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Armchairs For Sale
Number in Set: Single Piece
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Hide Upholstered Chair
Located in Napa, CA
Renaissance style chair from Languedoc/France in mint condition New upholstery in a white hide.  
Category

18th Century and Earlier French Antique Armchairs

Materials

Hide, Walnut

Rare dirk van Sliedregt Armchair in Rattan and Steel
Located in Den Haag, NL
Rare dirk van Sliedregt armchair in Rattan and steel secured with three black leather straps.
Category

1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

20th Century Aluminum Armchair
Located in Stamford, CT
A large aluminum armchair having new cushions and upholstery.
Category

1980s Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Aluminum

Giancarlo De Carlo "Lucania" Lounge Chair by Arflex
Located in Highland, IN
A rare piece, this elegant and comfortable "Lucania" easy chair by Giancarlo De Carlo has an upholstered body supported by an iron frame. It is perfect for reading, conversing, or re...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Danish Baroque Carved Arm Chair w/New Contemporary Upholstery
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the new, contemporary upholstery of geometric circular patterns against the back and clean linen on the seat that creates a fresh, modern look while maintaining this chair's vi...
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Painted 19th Century Armchair by Jean-Joseph Chapuis
Located in Troy, NY
Neoclassical green painted and gilt armchair with caned seat. After a model by Jean-Joseph Chapuis. The front legs retain their brass casters, the rear legs are missing the casters.
Category

19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Armchairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Vintage Spun Fiberglass Chair with Alpaca Seat Cover
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage spun fiberglass chair with Alpaca seat cover. Great for indoor or outdoor use. Lightweight but robust, sturdy design.
Category

1960s American Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Alpaca, Fiberglass

French Pickled Wood Open Armchair
Located in Stamford, CT
A French armchair of pickled wood with upholstered back and slip seat having open arms and tapered front legs.
Category

Mid-20th Century French Armchairs

Kaare Klint Designed Tall Back Armchair
Located in New York, NY
A Kaare Klint designed tall back armchair. Walnut.
Category

1950s Danish Vintage Armchairs

Black lacquer arm chair in white leather
Located in Bronx, NY
Influenced by the sleek and chick 1930's...this armed side chair is both stunning and comfortable..
Category

Late 20th Century Unknown Armchairs

Materials

Maple

Mid-Century Modern Upholstered Chair with Hand-Painted Pillow
Located in New York, NY
Newly upholstered Mid-Century Modern chair in greige linen with a black and white hand-painted pillow. Newly refinished ebony stained legs. Very comfortable.
Category

20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Linen, Paint

Georges Jacob French Louis Style Chair
Located in Asheville, NC
This beautiful French Empire chair crafted in the style of George Jacob has padded arms and cabriole legs with ornate gold carvings.
Category

20th Century French Armchairs

Materials

Wood, Silk, Damask

Set of Four Polished Steel Armchairs
Located in Montreal, QC
Set of four polished steel neoclassical style armchairs. Stamped: Italy.
Category

1970s Italian Vintage Armchairs

Pair of French Early Modern Geometric Lounge Chairs, Style of Atelier Martine
By Atelier Martine
Located in New York, NY
An Early Modernist pair of club / lounge chairs in the Manner of Atelier Martine formed from a repeating geometrical grid pattern typical of early mode...
Category

Early 20th Century French Modern Armchairs

Chair
Located in Westport, CT
aluminum chairs
Category

1940s American Vintage Armchairs

Original Baroque Rococo Re-Looked Armchair
Located in Miami, FL
Customized antique armchair. Finely carved wood frame, typical of the Rococo style. Reupholstered in a modern fabric. Wood refinished in silver leaf. Very sophisticated carved wood. ...
Category

Late 19th Century French Baroque Antique Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of George Smith “Signature” Armchairs, in Pale Grey Ralph Lauren Velvet
Located in Barrowford, GB
Hello Friends, and welcome to another unmissable offering from Lord Browns Furniture, the UK’s premier resource for fine Sofas and Chairs. On offer on this occasion is a superb, pristine identical pair of George Smith “Signature” Cushion-Back, Full Scroll-Arm “Large” Armchairs, dressed in a beguiling, elegant, top-grade Ralph Lauren Italian...
Category

2010s Armchairs

Materials

Velvet

Edward Ferrell English Armchair in Cowtan and Tout Blue Zebra Cut Velvet
Located in Locust Valley, NY
An Edward Ferrell English arm chair in Cowtan and Tout blue zebra cut velvet fabric upholstery. Chair frame features slender dark wood arms with a graceful curve complemented by a g...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Armchairs

Materials

Velvet

Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam Glass Armchair
Located in Alsdorf, NW
Wonderfull and rare authentic Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri for Fiam. It is stunning how a chair full of glass could be manufactured and used...
Category

1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Glass

1950s Italian Armchair Grey Velvet in the Manner of Gio Ponti
Located in London, GB
A beautiful and petit 1950s Italian armchair recently reupholstered in a light grey velvet with stud details in the manner of Gio Ponti sat on tall thin black metal legs with brass f...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Velvet

Kai Kristiansen Compass Chair with Walnut Legs and Light Gray Blue Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Single Kai Kristiansen Compass chair with light blue upholstery. The Compass Dining Chair / Kompas was designed in 1958 by Kai Kristians...
Category

1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery

2 Hollywood Regency Style Belgo Chrom Chairs Mint Green, 1980
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Hollywood Regency style steel chairs designed by Belgo Chrom in the 1980s. Very heavy and high quality chairs with a comfortable seating. Perfect desk chair.
Category

1890s Belgian Hollywood Regency Antique Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Petite Curved Back Armchair Covered in Faux Suede
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Petite curved back armchair covered in faux suede by Robert Allen.
Category

2010s American Modern Armchairs

Materials

Suede, Faux Leather

Plona Armchair by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli 1970S
Located in Lasne, BE
Plastic and metal folding armchair. Stamped. Wear on the plastic (see photo) and on the metal (see photo). Measure: Seat height: 43cm.
Category

1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of Modular Seats Alessandra Formanova Foam Italy 1960s
Located in Milano, IT
Pair of modular armchairs model 'Alessandra'; foam padding, imitation leather covering for the structure and fabric for the cushions.
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Faux Leather, Foam

Outdoor Armchair with Micro-Textured Stainless Steel Frame
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary outdoor armchair with upholstered seat and back cushions. Micro-textured stainless steel structure in black or white color. The back straps are offered in black or wh...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Rounded Curvy Armchair Offered in Leather
Located in New York, NY
This curvy armchair is upholstered in luxury leather with double stitching. The double stitching at the leather edges create a couture like piece. The...
Category

2010s European Modern Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Shiro Kuramata, How High the Moon, Vitra Edition
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Vitra limited 1. Edition with sticker Label produced in 1991.
Category

1990s European Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Italian Mid-Century Olive Green Velvet Armchairs by Franz Sartori for Flexform
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Rare and beautiful pair of armchairs in olive green velvet designed by Italian sculptor Franz Sartori for Flexform, Milan, Italy, 1965. Sart...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Velvet

Gavina Wassily Chair B3 Vintage Leather White by Marcel Breuer
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This old Vintage Wassily chair Model B3, in chromed tubular steel and white leather, was designed by Marcel Breuer and produced by Gavina. It's an early edition before 68. It has som...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Delfino Armchair by Erberto Carboni for Arflex, circa 1954, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Delfino armchair by Erberto Carboni for Arflex, circa 1954, Italy. New upholstery, chromed steel feet, rubbers. Dimensions: 82 cm H, 85 cm D, 71 ...
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Small Sofa by Burkhard Vogtherr for Hain + Tohme, Fabric, 1980s, 2 Available
Located in Brussels, BE
Small Sofa by Burkhard Vogtherr for Hain + Tohme, Fabric, 1980s - 2 available Price is for 1 sofa.
Category

1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Fabric

Erberto Carboni for Arflex, Italy, 1955, Delfino Armchair
Located in Wargrave, Berkshire
Erberto Carboni for Arflex, Italy, circa 1955. A "Delfino" or "Dolphin"armchair. Velvet upholstery in seafoam green, likely not original but nor is it newly reupholstered. Steel fram...
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Metal

Mid Century Italian Pearl Grey Velvet and Brass Legs Armchair
Located in IT
Grey pearl velvet with brass legs and brass studs lining the back. This armchair comes from Italy from midcentury period. It has been restored with new upholstery and padding and br...
Category

Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Italian Mid-Century Modern Gray Fabric and Metal Armchair with Armrests, 1960s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern gray fabric and metal armchair with armrests, 1960s Gray fabric and metal armchair with armrests and metal legs with brass tips. Perfect condition, fully...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Metal, Brass

Pair of Mid-Century Italian Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Original frames newly reupholstered, original patinated brass legs.
Category

1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Brass

Cassina Cab 414 Leather Lounge Chair Armchair White
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This cab 414 armchair was designed by Mario Bellini for Italian manufacturer Cassina. It's the armchair version with comfortable seat padding. It is upholste...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

French Mid-Century Modern Armchair by Mathieu Matégot
Located in Paris, FR
A 20th-century vintage garden armchair by the iconic French designer Mathieu Matégot was designed with his distinct perforated sheet metal and steel tube structure. In white lacquer....
Category

20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Renato Zevi White Tiger Pattern Fabric Chrome Rocking Chair for Selig Ellipse
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury rocking chair designed in Italy during 1970s. The piece is a very modernist Italian example, the "Ellipse" by Renato Zevi for Selig, designed with the strong ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Cut Steel, Chrome

Vintage dentist armchair, Italy 1970s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Armchair, Italy 1970s A unique 1970s dentist reclining armchair. Product in Italy by Italian enterprise "SBISA - Italia - Firenze". The seat is covered in black sky and the s...
Category

1970s Italian Industrial Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

Daniel Arsham, "Cleveland Chair III", 3019
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Arsham [American, b. 1980] Cleveland chair III, 3019 Upholstered fabric Maeaures: 40 x 33.5 x 29 inches 101.6 x 85.1 x 73.7 cm Daniel Arsham (b. 1980) lives and works in New York. Arsham has been exhibited worldwide, including at the Moco Museum, Amsterdam; the How Museum, Shanghai; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, and the Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. His artistic practice includes several high profile collaborations with choreographer Merce Cunningham, Producer Pharrell Williams, and Designer Hedi Slimane and companies such as Dior and Rimowa...
Category

2010s Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery

Rare Nanna Ditzel Domus Danica 1960s Space Age 'Swinging' Fiberglass Armchair
Located in London, GB
A 'swinging' fiberglass armchair designed by Nanna Ditzel for Domus Danica in 1969, after her move to London in 1968. In every aspect the chair is heavily influenced by the vibrancy ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Fiberglass

Tiffany Armchair by Casprini Design Marcello Ziliani, Italian Chair Lucite
By Ziliani, Casprini
Located in Roma, IT
The fluid forms of the Ziliani design Tiffany furniture project are the result of the merger of expressive elements and technology, which has resulted in an extremely comfortable seat with overall amazing soundness. The absolute absence of extraneous components implies a clean shape, enhanced by a glossy mirror finish. The Casprini Tiffany chair is just part of the family of chairs designed by Marcello Ziliani...
Category

Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Lucite, Plexiglass

PK 12 Chair in Braided Brown Leather and Stainless Steel by Poul Kjaerholm, 1964
Located in New York, NY
PK 12 chair with hand braided brown leather armrest and stainless steel frame. Seat upholstered in brown leather. Originally designed by Poul Kjaerholm, 1964. Ed...
Category

Early 2000s Danish Modern Armchairs

Materials

Blown Glass

Florence Knoll International Chair Armchair Model 25 BC
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This armchair was designed by Florence Knoll Bassett for Knoll International. Model 25 BC. From the 1960s and rare. It features the original black, white, and ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Aluminum

Jean Prouvé Armchair
Located in Stockton, NJ
Enameled steel armchair for Martel de Janville Sanatorium, Plateau d'Assy. Ateliers Jean Prouvé, 1936.
Category

1930s French Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Steel

George Nelson "Paddle" Chair by Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning vintage modern armchair features soft vintage royal blue upholstery and wide wooden armrests. The sleek chrome frame ensures sturdiness without sacrificing comfort, stylish....
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Chrome

Italian Modern Lounge Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stunning Italian style lounge chair features a stunning sculpted frame, complete with rounded high back seat and gradual leather trim armrests. The perfect mix of elegant design...
Category

Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Kaare Klint Safari Chair by Rud. Rasmussen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Great black leather with very nice patina.
Category

1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs

Materials

Leather

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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