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Armchairs For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1930s
Pair of Marta Blomstedt 1930s Sheepskin Wing Chairs for the Hotel Aulanko
Located in London, GB
Marta Blomstedt
Hotel Aulanko Wing Chair, 1939.
This iconic wing chair was designed by Finnish architect Marta Blomstedt for the foyer of the Hotel Aulanko in Hameenlinna, Finland. Around 20 chairs were made for the Hotel itself with tubular steel runner legs. This version of the chair with the spherical, stained elm wood feet is an early production and was subsequently produced for local retailers. It draws inspiration by Danish designer Flemming Lassen's genre-defining 'Tired Man' chair from 1935. This is the larger of the 2 Hotel Aulanko versions that were made and is slightly taller and wider than the other version.
This example has been reupholstered in New Zealand sheepskin at our workshop in London.
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Märta Blomstedt (1899-1982) was an architect and one of the driving forces of the Finnish functionalism...
Category
1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Elm
Antique French Empire Revival Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Armchair 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fine antique French Empire Revival gilt-bronze mounted mahogany armchair, Circa 1880 in date.
This superb mahogany arnchair features decorative ormolu mounts typical of th...
Category
1880s French Empire Revival Antique Armchairs
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Jas Shoolbred Morris & Co Style a Pair of Aesthetic Movement Reclining Armchairs
Located in London, GB
Jas Shoolbred.
In the style of Morris and Co, after a design by Phillip Webb.
A pair of Aesthetic Movement adjustable reclining armchairs.
Professiona...
Category
1890s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Rare Shibayama Factory Child Armchair
By Shibayama Factory
Located in 神戸市, JP
This extremely rare chair was handcrafted in the early 1900s by skilled Japanese craftsmen in the Shibayama Factory of Nagoya, Japan. This chair was vital in Charlotte Perriand’s stu...
Category
1930s Japanese Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Bamboo
French Art Deco Armchair, Paris circa 1930
Located in MADRID, MD
Elegant armchair, in French “fauteuil de sol”, floor armchair, in the manner of the seats that the French decorator Jean Michel Frank (1895 – 1941) designed for the house in San Fran...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Oak
2 Hollywood Regency Style Belgo Chrom Chairs Mint Green, 1980
By belgochrom
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
Thonet Armchair Nr.8, circa 1870
Located in Praha, CZ
The shape of model no.8 was designed by Thonet, but this particular one was produced by a competing company (Fischel, Kohn?). This is a very old armchair from the beginnings of the p...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Bauhaus Tubular Steel Armchairs by Erich Dieckmann, Black Lacquered Wood, 1931
Located in Berlin, DE
Rare pair of original Bauhaus tubular steel armchairs model 8162, designed by Erich Dieckmann and manufactured by Cebaso Ohrdruf, Thüringen, Germany, circa 1931.
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Jindřich Halabala Model H-269 Lounge Chair in Wood and Fabric, 1930s
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Elegant lounge chair in wood and fabric, model H-269, designed by Jindrich Halabala and manufactured by UP Závody in former Czechoslovakia, 1930s.
Perhaps one of the most well-kno...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique English Arm Chair Carved Oak Throne Barley Twist Renaissance Cane Seat
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English arm chair carved oak throne barley twist renaissance cane seat
Direct from England, a gorgeous antique English arm chair with ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Renaissance Revival Antique Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Oak
Axel-Einar Hjorth, Attributed, Pair of Solid Pine & Armchairs, Sweden, 1930-40s
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of solid, acid stained pine & forged iron barrel back shaped sports cabin armchairs, Sweden 1930-1940s.
Attributed to Axel-Einar Hjorth, execute...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Pine
19th Century Mahogany Wood Framed Upholstered Pair Armchair
Located in Tarry Town, NY
19th century Edwardian style mahogany wood framed upholstered pair armchair. Each chair is in great antique condition. Signed and dated undern...
Category
1880s French Edwardian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Pair of French Art Deco Leather Moustache Armchairs, 1930s
Located in Southampton, NY
Pair of French Art Deco leather Moustache armchairs, 1930s
A handsome pair of taller armchairs. Classic Art Deco moustache lines on seat back, arms hav...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Limed Oak Gustavian Style Urn Back Carver or Armchair
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
An elegant Gustavian style carver or armchair
A lovely urn shaped splat and unadorned cabriole leg
It has been recently limed to enhance the beautiful grain in the wood.
Th...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gustavian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Burlap, Oak
Pair of Art Deco Design Armchairs by Kropacek and Kozelka, 1930's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Ebony wood, fabric
Wood Restored
Original condition.
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Ebony
Axel Larsson Armchair for Bodafors
By Axel Larsson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Axel Larsson design armchair for Bodafors, Sweden. Made with a solid birch wood sculpted frame with and interesting design arm that has just been newly strengthened and refinished. N...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Birch
Italian Antique Curved Wood Irregular Shape Pair of Rustic Armchair, 1930s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique curved wood irregular shape pair of rustic armchair, 1930s.
Rustic armchairs in curved wood with seat and back with curved, w...
Category
1930s Italian Romantic Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Signed Old Hickory Set of Four Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These amazing Old Hickory arm chairs from Martinsville,Indiana are made @ The Old Hickory Furniture Company.They are all hand made and hand woven seats and backs.These chairs are in ...
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Hickory
European Early Mid-Century Modern Armchairs, Europe, 1930s
Located in Utrecht, NL
This elegant pair of lounge chairs is an interesting bridge between the 20th century’s earlier artistic movements, like Art Deco, and the modernist movement that was about to shape E...
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1930s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Cowhide
Art Deco Armchair Office Desk Chair, Oak, France, 1930
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Art Deco armchair office desk chair, oak. France, 1930.
Gold leaf details. Solid and stable. New upholstery.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pair of Bentwood Armchairs by Jan Vanek for UP Závody, Czech Republic 1930s
By Jan Vanek
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of bentwood armchairs By Jan Vanek For UP Závody - Czech republic 1930s.
Category
1930s Czech Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Modernist Art Deco Armchairs in the Style of Robert Mallet Stevens
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of modernist Art Deco armchairs in the style of Pierre Dariel or Robert Mallet Stevens, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Oak Armchairs Set of 2
Located in Pomona, CA
Late 19th century oak English armchairs. Newly upholstered.
Category
1890s English Antique Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Machine Age / Art Deco KEM Weber Springer Armchair for Lloyd, 1930s
Located in Buffalo, NY
This extremely comfortable American Art Deco armchair was designed, circa 1935, for Lloyd Manufacturing by Karl Emmanuel Martin (KEM) Weber (1889 -1963).
Unmolested!! Totally orig...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Axel-Einar Hjorth, Attributed, Pair of Solid Pine & Armchairs, Sweden, 1930-40s
Located in Berlin, DE
A pair of solid, acid stained pine & forged iron barrel back shaped sports cabin armchairs, Sweden 1930-1940s.
Attributed to Axel-Einar Hjorth, execute...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Pine
Pair of 19th Century English Carved Mahogany Armchairs
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair of 19th century English carved mahogany armchairs.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Gilbert Rohde Designs Armchairs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A Pair of 1930’s design chairs for the Troy Sunshade Company and is manufactured from Steel Tube, enameled wood and synthetic fabric.
All original, wit...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Art Deco Armchairs circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Art Deco armchairs circa 1930
wood and velvet.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Art Deco Armchairs by Fischel, 1930s, Set of Two
By Fischel
Located in Praha, CZ
Very comfortable, filling and wood in very good condition. Minor damage on upholstery seen on photos.
Labeled.
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Carved Oak Bobbin Armchair
Located in East Hampton, NY
Beautiful 19th century carved bobbin turned wood armchair with paw front feet..... very well scaled and comfortable.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Large Art Deco Armchair in the Style of André Domin, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large Art Deco armchair in the style of André Domin, circa 1930.
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Set of Two Arm Chairs with Sheep Leather by Hendrik Wouda, the Netherlands 1930s
Located in Hellouw, NL
Set of arm chairs by the furniture designer Hendrik Wouda. The seats are reupholstered with sheep leather.
Wouda designed these chairs and they were...
Category
1930s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Art Deco Thonet H269 Armchair Boucé Fabric by Jindrich Halabala
Located in Vienna, AT
Beech bentwood walnut stained armchair made by Thonet in the 1930s.
Excellent restored with seat springs upholstered with Dedar bouclé fabric.
Another fabric and wood finish on req...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Beech, Bentwood
Pair of Heavy Iron Cantilever Garden Chairs from the 1930s
Located in Redding, CT
Pair of heavy iron cantilever garden chairs from the 1930s. Most likely produced by Howell Cane. These are the real deal. Heavy, solid construc...
Category
1930s North American Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Transition Style Armchairs in Giltwood, circa 1880
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of Transition style armchairs in giltwood standing on four cabriole legs ending in scroll with a decor of acanthus leaves. Slightly bul...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Bauhaus Cantilever Steeltube Chair, Nickel, Black, Velvet, Germany, circa 1930
Located in Regensburg, DE
Elegant and very comfortable Bauhaus Steeltube Cantilever Lounge Chairs from Germany, 1920-30.
Beautifully made out of one bent steel tube, lovely curved backside.
Fully restored con...
Category
1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Nickel
Jindrich Halabala Model H269 Pair of Red Armchairs for Spojené UP Zàvody
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This Czech armchairs with references of the Art Deco period are designed by Jindrich Halabala.
Manufacture is Spojené UP Zàvody.
The curved armrests made of beech and is lacquered....
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Fabric, Upholstery
Pair of Art Deco Bentwood Armchairs, 1930s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Pair of art deci Czechoslovakian bentwood armchairs in good original condition.
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Bentwood
Elusive Art Deco Barrel Armchair by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller, 1930s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Elusive Art Deco barrel armchair by Gilbert Rohde for Herman Miller, 1930s. Richly grained solid mahogany frame chair retains original fabric, structurally sound, not only extremely ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany, Fabric
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
An Anglo-Japanese Lounge Chair with EW Godwin Design Embossed Leather Sunflowers
Located in London, GB
EW Godwin Design. Attr. An Anglo-Japanese armchair with slightly curved pagoda shaped arms and fine lattice detailing to the lower sides with uniting stretch...
Category
Late 19th Century English Anglo-Japanese Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Very Rare Bjorn Tragardh or Uno Ahren Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very rare Bjorn Tragardh or Uno Ahren Armchair Circa 1930 Produced by Svenskt Tenn. Store formerly known as ARTFUL DODGER INC
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Fabric
Arne Jacobsen for Hans Wegner Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930s Arne Jacobsen for Hans Wegner armchair, Denmark.
Category
1930s Danish Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
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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