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Wormley Morris Chair

Edward Wormley For Dunbar "Morris" Lounge Chair
By Edward Wormley
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare Edward Wormley for Dunbar multi position recliner known as the "Morris" chair. Classic
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Mahogany

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Edward Wormley "Modern Morris Chair"
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in North Miami, FL
1940s "Modern Morris Chair," Dunbar model no. 4731 by Edward Wormley. The custom grey-washed
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Paint, Wood

Rare Edward Wormley "Modern Morris" Bleached Mahogany Slipper Chair
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in North Miami, FL
Rare and fine "Modern Morris" slipper chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. Fully restored bleached
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Slipper Chairs

Materials

Wool, Mohair, Mahogany

Pair of Rare "Modern Morris Chairs" by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Pair of rare lounge chairs, Modern Morris Chair No. 4731 with adjustable back and variation, in
Category

Vintage 1940s American Lounge Chairs

Pair of Rare "Modern Morris Chairs" by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Pair of rare His and Hers (or His and His and Hers and Hers) "Modern Morris Chairs", model No. 4731
Category

Vintage 1940s American Lounge Chairs

"Modern Morris Chair" with Sculpted Mahogany Frame by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
"Modern Morris Chair" model No. 4731 with sculpted laminated mahogany frame by Edward Wormley for
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Rare "Modern Morris Chair" with Adjustable Back by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in New York, NY
Rare "Modern Morris Chair" model No. 4731 with adjustable caned back and seat with sculpted
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Dunbar "Modern Morris" Bench Chairs by Edward Wormley
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Chicago, IL
Dunbar "Modern Morris" stool chairs. Rare form designed by Edward Wormley.
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Benches

Materials

Brass

Dunbar Edward Wormley Designed Lounge Chairs 1940s Model 4731 Morris
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in West Hartford, CT
Coveted pair of 1940s "Modern Morris Chairs" by Edward Wormley for Dunbar Furniture Company. Model
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Modern Morris by Edward Wormley Designed for Dunbar, 1940s
By Dunbar Furniture, Edward Wormley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Offered here is a Modern Morris lounge chair by Edward Wormley, designed for Dunbar circa 1940s
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Steel

Pair of Adjustable Modern Morris Chairs by Edward Wormley, Model No. 4731
By Edward Wormley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare vintage pair of adjustable "Modern Morris" chairs by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Model No. 4731
Category

Vintage 1940s American Armchairs

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Rare Mahogany and Ash Loveseat, Settee Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
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Rare Mahogany and Ash Loveseat, Settee Designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
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By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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Edward Wormley for Dunbar Club Chairs
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By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
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Edward Wormley 'New York' Sofa
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Edward Wormley for Dunbar Floor Lamp
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
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By Edward Wormley
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Swivel Chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
Swivel Chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar
$6,800
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By Edward Wormley
Located in Dallas, TX
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Wormley Morris Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal wormley morris chair for your home. Frequently made of wood, fabric and mahogany, every wormley morris chair was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a wormley morris chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A wormley morris chair, designed in the Mid-Century Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture.

How Much is a Wormley Morris Chair?

A wormley morris chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $7,500, while the lowest priced sells for $6,500 and the highest can go for as much as $15,000.

Edward Wormley for sale on 1stDibs

As the longtime director of design for the Dunbar furniture company, Edward Wormley was, along with such peers as George Nelson at Herman Miller Inc., and Florence Knoll of Knoll Inc., one of the leading forces in bringing modern design into American homes in the mid-20th century. Not an axiomatic modernist, Wormley deeply appreciated traditional design, and consequently his vintage seating, storage cabinets, bar carts and other work has an understated warmth and a timeless quality that sets it apart from other furnishings of the era.

Wormley was born in rural Illinois and as a teenager took correspondence courses from the New York School of Interior Design. He later attended the Art Institute of Chicago but ran out of money for tuition before he could graduate. Marshall Field hired Wormley in 1930 to design a line of reproduction 18th-century English furniture; the following year he was hired by the Indiana-based Dunbar, where he quickly distinguished himself. It was a good match.

Dunbar was an unusual firm: it did not use automated production systems; its pieces were mostly hand-constructed. For his part, Wormley did not use metal as a major component of furniture; he liked craft elements such as caned seatbacks, tambour drawers, or the woven-wood cabinet fronts seen on his Model 5666 sideboard of 1956. He designed two lines for Dunbar each year — one traditional, one modern — until 1944, by which time the contemporary pieces had become the clear best sellers.

Many of Wormley’s signature pieces — chairs, sofas, tables and more — are modern interpretations of traditional forms. His 1946 Riemerschmid Chair — an example is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art — recapitulates a late 19th-century German design. The long, slender finials of his Model 5580 dining chairs are based on those of Louis XVI chairs; his Listen-to-Me Chaise (1948) has a gentle Rococo curve; the “Precedent” line that Wormley designed for Drexel Furniture in 1947 is a simplified, pared-down take on muscular Georgian furniture. But he could invent new forms, as his Magazine table of 1953, with its bent wood pockets, and his tiered Magazine Tree (1947), both show. And Wormley kept his eye on design currents, creating a series of tables with tops that incorporate tiles and roundels by the great modern ceramicists Otto and Gertrud Natzler.

As the vintage items on 1stDibs demonstrate, Edward Wormley conceived of a subdued sort of modernism, designing furniture that fits into any decorating scheme and does not shout for attention.

Finding the Right Seating for You

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.