19th-Century Wooden Throne Chair with Lockable Salt Compartment
Located in Pont-Saint-Martin, IT
In traditional mountain homes, salt was a valuable and carefully preserved resource, and this unique feature transforms the chair into a remarkable testimony to everyday life, custom...
Walnut
$3,688Sale Price|20% Off
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Large Womb Chair in Salt and Pepper Boucle
By Eero Saarinen
Located in Seattle, WA
This original 2010s Womb Chair in full/large size set is configured with polished chrome steel frame, reupholstered in Salt and Pepper Boucle.
Bouclé
$2,800Sale Price / set|42% Off
Button Tufted Mid Century Modern Lounge Chairs in Salt & Pepper Boucle Walnut
Located in Culver City, CA
Upholstered in a luxurious tone-on-tone white bouclé fabric, these mid century lounge chairs boast a divine salt-and-pepper effect with a hint of rebellion – thanks to the sassy blac...
Bouclé, Walnut
$5,236 / item
Marble Salt Meditation Stool by Roxane Lahidji
By Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Salt Meditation Stool by Roxane Lahidji Material: Marbled salts A unique award winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji Dimensions: 40 x 40 x 20 cm Unique Award winner...
Composition
$5,236 / item
Marble Salt Meditation Stool by Roxane Lahidji
By Roxane Lahidji
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble Salt Meditation Stool by Roxane Lahidji Material: Marbled Salts A unique award winning technique developed by Roxane Lahidji Dimensions: 40 x 40 x 20 cm Unique Award winner o...
Composition
2016 Swoop Lounge Chair by Brain Kane for Herman Miller in Salt & Pepper Fabric
By Brian Kane, Herman Miller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
These examples have tubular steel legs that are powder coated in black, and they are upholstered in a ‚salt and pepper‚ black and white fabric. Each chair measures 29 inches deep,...
Steel
$12,635
Datum Occasional Chair
Located in Del Mar, CA
Datum Occasional Chair: A breath of salt air in chair form. The Datum Chair evokes the nostalgia of 1940s Hollywood-an effortless blend of coastal ease and sculptural sophistication.
Oak
$1,107 / item
Coastal Breeze Upholstered Side Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
In our Sea Salt finish, the upholstered side chair displays a comfortable upholstered seat with a fully upholstered back.
Wood
$1,317 / item
Coastal Breeze Upholstered Arm Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
In our Sea Salt finish, the upholstered arm chair displays a comfortable upholstered seat with a fully upholstered back and arms.
Wood
French Art Deco Set of Eight Black Lacquered Dining Chairs, 1920s
Located in CA, CA
Elegant Art Deco set of 8 black lacquered chairs by SALT (Société Anonyme Lyonnaise de Tapisserie) was a furniture maker in Lyon, France, the town that gave us Jean Dunand amongst o...
Lacquer
French 18th Century Salt Box Chair
Located in Round Top, TX
A delightful 18th century Arte Populaire Salt Box Chair from Auvergne, France. Soundly constructed from richly stained oak with nicely carved back and a removable slat on the seat f...
Oak
Tulip Dining Table and Chair Set by Burke in the Style of Saarinen and Knoll
By Burke, Inc.
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A white tulip styled five piece dining table set with matching laminate top and four X based chairs having two swiveling armchairs and two non-swiveling side chairs all with salt and...
Metal
Salt Chair, Russian Sterling Silver, circa 1861
Located in Summerland, CA
Hallmarked Russian sterling salt chair. Gold washed silver salt box with hinged lid.
Sterling Silver
Antique Russian Enamel and Vermeil Salt-Chair by Ovchinikov
By Pavel Ovchinnikov
Located in Paris, FR
Large vermeil salt-chair overall enameled on a black ground. Antique traces of inscription removed in the lid.
Vermeil, Enamel
Raw Cement and Rock Salt Chair by Fernando Mastrangelo
By Fernando Mastrangelo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This chair consists of a hand-dyed raw cement top and a grey rock salt bottom.
Unavailable
H 31.89 in W 24.81 in D 24.81 in
Eero Saarinen Executive Chair Salt and Pepper by Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Basel, CH
Eero Saarinen executive chair salt and pepper manufactured by Knoll International in the 1960s.
Stainless Steel
Unavailable
H 32.49 in W 28.55 in D 26.58 in
Vitra Organic Chair in Salt 'n Pepper by Charles Eames & Eero Saarinen, 1940
By Charles Eames, Vitra, Eero Saarinen
Located in New York, NY
These items are currently only available in the United States. The organic chair, a small and comfortable reading chair, was developed in several versions for the 1940 ‘Organic De...
Ash
Sold
H 33.5 in W 16 in D 14.25 in
17th Century French Louis XIII Carved Walnut Salt Chair "Chaise a Sel"
Located in Dallas, TX
This "Chaise a sel" or salt chair was created in southern France circa 1650.
Walnut
Eames Arm Chair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Cincinnati, OH
An Eames fiberglass arm shell chair with rare salt and pepper wool blend upholstery and taupe colored back shell, sitting on a rolling aluminum base with black painted early star base.
Aluminum
Pair of Danish Teak Lounge Chairs
By Grete Jalk, Selig, Moreddi 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Matched pair of teak Danish modern lounge chairs with sculpted armrests. The foam backrest and seat cushions recline at an angle to the main frame and are upholstered in a salt-and-...
Teak
Set of two danish beech armchairs with Wicker and sea grass
By Frits Schlegel
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Like a cool and scandinavian salt/pepper chair set.
Wicker, Rattan, Seagrass, Beech
Sold
H 31.89 in W 24.81 in D 24.81 in
Eero Saarinen Executive Chair Salt and Pepper by Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Basel, CH
Eero Saarinen Executive Chair salt and pepper manufactured by Knoll International in the 1960s.
Stainless Steel
Midcentury Rocking Chair Salt`n Pepper, 1960, Germany
Located in Nürnberg, DE
German midcentury rocking chair new upholstered in a black and white fabric from Lelievre-Paris.
Fabric
Rare Pair of Streamline Chairs by Russell Wright for Conant Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
They are solid maple frames with a nubby salt and pepper fabric. The chairs are a great design with great comfort.
Maple
P40 Osvaldo Borsani, Salt and Pepper Reclining Lounge Chair
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Berlin, DE
The 'P40' variable tilt armchair, produced by Tecno, Milan 1956. Black tubular frame with rubber arm rests. Seat, back and footrest upholstered in yellow wool fabric. The footrest is...
Pair of Thonet Armchairs
By Thonet
Located in North Miami, FL
Impeccably restored pair of Thonet lounge chairs. We've left the black arms natural on the sides to highlight the laminated bentwood construction, and upholstered the chairs in a sal...
Silk, Wood, Paint
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.
Modern icons are showing up in gracefully layered dining nooks, living rooms and lounges — proof that great design only gets better with context.
Andrianna Shamaris has filled her epic new home with pieces of her own design.
Top interior designers show — and tell — us how to create delectable spaces for hosting dinner parties.
With its plush cushions, cane details and dazzlingly colorful back, it’s inviting from every angle.
You know the designs, now get the stories about how they came to be.
The plush Cove Slipper 2.5 Seater sofa is just one of many convenient combinations from the London-based maker.
Sam Klemick's cool stool is edgy, cozy and environmentally sustainable all at once.
From his massive collaborative workshop in a former paper factory, the designer concocts funky furniture from disused materials, as well as luxe hotel interiors like the new Mix Brussels.