Skip to main content

Seating

to
530
2,221
1,227
3,551
Height
to
Width
to
Depth
to
2,156
1,110
190
304
77
200
44
112
39
66
36
72
1,528
291
265
79
78
68
62
51
41
25
23
17
16
13
12
12
9
8
2,539
10,257
73,188
48,796
5,686
40,521
19,226
1,095
286
1,067
2,484
2,967
10,103
12,812
10,341
3,927
1,546
2,850
1,391
714
668
570
2,934
895
450
428
322
3,551
3,551
3,551
100
95
46
44
43
Seating For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1920s
Dutch Art Deco Design Sofa by Pander 1930 Walnut Burl Wood with Display Cabinets
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Marvelous high end design Dutch Art Deco sofa designed & produced by Pander 1930 in Burl Walnut. Exquisite Art Deco design lines & both sides of ...
Category

1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut, Burl

Modern Viennese Set Thonet B 246 Chairs & T 142 Table by Josef Frank, 1930s
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
This rare Thonet ensemble — comprising two B 246 armchairs and a T 142 coffee table — offers a vivid glimpse into the expressive edge of early modernist furniture design. Attributed ...
Category

1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Cane, Beech

Vintage French Art Deco Club Chair Restored from Frame up in a Beautiful Mohair
Located in Chicago, IL
French Deco club chair, that our Old Plank upholstery department stripped to the bare wooden frame and rebuilt the old fashion way. We used 8-way hand-tied coil springs, padding with...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Mohair, Upholstery

A pair of Gio Ponti armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Gio Ponti armchairs from the 1930’s sold with a letter of authenticity from the Gio Ponti archive. Also, a pre restoration photo of the armchairs is available.
Category

1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Abalone, Walnut

Axel Einar Hjorth Lovö Rocking Chairs in Pine Wood by Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare pair of Axel Einar Hjorth "Lovö" rocking chairs in pine wood produced by Nordiska Kompaniet Sweden, 1930s. In good original and matching condition. Dimensions: H: 82 cm /...
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Pine

Set of 6 dining chairs by Thonet Mundus
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Set of 6 dining chairs by Thonet Mundus in very nice original condition with signs of use.
Category

1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Hendaye Armchair in Walnut and Cane by Pierre Dariel, France, 1930
Located in Santa Gertrudis, Baleares
Hendaye armchair was designed in the 1930s by Pierre Dariel. It is composed by a structure entirely in walnut, a seat and a back made of cane with folding backrest...
Category

1930s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Cane, Walnut

Jacques Adnet Sofa
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Jacques Adnet sofa restored with mohair upholstery and leather piping.
Category

1930s French Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Classical Thonet Bistro or Cafe Armchair, 1920s
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood still not restored but restoration will be done on request and is in price included. Up to 6 pcs available.
Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Piano Stool Thonet Nr.1, 1920s
Located in Praha, CZ
Height-adjustable swivel stool. The seat height is adjustable from 44 to 60 cm. Solidly constructed base, decorative lower legs. Good original condition with signs of use, patina.
Category

1920s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Thonet H269 Armchairs by Jindrich Halabala
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood walnut stained armchair made by Thonet in the 1930s. Excellent restored with seat springs upholstered with Dedar silk fabric. Another fabric and wood finish on reque...
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Swedish Designer, Sofa, Wood, Fabric, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A stained wood and beige orange velvet sofa designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s. 18.5” seat height
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

A Pair of Lounge Chairs with Birch Overlays, Europe circa 1930s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Art Deco, one of the most influential design movements of the early 20th century, reached its peak in the 1930s, merging elegance and modernity with a focus on both style and functio...
Category

1930s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Alpaca, Wood

Danish Cabinetmaker, Mid-Century Modern Curved Banana Sofa, Beech, Green Velvet
Located in Manhasset, NY
Danish Cabinetmaker, Mid-Century Modern, Curved Banana Sofa, Green Velvet, Denmark c. 1940s Organic form mid-century modern banana sofa designed an...
Category

1930s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Velvet, Beech

Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier '4698' Sofa with Ottoman in Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier, sofa, model ‘4698’, leather, mahogany, Denmark, design 1933, made late 1970s This sofa is designed by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen and w...
Category

1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

1930s Restored Art Deco Armchair, up to 4 pieces
Located in Praha, CZ
- made in Czechoslovakia - Carefully refurbished and finished in shellac - Beech skelet with oak veneer finished in shellac - Newly upholstered in brown fabric imitating the leather ...
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Faux Leather, Beech, Oak

1930 3 Art Deco Halabala Armchairs, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Good original condition - Walnut veneered wooden construction - production by U.P. Race Brno Czechoslovakia - High of seat 45 cm - Price for 3 pieces 5500.   
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Swedish Designer, Sofa, Birch, Zebrawood, Fabric, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A birch, zebrawood and white fabric sofa designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Seat height: 16"
Category

1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Birch, Zebra Wood

Pair of Axel-Einar Hjorth "Birka" chairs by Nordiska Kompaniet, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Model Birka. Produced by NK, 1930s. Newly upholstered in honey colored sheep skin.    
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Ash, Beech

Antique Set 12 George II Revival Dining Chairs by Robert Strahan 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and rare antique set of twelve George II Revival carved mahogany dining chairs to a Giles Grendey design by the renowned cabinet makers Robert Strahan, Dublin, Ireland, C...
Category

1920s Vintage Seating

Materials

Mahogany

Axel Einar Hjorth style Stool of oak with Cognac color Leather Strips 1930s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Old stool in the style of Axel Einar Hjorth and Martin Nyrop. It's handcrafted in Denmark in the 1930s by a danish cabinetmaker The frame is made in great quality of handturned stai...
Category

1930s Danish Arts and Crafts Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Oak

Classic Art Deco / Machine Age Tubular Chrome 3-seat sofa, after Kem Weber
Located in Buffalo, NY
American Art Deco / Machine sofa Made by Royal Metal Manufacturing, this Wolfgang Hoffmann sofa features a heavily made chromed round tubular frame with heavy vented naugahyde cushions.. The arms of the sofa feature graceful streamline moderne design connected to a double pole bottom frame This is a great example of 1930s modernism...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Superb Antique English-Made Tufted Leather Chesterfield Wingback Wingchair
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a chair with loads of character. Winston Churchill would have loved this chair! The chairs is pre-war English and has gorgeous brass nailheads around the trim with fantastic ...
Category

1920s English Georgian Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Alsatian chair with interlacing pattern on the back, France 1930s
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
We have a total of three of these great chairs. They are offered individually here on the platform. Condition according to age with signs of wear. See pictures.
Category

1930s French French Provincial Vintage Seating

Materials

Oak

Art Deco Armchair , 1930s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia, circa 1930s - good original condition - seat height 43 cm - springs in the seat - elbow springs -very comfortable -in the 80's a new fabric and is very well p...
Category

1920s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Eileen Gray Ecart International Pair Transat Armchairs Gold Leather Natural Wood
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Pair of Transat armchairs design by Eileen Gray in 1927 for the Villa E-1027. Edition in gold leather and natural wood by Ecart International, circa 1980. Reclining backrest and ch...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Wood, Lacquer

Bruno Mathsson "Eva" Lounge Chair by Karl Mathsson, 1970s
Located in Odense, DK
Vintage "Eva" lounge chair by Bruno Mathsson made by Karl Mathsson in 1974. The beechwood and hemp webbings has a nice patina and the chair comes with a leather cover hand sewn by Iv...
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Hemp, Beech, Leather

Werner West, Side Chair, Bentwood, Finland, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A stained bentwood side chair designed by Werner West and produced by Wilhelm Schauman Fanerfabrik AB, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1930s. Seat height: 17”
Category

1930s Finnish Vintage Seating

Materials

Bentwood

Early B35 Chair by Marcel Breuer for Thonet, 1930s
Located in Uppsala, SE
Very early example from the 1930s of the classical B35 model designed by Marcel Breuer for Thonet in the very last years of the 1920s. The leather has great patina and is definitely ...
Category

1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel

Set of Eight French Country Ladder Back Dining w/ Rush Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of eight French Provincial Ladderback armchairs with rush seats, crafted by Le Monde du Bois, a French furniture manufacturer in the early 1900's. These chairs beautifully capture the rustic elegance and refined craftsmanship of early 20th century French furniture...
Category

1930s French French Provincial Vintage Seating

Materials

Rush, Wood

LC8 Swivel Stool by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
Located in Centreville, VA
The LC8 Swivel Stool (1928) evolved from experiments that included wrapping inner tubes from tires around a steel frame. As the Le Corbusier group refined such trials, sensuous solut...
Category

1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco armchairs by J. Halabala, Czech Republic, 1930s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Iconic armchairs designed by J. Halabala in art deco style, made around 1930. Seats and backrests upholstered in a pleasant, plush fabric. The whole rests on straight legs, and bent ...
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Velvet, Oak

Swedish Designer, Sofa, Velvet, Elm, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A small two-seat elm and beige brown velvet sofa designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s. Seat height 17”
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Velvet, Elm

1930s Art Deco Armchair, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use - Upholstery in good condition with some signs of use - high of seat 47 cm
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Art Deco Streamlined Walnut Club Chairs in Cubist Clarence House Fabric
Located in New York, NY
This stunning pair of Art Deco club/ arm chairs were realized in France, circa 1930. They feature streamlined arms; volumetric rectangular front legs; and slightly arched hind legs all in lustrous walnut. The chairs have been newly reupholstered in new reissued (and quintessentially Art Deco) Clarence House...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

1920's French Art Deco Solid Macassar Ebony w/ Parchment Club Chair - Original
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1920's French Art Deco Exotic Macassar Ebony with Parchment Detail Club Chair. This chair will be a showpiece once it has been reupholstered. During the reupholstery process this clu...
Category

1920s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Macassar

1930's American Art Deco Oak and Leather swivel desk chair / F.L.W. inspired
Located in Buffalo, NY
1930's American / Industrial Art Deco Oak and Leather swivel desk chair / bASE VERY Frank Lloyd Wright inspired , Sold oak frame and base,, wonderful, perfectly worn (patinaed) lea...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Oak

Art Deco Machine Age Sofa Designed by Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade Company
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Art Deco Machine Age sofa designed by Gilbert Rohde for the Troy Sunshade Company, circa 1930's. The couch features a sexy tubular chrome fram...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Chrome

Isokon Stool, Venesta 1930s, attr to Bauhaus designer team incl Gropius & Breuer
Located in London, GB
Isokon Furniture Company (design team, UK) Isokon Stool Designed c.1933, produced by Luterma, Tallinn (Reval) Estonia, for Venesta, UK. Retailed by Isokon...
Category

1930s British Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Plywood

Restored Paul Frankl Six-Strand Rattan Sofa and Lounge Chair Set
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Paul Frankl style Rattan living-room set including a matching sectional sofa and lounge chair. Both feature the famous six strand square pretzel side arms and stacked rattan base ori...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Rattan

Jindrich Halabala Lounge Chairs in Beige Sheepskin
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Jindrich Halabala, lounge chairs, model 'H269', stained beech, reupholstered in sheepskin "Maori" Honey by Skandilock, Czech Republic, 1930s. Extraordinary easy chairs in beige brow...
Category

1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech, Sheepskin

Pair of Anton Lucas Art Deco Armchairs in Oak and Macassar Ebony, 1925
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare pair of armchairs was designed by Anton Lucas and produced in Leiden, The Netherlands circa 1925. The frames are made of solid oakwood, with a geometric front detail in Mac...
Category

1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Mohair, Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Macassar, Oak

Art Deco Era Josef Frank Beech Vintage Windsor Chairs Vienna, circa 1925
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco outstanding and rare set of 6 Windsor chairs designed by Josef Frank for Haus & Garten and executed by Thonet, circa 1925. (Labeled underneath) The set consists of 5 green Windsor chairs...
Category

1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Pair of Rosewood Art Deco Club Chairs with Definitive Angular lines C1935
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous pair of Art Deco Rosewood with felt upholstery lined with brass upholstery tacks Beautiful lines and fantastic wood grain in the rosewood frames. Felt Upholstery is fairly ...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Brass

Vintage Jean Prouve Style Stool
Located in New York, NY
Designed for local schools in France in the 1940s. Lacquered green metal base and plywood seat. Beautiful patina. The Lycée Fabert is a senior high school in Metz, Moselle depart...
Category

1930s French Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal

Italian Designer, Stools, Walnut, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of walnut stools designed and produced in Italy, c. 1930s. Seat height: 15.75”
Category

1930s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Swedish Designer, Lounge Chairs, Oak, Fabric, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of oak and fabric lounge chairs designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Seat height: 15.5” Arm height: 23”
Category

1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Mated Pair Similarly Upholstered French Carved Walnut Louis Bergere Chairs
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
For customers that require professional insured delivery we are proud to have teamed up with a nationwide professional delivery company that will assist with coordinating your delive...
Category

1920s French Louis XV Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Classically Elegant Set of 10 Hand Crafted Mahogany Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Magnificent set of 10 hand crafted mahogany Hepplewhite style side dining chairs by Virginia Craftsman having bellflower and sunburst details, shield backs, tapered legs, and glamoro...
Category

1930s North American Hepplewhite Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Swedish Designer, Lounge Chairs, Birch, Velvet, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of green grey velvet and birch lounge chairs designed and produced in Sweden, c. 1930s. Seat height 16”.
Category

1930s Swedish Neoclassical Vintage Seating

Materials

Velvet, Birch

Pair of 1930s Danish Armchairs in Walnut, Patinated Leather and Green Velour
Located in London, GB
Set of two scalloped Danish armchairs in walnut, patinated brown leather, green velour fabric and upholstery studs. Made 1930s.
Category

1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Hardwood, Fabric

Charlotte Perriand Armchair, Model No. 21
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A study in proportion and material harmony, the Model No. 21 Armchair by Charlotte Perriand exemplifies her modernist ethos. With its clean lines, solid oak wood frame, and woven sea...
Category

1930s French Vintage Seating

Materials

Rush, Oak

Zig Zag Chair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
Located in Doral, FL
Zig Zag Chair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld 1932 / 2019 Cassina Open pore ashwood lacquered white. Feet in black plastic. Produced and numbered by Cassina.
Category

1930s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Ash

Pair of French 1930's Leather Club Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent pair of French Art Deco leather club chairs dating from the 1930's with their original leather, the cushion with one side upholstered in a cocoa colored velvet. The w...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Velvet, Wood

Italian Designer, Small Ottoman, Mohair, Wood, Italy, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A small blue mohair ottoman or stool designed and produced in Italy, 1930s.
Category

1930s Italian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Mohair, Wood

Axel Einar Hjorth "Lovö" Pine Armchair for Nordiska Kompaniet, Sweden 1932
Located in Utrecht, NL
Swedish architect and furniture maker Axel Einar Hjorth worked as the lead designer for Sweden’s Nordiska Kompaniet department store from 1926 to 1938. While combining the simple, ho...
Category

1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Bouclé, Pine

Camillo Cerri Important Cubist Armchair Designed for Haus Reinbach, 1928
By August Tobler, Camillo Cerri
Located in The Hague, NL
This unique armchair was designed in 1928 by Camillo Cerri specifically for the interior of Haus Reinbach in Stuttgart Germany. The chair was produced in...
Category

1920s German Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Birch

Set of Ten Danish Windsor Style Dining Chairs, Early to Mid-1900s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Great set of six Danish dining or kitchen chairs in traditional Windsor style with splat backs and saddle-style seating. Two captain's chairs with armrests and four side chairs. Made...
Category

1930s Danish Country Vintage Seating

Materials

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.

Recently Viewed

View All