Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Creator: Cassina
Set of 2 Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairdesigned by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in UNESCO’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary archite...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
CARIMATE Armchair, Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Neuss, NW
Classic CARIMATE armchair by Vico Magistretti for Cassina. High-quality solid oak frame. The chair has been newly upholstered and covered with the original brown leather fabric.
Qua...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Marco Zanuso Leather Woodline Armchair by Cassina
By Marco Zanuso, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Woodline armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1964, relaunched in 2015.
Leather and stained walnut wood.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Utrech Pro Armchair by Cassina *Precio
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Teak Wood Green Leather Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Experience timeless elegance and exceptional craftsmanship with the Pierre Jeanneret Armchair, originally designed circa 1950 and relaunched in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out Armchair' Teak, Rope by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
With its refined details and welcoming forms, the stackable Dine Out armchair has a solid teak fram...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Paolo Deganello 'Aeo' Chair for the Archizoom Group by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Designed by Paolo Deganello for the Archizoom Group in 1973 as an unorthodox interpretation of the modern design armchair, the audacity of its shapes is echoed in the experimental use of materials. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The AEO chair...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Set of Two LC1 Chairs by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 1965.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A light, compact chair designed and presented ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Charlotte Perriand Indochine Armchair
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Indochine Armchair
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy
This swivel armchair is a re-working of the LC7, whose frame was in tubul...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Oak and Purple Uphosltery Sofa by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Capitol Complex Sofa designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2023.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Capitol Complex Sofa is the small sofa designed by Pierre
Jeanne...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Color Combination Wink Armchair by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Wink Armchair by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina
Ergonomically correct and exquisitely versatile, Cassina’s Wink armchair cleverly unfolds into ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Vico Magistretti for Cassina Italian 'Carimate' Wooden Dining Armchair
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Mid-Century 'Carimate' dining armchair with a solid blonde wood frame, scooped arms, an open back, and a black woven fabric upholstered seat. (VICO MAGISTRETTI FOR CASSINA).
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Upholstery
Phillippe Starck Prive Steel And Leather Armchair
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Steel And Leather Armchair model 'Prive' designed by Phillipe Stark.
Manufactured by Cassina (Italy)
Complex and formal in its design, the Privé collection perfectly combines style ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
"Modell 809" Armchairs- Designed by Figli de Amadeo dei Cassina for Cassina, 50s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of two "Modell 809" armchairs, designed by Figli de Amadeo dei Cassina for Cassina in 1958, embodies the elegance and craftsmanship of mid-century Italian design. These chai...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Gerrit Rietveld Zeilmaker Version of Black Red and Blue Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1920. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
One of the versions of the iconic model dated 1918. The structure is in black-stained beechwood with white contrasting parts. Seat and back in green lacquered multiplywood.
The black red and blue (Zeilmaker version) born from Rietveld’s chromatic experimentation
While researching the origins of the red and blue model in collaboration with the Rietveld heirs, it emerged that the key idea of the first prototypes was based on the concept of spatial organization expressed through the monochrome tones of its elements. The first version was in fact produced in 1918 in completely unpainted wood.
In the following years Rietveld proposed various examples, either monochrome or painted in different colors, depending on the requirements of his customers and the interiors for which the chairs were intended. As such, it comes as no surprise to find this 1920s version, presented as part of Cassina’s MutAzioni selection, created for the school teacher Wicher Zeilmaker with a black frame with white ends and a dark green painted seat and backrest.
It was Rietveld’s ever-increasing involvement in the De Stijl movement that led him to also use primary colors on this model in 1923, and as such the chair became a veritable manifesto for the emerging neoplastic movement. Initially dubbed slat chair, Rietveld only gave it the name red and blue in the 1950s following its chromatic evolution.
The various owners of the different examples used the chair as an abstract-realist sculpture in their interiors and, in some cases, as a simple tool for sitting on, adding cushions to make it more comfortable, just like Cassina offers for the black red and blue today.
Important information regarding images of products:
Please note that some of the images show other colors and variations of the model, these images are only to present interior design proposals. The item that is selling is on the first image.
Important information regarding color(s) of products:
Actual colors may vary. This is due to the fact that every computer monitor, laptop, tablet and phone screen has a different capability to display colors and that everyone sees these colors differently. We try to edit our photos to show all of our products as life-like as possible, but please understand the actual color may vary slightly from your monitor
About the designer:
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888, seems possessed of two personalities, each so distinct that one might take his work to be that of more than one artist. The first personality is that seen in the craftsman cabinet-maker working in a primordial idiom, re-inventing chairs and other furniture as if no one had ever built them before him and following a structural code all of his own; the second is that of the architect working with elegant formulas, determined to drive home the rationalist and neoplastic message in the context of European architecture. The two activities alternate, overlap, and fuse in a perfect osmosis unfolding then into a logical sequence. In 1918 Rietveld joined the “De Stijl” movement which had sprung up around the review of that name founded the year before by Theo van Doesburg. The group assimilated and translated into ideology certain laws on the dynamic breakdown of compositions (carrying them to an extreme) that had already been expressed in painting by the cubists: the “De Stijl” artists also carefully studied the architectonic lesson taught by the great Frank Lloyd Wright, whose influence was widely felt in Europe at that time.
Collaborating first with Robert van’t Hoff and Vilmos Huszar, then with Theo van Doesburg and Cornelius van Eesteren, Rietveld soon became one of the most distinguished interpreters of the neoplastic message.
Among his most important works are:
the Schröder house at Utrecht (1924); the “Row Houses” at Utrecht (1931-1934); the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennial (1954); the sculpture pavilion in the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller at Otterloo and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (1955). Out of his equally important furniture, Cassina has chosen for its own production: the “Red and Blue” (1918), the “Zig-Zag” (1934), the “Schröder 1...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
20th Century, Afra & Tobia Scarpa Pair of Armchair mod. Ciprea for Cassina
Located in Turin, Turin
Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa started their collaboration in the 1959 sharing numerous important projects, in particular in the supply sector, establishing themselves as exponents o...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Marco Zanuso Antropus Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Marco Zanuso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1949, relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Antropus was created at the end of the 1940s when Marco Zanuso was commissioned t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real mo...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Two Utrech Armchair by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld for Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the Utrecht armchair in ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognizable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, f...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Patricia Urquiola ''Back-Wing Armchair', Wood, Foam and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Patricia Urquiola in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This comfy armchair has the same distinctive aesthetics as the Back-Wing chair designed in 2018. ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood
Vico Magistretti Carimate Midcentury Italian Black Armchair Cassina 1960s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian armchair model '930 Carimate' designed by Vico Magistretti and produced by Cassina with painted wood frame and fabric cushions, Cassina adhesive l...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of Two Lc1 Chairs by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 1965.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A light, compact chair designed and presented ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Set of Two Charlotte Perriand 533 Doron Hotel Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1947. Relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The Doron Hotel armchair was designed in 1947 by Charlotte Perriand, a real...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 2 Cassina CAB-414 armchairs in grey leather by Mario Bellini, 1980s
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in amstelveen, NL
Set of 2 Cassina "Cab" 414 armchairs in elephant grey saddle leather. Designed by Mario Bellini and manufactured by Cassina Italy. These chairs are 1980s edition. The leather cover ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec 'Cotone' Armchair Set, Aluminum and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A low-armed dining chair that is as comfortable as an armchair proper, elegantly extends ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Piero Lissoni 8 Cube Armchair with Swivel Base by Cassina
By Piero Lissoni, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Piero Lissoni in 2017. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Important information regarding images of products:
Please note that some of the images show other c...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairdesigned by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in UNESCO’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary architecture of Le Corbusier’s Capitol Complex...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Le Corbusier, P.Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC2 Poltrona Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Timeless, unique, and profoundly authentic, the LC2 armchair ha...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Marco Zanuso Green Fabric Woodline Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Marco Zanuso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Woodline armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1964, relaunched in 2015.
Green fabric and black stained wood.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Red Baby Utrech Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Baby version.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Gerrit T. Rietveld came up with the design for the U...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognisable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, f...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Paolo Deganello 'Aeo' Chair for the Archizoom Group by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Designed by Paolo Deganello for the Archizoom Group in 1973 as an unorthodox interpretation of the modern design armchair, the audacity of its shapes is echoed in the experimental use of materials. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The AEO chair...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Set of Four Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognisable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, f...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognisable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, f...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Gerrit Rietveld Zeilmaker Version of Black Red and Blue Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1920. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
One of the versions of the iconic model dated 1918. The structure is in black-stained beechwood with white contrasting parts. Seat and back in green lacquered multiplywood. The armchair can have a single seat and backrest cushion in fabric or leather.
The black red and blue (Zeilmaker version) born from Rietveld’s chromatic experimentation
While researching the origins of the red and blue model in collaboration with the Rietveld heirs, it emerged that the key idea of the first prototypes was based on the concept of spatial organization expressed through the monochrome tones of its elements. The first version was in fact produced in 1918 in completely unpainted wood.
In the following years Rietveld proposed various examples, either monochrome or painted in different colors, depending on the requirements of his customers and the interiors for which the chairs were intended. As such, it comes as no surprise to find this 1920s version, presented as part of Cassina’s MutAzioni selection, created for the school teacher Wicher Zeilmaker with a black frame with white ends and a dark green painted seat and backrest.
It was Rietveld’s ever-increasing involvement in the De Stijl movement that led him to also use primary colors on this model in 1923, and as such the chair became a veritable manifesto for the emerging neoplastic movement. Initially dubbed slat chair, Rietveld only gave it the name red and blue in the 1950s following its chromatic evolution.
The various owners of the different examples used the chair as an abstract-realist sculpture in their interiors and, in some cases, as a simple tool for sitting on, adding cushions to make it more comfortable, just like Cassina offers for the black red and blue today.
Important information regarding images of products:
Please note that some of the images show other colors and variations of the model, these images are only to present interior design proposals. The item that is selling is on the first image.
Important information regarding color(s) of products:
Actual colors may vary. This is due to the fact that every computer monitor, laptop, tablet and phone screen has a different capability to display colors and that everyone sees these colors differently. We try to edit our photos to show all of our products as life-like as possible, but please understand the actual color may vary slightly from your monitor
About the designer:
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888, seems possessed of two personalities, each so distinct that one might take his work to be that of more than one artist. The first personality is that seen in the craftsman cabinet-maker working in a primordial idiom, re-inventing chairs and other furniture as if no one had ever built them before him and following a structural code all of his own; the second is that of the architect working with elegant formulas, determined to drive home the rationalist and neoplastic message in the context of European architecture. The two activities alternate, overlap, and fuse in a perfect osmosis unfolding then into a logical sequence. In 1918 Rietveld joined the “De Stijl” movement which had sprung up around the review of that name founded the year before by Theo van Doesburg. The group assimilated and translated into ideology certain laws on the dynamic breakdown of compositions (carrying them to an extreme) that had already been expressed in painting by the cubists: the “De Stijl” artists also carefully studied the architectonic lesson taught by the great Frank Lloyd Wright, whose influence was widely felt in Europe at that time.
Collaborating first with Robert van’t Hoff and Vilmos Huszar...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of "Soriana" Armchairs Designed by Tobia Scarpa Edited by Cassina, 1960s
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of "Soriana" armchairs designed by Tobia Scarpa and edited by Cassina. Structure in chromed steel. Afra (1937-2011) and Tobia (1935-) Scarpa studied at the Venice Institute of A...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Armchair by Gio Ponti, 1950
Located in Berlin, DE
This armchair, designed by Gio Ponti, is made out of solid oak, beige cover and cushion renewed
Dimension: H 88 cm, W 53 cm, D 52 cm, SH 48 cm
Design Gio Ponti, 1950.
Manufacturer ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Ico Parisi 875 Armchair by Cassina
By Ico Parisi, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Ico Parisi in 1960, relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Ico Parisi in 1960 for Cassina, at that time “Figli di Amedeo Cassina”,...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Marco Zanuso Antropus Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Marco Zanuso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1949, relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Antropus was created at the end of the 1940s when Marco Zanuso was commissioned t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Italian Leather CAB Armchair by Mario Bellini
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in London, GB
A stylish and iconic vintage Italian leather CAB armchair by Mario Bellini. This was made in Italy by Cassina, it dates from the 1970’s.
It is of amazing quality and is also extreme...
Category
1970s British Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec 'Cotone' Armchair Set, Aluminum and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A low-armed dining chair that is as comfortable as an armchair proper, elegantly extends ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Armchairs by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairdesigned by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in UNESCO’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary archite...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Piero Lissoni 8 Cube Armchair with Swivel Base by Cassina
By Cassina, Piero Lissoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Piero Lissoni in 2017. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Important information regarding images of products:
Please note that some of the images show other c...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Set of 2 Gianfranco Frattini Chairs Modell 830, 1950s, Cassina, Italy
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This pair of "Model 830" armchairs was designed by Gianfranco Frattini for the Italian company Cassina in the 1950s. Both pieces are upholstered in dark green fabric and are supporte...
Category
1650s Italian Antique Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of Two Franco Albini Tre Pezzi Armchairs by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Franco Albini in 1959. Relaunched in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
In 1952, working with Franca Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini designed ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Pierre Jeanneret 053 Capitol Complex Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Included in UNESCO’s 2016 Cultural Heritage list, the extraordinary archit...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chair Design by Giovanni "Nino" Zoncada, Italy, 1960s
By Cassina, Nino Zoncada
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Chair design by Giovanni "Nino" Zoncada, Italy, 1960s. The design dates from the year 1965 and was in fact a commission for the Stella-Maris-II, an ocean liner. Zondaca, together with Gio Ponti und Gustavo Pulitzer-Finali, was leading the design and furnishings of italian ocean liners...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Nutwood
Ico Parisi 875 Armchair by Cassina
By Ico Parisi, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Ico Parisi in 1960, relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Ico Parisi in 1960 for Cassina, at that time “Figli di Amedeo Cassina”,...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Cassina Pair of Italian White Velvet Armchairs, of Transatlantic Ship "Augustus"
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Pair of armchairs with white velvet cover and walnut legs. Design for the transatlantic ship "Augustus". Production Cassina, Italy, 1950.
Literature:
Paolo Piccione, Gio Ponti Le Nav...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Set of Two Franco Albini Tre Pezzi Armchairs by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Franco Albini in 1959. Relaunched in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
In 1952, working with Franca Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini design...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Marco Zanuso Antropus Armchair by Cassina
By Marco Zanuso, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1949, relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Antropus was created at the end of the 1940s when Marco Zanuso was commissioned t...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Set of Two Franco Albini Tre Pezzi Armchairs by Cassina
By Cassina, Franco Albini
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Franco Albini in 1959. Relaunched in 2009.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
In 1952, working with Franca Helg, his long-time assistant, Franco Albini design...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Two Rodolfo Dordoni ''Dine Out Armchair' Teak, Rope and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchairs designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
With its refined details and welcoming forms, the stackable Dine Out armchair has a solid teak fra...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Rope, Wood
Marco Zanuso Grey Fabric Woodline Armchair by Cassina
By Cassina, Marco Zanuso
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Woodline armchair designed by Marco Zanuso in 1964, relaunched in 2015.
Grey fabric and black stained wood.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
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Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Cassina, rocking chair in wood with original seat
By Cassina
Located in Milano, IT
COD-1826
Cassina, rocking chair in wood with original seat, 1956.
Literature: Pier Carlo Santini, Gli anni del design Italiano, Ritratto di Cesare Cassina, Electa, Milano 1081/109 I...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fruitwood
Armchair Model "1101" by Cassina from Italy, 1958 with the Manufacturers Label
By Nino Zoncada, Cassina
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This "1101" armchair model was designed by Giovanni "Nino" Zoncada and manufactured by the Italian company Cassina, the manufacturer's label is visible on the chair. The wide, round-...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Ico Parisi 875 Armchair by Cassina
By Ico Parisi, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Ico Parisi in 1960, relaunched in 2020.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Designed by Ico Parisi in 1960 for Cassina, at that time “Figli di Amedeo Cassina”, th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
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