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Seating For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
Antique English Chester field Sofa with Hand Carved Wood Lion Legs
Located in Pasadena, CA
Wonderful Leather Chesterfield sofa with hand carved wooden lions legs.
English Tifted Leather Sofa With Wooden Lion Feet. The leather a beautiful varigated brown throughout the enti...
Category
1920s British Chesterfield Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
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...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Birch
1920s loveseat in wool boucle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
W58 D32 H29 SW35 SD21.5 SH19 AH26
Vintage curved back sofa circa 1920s in fully restored condition. Item features refinished claw feet, fresh...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Bouclé
Easy chair by Otto Schulz for Boet
By Otto Schulz, 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...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Italian Baroque Style Gilt Wood Benches C. 1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Baroque style benches, each radiating the opulence and grandeur of the period. These benches are a testament to the lavish aesthetics of the Baroque ers, with their gilt woo...
Category
1920s Italian Baroque Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
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.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
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...
Category
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Birch, Teak
Danish Easy Chair with Open Armrests by Alfred Christensen, 1940's
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic elegant Danish lowback easy armchair from the 1940s by Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Mobelvaerk with open armrests in beautifully curved mahogany stained beech. Nice low el...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
Dutch Rationalist Haagse School armchair by Hendrik Wouda for Pander
Located in EVERDINGEN, NL
Rationalist/Haagse School armchair, designed by Dutch architect Hendrik Wouda for Pander, 1920s to 1930s. An almost identical chair is part of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum collection. S...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Oak
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...
Category
1940s French Louis XVI Vintage Seating
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Art Deco Birdseye Maple Veneered Stool With Brown Leather Re-upholstery
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco stool. Birdseye maple veneered with walnut banding. Re-upholstered in brown leather.
All of our furniture is extensively polished and restored where necessary to the hi...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Birdseye Maple
Sinfully Rich Ornate Italian Painted Venetian Armchair Upholstered in Mink Fur
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Decadently luxurious Italian vintage Venetian painted armchair having ornate decoration and newly upholstered in real mink fur.
arm height 25
Category
1920s Italian Vintage Seating
Materials
Fur, Wood
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...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wood
Danish Pair 1940s Spindleback Lounge Chairs by Alfred Christensen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sculptural and very beautiful 1940s model 117 high back open arm lounge chairs made of stained and lacquered beech wood designed by Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Mobelvaerk. These ...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
1920's Dining Chair model B 28 by Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Brno, CZ
These dining chair were originally designed by the Thonet company in 1904, as model No. 28. This particular model is believed to be made by Thonet in one of their factories in former...
Category
1920s Czech Belle Époque Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech
Mid-Century Modern Armchairs in Hardwood & White Leather Joaquim Tenreiro Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available now, this beautiful pair of Brazilian Modern armchairs are made of ebonized Pau Marfim hardwood & white leather in buttone style.
The structure is composed of curved arms & feet, and were designed by Joaquim Tenreiro in the 1940’s. The wood joints are composed of delicate wood pins in Pau Marfim also, which were typically used by the artist at the time. Sold as set of two.
For the restoration process, both armchairs where dissembled to understand their condition and to restore them following Tenreiro’s technique. This is shown in the last 3 images. The set comes from a private residence in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro.
This mid-century modern pair would look incredible in any modern, mid-century modern, boho chic or contemporary environment.
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906–1992) was among the leading furniture designers and visual artists in mid-20th century Brazil. Tenreiro was born in Melo, Gouveia Municipality, Portugal into a family of woodworkers and carpenters. In the late 1920s, he emigrated to Rio de Janeiro and began working for the firm of Laubisch & Hirth.
In the early 1940s, Tenreiro was among the first designers in the Brazilian furniture industry to adopt a European modernist vernacular. His initial efforts, including the 1942 "Poltrona Leve," met with considerable success, and in 1943 he established his own firm with factories in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. However, it was not until the 1950s that he began to be recognized as a master furniture designer in Brazil. His design philosophy found a great response with architects who supported modernism.
A forerunner in the use of rediscovered raw materials (like cane and jacaranda -Brazilian Roswood) as well as the creator of a new formal language in 20th-century Brazilian furniture design, he drew on the lessons of past furniture-making as a vital source, not only in the mastery of technical and constructive solutions but also in the aesthetic experience, craftsmanship, and the cultural meaning of his production. As a result, his exquisitely crafted pieces evoke a refined coexistence of traditional values and modern aesthetics, firmly bound to the Brazilian cultural milieu.
Literature:
• Arquitetura e Decoracao, no. 12, Jul-Aug 1955
• Tenreiro book...
Category
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
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...
Category
1940s American Vintage Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wicker
Danish Large Size Club Chair in Original mohair with Channeled Backrest, 1940's
By Fritz Hansen
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...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech, Mohair
Set of 3 dining room chairs by J&J Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Set of 3 dining room chairs by J&J Kohn in originl vintage condition.
Category
1920s Slovak Art Nouveau Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
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 ...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
Louis XV Caned Dining Chairs Antique Set of 6
Located in Lake Worth, FL
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Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A
Set of 6 Antique Carved...
Category
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 ...
Category
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. ...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Sheepskin, Beech
Easy Chair with Open Armrests in Mahogany by Alfred Christensen Denmark 1940's
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic elegant Danish high back armchair from the 1940s by Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Mobelvaerk with open armrests in beautifully curved mahogany raised on Christensen's icon...
Category
1940s Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Mahogany
Mid-Century Vintage Jens Risom Knoll Webbed Armchair
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Baltimore, MD
A stunning iconic cotton strap, webbed, lounge, armchair, 652W design (1943) early edition, designed by Jens Risom for Knoll International. Features a solid maple frame with original woven cotton straps. It is one of the most comfortable pieces you will sit in, the exquisite curved back provides lumbar support making this chair as comfortable as it is beautiful. The removable webbed, basket seat, shell is supported and rests on the arm frame base. Very Rare Vintage Modern Classic design. An iconic piece of furniture, this example has remained in a single collection since it was acquired by the prior owner from Knoll International and the original early label remains affixed beneath. (Knoll Associates Inc. 601 Madison Ave New York 22). This label has the earliest Knoll Associates showroom address, which opened in 1946.
Measurements: 24.5 ” tall x 24? wide x 30? deep x seat height 18? (arm height 21") (seat to the lowest point 11")
Jens Risom
Danish-American architect-designer Jens Risom was born in Copenhagen in 1916, the son of a nationally renowned architect of the Nordic Classicism style. Between 1935 and 1938, he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ole Wanscher and Kaare Klint, alongside classmates Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen. For a short time following his studies, he took on furniture and interior designer projects for the Copenhagen-based architectural firm Ernst Kuhn. He then moved briefly to Stockholm, where he worked for Nordiska Kompaniet and met Alvar Aalto and Bruno Mathsson. Around 1939, he immigrated to New York with ambitions to introduce the Scandinavian modernist approach to the US furniture market.
Risom’s arrival in the US coincided with the years of materials shortages brought on by the war. As a result, Risom was unable to secure a position in a furniture company, and, instead, found work designing textiles for decorator Dan Cooper. Eager to do more, he soon convinced Cooper to expand into the furniture market, and together they found projects with young, progressive architects like Ed Stone and George Nelson. In 1939-40, Ed Stone was invited to create Collier Magazine’s House of Ideas pavilion at Rockefeller Center as part of the New York World’s Fair, and Risom designed all of the furniture.
Around 1941, Risom met Hans Knoll, a German-born entrepreneur in the furniture industry who had a showroom on Madison Avenue dedicated to rather lackluster furnishings. Sharing a dream to do something more vanguard, they joined forces and set off on a four-month tour of the US in search of design inspiration. By 1942, Knoll launched Hans Knoll Furniture Company with Risom on board as his head designer.
Risom’s early designs for Knoll made use of military surplus...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Maple
"Egg" Rocking Chair by the Societa Anonima Antonio Volpe, Italy, Circa 1922
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare “Egg” rocking chair in curved and stained wood, with caned seat and back. The wide oval-shaped armrests, giving their name to the model, and allowing gentle swinging, are stabil...
Category
1920s Italian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Set 16 Chippendale Dining Chairs Mahogany
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 16 (14 + 2) Mahogany Chippendale Style Dining Chairs.
These Chairs Stand upon Square Legs with an "H" Frame for extra strength.
Circa 1920
The Backs of the Chairs Being of a P...
Category
1920s Chippendale Vintage Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Four Early 20th Century English Pub Stools
Located in Chicago, IL
These early 20th century English oak counter height bar stools epitomize the timeless charm of pub culture in England. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, each stool feature...
Category
1920s English Primitive Vintage Seating
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
1940s American Spanish Colonial Vintage Seating
Materials
Metal
Danish 1940's Fritz Hansen Style Large Club Chair in Wool with Channel Back
By Fritz Hansen
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...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech, Mohair
Danish 1940s Wingback Lounge Chair with Open Armrests
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Stunning classic Danish high back lounge chair from the 1940s in the style of Fritz Hansen with open armrests in beautifully carved stained beech. Nice slim elegant silhouette very c...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
Danish Easy Settee with Oak Armrests, 1940s attributed to Slagelse Mobelvaerk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Elegant and charming easy style settee from the 1940s attributed to Slagelse Mobelvaerk. These type of 1940s pieces are increasingly coming into fashion, however. Made from oiled oak...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Oak
Pair of Mid Century Documented Walnut "Barrel" Chairs by Vladimir Kagan, 1947
Located in New York, NY
This sculptural and iconic pair of low back "Barrel" chairs were designed and executed by Vladimir Kagan, in 1947. They feature amorphic arms; subtly scalloped tops; and splayed coni...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Art Deco Modernist Teak Stool by Hendrik Wouda for H. Pander & Zonen, 1924
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist stool.
Design by Hendrik Wouda for H. Pander & Zonen Den Haag.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid teak frame with original black lacquer...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Teak
PAIR SET 2 Antique French Arm Dining Chair Ladder Back Carved Dark Oak
Located in Shreveport, LA
PAIR SET 2 Antique French Arm Dining Chair Ladder Back Carved Dark Oak.
Direct from France, a set of 2antique French arm chairs, with classic French style that compliments any décor...
Category
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Seating
Materials
Oak
1940s Art Deco Tabouret, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition with minor signs of use
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech
Pair Of Italian Brass Curule Benches With Lions Heads
Located in Houston, TX
Pair Of Italian Brass Curule Benches With Lions Heads.
This great pair of antique Italian brass curule benches feature 4 lion's heads and paw feet. They have been taken down to the f...
Category
1920s Italian Neoclassical Vintage Seating
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1940s American Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
SET 4 Antique French Country Dining Chair Ladder Back Carved Dark Oak
Located in Shreveport, LA
SET 4 Antique French Country Dining Chair Ladder Back Carved Dark Oak.
Direct from France, a set of 4 antique French dining chairs...
Category
1920s French French Provincial Vintage Seating
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
1940s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Pair of Danish 1940s Wingback Lounge Chairs with Open Armrests
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Stunning classic Danish pair of very comfortable high back armchair from the 1940s in the style of Fritz Hansen and Alfred Christensen with open armrests in beautifully carved staine...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
1920’s Thonet Original Cane Seated Dining Chairs – Set of Three
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920’s Thonet Original Cane Seated Dining Chairs – Set of Three
1920’s Thonet Original Cane Seated Dining Chairs – Set of Three. Founded in ...
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1920s French Vintage Seating
Materials
Bentwood
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.
Category
1940s British Regency Vintage Seating
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Giltwood
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, ...
Category
1940s Italian Louis XV Vintage Seating
Materials
Walnut
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
Pair of Leather Art Deco Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A stunning pair of leather Art Deco armchairs, made in England and dating from the 1920-30’s.
They are of amazing quality and are a lovely, petite size. They would be perfect as bed...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Leather
Vintage "Ingeborg" sofa by Flemming Lassen, Denmark, 1940s
By Flemming Lassen, Asko
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
Set of 14 Paul Frankl Corset Oak Dining Chairs for Brown Saltman in Latte Bouclé
By Paul Frankl
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Sultry large set of 14 Oak Corset Dining Chairs designed by Paul Frankl and produced by Brown Saltman newly professionally restored and refinished in original stain with new cushions...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Bouclé, Upholstery, Oak
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...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech
Danish 1940s Large Banana Form Curved Sofa Blue wool Fabric
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful and very elegant 1940s large Size curved three-seat sofa with channeled backrest. The sofa has springs in the seat and the backrest and the beechwood frame is solid and stu...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
Danish Highback Easy Chair with Open Armrests by Alfred Christensen, 1940's
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 beech. Nice slim elegant sculptural si...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Beech, Wool
Oak Art Deco Amsterdamse School Side Chair by Hildo Krop, 1920s
By Hildo Krop
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and ultra rare Art Deco Amsterdamse School side chair.
Design by Hildo Krop.
Striking Dutch design from the 1920s.
Solid oak frame with original solid macassar ebony elem...
Category
1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating
Materials
Velvet, Macassar, Oak
Early 1940s Edward J. Wormley Elegant Armchairs for Dunbar in Dark Expresso x 2
Located in St. Louis, MO
Early 1940s Edward J. Wormley Elegant Neoclassical Style occasional arm chairs for Dunbar model No. 116B. As shown in "The Other Face of Modernism" book on Wormley , and in the 1940s...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage "Ingeborg" sofa by Flemming Lassen, Denmark, 1940s
By Flemming Lassen, Asko
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...
Category
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Lambskin, Birch
Modernist side chair by L.O.V. Oosterbeek, the Netherlands 1920s
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Rare modernist side chair by L.O.V. Oosterbeek, the Netherlands 1921. L.O.V. is an abbreviation of Labor Onia Vincit which means 'Work conquers all', L.O.V. was and an idealistic fur...
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1920s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Oak
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 ...
Category
1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Sheepskin, Beech
Danish 1940s Channel Back Banana Form Curved Sofa or Loveseat in White Wool
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful and very elegant 1940s curved two-seat sofa or loveseat in white wool fabric. This sofa has slightly taller legs indicating a production date closer to 1950 when taller leg...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating
Materials
Wool, Beech
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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Pair Of Louis Xv Armchairs
Italian Mid Century Dining Chair
Leather Midcentury Modern Swivel Chair
Pair Of Regency Mahogany Armchairs
Mid Century Wood Slat Bench
Mid Century Modern Arm Chairs
Togo Sofa By Ligne Roset
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Set Of 8 Black Chair
Pair Of Danish Modern Dining Chairs
Antique Wood Roses
4 Arm Side Chairs
8 Dining Arm Chairs
White Leather Desk