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Milo Baughman Brown Vinyl Cube Lounge / Armchair
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century cube form lounge / armchair with chocolate brown leather upholstery, resting on four short metal legs. (Milo Baughman).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Harvey Probber Green and Blue Patterned Velvet Cube Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century cube armchairs with bold patterned blue and green velvet upholstery with removable seat and back cushions. (HARVEY PROBBER)(PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet
Fiberglass Black Velvet Lounge Chair, Italy, 1970s
By Joe Colombo
Located in Hilversum, NL
Impressive fiberglass lounge chair in the style of Joe Colombo, Italy, 1970s. Newly upholstered in beautiful black velvet.
Category
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Fiberglass
Chiado Lounge Chair with Paris Black and Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado Lounge chair is a comfortable chair with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The chair has a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The Chiado Loun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Dust Armchair with Natural Oak and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust Armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Wittmann Vuelta Fd Armchair Designed by Jaime Hayon in Stock
By Jaime Hayon, Wittmann
Located in New York, NY
VUELTA FD CHAIR with metal legs
Upholstered in Lille Black
Legs: Black grey powder coated
Eclectic, exciting, Mediterranean Baroque – and yet wonderfully timeless. These are the characteristics that define the eye-catching style brought into being by the playful collaboration between Spanish artist and designer Jaime Hayon and Austrian furniture maker Wittmann. Setting design, comfort and independence of form atop four legs to create an upholstered chair that unites function and aesthetics, is the height of artistic design. In Vuelta, Jaime Hayon has created an unmistakable look – brought to life by Wittmann with characteristically uncompromising handcraftsmanship – that leaves nothing to be desired. Curiosity, determination and experience – from designer and manufacturer alike – have now made it possible to transfer all of Vuelta’s popular attributes to the dining room. Featuring typical Vuelta stitching, the upholstered seat has a comfortable pocket-sprung core. The curved shape of the backrest gently tapers forward to form an armrest. Vuelta Dining Chair is supported by graceful tubular legs in a choice of black or – for a particularly refined look – satin matt brass. And as Hayon and Wittmann are both synonymous with versatility, there is of course another option for linking the base to the floor: in this variant, four feet still provide stability, but come together at a central point to create a swivel chair...
Category
2010s Austrian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Chiado Lounge Chair with Paris Black and White
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado Lounge chair is a comfortable chair with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The chair has a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The Chiado Loun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Chiado Lounge Chair with Paris Black and Gold
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Chiado Lounge chair is a comfortable chair with inviting curves and a comfortable soft seating. The chair has a fully upholstered backrest and elegant metal legs. The Chiado Loun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Parsons Upholstered Lounge Chairs - a Pair
Located in Madison, WI
For sale here is a STUNNING unique designer Sculptural, vintage 80's / 90's Stylish pair of upholstered chairs.
This listing includes both chairs.
Acquired from one of the coolest,...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Textile
Mid Century Wrought Iron Chair att. to Salterini
Located in New York, NY
Chic architectural wrought iron arm chair, with metal mesh seat and back. The chair is in very good, original condition, clean and ready to use.
Total H 31.5 x Arm H 24.5 x Seat H 17 x W 21.5 x D 20 inches.
Measures: Please view our extensive collection of vintage garden, patio, and poolside furniture listed at Barbarella Home...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Marco Zanuso Single Martingala Armchair, Italy 1950's
By Marco Zanuso
Located in New York, NY
A Martingale armchair by Marco Zanuso for Arflex. It takes its name from the pleated feature on its back.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Dust Armchair with Beech Ash-056-5, Polished Brass and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Dust Armchair with Beech Ash-056-1, Polished Brass and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Dust Armchair with Natural Oak, Polished Brass and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust Armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Dust Armchair with Beech Ash-056-5 and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Dust Armchair with Beech Ash-056-1 and Paris Black
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Dust Armchair is constructed in solid wood, with an elevated tufted elegant look and a comfortable seating. Handmade with a solid wood base and wood legs. Polished brass metal fe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Bauhaus Style Leather Armchair with Chrome Tubular Frame, Switzerland, 1970s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a gorgeous, geometrical armchair done in leather, with tubular chrome frame. The armchair features the backrest with two cylinders and the square seat, ...
Category
1970s Swiss Bauhaus Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Milo Baughman Flat Chrome Bar and Brown Fabric Upholstered Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
PAIR of American Mid-Century armchairs with flat bar polished chrome frames and deep brown textured fabric upholstered seats, backs, backs and two button tufts on the seat back. (MIL...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Harvey Probber Cube Form Black Textured Fabric Upholstered Lounge / Armchair
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century cube form lounge / armchair with textured black fabric upholstery and a matching removable back cushion. (HARVEY PROBBER)(Available in black: DUF0509A).
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery
Fine Quality Victorian Salon Chair, Upholstered in Regency Silk Fabric
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Fine quality Victorian salon chair, upholstered in regency silk fabric.
This beautiful carved chair has been ebonised in black, as was the fa...
Category
Late 19th Century Hollywood Regency Antique Armchairs
Materials
Silk
Pair of Design Chrome Armchairs by Viliam Chlebo, Czechoslovakia/up to 16 pieces
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1980s
- Made of chrome, fabric
- Chrome parts re-polished
- Good original condition
- maker: Kodreta Myjava
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Category
1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
"Wind" Swivel Armchair in Velvet with Silk Fringes Green
Located in Centro, RS
The wind swivel armchair is elegantly upholstered in velvet: Green, black, or offwhite colors options.
The breeze is identified with the lightnes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
Pair of Soften Armchairs by Titina Ammannati and Giampiero Vitelli, Italy 1970s
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Pair of Soften armchairs by Titina Ammannati and Giampiero Vitelli for Rossi di Albizzate, Italy 1970s, completely restored and reupholstered in Hèrmes velvet.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
IL Poltrone Lounge Chair by Ammanati and Vitelli for Comfort, Italy, 1973
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Model Il Poltrone lounge chair by T. Ammanti & G.P. Vitelli for Comfort, 1973.
This chair is part of the 175 series by comfort and is a model in the line ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Set of 8 Jens Risom Danish Black Fabric Upholstered Teak 'Playboy' Armchairs
By Jens Risom
Located in New York, NY
SET of 8 Danish Mid-Century 'Playboy' armchairs with angular teak wood frames and black woven fabric upholstered seats and backs with button tufting. (JENS RISOM)(PRICED AS SET)
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak, Upholstery, Wood
Lounge / Office Chair, Foersom & Hiort-Lorenzen, 1960
Located in Lejre, DK
Lounge / Office chair, designed by Johannes Foersom and Peter Hiort-Lorenzen, manufactured by Erik Jørgensen from the 1960s. The chair comes with nice gray fabric, which will be comp...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Customizable Zanotta Arom Chair Designed by Noé Duchaufour Lawrance
Located in New York, NY
Price listed for starting fabric.
extra charge for exterior cover in leather.
Armchair. Steel frame. Upholstery with self-extinguishing polyurethane foam/heat-bound polyester fibre with elastic strips suspension. Fixed internal nylon cover. Removable external fabric, Pied de poule or leather cover.The exterior body can be covered with cowhide 95, combined with fabric or leather. Cannot be covered with cowhide 95 in the shade white 0704.
Arom is the latest armchair...
Category
2010s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Early Mid Century Italian Wrought Iron Folding Armchair Pair by Carlo Crespi
By Carlo Crespi
Located in Encinitas, CA
Comfortable pair of Carlo Crespi wrought iron folding armchairs, handcrafted in the Village of Parabiago, Milan Italy.
The style details are supe...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Set of Six Cassina Swivel Arm Chairs LC7 by Le Corbusier, Perriand & Jeanneret
Located in Munich, DE
Set of six swivel arm chairs. Designed by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand & Pierre Jeanneret, 1927/1928. Manufactured by Cassina probably in 1970s, Italy.
All chairs are marked. Makers mark / label and production number beneath the seat of each chair.
Executed in dark blue leather and navy blue enameled metal base.
Condition: Wear consistent with use and age. Two of the chairs repaired...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Vintage Iron and Leather Armchairs, Contemporary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of iron and leather armchairs in the manner of Jean-Michel Frank, contemporary.
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Angle II Armchair in Grace Black and White Tuxedo
By TRNK
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This chair brilliantly balances both form & function — it is not so stiff that you don’t feel comfortable, and not so soft that you don’t feel supported. It also suits many different...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Linen
Preben Fabricius Jorgen Kastholm Bird Chairs Kill, 1964
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
3-legged version “Bird” office chairs made with brushed steel and leather and sheepskin upholstery (quite recent).
Dimensions:104cm h, 78cm w, 70cm ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Set of 4 Leather Lounge Chairs Model 1600 by Hans Eichenberger for Girsberg
Located in HEVERLEE, BE
Set of 4 Leather Lounge Chairs Model 1600 by Hans Eichenberger for Girsberg.
Leather seats, amrests and backrests and a chromed steel...
Category
1960s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Grey Large Sheepskin Bean Bag Cover, Australian Sheepskin - Made in Australia
Located in Dural, AU
This long wool grey sheepskin bean bag chair cover is the must-have shaggy bean bag for anyone who wants to live in ultimate comfort. Australi...
Category
2010s Australian Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin
Armchair on Wheels, 1960s "Bear Chair"
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Vintage leather armchair on wheels "Bear chair"
Period of production: 1960s
Style: vintage, classic design, midcentury modern
Materials: metal, ...
Category
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Grand Office Swivel Armchair with Granite Grey Fabric
Located in Paris, FR
Swivel Armchair Grand Office in granite grey fabric
on polished stainless steel base. Height adjustable.
Also available in pebble grey fabric.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Deconstructed Design Rattan Armchair in Black Leather
Located in New York, NY
Hand-made, with a deconstructed design, this leather armchair has been designed to be the union of elegance, high quality design and comfort.? Available in different models thanks to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rattan, Jute, Wood
19th Century Georgian Black Leather-Upholstered Wingback Armchair
Located in London, GB
A fully restored Georgian black leather-upholstered wingback armchair outlined with a close nail trim and raised on cabriole legs terminating in...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Meltdown Chair, PP Tube #1 Black by Tom Price, Contemporary, Limited Edition
By Tom Price
Located in PARIS, FR
'Meltdown chair, PP Tube #1 Black' is a piece by English artist Tom Price, from the Meltdown Series. This chair is made entirely from polypropylene tubes, no other material is added. The artist assembles a stack of common plumbing tubes and then he presses it on a heated metal seat-shaper former. The ends of the tubes melt and fuse together. When they cool and subsequently harden, the shape of the seat is created. Tom Price thus alters the structural and aesthetic qualities of the plastic material, giving rise to interesting contrasts in texture and form within the same object.
Launched in 2007, the Meltdown Series earned Tom Price widespread international acclaim for his innovative production processes and eye-catching approach to working with commonplace plastic products. The way of assembling the plastic material and the mostly unpredictable patterns created by the heating method ensure that every piece is unique and unrepeatable. This design pieces are true sculptural objects, while at the same time being fully functional and very robust.
Meltdown Chairs are included in the permanent collections of several Museums, including SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US), the Denver Art Museum (US), The Nelson Atkins Museum (US), Chatsworth House (UK), MKG Hamburg (Germany) and the Amore Pacific Museum (South Korea).
Works from the Meltdown Series have been exhibited extensively throughout the USA, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. They have been included in many high-profile museum exhibitions, including SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US), MAD Museum of Art and Design New York (US); The Mint Museum (US); Denver Art Museum (US); Design Museum Holon (Israel); Design Museum Gent (Belgium); NRW Forum Dusseldorf (Germany); The Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (Latvia). They have also featured at international art and design fairs, including Design Miami Basel (Switzerland); Sao Paolo Design Festival (Brazil); Cheongju International Craft Biennale (South Korea), Design Days Dubai (United Arab Emirates); Gwangju Biennale (South Korea) and Lodz International Design Biennale (Poland).
Finally, the series has been featured in multiple publications, including: The Campaign for Art...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Armchairs
Materials
Plastic
Curved Swivel Armchair 'Cottonflower'
Located in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona
The rounded, curved shape, is crafted into the unique and original design of this well-proportioned and visually distinctive sofa series, available in custom sizes, ensuring intimacy...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet
Papillonne Armchair with Black Metal Accessory
By LAGU
Located in İSTANBUL, TR
The papillonne armchair complements your style with its flawless form and unmatched comfort, adding a unique character to your space...
Measures: ...
Category
2010s Turkish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Modern Capelinhos Lounge Chair, Swivel, Black, Handmade Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Capelinhos Swivel Lounge Chair, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Capelinhos leather lounge chair stands as a testament to timeless comfor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Moooi Hana Swivel Armchair in Fiord, 591 Red Upholstery
By Simone Bonanni, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Create your own world in your safe space that is the Hana Armchair. Let the softness of the folds lure you in and when you step into that abundance of soft fabric, you’re stepping in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Rare Pair of Armchairs Fiberglass and Natural Leather by Jorge Zalszupin 60's
Located in Curitiba, PR
Rare pair of armchairs designed by Jorge Zalszupin, in fiberglass and natural leather. Super comfortable, with a beautiful design and lightweight.
Jorge Zalszupin (1 June 1922 – 1...
Category
1960s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Black Lacquer Woven Cane Wooden and Velvet Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Black lacquered woven wicker cane and black lacquered wooden frame with gold feet and velvet lounge armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Velvet, Wood
Vintage Modern Vecta Contract Brown Leather & Chrome Cantilever Pair of Chairs
By Vecta Group
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage modern Vecta Contract brown leather & chrome cantilever pair of chairs. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Gufram Jolly Roger Pirate Chair by Fabio Novembre, Black
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Italian genius designer Fabio Novembre was born in Lecce in 1966, graduated from Milan University of Architecture and studied film in New York. In 1994 he opened his own design studio in Milan, and has since launched extensive design collaborations. Fabio excels at telling stories with avant-garde, bold furniture designs, especially a collection of furniture inspired by the human body.
Designed by Fabio Novembre and born in 2013, the Jolly Roger armchair is Gufram's first product to be moulded and the first to be free of polyurethane soft parts. Jolly Roger is a seat reminiscent of a skull, with a world map embossed on the back of the seat used by pirates of the Pacific.
Consistent with the attitude of all Gufram products, Jolly Roger, far from boring interior design standards, is an armchair that represents a free stance. From the name "Pirate Chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs
Materials
Plastic
Art Deco Style Leather Club Chair
Located in Westwood, NJ
An Art Deco inspired custom leather upholstered club chair. This armchair with a bold and comfortable dome backrest, with long and low sweeping arms with a boxed cushion seat raised ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of Bauhaus Cantilever Armchairs Model EK32 by Hynek Gottwald, 1935
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Pair of rare Bauhaus cantilever chrome-plated tubular steel armchairs, model "EK32", designed by the company Hynek Gottwald in former Czechoslovakia, 1935.
Being one of the Hynek Go...
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Modern Leather Armchairs Piero Lissoni for Matteo Grassi, Italy, 1990s
Located in Almelo, NL
Modern leather armchairs Piero Lissoni For Matteo Grassi, Italy 1990s.
These modern leather armchairs were designed by Piero Lissoni for Matteo Grassi. These modern style chairs wer...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
'Hunter' Easy Chair by Torbjørn Afdal, 1960s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Great safari chair model Hunter designed by Torbjørn Afdal, produced by Bruksbo. Original black leather cushions and straps. Very good condition.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather
19th Century Gold Gilt and Painted Empire Armchair
Located in San Angelo, TX
Here is a beautiful Empire chair that we purchased in Naples, Italy. This is a classic style, with a fun pop of color with blue velvet that can be left as is or can be reupholstered ...
Category
19th Century European Empire Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage Modernist Office Armchair, Germany, Chromed Metal, Ca 1960
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Vintage rotating modernist office chair. German work from the 1960s. Structure in chromed metal and painted black at the base and armrests and u...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modern Fredrik Kayser Lounge Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant pair of sculptural rosewood lounge chairs by the Danish designer Fredrik A. Kayser. This impressive mid-century pair of armchairs make comfortable office seating area chairs,...
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Rosewood, Upholstery
Big Easy Armchair by Ron Arad for Moroso
Located in Izegem, VWV
The Big Easy chair was originally designed as a steel chair in 1989 as a one off. Due to its popularity it was produced in a first series of glossy lacq...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Plastic
Arne Vodder Leather Chair, Sibast, Danish 1960
By Arne Vodder, Sibast
Located in London, GB
Wonderful Arne Vodder designed armchair / desk chair by Sibast, circa 1960, Denmark. Fully reupholstered in steel white Italian leather. Extremely ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Italian Pair of Lounge Chairs in Black Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of lounge chairs, leather, Italy, 1960s.
Eccentric pair of lounge chairs in black leather. The stitching of the leather seating creates a nice checkered pattern. A comfortable ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather
PK18 Impermeable Armchair, Black Seat & Black Metal Structure by Paulo Kobylka
Located in Londrina, Paraná
PK18 armchair is handcrafted in tubular carbon steel and is finished in black micro-textured electrostatic painting.
Seat and backrest are upholstered in nautical anti-mold leatheret...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Antique and Vintage Armchairs for Sale on 1stDibs
Armchairs have run the gamut from prestige to ease and everything in between, and everyone has an antique or vintage armchair that they love.
Long before industrial mass production democratized seating, armchairs conveyed status and power.
In ancient Egypt, the commoners took stools, while in early Greece, ceremonial chairs of carved marble were designated for nobility. But the high-backed early thrones of yore, elevated and ornate, were merely grandiose iterations of today’s armchairs.
Modern-day armchairs, built with functionality and comfort in mind, are now central to tasks throughout your home. Formal dining armchairs support your guests at a table for a cheery feast, a good drafting chair with a deep seat is parked in front of an easel where you create art and, elsewhere, an ergonomic wonder of sorts positions you at the desk for your 9 to 5.
When placed under just the right lamp where you can lounge comfortably, both elbows resting on the padded supports on each side of you, an upholstered armchair — or a rattan armchair for your light-suffused sunroom — can be the sanctuary where you’ll read for hours.
If you’re in the mood for company, your velvet chesterfield armchair is a place to relax and be part of the conversation that swirls around you. Maybe the dialogue is about the beloved Papa Bear chair, a mid-century modern masterpiece from Danish carpenter and furniture maker Hans Wegner, and the wingback’s strong association with the concept of cozying up by the fireplace, which we can trace back to its origins in 1600s-era England, when the seat’s distinctive arm protrusions protected the sitter from the heat of the period’s large fireplaces.
If the fireside armchair chat involves spirited comparisons, your companions will likely probe the merits of antique and vintage armchairs such as Queen Anne armchairs, Victorian armchairs or even Louis XVI armchairs, as well as the pros and cons of restoration versus conservation.
Everyone seems to have a favorite armchair and most people will be all too willing to talk about their beloved design. Whether that’s the unique Favela chair by Brazilian sibling furniture designers Fernando and Humberto Campana, who repurposed everyday objects to provocative effect; or Marcel Breuer’s futuristic tubular metal Wassily lounge chair; the functionality-first LC series from Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret; or the Eames lounge chair of the mid-1950s created by Charles and Ray Eames, there is an iconic armchair for everyone and every purpose. Find yours on 1stDibs right now.
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