahogany with black leather seats.

Materials

Metal

1930s Art-Deco Chair

Unavailable

H 24.41 in W 27.56 in D 23.23 in

1930s Art-Deco Chair

Located in Zaventem, Belgium

It can be used as a vanity chair or a side chair. For an additional cost the chair can be re upholstered.

Category

Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Sesann Lounge Chairs

Unavailable

H 26.78 in W 43.31 in D 37.41 in

Sesann Lounge Chairs

By Gianfranco Frattini

Located in BANGALOW, NSW

Please do not confuse these original chairs with the recent lower cost reissues. These lounge chairs have been fully restored & reupholstered using the very best Italian full-anilin...

Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Early 20th Century French Large Scale Chairs

Unavailable

H 40 in W 25 in D 23 in

Pair of Early 20th Century French Large Scale Chairs

Located in Tacoma, WA

This posting is for the cost of the chairs only.

Category

20th Century French Rococo Chairs

Materials

Giltwood

Pair of Cream White Chairs by Guariche, Mortier & Motte for ARP, France, 1955

Unavailable

H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 31.5 in

Pair of Cream White Chairs by Guariche, Mortier & Motte for ARP, France, 1955

By Michel Mortier, Pierre Guariche, Studio A.R.P. (Joseph-André Motte, Michel Mortier and Pierre Guariche), Joseph-André Motte

Located in New York, NY

Freshly re-upholstered "642" pair of lounge chairs by Atelier de Recherche Plastique (ARP) a joint venture by French iconic designers Pierre Guariche, Joseph André Motte and Michel M...

Category

Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Ash

Madsen & Schubell, Lounge Chair, Modell Pragh

Unavailable

Unavailable

H 32.68 in W 16.54 in D 19.3 in

Paul Male

By Sotow

Located in Aiurzio, IT

The cost of a chair cushion is an additional $50.00.

Category

2010s Italian Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Pair of Mid-20thc Red Leather & Velvet Upholstered Club Armchairs, C.1935-55

Unavailable

H 28 in W 36 in D 30 in

Pair of Mid-20thc Red Leather & Velvet Upholstered Club Armchairs, C.1935-55

Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire

Please note that we are able to patch repair the tears and blend in if so desired at cost with our upholsterer. These chairs certainly fit into the ‘club’ furniture bracket, popul...

Category

Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs

Materials

Leather, Velvet

Brand New Driade King Costes Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck, Italy

Unavailable

H 31.9 in W 19.9 in D 22 in

Brand New Driade King Costes Dining Chairs by Philippe Starck, Italy

By Driade, Philippe Starck

Located in Brooklyn, NY

H 31.5 in W 18.51 in D 22.84 in

Set of eight Costes Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade Aleph

By Philippe Starck

Located in Vlimmeren, BE

This famous chair was designed by Philippe Starck for the Café Costes in Paris in 1984.

Materials

Metal

H 33 in W 20.25 in D 16.5 in

Rare Set of Six Black Vintage Modern Cattelan Italia "Costes" Dining Chairs

By Cattelan Italia

Located in Palm Springs, CA

I love the shape of these dining chairs. Made in the 1980s in Italy by Cattelan Italy, they have newly upholstered seats in a very upscale European Jaquard Fabric "Picasso". The fabr...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Set of SIX 1980s 'Costes' Dining-Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, Italy

Sold

H 31.89 in W 18.51 in D 20.48 in

Set of SIX 1980s 'Costes' Dining-Chairs by Philippe Starck for Driade, Italy

By Philippe Starck

Located in Antwerp, BE

A fantastic set of six "Costes" barrel back chairs by Philippe Starck. Each chair has a black leather seat with a beech plywood back on three black enameled tubular steel legs.

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Metal

8 fauteuils king costes de Philippe Starck pour Aleph/ Driade, Italie 1990s

Sold

H 31.5 in W 17.72 in D 20.08 in

8 fauteuils king costes de Philippe Starck pour Aleph/ Driade, Italie 1990s

By Philippe Starck

Located in GRENOBLE, FR

Set of 8 King Costes Model Armchairs by designer Philippe Starck and produced by Aleph/driade in the 1990s. Base in polished cast aluminum. Bultex foam seat covered in ivory cowhide ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Iron

$4,750 / set

H 29.14 in W 22.84 in D 15.75 in

Set Of Four Lila Hunter Chair By Phillipe Starck For XO. 1980s

By Philippe Starck

Located in Čelinac, BA

Lila Hunter Chairs Set of Four By Philippe Starck for XO.1980

Category

Vintage 1980s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Materials

Velvet

H 31.5 in W 18.51 in D 21.26 in

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Chair Scarpa 121 For Cassina

By Afra & Tobia Scarpa

Located in Barcelona, Barcelona

Afra and Tobia Scarpa Lounge Chair Scarpa 925 For Cassina Maximum comfort in a minimalist dining chair distinguished by its contrasts A dining chair with a sleek, anatomic design, ...

Category

2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Walnut

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Costes Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the costes chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Each costes chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and animal skin. There are many kinds of the costes chair you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right costes chair, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Industrial styles are of considerable interest. A well-made costes chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Philippe Starck, Driade and Aleph Ubik are consistently popular.

How Much is a Costes Chair?

Prices for a costes chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $2 and can go as high as $8,990, while the average can fetch as much as $2,850.

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.

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