Dutch Post-Modern Camel Leather High Back Lounge Chair, 1990s
By Jane Worthington, Leolux
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch Post-Modern lounge chair from the 1990s, fully upholstered in camel leather.
Leather
Post modern high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Striking vintage dining chairs with black ebonized wooden frames and a black fabric seat. The post modern design with the long curved backrests is strongly inspired by the Golem cha...
Fabric, Wood
6 Post-Modern White Upholstered High Back Parsons Dining Chairs
By Pace Collection, Milo Baughman
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Clean, refined, and effortlessly timeless, this matching set of six high-back Parsons dining chairs embodies understated sophistication. Fully upholstered in a crisp white fabric, ea...
Fabric
Post Modern Chrome & Abstract Upholstered High Back Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Milo Baughman
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Make a bold Post Modern statement with this striking set of six circa 1980s chrome dining chairs.
Chrome
Post-Modern Slatted High Back Dining Room Chairs by Pietro Costantini, 1980s
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and elegant set of six Post-Modern slatted high back dining room chairs.
Leather, Maple
Post Modern Directional Style Swivel Lounge Chair
By Directional
Located in Houston, TX
This unusual iconic Post-Modern swivel chair has a high back and has been professionally upholstered in white boucle fabric.
Bouclé
Set of 4 Italian Post-Modern Black Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs, 1970s–1980
By Giorgio Cattelan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four Italian Post-Modern dining chairs, each built on a black lacquered tubular steel frame with a dramatically tall arched back.
Steel
Postmodern High Back Chair, 1980s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Postmodern High Lehner Chair. A sculptural design in postmodern design language. Functional chair and imposing design object. The design is based on a penetration of two elements, t...
Metal
Pair of Post Modern Channeled Swivel Chairs in Blush Pink Bouclé
By Preview
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Immediate injection of ‘Wow Factor’ into your space with these plush and stylish Post Modern Swivel Chairs. Blushing with high style.
Bouclé, Upholstery
$3,600 / set
Carson's High Point Sculpted Chairs
By Carson's Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique mid-century style faux leather chairs. Sculpted frames in soft pink fabric. Please confirm location NY or NJ
Fabric, Upholstery
Italian Modern Cream Lacquered High Back Side Chairs or Dining Chairs, Pair
By Pietro Costantini
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish pair of Italian Modern or Postmodern slatted high back side chairs or dining chairs In the manner of Pietro Costantini By Tonon Italy Italy, Circa 1980s Cream...
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
$2,500 / set
1960s Vintage High Back Wing Chairs - A Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
A dramatic and stylish pair of vintage chairs from the 60s. These actually were in my personal living room for 15 years:) We had them fully redone then, so you can use them as is or ...
Wood
$6,160Sale Price / set|20% Off
1980s Vintage Post Modern Dining Chairs - Set of 10
Located in Van Nuys, CA
High style Post-modern dining chair featuring a set of 10 chairs featuring 3 captains each with armrests and 7 side chairs.
Wood
Italian Modern Cream Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs, Set of Four
By Pietro Costantini
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish set of four Italian Modern or Postmodern slatted high back dining chairs In the manner of Pietro Costantini By Tonon Italy Italy, Circa 1980s Cream lacquered ...
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Italian Modern Cream Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs, Set of Six
By Pietro Costantini
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish set of six Italian Modern or Postmodern slatted high back dining chairs In the manner of Pietro Costantini By Tonon Italy Italy, Circa 1980s Cream lacquered f...
Upholstery, Wood, Lacquer
Prismania High Back Chair, Limited Edition, by Elise Luttik
Located in Geneve, CH
Prismania high back chair by Elise Luttik. Limited edition Dimensions: D 48.5 x W 70 x H 150 cm Materials: polycarbonate transparent shell with a prismatic polyester film, steel, ...
Steel
Mario Bellini Style Italian Modern Cream Leather Wrapped High Back Dining Chairs
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in South Bend, IN
A sleek and stylish set of four Italian Modern or Postmodern high back dining chairs In the manner of Mario Bellini for Cassina Italy, Circa 1980s Hand-stitched cream leather upho...
Steel
$1,500Sale Price|40% Off
(4) Mid century post modern Black Glossy Faux Patent Leather chrome chairs DIA
By Design Institute America
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Great set of 1980's Post Modern chairs. Super high Glossy Black upholstery with solid steel chrome plated bases.
Chrome
$3,074 / set
Vintage high back dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Spectacular high back dining chairs made of a wooden frame with very fine fiberglass strings serving as backrests. The seats are covered with a braided leather upholstery. The chai...
Leather, Fiberglass, Wood
Red High Back Dining Chairs by Walter Antonis & Hennie de Jong, 1980
By Hennie de Jong, Walter Antonis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Mid-Century high back dining chairs designed by Walter Antonis, produced for Hennie de Jong International Collections in the 1980s. Each chair combines red fabric on the tall...
Wire, Enamel
1980s Carson’s of High Point Blue Velvet & Brass Dining Chairs, Set of Four
By Carson's Furniture
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A striking set of four vintage blue velvet and brass dining armchairs by Carson’s of High Point, North Carolina, circa 1980s. Each chair features a dramatic, sculptural high back up...
Metal
$2,400 / set
Set of 4 High Back Lucite Dining Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Sleek, sculptural, and quietly dramatic—this set of four high back Lucite dining chairs makes a strong case for clear materials done right. Crafted from thick molded Lucite, each cha...
Upholstery, Lucite
Pr. Architectural High Back Wrought Iron Chairs att. to Leopold Gest c. 1980's
By Gustave Toffiche and Léopold Gest
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional pair of Post Modern style high back chairs, having dramatic exaggerated tall backs, and asymmetrical upholstered leather pad seats.
Wrought Iron
Vintage Quilted Brown High Back Side Chairs After Donghia
By Donghia
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fantastic pair of vintage quilted brown side chairs. A beautiful sloped high back gives these chairs a distinctive Postmodern look. Done in the manner of the iconic Donghia. Acquired...
Wood, Upholstery
Vladimir Kagan Sculptural High Back Swivel Chairs in Textured Ivory Fabric
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Saint Louis, MO
The sort of modern chairs that are so sculptural, they’re art.
Fabric, Upholstery
Late 20th Century Sculptural High Back Bunny Ears Chair
Located in Charleston, SC
This chair has beautiful a maple frame with a split back going all the way down to form the legs. The sculptural back with rounded tops makes the chair look like bunny ears. The l...
Upholstery, Beech
$3,355 / item
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available. The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Walnut
$3,355 / item
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available, The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Walnut
$3,355 / item
Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available, The love of processes, the properties of mater...
Walnut
$2,880Sale Price / set|20% Off
Pair Black Leather Flight High Chairs by Takeshita Okamura & Erik Marquardsen
By Takashi Okamura and Erik Marquardsen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Flight High Chairs by Takeshita Okamura & Erik Marquardsen for Nelo of Sweden. All Black leather chairs with black lacquer wood frames. Good vintage condition. Great desi...
Leather, Bentwood, Lacquer
Shiro Kuramata 'How High the Moon' Lounge Chair in Nickel-plated Steel Mesh
By Vitra, Shiro Kuramata
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Shiro Kuramata for Vitra, 'How High the Moon' lounge chair, nickel-plated steel mesh, Switzerland, design 1986 Shiro Kuramata’s ‘How High the Moon’ lounge chair, designed in 1986, ...
Steel, Nickel
$1,123 / set
Set of 6 Wooden High Back Dining Chairs, 1990s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Belgian design high back wooden dining chairs. The chairs have beautiful oak frames with a split back going all the way down to form the legs and come with their original fabric s...
Fabric, Wood
$1,205 / item
High Ale Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Ale Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 55 x D 54 x H 107 cm Materials: Veneer, Leather, Soleta. With the intention of providing good taste and personality, Doimo deciphe...
Leather
$1,631 / item
High Bloo Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Bloo Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 50 x D 53 x H 107 cm Materials: Veneer, Natural Leather. Also available in W 50 x D 53 x H 91 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the i...
Leather
$1,761 / item
High Moi Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Moi Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 51 x D 58 x H 109 cm Materials: Veneer, Natural Leather. Also available in W 51 x D 58 x H 93 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the in...
Leather
$993 / item
High Presto Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Presto Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 48 x D 48 x H 102 cm Materials: Satinado, Leather. Also available in W 48 x D 48 x H 86 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the inten...
Leather
$1,170 / item
High Moi Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Moi Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 51 x D 58 x H 109 cm Materials: Metal, Fabric. Also available in W 51 x D 58 x H 93 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the intention of...
Fabric
$851 / item
High Smart Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Smart Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 51 x D 50 x H 102 cm Materials: Smooth Reconst. Leather Also available in W 51 x D 50 x H 86 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the i...
Leather
$1,655 / item
High Smile Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Smile Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 52 x D 53 x H 111 cm Materials: Metal, Soleta. Also available in W 52 x D 53 x H 95 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the intention ...
Metal
Set of 4 Sculptural High Back Dining Chairs, Europe 1980s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This stunning set of dining chairs embodies an era of bold, sculptural furniture with a focus on comfort and organic form. Postmodernism in the 1980s embraced a playful approach to d...
Wood, Fabric
1980s Postmodern High Back Parsons Chairs, Set of Four
Located in Raymondville, TX
A late 20th century set of four postmodern style Parsons dining side chairs. Featuring a high back and curved scroll top with button detail. Fully upholstered in heavy woven jacquard...
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood
$673 / item
High Básica Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Básica Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 46 x D 50 x H 104 cm Materials: Paint, Natural Leather With the intention of providing good taste and personality, Doimo deciph...
Leather, Paint
$969 / item
High Drops Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Drops Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 43 x D 54 x H 82 cm Materials: Paint, Leather. Also available in W 43 x D 54 x H 66 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the intention ...
Paint, Leather
$1,584 / item
High Luna Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Luna Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 51 x D 53 x H 106 cm Materials: Paint, Fabric. Also available in W 51 x D 53 x H 90 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the intention o...
Fabric, Paint
$744 / item
High Rodes Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Rodes Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 43 x D 43 x H 76 cm Materials: Aged steel, Aged/crocco leather. Also available in W 43 x D 43 x H 60 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. Wi...
Steel
$638 / item
High Toy Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Toy Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 47 x D 53 x H 104 cm Materials: Paint, Fabric. Also available in W 47 x D 53 x H 88 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the intention of...
Fabric, Paint
$1,016 / item
High Bora Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil
Located in Geneve, CH
High Bora Bar Stool by Doimo Brasil Dimensions: W 52 x D 56 x H 108 cm Materials: Paint, Natural leather. Also available in W 52 x D 56 x H 92 cm, Seat Height: 60 cm. With the in...
Leather, Paint
Vintage black leather high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs. Beautiful sleek and timeless design with the backrest continuing all the way down to form the back legs. The chairs are in g...
Leather
Vintage black leather high back dining chairs, set of 6, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs. Beautiful sleek and timeless design with the backrest continuing all the way down to form the back legs. The chairs are in g...
Leather
2 x Chairs After Charles Rennie Mackintosh Metal High Back Hill House 1980s
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Located in London, GB
This listing is for two chairs We have six chairs in total An amazing art nouveau pair of side chairs after Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hill House chair. Although almost identical the...
Iron
6 High Back Golem Chairs by Vico Magistretti for Poggi, Italy 1969
By Afra & Tobia Scarpa, Poggi, Vico Magistretti, Mario Bellini
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
This Post Modern chair plays on the Mid-Century Modern aesthetic of Carlo, Afra and Tobia Scarpa.
Leather, Wood, Bentwood, Paint
Red Leather ‘Alice’ High Back Dining Chairs by Giorgio Cattelan, Italy, 1980
By Giorgio Cattelan
Located in Almelo, NL
Set of 4 Red Leather ‘Alice’ High Back Dining Chairs by Giorgio Cattelan, Italy, 1980s A striking set of four ‘Alice’ dining chairs designed by Giorgio Cattelan, produced in Italy d...
Metal
$13,421 / set
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm. Also available: Other colors available. The love of processes, the propertie...
Walnut
$6,715 / set
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available. The love of processes, the properties...
Walnut
$13,421 / set
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available. The love of processes, the properties...
Walnut
$6,710 / set
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm. Also available: other colors available. The love of processes, the propertie...
Walnut
$13,421 / set
Set of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 4 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also Available: Other colors available, The love of processes, the properties...
Walnut
$6,710 / set
Set of 2 Balance High Chair by Sebastián Angeles
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 balance high chair by Sebastián Angeles Material: Walnut Dimensions: W 45 x D 40 x 100 cm Also available: Other colors available The love of processes, the properties ...
Walnut
Set of 8 Liberty Postmodern Black Lacquered High Dining Chairs with Knoll Fabric
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A set of 8 Liberty Furniture high back dining chairs. This lovely set of dining chairs feature a unique 80s postmodern design, with a wooden construction and a black lacquered finish...
Fabric, Lacquer
Pietro Costantini for Ello Postmodern High Back Dining Chairs, Set of 8 (Italy)
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Round Top, TX
Set of Eight (8) Postmodern Italian Pietro Costantini Dining Chairs Designed for Ello August 19th, 2026 Update: Reupholstery Pending. These are currently being reupholstered in ivor...
Textile, Wood
Unavailable
H 61 in Dm 27 in
Zorg Chair by Another Human, Post-Modern, Contemporary, High Backed Chair
By Another Human
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Zorg is a playful exploration of form and materiality, resulting in an extra-terrestrial chair creature that may look imposing upon first glance due to the tall arched back and overs...
Steel
Postmodern High-Back Blue Chair, 1980s
Located in București, B
This postmodern high-back chair was designed in the 1980's. It's made of blue lacquered wood. Unknown designer
Wood
Set of 8 Danish Modern High Back Dining Chairs
By Skovby Møbelfabrik A/S 1
Located in Hollywood, FL
Danish post modern high back chair with teak frame by SKOVBY MOBELFABRIK A/S.
Textile, Teak
Unavailable
H 40.16 in W 18.12 in D 22.05 in
80s Antonello Mosca ‘Royal’ White Leather High Back Chairs for Ycami Set/6
By Ycami Collection
Located in Amstelveen, Noord
In the late 70s and early 80s mainly italian designers started to work with high back dining chairs. Chairs with a high back give you the feeling of sitting on an old castle chair, a...
Metal
Set of 6 Impressive Sculptural Chairs with High Backrest
Located in Zürich, CH
A rare set of 6 impressive sculptural chairs made of white lacquered solid wood. The organic design gives these chairs a great presence and turns a piece of utility furniture into a ...
Beech
Set Of 6 High Back Dining Room Chairs By Arper
By Arper
Located in Temse, BE
Set of 6 cognac leather high back dining chairs. beautiful sleek and timeless design. The chairs are in fair condition with minimal wear. 1980s - Italy Dimensions height: 110cm/4...
Leather
High-Back Asian Ebonized Post Modern Hall Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic Asian post modern hall chair or accent chair featuring an exaggerated high back ending with a scroll.
Elm
Set of Six Post Modern High Back Dining Chairs
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group
Located in Miami, FL
Six postmodern dining chairs with exaggerated tall backs rendered in black powder coated aluminium and red seats. Measures: seat height 17.5".
Aluminum
Post modern high back dining chairs, set of 4, 1970s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Striking vintage dining chairs with wooden frames and black fabric seats. The post modern design with the long curved backrests is strongly inspired by the Golem chairs by Vico Magi...
Fabric, Wood
Sold
H 47.25 in W 19.5 in D 18.5 in
Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Decatur, GA
One pair / set of two Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated slatted backrests and leather seats.
Leather, Beech, Lacquer
Sold
H 47.25 in W 19.5 in D 18.5 in
Post Modern High Back Leather Dining Chairs - Pietro Consantini - One Pair (2)
By Pietro Costantini
Located in Decatur, GA
One pair / set of two Pietro Costantini post modern high back dining chairs with exaggerated slatted backrests and leather seats.
Leather, Beech, Lacquer
High Style Post Modern Dining Chair Set of 11, Circa 1980
Located in Van Nuys, CA
High style Post modern dining chair featuring a set of 11 chairs featuring 3 captains each with armrests and 8 side chairs.
Wood
Sold
H 44 in W 18 in D 20 in
Italian Post Modern Ladder Back Dining Chairs, Bauhaus Black Lacquer High Back
By Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Cassina
Located in Decatur, GA
Set of six (6) hogh ladder back dining chairs after Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Solid maple frames with black lacquer. Original terrazzo look upholstery on the seats. All joinery is ...
Fabric
Sold
H 31.89 in W 13.78 in D 16.54 in
Geometric Italian Modern High Chairs Set of Four in Iron and Wood
Located in Milano, IT
Extraordinary set of four chairs of Italian manufacture. Lesedie are tall and can also be categorized as high stools. The set presents very eccentric and geometric lines where line a...
Iron
Pair of Postmodern High Back Italian Chairs
Located in Surbiton, GB
Pair of late 20th Century Italian high back chairs with black lacquered wooden frames and off white upholstered seats. Dimensions (cm, approx): Height: 130 Width: 56 Depth: 52 Both...
Wood
Postmodern Live Edge High Back Chair, c.1990
Located in Surbiton, GB
A one of a kind high back chair commissioned in 1999. Made from ash wood and featuring a live edge slab as a backrest and rear leg. Dimensions (cm, approx): Height: 107 Width: 40 D...
Wood
High back 'Fratina' Chairs by Mario Ceroli, 1970s
By Mario Ceroli
Located in Antwerp, BE
"Fratina" chairs designed by Mario Ceroli from the Mobili Nella Valle for Poltronova. Made of pine wood. Place of origin: Italy period: 1972. All pieces are marked accordingly ...
Pine
Postmodern Design Handcrafted Iron High Back Chair Set, 1980's
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Postmodern Design One of a Kind Handcrafted Iron High Back Chair set of 4, made in the 1980's. All iron constructed handmade chairs. High back model with welded wrapped wire ...
Metal
Sold
H 42.92 in W 17.72 in D 19.69 in
Set of 4 High Back Postmodern Chairs Form Mørkøv Møbelindustri Aps, 1980s
Located in Uppsala, SE
Set of 4 high back postmodern chairs, made by Danish company Mørkøv Møbelindustri ApS who is still operating today. Produced and designed in the 1980s. Made of black lacquered wood a...
Fabric, Wood
Vintage high back italian dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 italian leather high back dining chairs in dark red/brown colour. Beautiful elegant and timeless design. The chairs are in good condition 1980s - Italy Dimensions Height...
Leather
Sold
H 49.61 in W 18.51 in D 19.69 in
Set of 4 Italian Black Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs Striped Seat, 1970s
Located in Florence, IT
Set of 4 Italian Vintage Black Lacquered High Back Dining Chairs. The seats are newly upholstered in black striped cotton fabric.
Fabric, Wood
Bullnose Postmodern Slipper Chairs by Carson’s of High Point
By Carsons
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s. Price is for the set. Contact us if you’d like to purchase a single item. Reupholstered in nubby Boucle from Fishman’s Fabrics.
Bouclé
Set of 6 high back leather dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs. beautiful sleek and timeless design. The chairs are in good condition 1980s - Italy Dimensions Height: 110cm Width 45cm De...
Leather
Set of 6 high back leather dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Set of 6 black italian leather high back dining chairs. beautiful sleek and timeless design. The chairs are in good condition 1980s - Italy Dimensions Height: 103cm Width 45cm De...
Leather
Set of 6 belgian high back dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant, sculptural high back dining chairs with curved wooden frames and black leather seats. 2 chairs have armrests. Upholstered with black leather. Good condition. 1980s - Bel...
Leather, Wood
Set of 6 belgian high back dining chairs, 1980s
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Elegant, sculptural high back dining chairs with curved wooden frames and black leather seats. 2 chairs have armrests. Upholstered with black leather. Good condition. 1980s - Bel...
Leather, Wood
Sold
H 43.5 in W 20 in D 21.5 in
Pair American Modernist "High Sticking" Black Chairs Frank Gehry for Knoll 1992
By Frank Gehry, Knoll
Located in Portland, OR
A good pair American Port-Modernist "High Sticking" sculptural chairs by Frank Gehry for Knoll International in black, designed in 1992. One of the most celebrated architects of th...
Maple
Postmodern high back oak dining chairs, 1980s - set of 6
Located in Leuven, Vlaams Gewest
Post-modern design dining chairs with beautiful oak frames and leather seats. Timeless and elegant design. Made in Belgium, company stamp present. 1980s - Belgium Very good cond...
Leather, Oak
Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.
ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.
Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendini — a onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.
Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group, which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.
Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals.
After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.
On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.
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.