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Seating For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1910s
Brutalist Naive Two-Seater Sofa, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Brutalist naive two-seater sofa, a fusion of rugged elegance and modern comfort. Made from the finest Alpine Oregon pine sourced from the majestic Pyrenees Mountains, this sofa exude...
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1940s French Brutalist Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

1940s Set of Four Art Deco Dining Chairs
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with minor signs of use - The chairs have been reupholstered some time ago.
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Set of Two Original Bauhaus Armchairs, Chrome-Plated Steel, Germany, 1940s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
In pristine original condition, the upholstery has been professionally cleaned, and its polish revived by our refurbishing team in Czechia. The chrome parts have been cleaned and p...
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1940s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Charles Dudouyt Style Stools
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Charles Dudouyt attributed carved stools with carved legs and seats.
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1940s French Vintage Seating

Materials

Oak

Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig e Gino Maggioni Italian Sofa, 1940
Located in Rome, IT
A very rare and essential sofa in 1940. Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig e Gino Maggioni designed this fine sofa in curved wood. It is formed by two large square in curved wood, (typica...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Rattan, Beech

Six painted and gilt upholstered directoire style dining chairs circa 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Six painted and gilt upholstered directoire style dining chairs circa 1940 with recent fabric.
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1940s Directoire Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Danish 1940s Easy Chair with Open Armrests in Beech by Alfred Christensen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic elegant Danish high back armchair from the 1940s by Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Mobelvaerk with open armrests in beautifully carved stained beech wood. Nice slim elegant...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Large Danish 1940's Channelback Lounge Chair in Pink Mohair Round Organic Shape
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Incredibly comfortable, exuberant designed high back lounge chair. The style is very much that of Viggo Boesen and true to his style and design proportions that perfectly captures th...
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1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Mohair

Brutalist Naive Lounge Chairs, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Brutalist naive lounge chairs, a fusion of rugged elegance and modern comfort. Made from the finest Alpine Oregon pine sourced from the majestic Pyrenees Mountains, these armchairs e...
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1940s French Brutalist Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Armchair “Saxhorn” by CLC France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing the exquisite Armchair "Saxhorn" by CLC France, originating from France in the 1940's. This elegant piece of furniture exudes sophistication and class with its sleek chro...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

1940’s Adirondack bench
Located in Chicago, IL
1940’s Adirondack bench with hide upholstery. It has storage underneath seat. Made in US.
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1940s American Rustic Vintage Seating

Materials

Hide, Wood

Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Stickley Brothers Style Rocking Chair C1915
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Arts & Crafts Mission Oak Rocking Chair in the style of the Stickley Bros. Quarter sawn oak and stained in a rich deep brown that has mellowed and aged over 100 years. Beautiful wide...
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1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Pair of Steel Chairs Attributed to Pacific Iron Products
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of steel chairs attributed to Walter Lamb for the Los Angeles based Pacific Iron Products Company. Frames have been professionally sand blasted and powder coated. Chairs have ...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel

A Pair of 1940’s French Leather club Chairs, La Crème de la Crème
Located in Hastings, GB
If you’ve been on the search for the perfect, most beautiful, most special pair of original club chairs, then these are so. Extremely rare, these original Cuban lounge model with ruc...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather

Set 4 French Paint Decorated Giltwood Rams Head Armchairs Dining Office Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a very rare set of 4 armchairs. We can split the set and sell one pair of armchairs. The chairs are from the 1940s and have a distressed red wash over white frames. They have...
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1940s French Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Danish 1940s Lounge or Club Chair in the Style of Georg Kofoed
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very cool and rare 1940s lounge or club chair in the style of of Master Furniture Maker Georg Kofoed of Copenhagen. We love the stance and the overall organic voluptuous design line...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Wool

Swedish Modern "Anders" Lounge Chair, Yngve Ekström, Birch & Saddle Girth, 1945
Located in Odense, DK
Rare "Anders" lounge chair by Yngve Ekström made in the late 1940s at his own workshop Swedese. The chair is made from solid birchwood with a beautiful warm patina and the original s...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Birch

Swedish Modern Sheepskin Side Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Swedish Modern Side Chair newly upholstered in high-quality Sheepskin by Scandilock. This chair is most likely form the 1940s by an unknown designer and in the style of the famous ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Wood

Jugendstil Vintage Rattan Armchair Lounge Chair Prag-Rudniker Korbwaren c 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
Jugendstil Vintage Armchair or Lounge Chair from woven rattan in honey brown color by Prag-Rudniker Korbwaren Fabrication circa 1910, Austria. An amazing solo arm chair or lounge cha...
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Seating

Materials

Rattan

11 Fine French 1940s Oak Armchairs by Jacques Quinet (price is per chair)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacques Quinet (1918 - 1992) - Eleven fine French 1940s solid oak desk armchairs or dining chairs. Provenance: Reading room of the library of Rouen. Price is per chair
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Oak

Danish Modern Club Chairs, 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant Danish modern club chairs in style of 'Model 1146' by Fritz Hansen, 1940, original olive mohair upholstered body on a solid beech wood frame with hand tied spring seat struct...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Beech

Pair of Teak Aalto Model 60 Stools, Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1940s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Pair of rare model 60 stools, designed by Alvar Aalto, manufactured by Oy Huonekalu- ja Rakennustyötehdas Ab, 1940s. Birch frame with teak top. Good vintage condition, patina consist...
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1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Birch, Teak

1940s Pair of Chairs with Stool, Italy
Located in Praha, CZ
- Carefully refurbished - Newly upholstered in velvet fabric - Stool dimensions: 40 x 47x 34 cm
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Velvet

Pair of French Cognac Moustache Back Leather Club Chairs, 1940s
Located in Nijmegen, NL
These club chairs were designed and produced in France during the 1940s. The chairs are made from cognac leather held together with metal pins and mounted on wooden legs.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather

Edwardian Arm Chair Lounge Seat Tartan Print
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Gorgeous Edwardian arm chair in mahogany Very comfortable to sit in with cushioned arms and back Of course recently re-upholstered with tartan print which really livens up the look C...
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1910s Edwardian Vintage Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Pair of Smaller French Gilded Carved Directoire Bergere Chairs in Green Velvet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a beautiful pair of French-made gilded smaller scale bergere chairs. They have been reupholstered in Brooklyn NY and appear to be in good condition with regards to their upho...
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1940s French Directoire Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Unique prototype Art Deco club chair, France 1940s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Prototype Art Deco club chair, France 1940s. Unique chair made as a prototype / experiment; the frame is carried out in hardboard, a new material for that time which allowed to bow i...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood

Easy chair by Otto Schulz for Boet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Beautiful Easy chair by Otto Schulz for Boet from the 1940s. Newly upholstered Schumacher Teddy Boucle fabric. Otto Schulz is now an iconic Swedish furniture and interior designer th...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Finn Juhl Fireplace chair
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Finn Juhl 'Fireplace' chair designed 1946 and executed at cabinetmaker Bovirke, Denmark. Frame of teak, new upholstery in light fabric by Tove Kindt-Larsen. Very fine condition.
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Teak

Set of 4 French Louis XVI Style Cane Dining Chairs Circa 1940
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a gorgeous set of 4 cane seated cane backed French made and signed "made in France" set of chairs. They are in good condition and have a single visible whole in one chair tha...
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1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Seating

Materials

Cane, Walnut

Curved Banana Shape Loveseat or Sofa in Two-Tone Wool, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Viggo Boesen style banana shaped or curved Loveseat made in Denmark, around late 1930s or early 1940s. These small sofas will make a strong statement in any room. Beautiful round vol...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Wool, Beech

Bell System Thonet Attr. 1900s Counter Drafting Swivel Adjustable Pair Stools
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Possibly manufactured by Thonet in Austria between 1910 and 1915 and used by phone operators at Bell System. Constructed of solid maple, oak, and enameled steel, with hard rubber foo...
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1910s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel, Iron

Danish Midcentury 1940s Flemming Lassen Style Low Lounge Chair
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Super charming 1940s lounge chair in the style of Mogens Lassen with very sculptural organic shape and harmonious proportions. Versatile and very suitable for a smaller space in need...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Danish Large Size Club Chair in Original mohair with Channeled Backrest, 1940's
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sublime large club chair in the style of Fritz Hansen model 1518. Superbly comfortable. Dramatic low and wide proportions with a charming and very strong presence to anchor any room...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Mohair

Danish Easy Wingback Chair with Open Armrests by Alfred Christensen, 1940's
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Super elegant Danish high wingback armchair from the 1940s by Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Mobelvaerk with open armrests in beautifully curved stained beech. Nice slim elegant sc...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Bobbin Turned Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A large bobbin turned armchair with raked back on bobbin fenced arms over deep, generous seat, on front bobbin legs and shaped square section back legs with castors. Upholstered seat...
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1910s English Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Charming Antique Wicker Chaise Longue with New Cushions
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Charming dark green wicker vintage chaise longue with delightful silhouette and brand new custom cushions that velcro in place. The back cushion is a fabulous tufted clam shape addi...
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1940s American Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wicker

Fritz Hansen Attributed 1940s Sofa or Settee with Open Armrests
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Fantastic 1940s Fritz Hansen sofa designed by Soren Hansen in the company's characteristic style of open armrests. Made from stained beech wood showing great gran and color and with ...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Wool, Beech

Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Lounge Chair, c1940s
Located in London, GB
Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Armchair, circa 1940s. This large lounge chair produced by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1940s is typical of Danish lounge chair designs of the day. It ...
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1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Beech

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Dining Chairs, Set of 8
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A set of 8 rare dining chairs designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. This set features two arm or "Captain's" chairs along with 6 side chairs. Great form with a gentle curved back an...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Louis XV Caned Dining Chairs Antique Set of 6
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Set of 6 Antique Carved...
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1940s Louis XV Vintage Seating

Materials

Cotton, Cane, Walnut

Circa 1940s Italian Reclining Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The allure of the Italian design of the 1940s is immediately evident in this two position reclining armchair. Once I gave it a sit I did not want to ever move. It's a must-have for ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood

Pair of Swedish Mid Century Armless Easy Chairs in Sheepskin Produced, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rare pair of Swedish mid century curved armless arm / easy chairs in beech and newly upholstered dark mocha colored sheepskin. In great matching condition. Produced in Sweden 1940s. ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Beech

Spanish Revival Century Furniture Oak Side Chair Cognac Leather Nailhead Details
Located in Topeka, KS
Marvelous vintage Spanish Revival Century Furniture side chair comprised of a dark stained oak frame, & cognac leather seat & back with antiqued brass nail head trim details. Beautif...
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1940s American Spanish Colonial Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal

Danish 1940's Fritz Hansen Style Large Club Chair in Wool with Channel Back
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Danish large-scale club or lounge chair in the style of Fritz Hansen's model 1518 made in the late 1930-early 1940s. This chair has higher backrest and a straighter front whi...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Mohair

Pair of footstools/seats, Sweden, circa 1910
Located in Chorzów, PL
Pair of footstools/seats, Sweden, circa 1910. Very good condition. The upholstery is in original condition. Wood: walnut dimensions: height 46 cm width 46 cm depth 38 cm
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1910s Swedish Louis XV Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

2x secessionistic armchair by Marcel Kammerer (attr.), Mundus (Vienna, ca. 1915)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: 2 x Armlehnstuhl Entwurf: Marcel Kammerer zugeschrieben (Wien, um 1910) Modell-Nummer: Symbiose (Luxusausführung) aus Modell 6522 & 6528 (für Gebrüder Thonet) Ausführung: Mun...
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1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Seating

Materials

Brass

Barreled Back Wherry Chair
Located in Greenwich, CT
A unique armchair with an enveloping raked barrel back made from the ship-lapped hull of a wherry boat, retaining its historic scumble surface. Featuring an inner band of polished la...
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1910s English Arts and Crafts Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood

Early LCW Lounge Chair stained red by Charles & Ray Eames, Evans Plywood, 1950s
Located in Buffalo, NY
LCW (Lounge Chair Wood) chair created by Charles and Ray Eames around 1945. Chair sold by Herman Miller, but produced by Evans Plywood in 1948-1949. The 5-2-5 screw arrangement bene...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Plywood

Joaquim Tenreiro: Exceptional Pair of Jacaranda Armchairs, Brazil 1940's
Located in New York, NY
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906 - 1992) A stunning pair of armchairs of exceptional lightness and elegance, in jacaranda, by pioneer of Brazilian modernism Joaquim Tenreiro. With their slim...
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1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Hardwood

Armchair by Kozelka and Kropacek
Located in Dorchester, GB
A Bentwood armchair by Kozelka and Kropacek for interior praha, circa 1950. In good all round condition, left in its original upholstery, spring core in perfect condition, very stud...
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

19th C Style Regency Mahogany & Cane Giltwood Bergere Armchair
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
19th C Style Regency Mahogany Cane Back Giltwood Bergere Armchair. It is an exquisite example with Ebony lion hear arms and Giltwood paw details.
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1940s British Regency Vintage Seating

Materials

Ebony, Mahogany, Giltwood

Danish Cabinetmaker Tall Sheepskin Lounge Chair, c1940s
Located in London, GB
Danish Cabinetmaker Sheepskin Armchair, circa 1940s. This large lounge chair produced by a Danish Cabinetmaker in the 1940s is typical of Danish lounge chair designs of the day. It ...
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1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Beech

Newly Upholstered Vintage Sofa
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a stunning French country provincial settee! The frame is a gorgeous carved walnut with stunning craftsmanship in the intricate curves of the arms and legs. This piece has be...
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1940s American Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Hardwood

Set of Two- Herman Miller Eames DCW (Evans label)
Located in New York, NY
Presenting a rare pair of early edition Eames DCW chairs in red aniline dye. Both chairs retain the desirable Evans label, indicating these chairs were manufactured before 1950. Ch...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Plywood

1900s Pair of Venice Baroque Louis XV armchairs, carved walnut with floral motif
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Pair of Venice Baroque Louis XV armchairs from the 20th century, walnut hand-carved with floral motifs and threads. The two armchairs are sturdy and in good condition of upholstery, ...
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1940s Italian Louis XV Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Bruno Mathsson Lounge Chair "Pernilla 2" w. Ottoman, Karl Mathsson, 1972
Located in Odense, DK
Wonderfully patinated "Pernilla 2" lounge chair by Bruno Marthsson. This example was manufactured in 1972 by Firma Karl Mathsson, Värnamo, Sweden. The chair and ottoman retains the o...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Linen

Vintage "Ingeborg" sofa by Flemming Lassen, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful “Ingeborg” sofa by Flemming Lassen, with curvesome forms. Designed in 1940 and named after his mother, the artist Ingeborg Winding. Upholstered with caramel colored sheepsk...
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1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Lambskin, Birch

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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