$7,500Sale Price / set|40% Off
Restored "1949er" Rattan Lounge Chair & Sofa Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century "1949er" Rattan living-room set including a matching 3-seat sectional sofa and two lounge chairs with complimentary coffee tables with two side tables.
Rattan
$11,850Sale Price / set|40% Off
Rare Restored Double Tear Drop Stacked Rattan Lounge Chair Sofa Livingroom Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century Rattan living-room set including a matching 3-seat sectional sofa and two lounge chairs with complimentary stacked coffee tables with two side tables.
Rattan
$2,370Sale Price|40% Off
Restored Quad Strand "R" Arm 2 Seat Rattan Corner Sofa with Side Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare "R" arm rattan 2-seaters sectional sofa with "Quad Pole" design featuring 4 strand rattan arms, legs, and 4 pole base.
Rattan
Mid Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Jacks Coffee Table
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Tulsa, OK
His lounge chairs, sofas, and sectionals were designed with ergonomics in mind, ensuring that they were as comfortable as they were visually appealing. 4.
Glass, Walnut
$2,394Sale Price / set|40% Off
Restored 4-Strand Square Pretzel "S" Arm Rattan Sofa W/ 2 Tier Table
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare Paul Frankl square pretzel "S" arm rattan 2 seater sectional sofa with large 2 tier side table apart of the sofa. 1950, United States Measures: Sofa: 33in.
Rattan
Antique French Print Maison de Campagne by Bonnier Architecte, Chabat c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
The lithograph presents a full cross-section of the house alongside detailed floor plans for the basement, ground floor, first floor, and second floor. The sectional view reveals the...
Paper
French Architectural Print of Maison rue Friant, Paris, Antique c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
The composition also includes sectional and plan views, showing the house’s interior arrangement and practical distribution of rooms across multiple floors.
Paper
Antique French Architectural Print Maison de Jardinier by Pierre Chabat c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
The composition presents both sectional and elevation views of the building, highlighting the decorative use of brick and terracotta in French domestic architecture of the period.
Paper
$6,825Sale Price|30% Off
Restored Eight-Strand Square Pretzel Arm 3-Seat Section Sofa
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Restored Art Deco 8-strand rattan square pretzel arm sectional sofa with seating for three people. The sofa features Paul frankl inspired square pretzel armrest in a rare 8-stand con...
Rattan
$19,250Sale Price / set|30% Off
Restored Square Pretzel Rattan Corner Sofa, Coffee & Side Table Living Room Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Mid-Century restored rattan living room set featuring a 4-piece sectional corner sofa with square pretzel arms, a round coffee table, and a two-tiered side table with included Bakeli...
Fabric, Rattan
French Modern Brass Coffee Table and Nesting Tables Ensemble with Clear Glass
Located in Buchanan, NY
This French 1970s round clear glass sectional coffee table is a distinctive piece, featuring a polished brass frame that beautifully complements the transparency of the glass.
Brass
$15,225Sale Price|30% Off
Restored Six-Strand Square Stacked Rattan Lounge Sofa Living room Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco Rattan living-room set including a matching 3-seat sectional sofa and lounge chair with matching stacked coffee table with two side tables.
Rattan
$5,850Sale Price / set|40% Off
Ficks Reed Restored Three-Strand "S-Arm" Rattan Sofa & Lounge Living Room Set
By Paul Frankl
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Three-strand "S-arm" rattan living room set which includes one lounge chair with matching the three-seat sectional sofa. Each seat features rounded three strands "S-arm" rattan arms ...
Rattan
Hydraulic Machine of Kew Gardens & Chiswick Grotto – Le Rouge, c.1785
Located in Langweer, NL
The illustration showcases a sectional view of a sophisticated hydraulic system featuring an Archimedean screw, labeled “Visse d’Archimede,” powered by a gear mechanism to lift water...
Paper
Antique French Print Villa Mon Caprice Villers-Sur-Mer by Chabat c.1900
Located in Langweer, NL
Alongside the elevation, the plate includes detailed sectional drawings and floor plans for the basement, ground floor, and first floor, highlighting both the aesthetic and functiona...
Paper
JAMES RIZZI "City People" Rosenthal Germany Collectible Plate Limited Edition
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Standouts from this arm of Rosenthal include Gunter Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf’s futuristic Sunball Lounge Chair (1969), Verner Panton’s Relaxer Rocking Chair (1974), Burchar...
Porcelain
$2,560Sale Price|20% Off
Lion in Frost Travertine Marble & Glass Swivel Top Coffee Cocktail Table
By Lion in Frost
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A 1970's Mid-Century Modern Travertine Marble & Glass Coffee Cocktail Table by Lion in Frost Glass top swi...
Travertine, Chrome
$2,246Sale Price / set|25% Off
2 MCM Founders Corner Step Tables Black Brass Sabots Coronado Grp Luther Draper
By Founders Furniture Company
Located in Topeka, KS
They would look stunning beside your loveseat; living room sofa; dividing a corner or u-shaped sectional; or even a separation for perpendicularly placed sofas and chairs.
Brass
1970s VASARELY "Live and let live love and let love" Rosenthal Framed Plate
By Rosenthal, Victor Vasarely
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Standouts from this arm of Rosenthal include Gunter Ferdinand Ris and Herbert Selldorf’s futuristic Sunball Lounge Chair (1969), Verner Panton’s Relaxer Rocking Chair (1974), Burchar...
Porcelain
Cuba, Hayti, Santo Domingo and Leeward Islands, Antique Caribbean Map, 1859
Located in Langweer, NL
Its refined engraving, subtle coloring, and clear sectional layout make it appealing both as a historical document and as wall art suited to traditional, coastal, or globally inspire...
Paper
$3,381Sale Price|30% Off
Restored 3/4 Round Pretzel Three-Seat Sofa with Open Base
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This round 3/4 pretzel 4 seater sectional sofa with three-strand round pretzel arms and open frame base.
Rattan
$702Sale Price|20% Off
Peter Ghyzcy Coffee Table with Wooden Legs Model T56/2
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Oirlo, LI
This design studio gave birth to many novel, modular components, such as shelters, facade elements but most notably various types of furniture, among them chairs, shell chairs, secti...
Glass, Wood
$2,198Sale Price|20% Off
Peter Ghyczy T15 Coffee Table, Brass & Glass, Mid-Century Modern
By Peter Ghyczy
Located in Oirlo, LI
This design studio produced many new, modular components, such as canopies, facade elements, but above all different types of furniture, including chairs, bucket seats, sectional sof...
Brass
$8,452Sale Price / set|30% Off
Restored Paul Frankl Six-Strand Rattan Sofa and Lounge Chair Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Frankl style Rattan living-room set including a matching sectional sofa and lounge chair. Both feature the famous six strand square pretzel side arms and stacked rattan base ori...
Rattan
$9,076Sale Price / set|30% Off
Restored Midcentury Rattan, Living Room Seating Set
By Paul Frankl
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Frankl style rattan living room set including a matching three-seat sectional sofa, lounge chair and ottoman. Both the sofa and chair feature the famous six strand square pretze...
Rattan
$13,846Sale Price / set|30% Off
Restored Style Six-Strand Square Pretzel 3-Seat Sofa, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Six-strand square Pretzel style, three-seat sectional sofa in the style of Paul T. Frankl. This sofa set of two features the famous six-strand square pretzel side arms and a stacked ...
Rattan
Guillerme et Chambron, Elmyre, Sectional Sofa in 14 Pieces, Mid-century, France
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions listed are per "Chair Section" (Height: 31" - Width: 23.5" - Depth: 33.5"). Corner Sections are: Height: 30.75" - Width: 33.25" - Depth: 33.25" There are 14 sections in t...
Upholstery, Oak
Salterini Banana Leaf Suite of Sofa, Armchairs and Tables
By Salterini
Located in Katonah, NY
A suite of wrought-iron furniture in the Banana Leaf pattern, designed and manufactured by the New York firm, Salterini, the suite comprised of a curved sectional sofa in three secti...
Wrought Iron
$2,320Sale Price|20% Off
Paul Frankl Style Loveseat in Dark Chocolate by Tochiku
By Tochiku
Located in Wilton, CT
Furnish an entire room by creating a stunning sectional or allow the pieces to Stand alone. The collection consists of a three-piece sofa, this two-piece loveseat, a square corner ta...
Upholstery, Rattan
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.
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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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