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Seating For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: 1920s
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

Pair of 1940s Danish Sheepskin Vintage Tub Chairs
Located in London, GB
Danish Cabinetmaker - Pair of Sheepskin Tub Chairs, c1940s A pair of classic tub chairs produced in Denmark in the 1940s. The low, wide legs are m...
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1940s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Sheepskin, Beech

Anthroposophical Meditation Armchair, Rudolf Steiner, Dornach, Switzerland 1920
Located in PARIS, FR
Anthroposophicalmeditation armchair in cherry wood and pine wood 1920’s period. Rudolf Steiner school Switzerland Dornach design Handle designed specifically for the position of the...
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1920s Swiss Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood

Ole Wanscher chair for Fritz Hansen 1940's Mahogany. Decorative and comfortable
Located in Forest, BE
Fauteuil décoratif en acajou réalisé par Fritz Hansen et vendu par illums bolighus un grand magasin réputé. Il porte la plaque de l'enseigne au dessous du siège. Il a été complètemen...
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

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Mahogany

Set Queen Anne Dining Chairs Walnut Furniture
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 12 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs. These Chairs are in the Style of Giles Grendey. Circa 1920 The Chairs are Raised Upon Cabriole Legs with Pad Fe...
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1920s Queen Anne Vintage Seating

Materials

Walnut

Bauhaus influenced Children’s Chair, Finland, 1920s
Located in Espoo, FI
Unique children's chair influenced by the Bauhaus movement and designed by an unidentified yet remarkably skilled Finnish designer. This masterpiece showcases a finger-joint seat, hi...
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1920s Finnish Bauhaus Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel

BBPR, rare set of 3 Italian Mid-century Modern Wooden and Velour Chairs, 1948
Located in Milan, IT
Set of 3 Italian Mid-century Modern Wooden and Green Velour Chairs, 1948 Coveted set of 3 chairs in perfect shape, beautiful details on the wooden structure and precious cushioning in great conditions. BBPR was a studio of architects, urban planners and designers, composed by Gian Luigi Banfi, Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Enrico Peressutti and Ernesto Nathan Rogers. Founded in Milan in 1932, the studio was a vivid part of the debate of the modern movement, becoming one of the leading exponents and masters of the Italian design. The first important intervention project was designed in 1946, after the war and the loss of Banfi: the planning of the reconstruction of Milan. At the IX Triennale in Milan, when the birth of Italian design (1951) began, they organised the exhibition “The shape of usefulness” (with Francesco Buzzi Ceriani and Max Huber...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Amsterdam School Armchairs in Original Upholstery, Art Deco, Dutch Modern, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
1940's, Dutch Modern, Lounge Chair, Amsterdamse school, Armchair, Art Deco, Expressionism, Jugendstil. Dutch modern set of six chairs of Amsterdamse school. The original upholste...
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1940s Dutch Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Italian Bergères
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautiful pair of Italian painted and gilded bergères, circa 1940. Grand scale and elegant design. Beautiful combination of natural wicker and distress...
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1940s Italian Regency Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Wicker, Wood

Dutch Dining Chairs in Wood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining chairs, stained beech, The Netherlands, 1940s This pair of dining chairs not only shows a well-balanced backrest and overall frame. The frame is very structured and sturdy wh...
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1940s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Rustic Folk Art Lounge Chair, UK, 1920s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Early 20th-century easy chair, a true testament to the principle of form following function. This exquisite piece stands out for its meticulous attention to detail. The intricate pat...
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1920s British Arts and Crafts Vintage Seating

Materials

Wood

Fritz Hansen Tufted Light Brown Leather and Suede Sofa
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Rarely seen 1940s Fritz Hansen tufted sofa with original light brown leather and new Suede seat with wooden leg detail.
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Suede, Leather

Art Deco Streamline Armchair by Jindrich Halabala, c. 1940
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco- Streamline Armchair designed by Jindrich Halabala and manufactured by UP Závody Brno, ca 1940. This original Art Deco - Streamline Armch...
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1940s Czech Streamlined Moderne Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Bentwood

Louis XVI Style Swag Back Tufted Armchairs, France, 1940s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Fun, elegant and glamorous pair of round-backed armchairs with elaborately carved drapery motif backs. Outwardly scrolling rounded armrests. Carved front legs. Painted in original of...
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1940s French Vintage Seating

Bentwood Leather Swivel Bench/Stool
Located in Oakville, ON
The base of this stool/ bench is a Bentwood production made around 1929- 1930. The base has the swivel mechanism. The upholstery has been newly done using a distressed style new lea...
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1920s American American Craftsman Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Wood

Set of 3 Gilbert Rohde Chairs
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Set of 3 Gilbert Rohde chairs; all armless.
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1940s American Vintage Seating

Rustic Modern Armchairs with Ottoman
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic modern armchairs, rush or cord seating and back, lack lacquered plywood arms, Italy, 1940s Superb pair of armchairs with ottoman The r...
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1940s Italian Rustic Vintage Seating

Materials

Cord, Rush, Plywood

Scroll Arm, Naples Chairs, circa 1920
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of Liberty Period, beautifully carved, solid Chestnut side chairs with unique, tightly scrolled arms featuring radiant, floral reliefs in the center of each.
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1920s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Chestnut

Early Alvar Aalto Hallway Armchair in Red Lacquer Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking Model 403 Hallway Chair in red lacquer finish, designed by Alvar Aalto for the Paimio Sanitorium, later issued by Finmar. The armchair showcases a fluid design, with a gra...
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1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Birch

Pair of Danish 1940s Channel Back Low Easy Chairs with Open Armrests by Slagelse
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic pair of elegant Danish low back armchairs from the 1940s by Slagelse Mobelvaerk. The style of the legs is identical to the style used on most of Viggo Boesen's design so the ...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Beech

Oak Art Deco Modernist Bench or Sofa, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Stunning and rare Art Deco Modernist bench or sofa. Striking Dutch design from the 1920s. Solid oak and oak veneered frame with re-upholstered seat and back cushion, this was done by...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Macassar, Oak

H-269 Lounge Chair by Jindrich Halabala, 1940s
Located in Poznań, PL
The legendary Halabala H-269 chair designed by Jindřich Halabala circa 1930. One of the most well known czechoslovakian designs in the world. Bent beechwood frame restored to a half ...
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1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Beech

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

A Fumidai stool - Japan - 1920
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Ce tabouret en bois de paulownia (kiri) incarne l'esthétique sobre et épurée du mouvement Mingei tel que défini par Sōetsu Yanagi dans son ouvrage "L’Idée du Mingei" (1933). Il reflè...
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1920s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Seating

Materials

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...
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1920s Italian Baroque Vintage Seating

Materials

Velvet, Giltwood

Set of 8 Chippendale style Mahogany Dining Room Chairs
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Set of 8 Chippendale style mahogany dining room chairs, circa 1920's. With a carved cupids bow crest rail, a pierced back splat with swag carving, molded stiles, resting on Chippenda...
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1920s English Chippendale Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

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

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

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

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
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1920s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Fur, Wood

1920's Dining Chair model B 28 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...
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1920s Czech Belle Époque 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

Art Deco Period French Dining Chairs
Located in Austin, TX
Set of six dining chairs made with walnut structures and original upholstery. They have been finished with a lustrous French polish of museum quality. The upholstery is adorned with ...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Upholstery, Walnut

Edward Wormley Dunbar Tuxedo Sofa in Great Plains Wool Velvet
Located in Chicago, IL
Edward Wormley Dunbar Tuxedo Sofa in Great Plains, Wool Velvet "Dreamer Marigold" Sofa was stripped down to frame with new foam and reupholstered. Dimensions: 94" length 34" deep 29"...
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Mohair

Armchairs in Gunnel Nyman Style, 1940s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Armchairs in Gunnel Nyman Style, 1940s. Stained birch legs, reupholstered with quality velvet like -fabric. Metal details. Good vintage condition, minor patina consistent with age an...
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1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Metal

Cassina Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret & Perriand Red Leather LC1 Armchair
Located in London, GB
Now known as the 1 Fauteuil Dossier Basculant, the LC1 armchair was originally introduced at the Salon d’Automne in 1929 by the designers Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte...
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1920s Italian Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather

Danish Designer, Lounge Chair, Oak, Rush, Denmark, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A dark-stained oak and rush lounge chairs designed and produced in Denmark, c. 1940s. seat height: 13"
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1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Rush, Oak

Art Deco Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Wembley, GB
A set of four Art Deco dining chairs. French, c. 1940s. Stock ref. #2380 All with sturdy bobbin-turned oak frames. Newly upholstered seats in a natural boucle fabric. 87 x 42 x 46...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Bouclé, Oak

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

Carl-Axel Acking for Nk Hantverk Lounge Chairs in Mahogany and Wool
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carl-Axel Acking for Nordiska Kompaniet Hantverk, lounge chairs, mahogany, fabric, Sweden, 1940s Beautiful set of chairs with an important provenance. These chairs are designed and ...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

Danish Fritz Hansen Model 1518 Large Size Club Chair in Lambswool, 1940s
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Sublime large scale model 1518 lounge club chair made by Fritz Hansen in the late 1930s or early 1940s. Superbly comfortable the lounge chair is dramatically low and has wide proport...
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1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Wool, Beech

Art Deco Sofa with Lounge Chairs, 1920, France
Located in Budapest, HU
Marvelous, high end design, authentic 1920’s Art Deco Sofa with walnut wood display cabinets and a pair of matching Lounge Chairs originating from ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Copper

Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen Set of Four 'Red Chairs' in Original Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, set of four dining chairs 'The Red Chair', model 3949, original patinated leather, mahogany, Denmark, designed 1928, manufactured 1930s. These dining ...
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Gio Ponti, Exceptional Pair of Rare Wingback Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, 1940s
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979) A rare and extraordinary pair of wingback armchairs by modernist master Gio Ponti, in polished walnut with white bouclé upholstery. The chairs' striking fili...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Bouclé, Walnut

Italian Club Chair with Floral Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
In the style of Gio Ponti, lounge chair, wood and floral fabric, Italy, 1940s. Elegant and romantic club chair designed in the style of Gio Ponti with original upholstery of fauna a...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Modernist Eyre de Lanux Armchairs in Brushed Oak, France, c. 1925
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of French Modernist Armchairs attributed to Eyre de Lanux, France, c. 1925 Brushed Oak, in muslin H: 33.25 D: 20.75 W: 20 in.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Oak

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

1940's Mid Century Modern Long Spindle Back Bench in Solid Stained Oak
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic solid bench from a Philadelphia Police station circa 1940's. It features solid dark stained oak construction. Very good ready to use condition.
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1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Oak

Carl Malmsten High Back Chair in Walnut and Black Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carl Malmsten, high back chair, walnut, brass, leather, Sweden, 1940s. Rare armchair designed by Swedish designer Carl Malmsten. This chair exhibits a warm walnut frame which is ni...
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Brass

French Art Deco Macassar Sofa
Located in North Bergen, NJ
French Art Deco Macassar sofa or couch. Having beautiful Macassar wood with deco lines. Has been restored by a third generation artisan.
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Macassar

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...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Bouclé

'Sandows' Dining Chairs by René Herbst
Located in Brooklyn, NY
'Sandows' dining chairs designed by René Herbst. Chrome tubular frame with bungee seat and back. Designed in 1928, this piece is considered an early modernist masterpiece well ahead ...
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1920s Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Steel, Chrome

C1940 Bankers Dining Room Armchairs 3 Square Back Available
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous collection of hardwood bankers chairs often found in offices, jury rooms, conference centers etc. Created from oak maple and walnut these chairs are heavy duty quality seating, great for a dining area. 3 chairs available and have some variations to them, 3 are more square in the back. Different makers, some are gunlocke chair co...
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1940s American American Classical Vintage Seating

Materials

Maple, Oak, Walnut

Pair of Original Art Deco Satin Birch Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A very stylish and extremely well made pair of original Art Deco Satin Birch armchairs. They were made in Sweden, they date from the 1920-30’s. They have a very bold and beautiful d...
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Birch

French Woven Lounge Chairs 1940's
By Vibo
Located in Hudson, NY
French Mid Century Ripe Chairs by Adrien Audox and Frida Minet for Vibo. Beautifully curved bentwood and original woven rope seats.
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

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Rush, Bentwood

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

1940s Rare Pair of Oak Armchairs by Krasna Jizba, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Spring seats - Very comfortable - The color is actually brown - The substance has signs of usability - Structurally solid.
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1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Seating

Materials

Fabric, Wood

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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