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Armchairs For Sale
Customizable Modern Occasional Slipper Chair with Firm Comfort - Mono Line
Located in Miami, FL
The Mono slipper chair by Sérgio Batista for Uultis is a contemporary masterpiece of form and function, designed to seamlessly blend with modern and minimalist interiors. This occasional chair boasts a sleek black metal base that elegantly contrasts its textured white and black fabric upholstery, creating a striking monochromatic aesthetic. Its clean lines and low-slung profile make it a versatile choice for living rooms, bedrooms, or offices, while its commercial-grade construction ensures durability in high-traffic environments.
Crafted with a focus on firm yet inviting comfort, the Mono chair...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Collectible Garden or Bar Chair "Scooby Doo" in Liberty Style, 1950s
Located in taranto, IT
Splendid garden or bar armchair, original from the 1950s, made of scooby doo on a coated iron structure, with ergonomic armrests
measures one meter high,...
Category
1950s Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Dillon Chair by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Dillon chair has a solid American walnut or white oak x-based frame that features boxed cushions with piping and buttons on the back cushion.
The Lawson-Fenning Collection is ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Mohair, Walnut
$2,422 / item
Mid Century Blue Velvet Vintage Armchair, Zenon Baczyk, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The B-7522 armchair was designed in the 1960s by Zenon Baczyk, it was produced by Swarzedz Furniture Factories in Poland. Furniture kept in perfect condition, after full upholstery a...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Pair 18th c. English Armchairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of 18th century Georgian painted and gilt armchairs with upholstered balloon backs, padded arms and upholstered seats on shaped and carved aprons, on turned legs, with gray pa...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wood
$9,800 / set
B34 Chair by Marcel Breuer 1920s pair
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Bauhaus chair by Marcel Breuer, model B34, in original condition. It is a first version from 1920s. The tubular steel frame and the wooden elements in it's original state.
The chai...
Category
1920s Austrian Industrial Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
$5,201 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Brigitta Armchair
Located in Milan, IT
As luxurious as it is comfortable, the precisely shaped and generously proportioned silhouette of this armchair eases immediately into a comfortable and relaxed position with its low...
Category
2010s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Ash, Plywood
$4,882 / item
Borge Mogensen, Model 2254 Lounge Chair, 1956
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful highback lounge chairs 'BM-2254/ Slædestolen' designed by Børge Mogensen in 1956 and produced by Fredericia Stolefabrik, Sweden, mahogany frame with adjustable seat and bac...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Mahogany
$3,400 / item
Vintage Sheepskin Leather Armchair with High Backrest
Located in Harderwijk, NL
Offered here is this vintage and rugged sheepskin leather armchair with a high back and excellent seating comfort. This bold yet comfortable sheepskin armchair has developed its uniq...
Category
20th Century Classical Roman Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Sheepskin
Frank Lloyd Wright 1989 First Edition Taliesin1 Pair of Armchairs
Located in Water Mill, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin 1 First Edition 1989
Pair of Chairs also known as ”Origami” Chairs
Produced by Cassina, Signed and Numbered
Very comfortable
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Cubist Art Deco Armchair in Vermilion Mohair Velvet and Maple, Belgium, 1920s
Located in The Hague, NL
This striking Art Deco armchair was manufactured in Belgium in the mid 1920s. The distinct tiered and angular shape of the design is a great example of the influence of cubism in this particular era. The originality of the design and the craftsmanship of the production make this a unique piece.
The chair has a rounded and curved backrest and a deep seat. The optional loose pillow adds additional seating comfort to the back. The elegant frame is executed in solid European maple wood which has been finished in a darker brown stain. The chair is upholstered in a sumptuous deep pile mohair velvet in a beautiful vermilion color.
The chair is in overall good condition. The wood with minor wear consistent with age and use. The upholstery recently renewed. The seat with a single minor stain.
Provenance: Yves de Smet, Gent, Belgium
Literature: Paul Maenz...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Mohair, Velvet, Maple
Contemporary Antique Pink Velvet Armchair with Silk Fringe Accents
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The handmade armchair draws on the signature fashion theme, ruffling the scene and inviting guests with its fun and flirtatious feel. Featuring three layers of fringes that run along...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Velvet, Wood, Trimming
A set of 6 Louis XVI Armchairs signed Brizard, France, 18th Century
Located in GRENOBLE, FR
Set of 6 Louis XVI armchairs, so-called "a la Reine" in French due to their large structure.
Our set of seats is a very rare version of traditional French armchairs, so-called "faute...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs
Materials
Silk, Beech
$41,494 Sale Price / set
35% Off
La Plume Armchair handmade in Great Britain - Client own fabric option
By Master
Located in Amsterdam, NL
La Plume is generous and inviting, with a focus on comfort unlike anything we’ve ever made before.
All our armchairs are made with solid FSC European hardwood frames, which we guara...
Category
2010s British Minimalist Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Beech, Feathers
Mid-Century Pattern Dalmatian Armchair, by Edmund Homa, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A beautiful mid-century armchair GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchair was made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. Made from solid beech wood.
The GFM-142 armchair is regarded one of the best Polish armchair design from the previous age. The armchair has been thoroughly renovated. The tension belts have been changed, new upholstery foams - upholstery fabric of the highest quality - velvet in dalmatian print...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Velvet, Beech
Selene Armchair by G. Ventura
Located in Milan, IT
This armchair designed by G. Ventura boasts Art Deco-style reinterpreted with modern graphic details that highlight its timeless elegance. The sculptural silhouette features a unique construction with a generous seat, round open back...
Category
2010s Italian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Wood
$6,480 / item
Alcove Contemporary Linear Armchair With Curved Back In Alpaca Red Velvet
Located in NEW YORK, NY
A sculptural statement piece defined by its architectural silhouette and introspective form. The Alcove Sofa embraces a bold exterior — rectangular and linear — that gently reveals a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood, Trimming
Pair of Green Armchairs by Joseph-Andre Motte
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of armchairs by the french designer Joseph Andre Motte
Edition Steiner
France, circa 1950
Black iron feet and reuphostered with designers guild fabric
Large and confortable seat...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Iron
$20,097 / set
Pirouette Clu Tribe Beige Swivel Armchair by Lorenza Bozzoli
Located in Milan, IT
Tribal roots and sartorial references blend in this swivel armchair, a refined artisan piece that will strike with its glamorous silhouette. Covered with beige boucle fabric and feat...
Category
2010s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Sculptural Pair of Adolf Wrenger Armchairs in Beech and Velvet, Germany, 1950s
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare pair of armchairs was designed by Adolf Wrenger and produced by his company in Lippe, Germany in the early 1950s. The frames in solid, stained ...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Wood, Velvet
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Three Seater Sofa by Cassina
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Three Seater Sofa
Manufactured by Cassina
SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE
Geometric austerity encounters enveloping padding in this sofa designed by maestro Carlo Scarpa ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$22,550 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair by Cassina
By Carlo Scarpa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Carlo Scarpa Cornaro Armchair
Manufactured by Cassina
SCULPTURAL ELEGANCE
A favourable balance between geometric rigour and enveloping shapes designe...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$8,937 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Vintage Velvet Mustard Yellow Pantone Armchair, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The GFM armchair is an icon of the polish design of the PRL period.
The famous armchair was designed in 1962 by the Polish interior designer and furnit...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Vintage Easy Chair from the 1950s, Jean Prouvé Style - Set of 2
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Barcelona, ES
Vintage Easy Chair from the 1950s, Jean Prouvé Style - Set of 2
Step into the world of mid-century modern design with this exquisite set of two Easy Chairs, crafted in France circa ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Karin Mobring 'Diana' Side Chair, 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Wonderful, compact Danish modern safari chair by Karin Mobring, Sweden, designed in 1970, pine frame with leather upholstery, stains
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Pine
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gaetano Pesce Feltri Felt Chair For Cassina
Crafted using a patented Cassina production technique, Feltri is a symbol of cutting-edge design, the...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Polyester
$8,300 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Organic Gustav Bergmann Armchair in Pierre Frey Bouclé and Beech, Germany, 1960s
By Gustav Bergmann
Located in The Hague, NL
This extremely rare armchair was designed by Gustav Bergmann and produced by his company in Lippe, Germany in the early 1960s. The organic and round lines of the design give the chai...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wool, Bouclé, Upholstery, Beech
20th Century Vintage Ochre Yellow Boucle Atlantis Big Armchair, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Atlantis armchair from the 1960s, produced in the Silesian furniture factory in Swiebodzin/Poland at the moment they are unique.
Due to their dimensions, they perfectly blend in ev...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
Brazilian Rosewood & Leather Sling Chair and Ottoman by Sergio Rodrigues for ISA
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This Sergio Rodriguez Sheriff Chair and Ottoman were completely disassembled and each piece of rosewood was stripped, sanded and refinished in multiple coats of hand-buffed finishing...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Pair of 1979 Charles Pollock for Knoll Burnt Orange Executive Chairs
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Pair of vintage 1979 Executive Chairs designed by Charles Pollock for Knoll. The chairs come in their original burnt orange upholstery, a perfect mid-century modern color! It is trul...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
"Rodica" Lounge Chair by Mario Brunu for Comfort Italy, 1968
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Italian design - decoration - Lounge chair
Measures : 100x100cm H:84 SH:40cm
Materials : Fiberglass, Leather
The "Rodica" chair was designed by Mario Brunu for Comfort in 1968, in It...
Category
20th Century Italian Space Age Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
Pair of Mid-Century armchairs in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy 1950s
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Argelato, BO
Pair of Mid-Century armchairs in the style of Paolo Buffa, Italy
This is a very elegant pair of 1950s Italian armchairs, polished solid wood structure and fabric cushions, an iconic...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
"Butterfly" Chair by Jorge Ferrari-Hardoy, 1960s
Located in Bern, CH
"Butterfly" Chair by Jorge Hardoy-Ferrari, 1960s. Rare version with five part enameled tubular metal base with sling suede leather seat pad. Nicely patinated.
Designed by Jorge Ferra...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$1,505 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Swedish Wooden Lovö Armchairs in Pine by Axel Einar Hjorth for NK 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Very rare pair of Swedish wooden low back armchairs in stained pine model "Lovö" by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nordiska Kompaniet Stockholm in Sweden, 1930s. In good original condition an...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Midcentury "Quinn" Chair by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Model 1170, Walnut + Wool
Located in Decatur, GA
"Quinn" chair, Model no. 1170 by Edward Wormley for Dunbar circa 1965. Sculpted walnut arms transition seamlessly to the upholstered back creating a wonderful silhouette. Frame is so...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Upholstery, Walnut
Handcrafted Armchair with Architectural Silhouette and High Resistance Velvet
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This armchair is a time capsule of style. Taking cues from the most fashionable styles of scarves in history, it’s subtle and layered composition create a dynamic and effortlessly st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Le Corbusier, P. Jeanneret, C. Perriand LC1 UAM Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Armchair with structure in polished trivalent chr...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Amelia Accent Chair
Located in Milan, IT
Presented at Milan Design Week 2018, this armless accent chair with beech wood frame has an elegant, Classic Silhouette with a tall, wraparound back and...
Category
2010s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Other
$4,583 / item
Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriiand and Pierre Jeanneret, B306 lounge chair
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Edouard JEANNERET dit LE CORBUSIER (1887 - 1965)
Pierre JEANNERET (1896 - 1967)
Charlotte PERRIAND (1903 - 1999)
Lounge chair, Model B306, Thonet Edition, 1933.
Black lacqu...
Category
1930s European Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel
Mid-Century Brutalist Wood and Leather Safari Armchair, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Imposant armchair with leather covering.
A brutalist design. An impressive and cozy solitaire. The material combination of dark stained wood and brown leather is striking. The cheek...
Category
20th Century Brutalist Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Hand Carved Walnut Armchairs
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This pair of late nineteenth century French Louis XVI style armchairs is constructed of solid walnut. Their beautifully hand carved details includes classic motifs of an interlaced s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid Century Tiger Velvet Armchair, GFM 142, Edmund Homa, Europe, 1960s
By Edmund Homa
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful armchair GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa, a polish architect, designer of Industrial Design and interior architecture, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Pol...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Beech
Pair of Italian Savonarola Dante Curule Chairs
Located in Sheffield, MA
A rare, classic vintage pair of curule Savonarola chairs, originally meant for Roman magistrates, is made with now aged tooled and gilded leather backs and a new replacement seat in ...
Category
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Antique Armchairs
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
$4,600 / set
Eames Early Rope Edge 1st Series Chair for Herman Miller and Zenith
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very early 1st generation rope edge fiberglass arm shell chair with the larger rubber shock mounts having metal washers and a zinc X base and screw on foot pads . The chair still r...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Swivel Armchair In Cotton Velvet with Seaming Details on the Back
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The front of this swivel armchair is composed as a verse, with a smooth seat, backrest and legs. The scene is set for the explosion of the chorus, bursting from its quilted back, inf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Tobo Armchair - Collector by Alter Ego
By Alterego
Located in Castelo da Maia, PT
Underpinned by a minimalist and sophistication aesthetic of clean lines.
DIMENSIONS
W 70 cm 27,6”
D 75 cm 29,5”
H 75 cm 29,5”
SH 40 cm 15,7”
PRODUCT FEATURES
Structure in So...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Oak
$5,714 / set
Italian Designer Pair of Armchairs in Green Moss Velvet with Brass Feet, 1950s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Italian Designer Pair of Armchairs in Green Moss Velvet with Brass Feet and Purple Piping, 1950s
A superb pair of Italian armchairs manufactured in the style of Carlo de Carli.
The ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Cachemire Fur Piroutte Swivel Armchair by Lorenza Bozzoli
Located in Milan, IT
Lorenza Bozzoli Couture presents a limited-edition collection characterized by an extremely soft design, eclectic and distinctly retro. The new Fur Collection...
Category
2010s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Two Leopard Velvet Armchairs, Hollywood Regency, Edmund Homa, 1960s, Poland
By Edmund Homa
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A pair of armchairs GFM-142 leopard armchairs, designed by Edmund Homa, a polish architect, designer of Industrial Design and interior architecture, professor at the Academy of Fine ...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Senzafine Seat Armchair in Polyurethane Red by Gaetano Pesce
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Colourful tangles giving life to a geometric and dynamic seating. A series of joyfully inconsistent seats, a manifesto of Meritalia’s pop-modern identity.
Senzafine - Italian for “e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Armchairs
Materials
Plastic
Salvador Dali Surrealist Leda Armchair Sculpture Black Label Limited Edition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Leda armchair designed by Dali manufactured by BD.
All pieces of ironwork in this collection are made of brass. The black label Leda collection has an artisanal application of a spe...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$37,445 Sale Price / item
32% Off
Set of 4 THONET S320 Stacking Chairs designed by Ulrich Boehme & Wulf Schneider
By Ulrich Bohme, Thonet
Located in Schwerin, MV
Set of 4 Thonet S 320 Armchairs in stained reddish-brown plywood and chrome plated Steel, Germany, 1980s
A striking set of four original Thonet S 320 armc...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Mario Bellini for C&B Italia Midcentury Amanta Velvet Armchairs Set of Two 1973
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian armchair model Amanta designed by Mario Bellini and produced by C&B Italia from 1966, with corduroy upholstery and fibreglass frame, original manufacturer’s label and relief ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of "Catherine" Chairs by Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lovely pair of carved oak "Catherine" chairs by Robert Guillerme and Jacques Chambron from France, 1960's. Curved spindle wood back with floating arm and tapered legs. Original vinta...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Armchairs
Materials
Oak, Chenille
$15,000 / set
Early Mahogany Carved French Fireside Chair Armchairs a Pair
Located in Bensalem, PA
Beautiful pair of French style carved mahogany vintage chairs. These were definitely reupholstered with goosedown pillows very comfortable. Pleae feel free to reach out for any quest...
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Carimate Chairs, Design by Vico Magistretti, Cassina Italy 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Vico Magistretti designed the original red “Carimate” chair model in 1959 for the homonymous golf club in Italy. The chair received exposure in the ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Rush, Rope, Wood
Mid Century Armchair Model "Eva" by Bruno Mathsson Birch/Hemp, Sweden
Located in München, BY
Mid century armchair model "Eva" made of birch and braided hemp webbing. Design by the well-known Swedish designer Bruno Mathsson, Sweden. The Eva armchair is a design from 1941.
Ve...
Category
1970s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Hemp, Birch
1959 Sigurd Ressell Armchair of Solid Teak, Seat covered with Natural Leather
Located in London, GB
1959 Sigurd Ressell Armchair of solid teak, seat covered with natural leather. Made by Cabinetmaker Niels Vodder. Model SR59, designed in 1959 and presented at the Copenhagen Cabinet...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
$3,962 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Red 1970s Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Accent Armchair Chair for Cassina
Located in Basel, BS
For sale is a single sleek RED vintage Vico Magistretti beauty, the "Carimate" chair by Cassina. The chair model originated in the 1960s in Italy.
This here is an original 1960s Car...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Danish Collectible Chair "197" Design Finn Juhl for France & Søn, 1960s
Located in taranto, IT
Danish collectible chair, model "197", France & Søn production based on a design by Finn Juhl, mid-1960s
made on a teak structure, it measures 76 cm in height, 50 cm in width, 45 ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Teak
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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