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Tony Paul Tilt Back Chair Raymor
By Tony Paul, Raymor
Located in Garnerville, NY
Tony Paul designed metal frame tilt back chair. Black metal frame with wire metal mesh back and
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Iron, Steel

Tony Paul Tilt Back Chair Raymor
Tony Paul Tilt Back Chair Raymor
H 32 in W 17 in D 16 in
Arne Vodder Teak Tilt Back Upholstered Armchair Denmark
By Arne Vodder
Located in Cincinnati, OH
An upholstered Arne Vodder tilting back arm chair having a nicely padded bottom and back cushion
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Stunning 1970s Vintage Danish Tilt Back Leather Swivel Chair and Stool
Located in Lewes, GB
leather with a fantastic Tan colour. Beautiful patina and finish. The chair has a tilt back mechanism and
Category

Late 20th Century Swivel Chairs

Materials

Leather

The Taylor Chair Co. Industrial Rolling Swivel Deskchair with Tilt Back, 1940s
By Taylor Chair co.
Located in Germantown, MD
quality faux leather seat and back was very well maintained. Nail trim around the tiltable back rest
Category

Early 20th Century American Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique Art Krupp Berndorf Silver Plated Oval Tilt Back Table or Vanity Mirror
By Art.Krupp Berndorf
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
well constructed using a solid pine inner frame, and a sturdy adjustable tilting back, using a saw
Category

Early 20th Century English Edwardian Table Mirrors

Materials

Silver Plate

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Tilt-Back Sheridan Lounge Chair in Walnut Cane & Brass
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
with solid walnut frames which gracefully support the linen cushions. The backrest can be tilted back
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Brass

Rustic Tilt Back Dining Chairs - Set of Four
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W17 D18 H32 SW13.75 SD15 SH17 Rustic distressed Dining Chairs with an adjustable back that rotates
Category

Vintage 1940s Rustic Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Smoked Glass, Wood

Set of Six Ella Tilt-Back Dining Chairs by Arne Vodder for Vamo Sonderborg
By Arne Vodder, Vamo Sonderborg
Located in Hanover, MA
armchairs. The seat backs have a clever tilt mechanism for extra comfort. We have a seventh side chair
Category

Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Teak

Vintage Set of Eight Danish Ella Teak Tilt Back Dining Chairs by Arne Vodder
By Arne Vodder, Vamo Sonderborg
Located in San Jose, CA
, circa 1960's. Features sculptural solid teak frames and a unique swivel tilting backrest in an oatmeal
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Teak

Antique French Wine Tasting Tilt-Top Table
Located in Houston, TX
This French Country oval wine tasting table, also known as a tilt-top table, is a splendid example
Category

Early 20th Century French Country Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Wood

Antique Metamorphic Table/Chair Tilt-Top Monks Bench
Located in Forney, TX
keeps the top sturdy in both positions, yet remains easy to operate. The tabletop forming a back to
Category

Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Oak

Lovely Antique Victorian English Walnut Tilt Top Side Occasional Tripod Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original restored Victorian circa 1880 walnut tilt
Category

Antique 1880s English Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Walnut

1700's Antique George III Style, Paint Decorated, OctagonalTea, Tilt Top Table!!
Located in Austin, TX
, tilting on an ebonized baluster turned pedestal base, back of top is grain painted, 28-1/2 x 30 x 30 in
Category

Antique 18th Century British Other Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Wood

19th Century English Victorian Oval Black Painted Papier Mâché Tilt-Top Table
Located in Haarlem, NL
with hand painted flowers and gold paint decorations, like a lot of these kind of tables it has a tilt
Category

Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top ...

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique Victorian Oak Library Tavern Monks Bench Tilt Top Hutch Table Settle Pew
Located in Dayton, OH
influences. Made from Quartersawn oak with a rectangular plank top that tilts upward to reveal an exquisite
Category

Antique Late 19th Century William and Mary Dessert Tables and Tilt-top T...

Materials

Oak

1930s Fiddleback Oak Windsor Style Tilting and Rolling Desk Chair W/ Saddle Seat
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare 1930s Fiddleback Oak high back Windsor Style Tilting back and Rolling Desk Chair With Saddle
Category

Early 20th Century American Edwardian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Iron

Gorgeous Pair of Green Milo Baughman Tilt and Swivel Lounge Brass Chairs
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Dallas, TX
, tilt back and are mounted on brass bases. Professionally upholstered in a green colored velvet. Their
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Brass

17th/ 18th Century Oak Pay Table
Located in Delft, NL
position and becomes the back of the chair. Under the seat a beautiful hand carved edge, in which a drawer
Category

Antique 17th Century European Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Oak

17th/ 18th Century Oak Pay Table
17th/ 18th Century Oak Pay Table
H 30.12 in W 26.38 in D 38.59 in
Antique Serving Table, Victorian Carved Oak Console Table, France, 1890
Located in Miami, FL
, France, 1890 . Finish carved panel back with plate rail on top rectangular top with moulded edge Slant
Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Dessert Tables and Tilt-top T...

Materials

Walnut

Important Antique Restored William IV 1830 Occasional Side End Wine Lamp Table
Located in GB
around, it is exquisite. This has been fully restored by my French polisher, it has been washed back
Category

Antique 1830s English William IV Dessert Tables and Tilt-top Tables

Materials

Hardwood

Edvin Helseth “Trybo” Easy Chair by Stange Bruk, Norway, 1960s
By Edvin Helseth
Located in Stockholm, SE
Model Trybo. Pine with solid “tilting” back. Designed 1968.   
Category

Vintage 1960s Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Pine

Antique French Vintage Silver Plate Table Vanity Mirror
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
An elegant antique French vintage silver-plated oval tilt-back table vanity mirror.
Category

Antique 19th Century French Table Mirrors

Materials

Silver

Zanotta Moretta Armchair Design Bernard Marstaller
By Zanotta, Bernard Marstaller
Located in New York, NY
Armchair with tilting backrest. Natural beech frame. Tilting back. Removable cover in Telastrong or
Category

2010s Italian Armchairs

Materials

Cowhide, Beech

Black and White Postmodern Table of Desk Lamp
Located in Miami, FL
base. The shade tilts back and forth. Not height adjustable.
Category

Vintage 1980s Unknown Post-Modern Table Lamps

Materials

Steel

Royal Dux Figure of a Spanish Flamingo Dancer
By Royal Dux
Located in Montreal, QC
young women with tambourine and head tilted back moves with grace and charm.
Category

Vintage 1920s Czech Art Deco Porcelain

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Woman and Kneeling Camel Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
kneeling Bactrian camel with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky.  
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Modernist Armchair in Oak Wood, France, 1940s
By (after) Jean Michel Frank
Located in La Teste De Buch, FR
Modernist armchair in solid oak and upholstery. Made in France in the 1940s. Swivel/tilt back
Category

Vintage 1940s French Armchairs

Materials

Oak

Modernist Armchair in Oak Wood, France, 1940s
Modernist Armchair in Oak Wood, France, 1940s
H 28.35 in W 26.38 in D 25.6 in
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Kneeling Camel and Woman Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
kneeling yellow and red Bactrian camel with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky.  
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Late 19th century carved oak rococo revival vanity mirror
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
. Tilts back and forwards. Minor surface marks.
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Swedish Rococo Table Mirrors

Materials

Mirror, Oak

19th Century Hand Carved Wood Bulldog Inkwell from England
Located in North Salem, NY
England. Head tilts back. It well sit and stay, looking extremely regal, for long periods of time
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Animal Sculptures

Materials

Hardwood

Fine Biedermeier Psiche Mirror, Austria, 1850s
Located in Budapest, HU
Large vertical framed mirror, supported in half by two side pins, allowing it to tilt back and
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Floor Mirrors and Full-Length Mirrors

Materials

Bronze

Fine Biedermeier Psiche Mirror, Austria, 1850s
Fine Biedermeier Psiche Mirror, Austria, 1850s
H 70.87 in W 45.67 in D 27.56 in
Seguso Glass and Bronze Triple Mirror
By Archimede Seguso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and right The mirror can tilt back or remain straight up and down 31" by 16" in the resting position
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian More Mirrors

Materials

Glass

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Bactrian Camel Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, wearing a saddle that
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Industrial Task Stools
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of industrial drafting stools. Cane Seats with a bakelite tilting back rest. Metal frame with
Category

Vintage 1950s American Industrial Stools

Materials

Metal

Pair of Industrial Task Stools
Pair of Industrial Task Stools
H 36 in W 16 in D 18 in
Kai Kristiansen, set of six rosewood armchairs, 1960s
By Kai Kristiansen
Located in Los Gatos, CA
A set of six rosewood armchairs by KAI KRISTIANSEN, seat, and tilt back upholstered with brown
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs

Materials

Rosewood

Fine W1V Style Mahogany & leather desk chair
By Arthur Brett
Located in Dereham, GB
Style carved detail, Leather chestnut coloured upholstery, Swivel Action and tilt back action Mechanism
Category

Mid-20th Century British William IV Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

 Fine W1V Style Mahogany & leather desk chair
 Fine W1V Style Mahogany & leather desk chair
H 36.23 in W 32.29 in D 32.29 in
Pair of Mid Century Modern Sculptural Lounge Chairs by Edmond Spence
By Edmond J. Spence
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Sculptural armrests with a tilted back for maximum comfort. Fantastic updated cushion in a neutral grey
Category

Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Hardwood, Lacquer

1970s Directional Pair of Swivel Lounge Chairs in Ivory Velvet
By Directional
Located in New York, NY
which tilt back and forth and swivel on upholstered round base. These chic swivel lounge chairs are not
Category

Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Zanotta Moretta Armchair in White Leather with Natural Beech Frame
By Zanotta, Bernard Marstaller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
beech frame. Tilting back. Removable cover in Telastrong or cowhide. Additional Information: Material
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery

Original Herman Miller Fully Adjustable Classic Aeron Chair
By Herman Miller
Located in Germantown, MD
" lowest and 31" highest. Seat interior width is 19" and seat interior depth is 19". Tilts back. Seat
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Sculptural Lounge Chair in the style of Adrian Pearsall
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Cincinnati, OH
blend of sand, beige and cream. Designed for comfort with slightly tilted back and arms with loose back
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Sornay Style Deco Rosewood Lounge Chairs, France 1930-1940 Mid-Century Modernist
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
chairs with beautiful Patina throughout. Modernist square arms and tilting back. In lovely original
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Lounge Chairs

Materials

Rosewood

Figural Shooting Target
Located in Los Angeles, CA
into the ground. Figure is on a hinge so when you hit the target, the figure tilts back and "dings
Category

Vintage 1950s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Iron

Figural Shooting Target
Figural Shooting Target
H 43.5 in W 7.25 in D 2 in
Modern Chrome & Tufted Velvet Office Chair, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
great tilt back mechanism for relaxed seating. Wear to chrome and fabric as shown.
Category

Vintage 1980s American Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome, Metal

Pair of Original Karl Springer Chairs, Stainless Steel and Brass
By Karl Springer
Located in North Miami, FL
slightly tilted back for maximum comfort. The frame is mirror polished stainless steel with brass accents
Category

Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass, Steel

Sornay Attr. Art Deco Rosewood Lounge Chairs, France 1930s-1940s, Mid-Century
By Andre Sornay
Located in New York, NY
. Incredible rosewood chairs with beautiful Patina throughout. Modernist square arms and tilting back. In
Category

Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Lounge Chairs

Materials

Cowhide, Rosewood

Antique Black Forest Carved Wooden Pug Inkwell, 19th Century Dog Carving
Located in Bristol, GB
tilts back to reveal the original glass inkwell inside. The arms are curved round so he can hold a pen
Category

Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Inkwells

Materials

Wood

Vintage Midcentury Kevi Chairs Denmark
By Kevi, Jean Prouvé, Jørgen Rasmussen
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
, tilting back and adjustable arch back support. Original paint and showing signs of wear and wonderful
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Jeanne Madeleine - 1982 Watercolour, Sous Les Branches
Located in Corsham, GB
her head tilted back, showing her striped dress and ruffled collar. Signed and dated to the upper left
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Camel Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, wearing a saddle that
Category

20th Century Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Pair of Georgian Brass Candlesticks
Located in Port Chester, NY
that were going onto a mantle and would tilt back to the wall, presumable for safety. There is a small
Category

Antique Late 18th Century English Candlesticks

Materials

Brass

Pair of Georgian Brass Candlesticks
Pair of Georgian Brass Candlesticks
H 6.25 in W 3.5 in D 3 in
Pig Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
hang on a hinge so when you hit the target, the figure tilts back and "dings" when it returns to the
Category

Vintage 1960s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Pig Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Pig Shooting Target, 1960s USA
H 28 in W 47.75 in D 2.25 in
Gothic Arts & Crafts, Wrought Iron Bible, Bookstand, Lecturn, Maitre D Stand
By Samuel Yellin
Located in New York, NY
tilted back and forth to position and direct the light. The lamp accepts a standard size screw in bulb
Category

Early 20th Century American Gothic Revival Magazine Racks and Stands

Materials

Wrought Iron

"Avocat" Armchairs by Pierre Jeanneret
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Mondorf les Bains, LU
Set of two "Lawyer" chairs in teak with flat tilted back, side frame forming bridge. Detached
Category

Vintage 1960s Indian Armchairs

Materials

Teak

"Avocat" Armchairs by Pierre Jeanneret
"Avocat" Armchairs by Pierre Jeanneret
H 35.04 in W 24.81 in D 24.02 in
Antique Adjustable Swivel Oak Desk Chair, circa 1930-1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
. This chair swivels, tilts back and the height is adjustable. This chair has retained its original
Category

Early 20th Century Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Brass, Iron

Mid-Century 70's Dining Suite
Located in LYON, FR
rewelded and it tilts back slightly more than the others. One chair had also previously restitched on the
Category

Vintage 1970s Australian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Sets

Materials

Chrome

Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
is on a hinge so when you hit the target, the figure tilts back and "dings" when it returns to the
Category

Vintage 1960s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
H 17 in W 9.75 in D 1 in
Large Chicken Shooting Target, 1960s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
is on a hinge so when you hit the target, the figure tilts back and "dings" when it returns to the
Category

Vintage 1960s American Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce , Italy , model 1045 Floor Lamp circa 1948 .
By Gino Sarfatti
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
the shade can be tilted back and forward as shown . Shade of enamelled aluminium in original cream
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Brass, Chrome

Antique English Brass Candlesticks, Five Pair, Four Singles
Located in Port Chester, NY
mantle which might tilt back to the wall. Dimensions are for the tallest pair.
Category

Antique 19th Century English Candle Holders

Materials

Brass

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Tilt Back For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal tilt back for your home. Frequently made of wood, fabric and hardwood, every tilt back was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a tilt back, we have 41 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. There are many kinds of the tilt back you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right tilt back, those designed in Mid-Century Modern, Scandinavian Modern and Industrial styles are of considerable interest. Arne Vodder, Kai Kristiansen and Milo Baughman each produced at least one beautiful tilt back that is worth considering.

How Much is a Tilt Back?

The average selling price for a tilt back at 1stDibs is $2,800, while they’re typically $195 on the low end and $16,000 for the highest priced.