Zanotta Leather Chair

Zanuso For Zanotta

Gabriele Mucchi Genni

Maggiolina Chair

Zanotta Irma

Black Frame Lounge Chair

Zanotta Maggiolina

Materials

Materials

Chrome

H 32.49 in W 16.54 in D 19.49 in

Gruppo di sei Sedie 'Tonietta 2090' di Enzo Mari per Zanotta anni 80

By Zanotta, Enzo Mari

Located in Milano, IT

Gruppo di sei sedie, con questo progetto Enzo Mari vinse il compasso d'oro nel1987; struttura in alluminio smaltato, seduta e schienale in polipropilene con rivestimento in cuoio. Bu...

Category

Vintage 1980s Italian Other Chairs

Materials

Leather

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$12,500 / set

H 30.5 in W 34 in D 38.5 in

Pair of Pierre Paulin First Edition "Big Tulip" for Artifort Lounge Chairs

By Pierre Paulin, Artifort

Located in Middlesex, NJ

Pair of Pierre Paulin First Edition "Big Tulip" for Artifort lounge chairs.

Category

20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

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Zanotta Leather Chair For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic zanotta leather chair available at 1stDibs. Each zanotta leather chair for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using animal skin, leather and metal. Your living room may not be complete without a zanotta leather chair — find older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right zanotta leather chair, those designed in Mid-Century Modern and Modern styles are of considerable interest. A well-made zanotta leather chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Zanotta, Achille Castiglioni and Marco Zanuso are consistently popular.

How Much is a Zanotta Leather Chair?

A zanotta leather chair can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $3,071, while the lowest priced sells for $613 and the highest can go for as much as $15,331.

Zanotta for sale on 1stDibs

Entrepreneur Aurelio Zanotta founded Zanotta in 1954 in Nova Milanese, Italy. Originally called Zanotta Poltrona, it specialized in traditional furniture. By the early 1960s, however, Zanotta had established a reputation for edgy mid-century modern design. Today’s vintage furniture collectors know the brand well for its innovative and wholly sculptural chairs, coffee tables and more.

One of Zanotta’s earliest successes was the Mezzadro stool — better known as the Tractor stool — designed by Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and his brother Achille in the late 1950s. In 1965, Zanotta was among the first furniture companies to work with expanded polyurethane foam and frameless construction, such as for the Throw-Away sofas and armchairs designed by Willie Landels. Another popular design was the Blow chair — designed by Jonathan De Pas, Donato D’Urbino, Paolo Lomazzi and Carla Scolari — viewed by many as a physical expression of late '60s carefree culture.

In 1969, amid the provocative movement we now call Italian Radical Design, Zanotta’s Sacco chair garnered major attention. The boundary-pushing beanbag chair was the brainchild of designers Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini and Franco Teodoro who presented it to Aurelio Zanotta as a transparent vinyl sack loosely filled with small polystyrene balls. He suggested its signature brightly colored leather.

The Sacco chair won the 1970 ADI Design Museum’s Compasso d’Oro award. In 1972, the Museum of Modern Art in New York included it in the landmark exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” curated by designer Emilio Ambasz. In 2020, it received a Compasso d’Oro ADI Lifetime Achievement Award for 50 years of enduring popularity. It is now in museum collections around the world including the Triennale Design Museum of Milan, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, and London’s Victoria & Albert Museum.

After Aurelio Zanotta died in 1991, the company remained in his family and has been run by his three children since 2002. Zanotta continues to set the bar high for furniture design with trend-setting pieces.

On 1stDibs, find a collection of vintage Zanotta seating, tables and other furniture.

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.