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Seating For Sale
Creator: Cassina
Creator: Massimo Iosa Ghini
20th Century, Gio Ponti for Cassina Set of 8 Chairs mod. Leggera
Located in Turin, Turin
An eclectic personality, from his early days he was active in the fields of architecture, painting, graphics and set design. He graduated in architecture from the Milan Polytechnic i...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise Longue designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1940. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
It is through this veritable piece of design history that Cass...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bamboo
Set of Two Cassina Cab Leather Chairs by Mario Bellini
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful set of two Cab Chairs in leather hide, designed by Mario Bellini in 1976.
Manufactured by Cassina in circa 1990s. The set consists of four cab 412 dining chairs covered in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Seating
Materials
Leather
Italian modern green sofa Maralunga by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern green sofa Maralunga by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970s
Three-seater couch model Maralunga padded and cove...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Plastic
Afra and Tobia Scarpa 'Soriana' Three Seat Sofa for Cassina, Italy, 1969
Located in New York, NY
Afra & Tobia Scarpa 'Soriana' Sofa for Cassina, Italy, 1969
The revolutionary and unique 'Soriana' three-seat sofa was designed by the Italian designer duo, Afra and Tobia Scarpa in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Chrome
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC1 Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 1965.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A light, compact chair designed and presented at ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Model 671 Dining Chairs by Carlo De Carli for Cassina, Set of 12
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A set of 12 Model 671 dining chairs by Carlo De Carli for Cassina. These rare chairs were designed in mid-20th century Italy. Originally created for the Parco del Principi Hotel in R...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bouclé
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Utrecht Armchair in Linen by Cassina
By Cassina
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
This modern classic armchair is a sophisticated combination of style and comfort. Featuring iconic design elements by Dutch designer Gerrit Tho...
Category
2010s Italian Seating
Materials
Linen
Patricia Urquiola ''Back-Wing Armchair', Wood, Foam and Leather by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Patricia Urquiola in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This comfy armchair has the same distinctive aesthetics as the Back-Wing chair designed in 2018. Th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Foam, Wood
Soriana Armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina
By Tobia Scarpa, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Soriana armchair by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina.
Manufactured in Italy.
The idea of comfort itself becomes a sofa. Soriana came into being in 1969, thanks to an intuitive vision...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
CAB—412 Dining Chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Austin, TX
Set of six dining chairs in the iconic Cab-412 design by Mario Bellini for Cassina. Originally designed in 1977, this chair features saddle leather upholstery that undergoes hand-pro...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Metal
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 292 Hill House Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1902. Relaunched in 1973.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This iconic chair reflects Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s style and his fearless approach to the most challenging manufacturing processes. Originally a furnishing accessory for one of Mackintosh’s major design projects, Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, Scotland, from which its name derives. The linear, geometric form is evocative of the minimal, abstract lines of Japanese graphics, which confer symbolic and figurative symbolic value to the piece’s striking visual impact. This piece is seen by many critics as not only a chair but also a veritable treatise on the way space can be articulated. The tall back is defined by a succession of vertical lines that are topped with a grid of verticals and horizontals. Thanks to the mastery of the furnitire makers of Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, Cassina has re-issued the Hill House chair...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Midcentury Soriana sofas by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, Italy 1970
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Midcentury pair of Soriana two seater sofas designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, Italy 1970
Original tubular structure and fabric covers.
Original design winner of the Compas...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Metal
Cassina Maralunga Sofa brown Leather Vico Magistretti Lounge Chair MCM Italy
Located in Munster, NRW
“With Maralunga, I wanted to create an object that stands for a familiar interior design. A warm, comfortable and cozy place where you can feel at ease and rediscover the atmosphere ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Phillippe Starck Prive Steel And Leather Sofa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Steel And Leather Sofa model 'Prive' designed by Phillipe Stark.
Manufactured by Cassina (Italy)
Complex and formal in its design, the Privé collection perfectly combines style and ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini Cab 415 lounge chair for Cassina, Italy circa 1980s
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Skokie, IL
Mario Bellini Cab 415 lounge chair for Cassina, Italy circa 1980s
Dimensions: 31.89ʺ H 26.61ʺ W × 31.89ʺD
Materials: black Buffalo leather
Condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC4 Chaise Lounge by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise lounge designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Chaise lounge with adjustable polished trivalent chrome plate...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Charlotte Perriand Ombra Tokyo Oak Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1954. Relaunched by Cassina in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
With the Ombra Tokyo chair, Charlotte Pe...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Cassina Maralunga Sofa Lounge Chair Leather Vico Magistretti Mid Century
Located in Munster, NRW
“With Maralunga, I wanted to create an object that stands for a familiar interior design. A warm, comfortable and cozy place where you can feel at ease and rediscover the atmosphere ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-1961.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Aluminum
Le Corbusier, P. Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC5 Black Leather Sofa by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1934. Relaunched by Cassina in 2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Contemporary and comfortable lines for ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Italian Rocking Chair Model 572 By Cassina
By Cassina
Located in London, GB
An incredible and very rare rocking chair (has been attributed to Gio Ponti in the past and shows a strong and striking resemblance to his designs) in walnut, rubber and fabric for C...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Steel
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Leather Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Leather upholstered LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC coll...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Carimate Chairs, Design by Vico Magistretti, Cassina Italy 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Vico Magistretti designed the original red “Carimate” chair model in 1959 for the homonymous golf club in Italy. The chair received exposure in the ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Rush, Rope, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret Commitee Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Committee Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950 , relaunched in 2022.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The Committee Chair is introduced in the original version and in a fr...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Pierre Jeanneret Commitee Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Committee armchair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950 , relaunched in 2022.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Part of the Hommage à Pierre Jeanneret tribute collection, the din...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Utrech Pro Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in 193...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric
Maralunga lounge chairs in leather by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970
Located in amstelveen, NL
Maralunga lounge chairs, red/brown leather, Vico Magistretti, Cassina, 1973.
These are original versions of the seventies, with the original red brown leather. The backrest can be ...
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Utrecht Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric
Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairdesigned by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in unesco’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary architecture of Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 292 Hill House Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1902. Relaunched in 1973.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This iconic chair reflects Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s style and his fearless approach to the most challenging manufacturing processes. Originally a furnishing accessory for one of Mackintosh’s major design projects, Hill House in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, Scotland, from which its name derives. The linear, geometric form is evocative of the minimal, abstract lines of Japanese graphics, which confer symbolic and figurative symbolic value to the piece’s striking visual impact. This piece is seen by many critics as not only a chair but also a veritable treatise on the way space can be articulated. The tall back is defined by a succession of vertical lines that are topped with a grid of verticals and horizontals. Thanks to the mastery of the furnitire makers of Meda, in the Brianza area north of Milan, Cassina has re-issued the Hill House chair...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret Capitol Complex Armchairs by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in UNESCO’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary architect...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Chaise Longue LC4 for Cassina
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand chaise lounge LC4 created in 1928's.
Manufactured by Cassina edition circa 1970's.
Signed on chrome: Le Corbusier, LC4, 98...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Pair of Mario Bellini for Cassina 'CAB 413' Dining Chairs in Navy Blue Leather
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of Mario Bellini for Cassina 'CAB 413' Dining Chairs in Navy Blue Leather.
A pair of captain chairs with arm-rests. When first produced in ...
Category
20th Century Italian Seating
Materials
Leather
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC4 Chaise Lounge
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise lounge designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Chaise lounge with adjustable polished trivalent chrome pl...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Red Baby Utrech Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Baby version.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 312 Willow Trone-Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Trone-armchair designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1904. Relaunched in 1973.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This throne-like armchair is a new iteration of the model that...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Philippe Starck Custom Bench for the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two pieces are available.
Custom leather, wood, and chrome bench designed by Philippe Starck and manufactured by Cassina exclusively for the SLS hotel in Lo...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Chrome
Cassina Maralunga Sofa Lounge Chair Leather Vico Magistretti, Mid Century Modern
Located in Munster, NRW
“With Maralunga, I wanted to create an object that stands for a familiar interior design. A warm, comfortable and cozy place where you can feel at ease and rediscover the atmosphere ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
920 sofa by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, 1960s Italy.
Located in Landgraaf, NL
920 sofa by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, 1960s Italy. In the 1960s Afra and Tobia Scarpa started their collaboration with the italian manufacturer Cassina, designing an iconic se...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Mohair, Wood
Phillippe Starck Prive Steel And Leather Sofa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Steel And Leather Sofa model 'Prive' designed by Phillipe Stark.
Manufactured by Cassina (Italy)
Complex and formal in its design, the Privé collection perfectly combines style and ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather
Le Corbusier LC14 Maison Du Brésil Wood Stool by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool designed by Le Corbusier in 1952-59. Relaunched in 2010.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Le Corbusier in 1959 for the Maison du Brésil at the Cité Internation...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
limited edition Tramonto A New York Sofa by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
By Cassina, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Berlin, DE
1 of 50 limited edition Tramonto A New York Sofa by Gaetano Pesce for Cassina
For the three-seater sofa, the padded skyscrapers are upholstered in an exclusive fabric with a raised t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric
Leather "Cab" 413 Arm Chair by Mario Bellini Cassina, 1977
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Rosendahl, DE
Iconic vintage chair "Cab 413" by Mario Bellini for Cassina, first produced in 1977, renowned for the innovative freestanding leather structure, inspired by the relationship between ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Pair of Black Leather Le Corbusier Armchairs LC1 by Cassina
By Le Corbusier, Cassina
Located in Vilnius, LT
Pair of vintage LC1 black leather chairs designed by Le Corbusier circa 1928's and manufactured by Cassina in 1990's.
Engraved serial umbers, Le Corbusier signature and Cassina mark....
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome
Charlotte Perriand Refolo Low Table by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Low table that can be use as a sitting, bench or other options designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953. Relaunched by Cassina in 2004.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This surface...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise Longue designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1940. Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
It is through this veritable piece of design history that Cassina expresses its exceptional wood-working mastery. Designed, but not realised, in 1940, by Charlotte Perriand during her time in Tokyo, this chair uses bamboo to revisit the famous LC4 chaise-longue. Its organic form, curvy and inviting, has been re-issued and is now available in teak, and well as bamboo wood. The seat of this recliner is made of twelve curved strips of wood while the joining elements are satin-finish brass studs. Adding mattresses for outdoor use provides dashes of colour to help furnish a veranda, terrace, or any other kind of outdoor space.
A piece of design history that conveys Cassina’s exceptionally fine wood craftsmanship. A chaise longue with a sinuous, welcoming, organic shape, originally made from bamboo.
An innovative project from 1940, put into production in 2011, crafted by Charlotte Perriand during her stay in Japan as a re-imagining of the LC4 based...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Maralunga Blue Leather Armchair by Vico Magistretti for Cassina, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Leather Armchar model "Maralunga", realized by Vico Magistretti in 1970s for Cassina.
Indigo blue indigo leather uphostery, in excellent condition.
Adjustabe backrest.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Metal
Charlotte Perriand LC7 Outdoors Textured Mud Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Textured Mud Outdoors LC7 chair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched in 1978.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC co...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Leather Maralunga Vico Magistretti sofa for Cassina, 1970s
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Beautiful puffy vintage maralunga sofa in black leather by Vico Magistretti, produced in the late 1980s and designed in the 1970s and produced by Cassina.
These versions are to be re...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Pair of 'LC2' Leather Club Chairs by Le Corbusier for Cassina, c 1970s, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredibly comfortable pair of early year production examples of the Le Corbusier for Cassina 'LC2' club chairs (authentic signed examples, see pics) in its original gorgeous th...
Category
1970s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Seating
Materials
Chrome
Early LC1 Chair by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret & Perriand, Cassina, 1960s
Located in Vorst, BE
LC1 chair was designed by Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1928.
Cassina bought the rights and started to produce these chairs around 1960. This particular ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Charlotte Perriand LC9 Stool, Rattan and Metal
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1927. Relaunched by Cassina in 1973/2014. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Charlotte Perriand and part of the LC collection by...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Gio Ponti Armchair for Cassina. Mod. "820", Italy 1950, Hotel Royal, Naples.
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Gio Ponti designed this armchair especially for the Hotel Royal in Naples. The "Model 820" was produced by Cassina in the 1950s. The armchair has a wooden frame and is upholstered in...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC4 Noire Chaise Lounge by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chaise lounge designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1965. Relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
One of Cassina’s worldwide best-seller...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Rodolfo Dordoni ''Sail Out' Outside Ottoman, Teak and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ottoman designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Round pouf from Sail Out Outdoor collection, in two sizes, consisting of segments that converge toward...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC1 Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 1965.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A light, compact chair designed and presented at ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Soriana Lounge Chair in Grey Leather by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian designed 'Soriana' lounge chair designed by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Cassina and distributed in the United States under license in the 1960s and 1970s by Atelier International...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Chrome
Unique Chairs, Sofas and Other Seating for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
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