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Armchairs For Sale
Period: 1940s
Period: Early 1900s
Pair of Bentwood Armchairs by Jindrich Halabala - Czech Republic 1940s
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of Bentwood Armchairs by Jindrich Halabala - Czech Republic 1940s
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of Two Rare Art Deco Armchairs H-283 by Jindřich Halabala, 1949s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Designed by J. Halabala
- Czechoslovakia, circa 1949s
- good original condition
- Catalogue model H-283
- cleaned.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Bed-Side Tables, Chrome-Plated Steel, Czechia, 1940s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Pair of Bed-Side Tables.
Period: 1940-1949
Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia)
Material: Chrome-Plated Steel, Clear Glass, Lacquered Wood
New glass.
New pink lacquer ...
Category
1940s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
A Pair of French ebonized open armchairs with faux leather upholstery. C 1940
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A very stylish pair of French ebonized open armchairs with faux leather upholstery. Circa 1940
Category
1940s French Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Armchair In Polished Nutwood By Danish Carpenter in Colorful fabric from 1940's
Located in Lejre, DK
Armchair by a Danish master carpenter in dark polished wood upholstered in gray and yellow patterned fabric from around the 1940s.
Measurements in cm: H:103 W:65 D:85/52 SH:41
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Nutwood
Danish Cabinetmaker Armchair with Stained Beech Legs, Denmark ca 1940
Located in Utrecht, NL
This armchair is an elegant and comfortable evidence of the mastery and artistry of the Danish master cabinetmakers who defined mid-20th century modern seating design. Danish Modern ...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Rare Adolf Loos Thonet B 952 F Armchairs
By Thonet, Adolf Loos
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Extremely rare beech wood Windsor-style chairs by Loos Adolf (1870–1933), manufactured by Gebrüder Thonet. Stamped by company trade mark. The authorshi...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Bauhaus Antique Armchairs
Materials
Beech
Gustav Axel Berg Attributed Wingback Chair in Yellow Wool and Elm, Sweden, 1940s
Located in The Hague, NL
This rare wingback chair was produced in Sweden in the late 1940s. The design is attributed to Gustaf Axel Berg. The chair is documented in a 1950 advertisement of the upscale depart...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wool, Elm
Carl Malmsten Pair of Armchairs in Oak and Brown Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carl Malmsten, pair of armchairs, oak, fabric, Sweden, 1940s
This pair of armchairs is designed by Swedish designer Carl Malmsten (1888-1972). The shape of the lines are striking a...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček Re-upholstered Bentwood Armchairs, Czechia 1940
Located in Almelo, NL
Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček re-upholstered bentwood Armchairs, Czechia 1940
We offer re-upholstered Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček bentwood armchairs, originally designed in ...
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Bentwood
Danish Armchair by Fritz Hansen, Made in Denmark, 1940s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Lejre, DK
Armchair in beech and seagrass designed and made by cabinetmaker Fritz Hansen in the 1940s.
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Seagrass, Beech
Rustic Armchair in Solid Wood and Straw, France, 1940s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Rustic; Art Populaire; Folk Art; Travail Populaire; Monoxylite; 1940s; France; Wabi Sabi; Armchair; Easy Chair;
Rustic armchair from the 1940s, a testament to the impeccable crafts...
Category
1940s French Rustic Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Art Nouveau Armchair, Gustav Siegel for J.J.Kohn (Vienna, 1901)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Armlehnstuhl
Entwurf: Gustav Siegel (Schüler Josef Hoffmanns), Wien um 1900
Modell-Nummer: 716 (seltenes Modell)
Ausführung: Jacob & Josef Kohn, Wien ab 1901 (Papieretikette...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech, Bentwood
Swedish Upholstered Wooden Armchair with Curved Arms, Sweden ca 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
For mid-century Swedish designers, materials were used for their own distinct; often a piece of furniture would combine only two materials or colours – creating tension and harmony w...
Category
1940s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Secessionistic Chairs by Gustav Siegel, ex. by J.J.Kohn (Vienna, 1900)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Sitzgarnitur (1 Armlehnstuhl, 2 Sessel)
Entwurf: Gustav Siegel, Wien um 1899
Modell-Nummer: 715F (Armlehnstuhl) / 715 (Sessel)
Ausführung: Jacob & Jos...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Armchair, J. Hoffmann for J.J.Kohn ("Elephant Chair", Vienna, 1910)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Armlehnstuhl
Entwurf: Josef Hoffmann / Fritz Nagel, Wien um 1908
Modell-Nummer: 701/2F ("Elephant Chair")
Ausführung: Jacob & Josef Kohn, Wien um 1910
Maße in cm (H x B x T):...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Mid-Century Vintage Jens Risom Knoll Webbed Armchair
By Knoll, Jens Risom
Located in Baltimore, MD
A stunning iconic cotton strap, webbed, lounge, armchair, 652W design (1943) early edition, designed by Jens Risom for Knoll International. Features a solid maple frame with original woven cotton straps. It is one of the most comfortable pieces you will sit in, the exquisite curved back provides lumbar support making this chair as comfortable as it is beautiful. The removable webbed, basket seat, shell is supported and rests on the arm frame base. Very Rare Vintage Modern Classic design. An iconic piece of furniture, this example has remained in a single collection since it was acquired by the prior owner from Knoll International and the original early label remains affixed beneath. (Knoll Associates Inc. 601 Madison Ave New York 22). This label has the earliest Knoll Associates showroom address, which opened in 1946.
Measurements: 24.5 ” tall x 24? wide x 30? deep x seat height 18? (arm height 21") (seat to the lowest point 11")
Jens Risom
Danish-American architect-designer Jens Risom was born in Copenhagen in 1916, the son of a nationally renowned architect of the Nordic Classicism style. Between 1935 and 1938, he trained at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ole Wanscher and Kaare Klint, alongside classmates Hans Wegner and Børge Mogensen. For a short time following his studies, he took on furniture and interior designer projects for the Copenhagen-based architectural firm Ernst Kuhn. He then moved briefly to Stockholm, where he worked for Nordiska Kompaniet and met Alvar Aalto and Bruno Mathsson. Around 1939, he immigrated to New York with ambitions to introduce the Scandinavian modernist approach to the US furniture market.
Risom’s arrival in the US coincided with the years of materials shortages brought on by the war. As a result, Risom was unable to secure a position in a furniture company, and, instead, found work designing textiles for decorator Dan Cooper. Eager to do more, he soon convinced Cooper to expand into the furniture market, and together they found projects with young, progressive architects like Ed Stone and George Nelson. In 1939-40, Ed Stone was invited to create Collier Magazine’s House of Ideas pavilion at Rockefeller Center as part of the New York World’s Fair, and Risom designed all of the furniture.
Around 1941, Risom met Hans Knoll, a German-born entrepreneur in the furniture industry who had a showroom on Madison Avenue dedicated to rather lackluster furnishings. Sharing a dream to do something more vanguard, they joined forces and set off on a four-month tour of the US in search of design inspiration. By 1942, Knoll launched Hans Knoll Furniture Company with Risom on board as his head designer.
Risom’s early designs for Knoll made use of military surplus...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Maple
Göran Malmvall Armchair in Pine by Svensk Fur in Sweden
Located in Göteborg, SE
Rare Swedish Armchair in Pine by Goran Malmvall for Svensk Fur. Designed in 1940s.
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Pine
Art Deco Black Leather and White Nails Pair of Armchairs Pierre Chareau Style
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco modernist pair of armchairs upholstered in black leather, exquisitely detailed with white nails.
Wooden structure, black painted wood feet, spring upholstery and seat cushio...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Upholstery, Wood
Carl Malmsten High Back Chair in Mahogany and Blue Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carl Malmsten, high back chair, mahogany, brass, leather, Sweden, 1940s
High back chair designed by Swedish designer Carl Malmsten. This chair is made in a warm mahogany, with a bea...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Attributed Guglielmo Ulrich Art Deco Italian Bouclé Armchairs, 1940s, Pair
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of Italian sculptural armchairs designed attributed Guglielmo Ulrich, very comfortable. Recently covered in green Bouclè, finished with a border of the fabric itself, in order t...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Beech
PAIR OF ANTIQUE WILLIAM MORRIS WiNGBACK ARMCHAIRS HAND DYED CIGAR BROWN LEATHER
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of William Morris style fully restored vintage wingback armchairs in Whisky brown leather...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Original Art Nouveau Armchair, Anton Pospischil Jun. (Wien, 1901)
By Anton Pospischil
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Armlehnstuhl
Entwurf: Anton Pospischil Junior, Wien um 1901
Modell-Nummer: -
Ausführung: Anton Pospischil, Wien um 1901
Maße in cm (H x B x T): 74 x 64 x 52 (Sitzhöhe: 45 cm)...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Antique Carved Mahogany Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Leather Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Carved Mahogany Chippendale Style Ball and Claw Leather Arm Chair. Item features a solid mahogany wood frame, nicely carved details, burgundy leather seat, great style and fo...
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Dorothy Schindele Pinleg wrought iron Armchair in original condition, US 1940s
Located in Berlin, DE
Dorothy Schindele Pinleg wrought iron Armchair in original condition, US 1940s
The Chair is in original condition and we can also make an offer for new upholstery if needed done by o...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Otto Schulz Easy Chairs Model Schulz Produced by Boet in Sweden
By Otto Schulz
Located in Göteborg, SE
Here, we present a true design classic, the Schulz armchair. Designed over 80 years ago by Otto Schulz, a Swedish interior architect, writer, and designer born in Germany.
In 1920, ...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Two Louis XIII Style Armchairs, circa 1900
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Two Louis XIII style armchairs, circa 1900.
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XIII Antique Armchairs
Materials
Tapestry, Oak
Early American Arts & Crafts Oak Armchair with Cushion
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Early American Arts & Crafts Oak Armchair with Cushion
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Danish Cabinetmaker Carved Oak Armchair, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Danish mid-century furniture focused on the aesthetics of modern design whilst employing the exquisite technique and material familiarity of highly skilled craftsmen such as cabinetm...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood
Fully restored and refurbished Luis XV arm chair in custom leather
Located in Bronx, NY
fully restored and refurbished beautifully detailed, carved arm chair with custom leather interior back panel and complimentary matching velvet seat, outside back and welt. A decorat...
Category
1940s English Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Oak Wood Lion Head Paw Feet Arm Chairs - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Italian Renaissance Carved Oak Wood Lion Head Paw Feet Arm Chairs - Pair. Item features wonderfully carved details, green upholstery, very nice antique pair. Circa 1900. Meas...
Category
Early 1900s Renaissance Antique Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Ilmari Tapiovaara for Artek Lounge Chair 'Domus Lux' in Birch
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ilmari Tapiovaara for Artek, lounge chair model 'Domus Lux', lacquered wood, birch, Finland, designed in 1948, recent production.
This wonderfully sculpted lounge chair is characte...
Category
1940s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Birch
Maurizio Tempestini, Armchair, Wood, Velvet, Italy, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and green velvet armchair designed and produced by Maurizio Tempestini, Italy, 1940s.
18” seat height
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Wood
Rationalist Czech Beechwood Armchairs
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Pair Rationalist beechwood sturdy & comfortable armchairs, Czech, circa 1940’s.
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Beech
1940s Pair of Art Deco Club Armchairs, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use
- height of seat 44 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Hans Pieck Molded Armchair
By Han Pieck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hans Pieck, Dutch, "Lawo" Molded armchair in birch plywood, circa 1946.
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Birch
Mart Stam Armchair in Oak and Straw
By Mart Stam
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mart Stam, armchair, oak, straw, The Netherlands, 1947.
Elegant armchair in solid oak and woven straw. This chair shows the characteristic frame of the influential Dutch designer M...
Category
1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Straw, Oak
Danish Cabinetmaker Mid-Century Lounge Chair with Rolled Arms, Denmark 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Time has not diminished the relevance of Danish design, especially of the pieces that were created in the middle of the last century, like this lounge chair. This mainly because the ...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Gio Ponti, Exceptional Pair of Rare Wingback Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, 1940s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
A rare and extraordinary pair of wingback armchairs by modernist master Gio Ponti, in polished walnut with white bouclé upholstery. The chairs' striking fili...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Walnut
Edward Gardiner, An English Cotswold School Oak Ladder Back Rush Seat Armchair
By Edward Gardiner
Located in London, GB
Edward Gardiner. An English Cotswold School early oak ladder back rush seat armchair.
These ladder back chairs are steeped in history, their design ha...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Armchairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
Carl Malmsten Set of Eight Armchairs in Mahogany and Blue Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Carl Malmsten, set of eight armchairs, mahogany, blue velvet, Sweden, 1940s
Set of armchairs designed by Swedish designer Carl Malmsten that are hard to come by. These chairs contai...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Walnut, Fabric
Pair of Louis XV Neoclassical Style Cream Painted French Bergere Arm Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of exquisite painted French bergère armchairs with ivory and cream paint and immaculate complementary upholstery, circa 1940s. Reupholstered in beautiful and tasteful textured ...
Category
1940s Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Adolf Loos Corner Chair, F.O. Schmidt, Oak Wood Leather, Jugendstil, 1898-1900
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A corner armchair designed by Adolf Loos (1870-1933) and manufactured by Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Vienna, Austria, circa 1900.
The condition of the wood is very good. The leather seat...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Vintage French Provincial Country Cane Faux Bamboo Wood Armchair - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage French Provincial Country Cane Faux Bamboo Wood Armchair - Pair
Faux bamboo framed armchair with cabriole legs, cross and side stretchers and a caned back and seat.
Contact us for custom seat pillows...
Category
1940s French French Provincial Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Faux Bamboo
Flemming Lassen Ingeborg Armchair in Red Velvet, Denmark, 1940s
Located in Venice, CA
Flemming Lassen Ingeborg easy chair produced by cabinetmaker Jacob Kjaer. Ingeborg design originally presented at The Copenhagen Cabinetmaker...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Beech
Set of two armchairs manufactured by Casa e Giardino designer Gio Ponti 1940 .
Located in bari, IT
Set of two armchairs manufactured by Casa e Giardino designer Gio Ponti 1940 .
Gio Ponti designed many objects in a wide variety of fields, from theatre sets, lamps, chairs, kitchen...
Category
1940s Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Walnut
Pair of French Louis XV style Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of French Louis XV style Painted and Parcel-Gilt Armchairs
Country: French
Materials: Carved Wood
Condition: Newly Upholstered
Style: French Louis XV
Year: 1940’s
$4,5...
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1940s French Louis XV Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Wood
A Sheraton revival Satinwood, hand painted arm chair, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Sheraton revival Satinwood hand painted arm chair, with classical urn, floral and ribbon decoration. Velvet upholstered seat and raised on square tapering legs.
Category
Early 1900s English Sheraton Antique Armchairs
Materials
Satinwood
Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček Re-upholstered Bentwood Armchairs, Czechia 1940
Located in Almelo, NL
Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček re-upholstered bentwood Armchairs, Czechia 1940
We offer re-upholstered Karel Koželka & Antonín Kropáček bentwood armchairs, originally designed in ...
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Bentwood
Alfred Christensen Wingback Chair in Brown Sheepskin, 1940s
Located in Praha 2, Hlavní město Praha
Danish high wingback lounge chair in brown sheepskin, designed by Danish designer Alfred Christensen for Slagelse Møbelfabrik in Denmark, 1940s.
This rare lounge chair is a wonderfu...
Category
1940s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Wood
Armchair, Northern Europe, 1940s. After restoration.
Located in Chorzów, PL
An armchair from Scandinavia, produced in the 1940s.
Furniture in very good condition, after professional renovation.
Dimensions: height 85 cm / seat height 42 cm / width 55 cm / d...
Category
1940s Swedish Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of French Regence Style Giltwood Armchairs
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
An Exeptional pair of French Regence Style giltwood armchairs c.1900
The chairs with upholstered seats, backs and arm pads with show frames centred on a finely carved shell on the c...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Armchairs
Materials
Giltwood
French Oak and Cord Lounge Chair by Charles Dudouyt
Located in East Hampton, NY
Charles Dudouyt armchair with woven rope seat and back....
Category
1940s Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Pair Rene Malaval Radar Arm Chairs
By Rene Malaval
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A pair of vintage metal arm chairs designed by René Malaval for Bloc Metal France. Quite rare to find these chairs with arms. These post-war chairs feature a painted white finish wi...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Swedish Art Deco Armchairs in the Style of Alfred Christensen
Located in Bochum, NRW
A beautiful pair of Swedish Art Deco armchairs, open wood arms, rounded backrest, sprung seat, 1940s
Good overall condition, stable, wear to the wood, with a good waxing could be us...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Secession Desk Chair 715F by Gustav Siegel for J&J Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession desk chair model 715F designed by Gustav Siegel for J&J Kohn on the occasion of the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Original vintage condition with signs of usage.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
A fine pair of generous late Victorian mahogany eagle armchairs
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A fine pair of generous late Victorian mahogany eagle armchairs, each with a square back and scrolling armrests, the face of each arm boldly carved with...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Mahogany
Pair of Ilmari Lappalainen "Rex" Armchairs for Asko, Finland 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Like the “Laila” model, these chairs were designed by Finnish designer, Ilmari Lappalainen for Asko in 1948, and become a beloved model. So much so, that during the 1990s, it was put back into production by Asko.
With Ilmari Tapiovaara, who was the artistic director of Asko from 1938 to 1941, the modernization of the company’s range began, and the wooden designs were joined by modern, upholstered furniture pieces, including “Rex”. Lappalainen was a renowned designer, famous for his designs’ comfort. Some of his designs even received medical approval because they had such a good seating that it prevented back problems. These armchairs have a cosy modern style, modelled on the Swedish and Danish furniture of the time, including the round edges, the generous back with tufted buttons, and the tapered, wooden legs. The body has the classic Nordic look, which explains its contemporary popularity both among the public and institutions. The cosy open design is dominated by the gently enveloping back and arms that appear to welcome the sitter. Thanks to the large seat cushion, the armchairs’ comfort lives up to Lappalainen’s famous standards. The modern aesthetic is further elevated by the textured, premium upholstery that complements the shape and the small lacquered legs as well.
Wood is omnipresent in the Nordics, and Finnish woodworking is world-famous for its traditions. These chairs were created for Asko, the Finnish furniture manufacturing company founded in 1918 by Aukusti Asko Avonius, known for the production of high-quality furniture. By 1930 the company had developed into the largest furniture chain in Finland and the largest supplier of furniture in the Scandinavian countries. Favourites of this time included Ilmari Lappalainen’s “Laila...
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1940s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, 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.
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