The Hive Dining Chair, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
The Hive dining chair, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet. Legs
2010s Portuguese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Brass
The Hive Dining Chair, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
The Hive dining chair, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet. Legs
Brass
The Hive Dining Chair, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
The Hive dining chair, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet. Legs
Brass
The Hive Dining Chair, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
The Hive dining chair, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Navy Classic
Brass
The Hive Bar Stool by Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
The Hive counter stool by Royal Stranger Dimensions: D66 x W55 x H105 cm Materials: Celadon
Brass
Set of 4 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 the hive dining chairs,Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Navy
Brass
Set of 2 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 The hive dining chairs, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm. Materials: Velvet
Brass
Set of 4 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 the hive dining chairs, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet
Brass
Set of 2 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 the hive dining chairs, Royal Stranger Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet
Brass
Set of 4 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 the hive dining chairs, Royal Stranger. Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm Materials: Velvet
Brass
Set of 2 the Hive Dining Chairs, Royal Stranger
By Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 the hive dining chairs, Royal Stranger. Dimensions: 65.5 x 55 x 79 cm. Materials: Navy
Brass
The Hive Chair
By Royal Stranger
Located in Vila Nova De Gaia, PT
The Hive Chair, as the name implies, is strong and robust in nature, its hexagonal shape gives it a
Brass, Stainless Steel
Charles and Ray Eames Ltr Tables with Zebra Cushions, Pair
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Hive Modern In the late 1940s, Charles Eames noted all the "fantastic things being made of wire." That
Wire
$40,655Sale Price|30% Off
H 76.78 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Poerugal by Greenapple
By GF Modern, Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple The Penedo quartz display cabinet captures the enduring beauty of nature’s landscapes,...
Onyx, Carrara Marble, Statuary Marble, Brass
Tresse Braided Mirror by Laura Gonzalez
By laura gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Wide oval mirror in glazed ceramic, finish mat, designed by Laura Gonzalez. Braided and wavy detail. All is crafted in France.
Ceramic
$4,990 / set
H 21 in W 14 in D 9.5 in
Contemporary Italian Pair of Amethyst and Amber Murano Glass Gold Brass Sconces
Located in New York, NY
A contemporary creation with a unique modern geometric design, these wall lights are entirely handcrafted in Italy. The molded textured glass elements of organic curved shape, in amb...
Brass
Rare MP-81 Sofa In Original Leather by Percival Lafer, 1970
By Percival Lafer
Located in São Paulo, BR
This artwork embodies Percival's unique artistic essence. It presents innovative formal and structural solutions, while its symbolic significance seamlessly harmonizes with what can ...
Leather, Fiberglass, Foam, Wood
Pair of "MP-97" armchairs by Percival Lafer
By Percival Lafer
Located in São Paulo, BR
In the world of design, Percival Lafer was a visionary dedicated to enhancing both comfort and aesthetics. His innovation led to the creation of the dual MP-97 lounge chairs, which e...
Wood
Murano Hand Blown Chartreuse Green Glass Chandelier, in stock
Located in Miami, FL
Murano hand blown studio glass chandelier, in stock All different shaped chartreuse green discs with white details, rigadin technique Brass plated structure with 24 exposed brass reg...
Brass
Italian Sofa in the Style of Gio Ponti, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Miami, FL
Fantastic Italian sofa from the 1950s. Very much in the style of Gio Ponti.
Fabric, Wood
$2,000Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 17.72 in Dm 14.97 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass High Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soda was born upside-down, with a puff of air. It weighs 20 kilos, and it is blown, drawn out and shaped by three master glassmakers. The result is a single volume of glass with thre...
Blown Glass
Ondamarmo Vulcano Onyx Matte Polished Side Table
Located in AVENZA CARRARA, IT
The Ondamarmo series by Federica Elmo includes 6 objects: The extra large dining table, two smaller size tables, three shelves, and a tray designed as an evolution of the shapes of t...
Onyx
Italian Colored Glass and Brass Sideboard or Credenza
Located in London, London
Colored glass sideboard Brass base and details Postmodern mix of colors Contemporary, Italy.
Brass
$2,058 / item
H 35.04 in W 23.23 in D 26.38 in
Contemporary black lacquered green velvet Arches dining chair by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Best Chair Design at the International Design & Architecture Awards 2021 Honorable Mention at the European Product Design Awards 2021 The Arches dining chair is designed in the ...
Brass
Pair of Italian Brutalist Armchairs
Located in London, London
Pair of armchairs Unusual shaped frame Boucle upholstery Normally carried in stock in Italy but can be made to order if not. Several different fabric options are available. Seat ...
Bouclé, Ash
$3,064Sale Price / item|20% Off
H 11.82 in W 27.56 in D 17.72 in
Soda Blown Murano Glass Oval Coffee Table in Petrol by Yiannis Ghikas
By Yiannis Ghikas, Miniforms
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Give or take a stem or two: this time Soda has only two stems, and its top takes on an elongated shape. Smooth as a surfboard, it evokes the fluidity of 1950s French design, but with...
Blown Glass
$34,500Sale Price|28% Off
H 28.5 in W 86.5 in D 39.5 in
Documented 'Kono' Dining Table / Desk by Lella & Massimo Vignelli, 1984, Italy
By Massimo and Lella Vignelli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exceptionally rare documented 'Kono' table, which works excellent as either a dining table or a desk, by Lella Vignelli and Massimo Vignelli was designed in 1984 and this exampl...
Granite, Copper
Pair of Murano glass mirrors by Studio Glustin
By Glustin Creation
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Elegant pair of mirrors with Murano glass frame. Some parts are sculpted and carved and some are gilt with gold leaf. Creation by Studio Glustin
Brass
Charming Murano Chandelier by Valentina Planta
Located in Budapest, HU
Fascinating Murano chandelier. It is composed of 30 star-shaped panes of pure Murano glass. The height is adjustable according to the height of the ceiling. At no extra cost we will ...
Metal
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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.