Find many varieties of an authentic soft lounge chair available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of
metal,
animal skin and
leather, every soft lounge chair was constructed with great care. There are 68 variations of the antique or vintage soft lounge chair you’re looking for, while we also have 10 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect soft lounge chair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A soft lounge chair, designed in the
Mid-Century Modern,
Modern or
Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. A well-made soft lounge chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by
Charles and Ray Eames,
Herman Miller and
Charles Eames are consistently popular.
While this specific seating is known to all for its comfort and familiar form, the history of how your favorite antique 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 the 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 seat 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 lounger (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 unique lounge chairs that includes everything from antique Victorian-era seating to vintage mid-century modern lounge chairs by craftspersons such as Hans Wegner to contemporary choices from today’s innovative designers.
