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Armchairs For Sale
Style: Post-Modern
Style: Georgian
'Universal' Chair 'Blue & Black' by Peter Shire, 1994
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage chair by Peter Shire, 1994
Steel and poly-chrome paint.
Black seat, blue back, green and orange arms, black and yellow stretcher bars.
Peter Shire:
Peter Shire is an LA...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
18th Century George III Wing Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century George III wing chair, the shaped back without scrolled wings raised over out scrolling arms above ornately carved apron with centra...
Category
18th Century Irish George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century George II Mahogany Corner Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A handsome mid-18th century chair with a moulded curved toprail terminating in carved scrolled arms. Three turned columns support the rail with pierced splats exhibiting ribbons interlacing in-between. The seat is supported by three muscular cabriole legs with fine acanthus carving and ball and claw feet, England, circa 1740.
Provenance:
Christie's London Sale...
Category
1740s English George II Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Six Dining Chairs by Jozef Gorcia & Andreas Krob for Thonet Model S78
By Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of six very comfortable armchairs. Made in the 1990s by Thonet in Germany.
Classic model, straw back, the backs are slightly damaged on some chairs, see pictures.
Designed in t...
Category
1990s German Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
George III Formal Open Armchair
Located in Hudson, NY
This finely carved chair made from costly imported mahogany exhibits many special details including a molded arch back with a pierced baluster shaped splat, shaped arms and graceful cabriole legs headed by atheneum and leaf-shaped carving. All the carving is very fine and the color is its original faded color which is so lovely and special. The chairs generous proportions make it comfortable and easy to use.
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Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Aluminum and Steel Postmodern Armchair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular Italian Postmodern sculptural armchair from the 1980s.
The black part of the chair is powder coated steel and the seat and back is satin aluminum. There is minor wear ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Pair of 19th Century English "C" Scroll Black Leather Library Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of George IV library armchairs
firmly attributed to Gillows of London and Lancaster
Constructed in mahogany: the front legs of addorsed 'C' scrolls, confidently a...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
18thC Walnut period Wing Armchair reupholstered, English George 1st Ca 1720
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very fine quality English, walnut, wing arm chair from the early years of the 18th century, George the first period, circa 1720.
Chairs from this very early Georgian perio...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
'Universal' Chair 'Pink & Gray' by Peter Shire, 1994
By Peter Shire
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage chair by Peter Shire, 1994
Steel and Polychrome Paint.
Pink seat, grey back, green & red arms, black stretcher bars.
Peter Shire:
Peter Shire is an LA-based artist whos...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Late Georgian Mahogany Guildmasters Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
Sheraton form of large scale with carved arched back with three pierced splats, arms joining a brown leather seat, square tapered legs, stretchers.
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Contemporary Reta Chair from "Cars Never Die" Collection by Alê Jordão, Brazil
By Alê Jordão
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Contemporary one of a kind "Reta" chair from "Cars never die" collection by Brazilian Artist Alê Jordão.
The Reta chair is made of repurposed crushed GMC c...
Category
2010s Brazilian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
George III Wingback Chair, English, circa 1800
Located in San Francisco, CA
An excellent example of a Georgian wingback armchair. Having shapely wings and arch top backrest with swooping arms, standing on a pair of Queen Anne legs with pad feet on the front and very typical round...
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Teodora Chair by Ettore Sottsass, 1984, Vitra Editions
By Vitra, Ettore Sottsass
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ettore Sottsass designed the Teodora chair for Vitra Editions shortly after leaving the Memphis Group in 1985.
Signed with decal manufacturer's label t...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Acrylic, Laminate
1980s "Miss, Don't You like Caviar?" pair of armchairs by Ettore Sottsass
Located in Paris, FR
Price for a pair, 3 pairs available.
Executed by Renzo Brugola Distributed by Blum Helman Gallery
Collection Centre Georges Pompidou
The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection
In 1987, he designed the Miss, don’t you like caviar? chair for the I suppose you know what I’m talking about dining room suite. Each piece of this ensemble consists of a number of heterogeneous geometrical elements having a symbolic connotation.
The honesty with which Sottsass designed and marketed this work to a luxury clientele could be seen as antithetical to modernism’s democratic ethos predicated on mass production. With the suite of furniture that includes this chair, there was no illusion of reaching ordinary consumers—the pieces are loft-scaled, exquisitely proportioned ensembles made of rare stones and exotic woods. Titles of other items in the series include What’s the Name of Your Swiss Bank...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Peach Melba Chair by Fredrik Paulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Juxtaposing cold steel and lush sheepskin, the Peach Melba Chair by Fredrik Paulsen demonstrates the Swedish designer’s open-minded artistic spirit and his continuing fascination wit...
Category
2010s Swedish Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Postmodern Vintage Metal Beech Dining Chairs Set of Six, circa 1980, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Postmodern six ( 6 ) dining chairs designed and manufactured circa 1980, Italy.
These dining chairs show a construct of sleek metal, while the seat and the back were made of natural...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Antique English Mahogany Gainsborough George III Style Chair
Located in New Orleans, LA
An ample chair. Good for your library, den or living room.
Category
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
PALACE Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed for the 3rd Memphis exhibition by George Sowden (UK), it is a melding of his memories of British Arts & Guilds (Macintosh, etc.) and a rectilinear homage to Gerrit Rietveld & De Stijl.
Every element of the palace chair...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Lacquer
English Georgian Green Leather Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian style draft arm chair upholstered in tufted green leather with hood above wings & a seat over 2 doors (late 19th/early 20th Cent)
Category
Late 19th Century British Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Four English Oak Ladder Back Armchairs. Very comfortable, great color and patina
Located in Buchanan, MI
Four English oak ladder back armchairs or two pairs. Lovely deep rich color. Very comfortable. Rush seat in very sturdy good condition. Priced per chair.
Category
20th Century English George III Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Contemporary Palazzo Iron Armchair with Granite Slab Seat by Fredrik Paulsen
Located in Copenhagen, DK
During the Palazzo Monti artist residency, Fredrik Paulsen collected scrap material as souvenirs from the workshops they visited during the residency. By combining them with custom metal beams developed together with local artisans, he wanted to celebrate the ad-hoc furnishings often used on the workshop floor. The use of color is based on the green doors...
Category
2010s Danish Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Granite, Iron
George III Style Mahogany Armchair
Located in Vienna, AT
George III-style mahogany armchair, upholstered in striped black cover. 1900. Traces of wear.
Category
1950s British George III Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Ribbon Carved Back Splat, English, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Georgian mahogany ribbon carved back splat armchair with leaf carved shaped crest rail with upholstered drop in seat, English, circa 1820.
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Fabric
American Georgian Walnut Upholstered Corner Chair, Circa 1770
Located in Hollywood, SC
American Georgian walnut corner chair with carved splat backs, carved decorative molded edge, scrolled arms, turned ringed columns, carved corner fret...
Category
1770s American Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of 6 English Georgian Green Tufted Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 6 English Georgian style (late 19th Cent) mahogany arm open chairs with green tufted seat and back
Category
Late 19th Century British Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
English Provincial Georgian Walnut and Elm Ladder Back Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Provincial Early Georgian (18th Century) walnut and elm ladder back armchair with turned legs joined by a box stretcher and a green u...
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Postmodern Vintage Black Metal Armchairs Mario Botta Italy 1985, Set of Six
By Mario Botta
Located in Vienna, AT
Postmodern set of six armchairs or dining chairs designed by Maria Botta 198, Italy and executed by Alias, Italy.
The tube steel frame contact the perforated black sheet metal seat a...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Sheet Metal
"Price of Wales" Windsor Armchair
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 19th century English yew wood windsor hoop back armchair, the pierced splat with "Prince of Wales" ostrich feather decoration,...
Category
1820s Great Britain (UK) George IV Antique Armchairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
Pair of Contemporary Taupe Leather Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Contemporary extra large custom cube shaped armchairs with taupe leather upholstery and polished dark wood frames. (PRICED AS Pair) (Related item: 062055)
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
'Dundas' Library Armchairs after a model by Robert Adam and Thomas Chippendale
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
A fine pair of carved and water gilded library armchairs designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale for the great room at Arlington Street London. The serpentine scrolled...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English George III Armchairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
English Georgian Style Filigree Oak and Needlepoint Corner Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian-style (19th Century) oak corner armchair with filigree splat back and needlepoint seat.
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Oak, Upholstery
18th Century Walnut Wing Chair
Located in New York, NY
With outward scrolling armrests; raised on foliate-carved cabriole front legs terminating in ball and claw feet.
Category
1740s English George II Antique Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
English Georgian Dark Green Corner Armchair
Located in Port Chester, NY
A substantial size, this lovely early corner chair, has very old paint, worn in a most wonderful way, lending great character. The chair would have been a commode in its earliest fo...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Armchairs
18th Century Mahogany Convertible Child's High Chair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Truly unique convertible English high chair. Chair with cross stretcher wing-bolted to a companion table on four legs. The foot rest can be adjusted...
Category
19th Century British George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Ceramic, Mahogany
English Georgian Walnut Spoon Back Armchair
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian (18th century) walnut spoon back open armchair with a burl oval back.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Post Modern Pair of "Alfa" Chairs by Anna Anselmi for Bieffeplast, Italy, 1985
Located in Miami, FL
Postmodern grey steel frame chairs with black rubber seat back and black cushion by Anna Anselmi for Bieffeplast, 1985.
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Early 19th Century Irish Mahogany Wing Chair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Early 19th century Irish mahogany wing chair with ornate carved frieze, with scrolling foliage, on cabriole legs and hairy paw feet.
Category
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
18th Century Library Armchair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
18th century library open armchair in the manner of Thomas Chippendale, circa 1760. The square padded back above upholstered arms on downswept sup...
Category
1760s Irish George III Antique Armchairs
19th Century Gainsborough Armchair
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th century Gainsborough armchair, The square padded back above straight padded arms with unusual incised downswept supports. All upholstered i...
Category
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
English late 18th century George III “Gothick” Yew wood Windsor Chair
Located in Troy, NY
Decorative, rare Yew Wood and Elm Windsor chair, probably made in the Thames Valley, at the end of the 18th century, George III style, with exceptional color and very good condition, commensurate with age and use.
Eighteenth century chairs...
Category
19th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Yew, Elm
18th Century continental satinwood armchairs
Located in London, GB
A fine pair of late 18th century continental satinwood armchairs, the shaped backs having wavy splats. The chairs with well-shaped set-back arms and stuff over seats supported on tap...
Category
Late 18th Century English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Satinwood
Pair of Postmodern Armchairs by Franz Wittman
By Franz Wittman
Located in Bridgewater, CT
Pair of Postmodern bergères by Franz Wittman, Austrian, circa 1975 upholstered with velvet-textured Missoni fabric, with brown leather legs and armrests.
Category
1970s Austrian Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Chenille
George III Style Ladderback Armchair
Located in New York, NY
George III style ladderback armchair. Chippendale form mahogany armchair with four shaped and pierced splats and moulded front legs below newly up...
Category
Early 20th Century American George III Armchairs
Set of 10 English Georgian Gold Damask Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 10 English Georgian style (19th Cent) mahogany ladder back chairs with gold damask seat (2 arm chairs: 25¬Ω"w x 21"d x 38¬Ω"h, 8 side...
Category
19th Century British Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Damask
18th Century Pair of Gainsborough Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Each with an upholstered seat, shaped back, and padded open armrest. With blind fretwork on the arms, and with square legs and a pierced H-stretcher.
Category
1790s Irish George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of English George III 1730s Stamped Burl Walnut Armchairs with Eagle Heads
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A pair of English George III period burl walnut armchairs from the first half of the 18th century, with stamped initials, carved splats, eagle motifs, cabriole legs and claw-and-ball...
Category
Early 18th Century British George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Upholstery
English George I style Silvered Armchair, after a design by William Kent
Located in Troy, NY
A chair in the style of William Kent in wonderfully worn and decorative condition.
For reference, a period pair of almost identical chairs is exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 8 English Adam Style Satinwood Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Set of 8 English Adam style (19th Century) satinwood chairs with carved open wheel back design and beige upholstered seat (2 arm chairs, 6 side chairs)
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Satinwood, Upholstery
English Walnut Upholstered Wing Back Chair with Shell Knee & Spanish Feet C 1760
Located in Hollywood, SC
English walnut upholstered wing back chair with scrolled arms, carved shell knee, and terminating on Spanish feet, Chair is upholstered in white muslin wi...
Category
1760s English George II Antique Armchairs
Materials
Muslin, Walnut
Post-War Teak Modernist Arm Chair
Located in New York, NY
Post-War Design (possibly Swedish 1950s) teak Modernist arm chair with a brown leather seat and back secured with pegs and a triangular form back leg design.
Category
1950s Swedish Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Teak, Leather
Studio Hand Made - Crafted Wood Arm / Lounge Chair
Located in New York, NY
Studio Hand Made - crafted wood arm / lounge chair. Ca. 1970- 80's. Possibly made by Singgih Kartono in Indonesia, unsigned.
Category
Mid-20th Century Indonesian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
George III Mahogany Windsor Armchair
Located in Essex, MA
With rounded back and out scrolled arms and central pierced splat over a shaped saddle seat, cabriole legs and turned stretcher ending on pad feet.
Category
1780s English George III Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Antique Georgian Style Leather Armchairs
Located in London, GB
A very smart and extremely well made pair of antique Georgian style leather armchairs. They were made in England, they date from around the 1950’s.
The quality is superb, they are v...
Category
1950s British Georgian Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Memphis Design Postmodern Chair by Karl Friedrich Förster for KFF, 1980s Germany
Located in Zagreb, HR
A steel and plywood postmodern chair designed in the 1980s in Germany by Karl Friedrich Förste for KFF, his own manufacturing company.
Unique, geometrical and Memphis-influenced des...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Postmodern Italian Toribio Armchair by Studio Lievore for Verzelloni, 90s Italy
Located in Zagreb, HR
A Memphis-influenced 1990s 'Toribio' Armchair designed by Studio Lievore Altherr Molina for Italian manufacturer Verzelloni, produced in the late 1990s.
Unique and eye-catching des...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Large armchair and footrest in black leather Bernard Massot years 70/80
Located in Lyon, FR
Imposing armchair from the 80's by the French designer Bernard Massot. Structure of the seat and ottoman entirely covered with black leather as well as all the cushions. Very nice vi...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Curved Lounge Chair in Original Black Leather by B&T Salotti, Italy 1990s
Located in Chicago, IL
A modern black leather armchair produced in the late 20th century by B&T Gruppo Industriale Salotti. The sculptural shape make this a unique form with a comfortable, ergonomic sit. E...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery
1 of 2 Memphis Design Postmodern Chairs by Karl Friedrich Förster for KFF, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Two steel and bent sheet metal postmodern chairs designed in the 1980s in Germany by Karl Friedrich Förste for KFF, his own manufacturing company. Unique, geometrical and Memphis-inf...
Category
1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
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.
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