Mid-20th Century Armchairs

A vintage bronze framed armchair with new sheepskin upholstery by Robert Lewis, Santa Barbara, circa 1930s. In good condition with a lovely patina to the bronze.

English Regency style armchairs upholstered in a blue strie silk velvet, each chair has gilt stencil decoration over dark green ( almost black ) paint. England. Mid-20th Century

Art Deco armchair, France, 1935. New upholstery with a purple Art Deco design fabric. Armrests and feet with gold leaf. Full restored, perfect condition!  

2 Armchairs Iron on Gold leaf We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing...

One of the most recognizable and important names in the American studio craft movement of the 1960's and 70's, Paul Evans was a groundbreaking pioneer in brutalism. Collaborating as well as sharing a showroom with Phillip Lloyd Powell until 1964 when Evans met the owner of Directional Furniture and created a line of 6 coffee tables to go into the Directional High Point, NC booth for the spring Market. As the story has been recounted by Dorsey Reading, the tables never even made it to the showroom floor. Evans soon found out the tables never even had the opportunity to be sold; obviously disappointed, owner of Directional, BG agreed to put the tables out on the showroom floor in New York City to placate Paul Evans. What happened can probably best be compared today with "going viral." The coffee tables started flying off the floor, and the orders came rolling in. This fervor led to Evans creating eventually over 800 designs with Directional-- with the very first series being the "Sculptured Metal" Collection which was publicized in 1968. This piece specifically is a throne chair that also swivels. Upholstered in black leather, this throne chair is a wonderful example of Paul Evans Sculpted bronze technique, which involves hand sculpting using an epoxy resin and coating in an atomized cold cast bronze. This piece is signed and dated "PE 69" making it an early example of his goopy cast bronze series and line of furniture for Directional. It's extremely important to note: Directional Furniture showrooms in New York City and Chicago were private to-the-trade only showrooms, so only interior designers and their clients were able to custom order these pieces through the showroom. There was never any "inventory" of furniture. Each and every piece was a custom, hand crafted work of art, created to order. No two of any piece were ever alike. Evans eventually went on to employ a team of nearly 90 people, working two shifts-- helping to hand-craft his designs. This could easily explain why not every piece is hand signed, therefore making an early, had-signed pieces like this even more desirable for a collector. This piece has a wonderful patina, with vibrant colors and while still brutalist in nature, it's a bit more subdued and could effortlessly be blended into any contemporary environment. We currently have this piece in the gallery paired with a Vladimir Kagan serpentine cloud sofa, and a Karl Springer goatskin...

Hollywood Regency decorative gold metal armchair with a Bouclé seat.

Pair of beautiful 1980s Italian chrome gold and red leather Savonarola director's chair in perfect conditions, with very minor fading and great timeless patina. Very comfortable arm...

Set of eight beautiful 1980s Italian chrome gold and red leather Savonarola director's chair in perfect conditions, with very minor fading and great timeless patina. Very comfortable...

Walter lamb: Pacific iron armchair, 1940s Measures: Seat 18 3/4" H Arm 25 3/4" H.  

French pair of midcentury gold brass and bronze chairs with red upholstery Very comfortable chairs with seat and back reupholstered.

1950s pair of Spanish leather armchairs with metal structure by Sistemas AF S.A. in Madrid.