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 legendary 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.
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
Number in Set: Set of 9
Mid-Century Petrol Blue Velvet Club Armchair, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Springy, very comfortable and stabile polish club seat. Produced in the 1960s at the Karl Lindner factory in Germany. Original Vintage amazing furniture. The whole armchair is covere...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
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
Leather, Wood
Mid-20th Century Orange Velvet Armchair, Edmund Homa, Europe, 1960s
By Edmund Homa
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful bright orange velvet Armchair GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa, a polish architect, designer of Industrial Design and interior archit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Velvet, Beech
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
Modern Bisou Armchair with Barcelona Fir Green Upholstery and Wood Base
Located in Lisbon, PT
Swooping curves, softly returning arms, and sculptural shape define the Bisou Armchair. The tight but soft seat and back along with clean seam detailing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Beige Bouclé Fabric with Brass Metal Finishes Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Beige Bouclé Fabric With Brass Metal Finishes Armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Le Corbusier, 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
Large Set of Italian Patio Chairs in Red Lacquered Metal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Large set of dining chairs, colored metal, Italy, 1960s
Very large set of metal chairs in a red color. The chairs have an elegant, bold design, as is quintessential of Italian patio chairs. Curved shapes and thin armrests form the frame combined with a mesh seat and back. Because we were able to get a very large quantity of this characteristic and quirky chair...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Style Leather Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A mid-century style tufted leather armchair upholstered in light harness brown leather with splayed whitewashed oak legs.
Dimension
32 in. W x 38 in. D x 38 in. H
Seat: 23 in....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antonin Suman for TON Dining Chairs with Red Frames and Patterned Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Antonin Suman for Ton, armchairs model E4309, lacquered beech, fabric, Czech Republic, 1977
These dining chairs are manufactured by Ton. The chair features a wonderful bentwood fram...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Mid Century Baby Blue Vintage Armchair, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A wonderful small armchair made in the 1960s in Poland. Stable design of the furniture and a comfortable seat. Furniture after full upholstery renovation, refreshed woodwork. The who...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Modern Bisou Armchair with Barcelona Paprika Red Upholstery and Wood Base
Located in Lisbon, PT
Swooping curves, softly returning arms, and sculptural shape define the Bisou Armchair. The tight but soft seat and back along with clean seam detailing give this piece a clean, tail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Vintage Style and MCM Design Black Wooden Feet and Beige Bouclé Fabric Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Vintage style and MCM design black wooden feet beige Bouclé fabric armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Contemporary Armchair in Glossy Black Lacquer
Located in New York, NY
The armchair forms of a series of curved shapes with backrest wrapping around the center of the piece to form a gown that covers the armchair.
High gloss lacquered wood in black or ...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Fabric, Wood
Ava Armchair Soft Green Seat and Patterned Olive Green Backrest
Located in Lisbon, PT
Comfortable and elegant, Ava armchair is a versatile piece where creativity meets no boundaries: fabrics, solid wood, lacquered wood and brass fittings ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec 'Cotone' Armchair for Cassina, Italy, new
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the chosen color and finish. Armchair designed by Ronan & Erwan Bourroullec in 2019. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
DOOQ Armchair in Soft Velvet and Polished Brass Odisseia
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Odisseia chair embodies the aesthetic spirit of the space age, a new kind of discreet luxury and comfort inspired by a futuristic era created by new visual experiences and concepts o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Pierre Guariche Armchairs by Meurop, 10 Pcs
Located in Voorburg, NL
Fantastic and unique set of ten midcentury easy chairs produced by the Belgium manufacturer Meurop and designed by the French designer Pierre Guariche in the 1960s. Chairs in origina...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Bisou Armchair with Laser Vintage Rose Upholstery, Wood Base
Located in Lisbon, PT
Swooping curves, softly returning arms, and sculptural shape define the Bisou Armchair. The tight but soft seat and back along with clean seam detailing give this piece a clean, tail...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Ash
Scandinavian Modern Golden Metal Base, Beige Bouclé Round Shaped Blop Armchair
Located in Lisbon, PT
Blop armchair celebrates the dualities of comfort and nuanced modern design. This oversized chair combines a tight metal structure with soft, pillow-like...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Rex 120 Lounge Chair Natural Oak Solid Frame + Plywood, Mid-Century Modern Style
By Niko Kralj
Located in Ljubljana, SI
The Rex 120 is as stylish today as when it was first produced in 1953. This high-end piece of the Rex Collection displays effortless minimalism and airiness. P...
Category
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Rex 120 Lounge Chair Black Oak, Solid Frame + Plywood, Mid-Century Modern Style
By Niko Kralj
Located in Ljubljana, SI
The Rex 120 is as stylish today as when it was first produced in 1953. This high-end piece of the Rex Collection displays effortless minimalism and airiness. P...
Category
2010s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Italian Dining Chairs in Colorful Lacquered Metal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining chairs or patio chairs, metal, Italy, 1960s
Wonderful airy patio or dining chairs in differently colored metal. What makes these chairs appear so lightweight is their thin ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Grasso Armchair by Stephen Burks, Black for BD
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
An iron tubular (25mm) structured armchair. Seat and backrest upholstered in leather.
The leather upholstery oozes over the bare iron structure to contrast with the most luxurious...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Iron
Miroslav Navratil Lounge Chair New Bouclé Upholstery, Praque 1960s
Located in Almelo, NL
Miroslav Navratil lounge chair with fiberglass shell in new upholstery Bouclé fabric. The wooden base made of stained beech or walnut is also in a very good condition, manufactured i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Beech
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Red Wide Utrech Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1935. Relaunched in 2015.
Wide 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
Philippe Starck 'Fenc-e-Nature' Outdoor Sofa, Steel, Teak and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Philippe Starck in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defined by Philippe Starck as "a lifestyle collection of relaxed elegance", Fenc-e Nature sees the desi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
KENA chair, Natural Acacia Wood
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Ambiguity between the two forms of creativity, art and design, was a popular conversation during Mid-20th century.
Dedicated to the design language of that era, the Kena Collectio...
Category
2010s Thai Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Swallow Armchair, Designed by Julia Gaubek, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful armchair in ginger boucle type fabric, designed by Julia Gaubek, a Polish architect, designer of Industrial Design and interior architecture, pr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Velvet, Beech
Black Wooden Base With Beige Bouclé Fabric Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Black wooden feet and beige bouclé fabric armchair comfy, minimalist and in a modern club chair style.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Modern Folding Lounge Armchair in Brown Beige Pattern Fabric & Wood
Located in Porto, PT
The Marina Armchair is a modern furniture piece inspired by the sea, perfect for enjoying a serene dawn or sunset. With its stylish and practical design, it's a versatile addition to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Philippe Starck 'Fenc-e-nature' Outdoor Sofa, Steel, Teak and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Philippe Starck in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defined by Philippe Starck as "a lifestyle collection of relaxed elegance", Fenc-e Nature sees the desi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Pattern Velvet Mustard Armchair, by Edmund Homa, Europe, 1960s.
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A beautiful mid century armchair GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchair was made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. Made from solid beech wood.
The GFM-1...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Textile, Velvet
Large Set of Italian Patio Chairs in Red and Green Lacquered Steel
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining patio chairs, lacquered steel, Italy, 1960s
This collection of patio chairs from Italy has a strikingly refined design that is emblematic of the quintessential Italian patio ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Phaka Chair, Charcoal Black Acacia Wood
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
The Phaka chair is a quest for the simplest structure, an essential character of a good chair. The pure, humble aesthetic is created by exceptional craftman...
Category
2010s Thai Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Style Boxed Frame Leather Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
Mid Century Style leather armchair with a vintage brown top-grain channeled leather backrest and seat cushion, padded leather armrests, jute covered ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-20th Century Vintage Armchair, Beige and Blue Linen, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Armchair produced in the 1960s by Radom Furniture Factories. Very comfortable seat covered with high quality fabric. The armchairs are fully carpentry and upholstery. Extremely comfo...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Klee Armchair
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Our mastery in carpentry and joinery has allowed us to create pieces like this which have been presented in galleries internationally.
Category
2010s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Upholstery, Leather
Quilted Brown Leather Armchair
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern quilted brown leather armchair with a curved back and arms. This chair is detailed with topstitched seams, self-welt, and quilting. It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Black Lacquer Wooden with Black and White Fabric Armchair
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Black lacquered woven wicker cane and black lacquered curved wooden frame with gold finish, black velvet seat and graphic back armchair.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Cane, Wood
Ava Armchair Upholstery Feet Soft Beige Seat and Textured Fabric Backrest
Located in Lisbon, PT
Comfortable and elegant, Ava armchair is a versatile piece where creativity meets no boundaries: fabrics, solid wood, lacquered wood and brass fittings ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Cayenne Lounge Chair, Taupe Velvet/High Gloss Varnish Walnut
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cayenne lounge chair is a deft homage to midcentury design. Designer Marie Burgos has taken the clean lines that defined seating designs of that era...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Cayenne Lounge Chair, Avocado Velvet/High Gloss Varnish Walnut
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cayenne lounge chair is a deft homage to midcentury design. Designer Marie Burgos has taken the clean lines that defined seating designs of that era and given them a luxurious ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Cayenne Lounge Chair, Violet Velvet/High Gloss Varnish Brown Solid Oak
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cayenne lounge chair is a deft homage to midcentury design. Designer Marie Burgos has taken the clean lines that defined seating designs of that era and given them a luxurious ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Philippe Starck 'Fenc-e-nature' Outdoor Sofa, Steel, Teak and Fabric by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Philippe Starck in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Defined by Philippe Starck as "a lifestyle collection of relaxed elegance", Fenc-e Nature sees the desi...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Mid Century, Haussmann Armchair Uph, by Robert & Trix Haussmann, Design 1964
Located in Stein am Rhein, CH
The Haussmann chair is a vibrant timeless piece of comfort and elegance.
This unique three-leg chair premiered at the "Haussmann Expo 64" and was designed by Robert & Trix Haussmann...
Category
2010s Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Beech
ELO Armchair Lounge chair In/Outdoor in Metal and Rope by Filipe Ramos
By Filipe Ramos
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
A pair of ELO armchairs were selected for the terraces of the 60s iconic Wolff House in Los Angeles Hollywood Hills by master architect John Lautner with new interiors by the award-winning studio Clive Wilkinson Architects.
ELO chair is designed to provide a different experience for the user's backrest inspired by the shape of stretching and gymnastics equipment...
Category
2010s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Milo Armchair, Marmelade/Creme Brulee Velvet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Milo armchair features twin bentwood bases and legs in luxurious lacquer and varnished finishes, while The Milo Bean has leather accent handles for easy carrying?. The colorful, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Light Crème Boucle Armchair, GFM-64 High, Edmund Homa, 1960s
By Edmund Homa
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Light crème bouclé armchair, designed by Edmund Homa, a Polish architect, designer of industrial design and interior architecture, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.
...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Beech
20th Century Vintage Pink Blush Boucle Atlantis Big Armchair, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Atlantis armchair from the 1960s, produced in the Silesian furniture factory in Swiebodzin at the moment they are unique. Due to their dimensions, they perfectly blend in even in sma...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
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.
Production delay:
8-9 weeks
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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
Wood, Leather
Mid Century Rattan Wicker Peacock Chair France C.1960
Located in London, GB
Mid century rattan wicker peacock chair France C.1960.
In a rare to find shape. Presented in excellent condition commensurate of age.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
DOOQ Swivel Egoísta Armchair with Solid Walnut, Rattan and Soft Green Velvet
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
With its name being the direct translation of selfish in Portuguese, this armchair revolves around its own universe. Within a refined, elegant and distinctive frame, resembling the n...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Mid Century Chair, Dark Green Velvet, by Mieczyslaw Puchala, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Armchair designed by Mieczyslaw Puchala in a classic edition. Dark wood combined with a green fabric gives it elegance and nobility. The chair has undergone a full carpentry and upho...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Cubic Lounge Chair by Ate van Apeldoorn for Houtwerk Hattem, The Netherlands 196
Located in Steenwijk, NL
This chair is of a very nice, minimalistic and cubic design by Ate van Apeldoorn for Houtwerk Hattem. The use of materials and te...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Pine
Cayenne Lounge Chair, Avocado Velvet/High Gloss Varnish Brown Solid Oak
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cayenne lounge chair is a deft homage to midcentury design. Designer Marie Burgos has taken the clean lines that defined seating designs of that era and given them a luxurious ne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
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
Cayenne Lounge Chair, Shell Velvet/High Gloss Varnish Walnut
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Cayenne lounge chair is a deft homage to midcentury design. Designer Marie Burgos has taken the clean lines that defined seating designs of that era...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
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Mid-century Modern armchairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern armchairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage armchairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern armchairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original armchairs, popular names associated with this style include Cassina, Artifort, Knoll, and Pierre Paulin. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for armchairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $145 and tops out at $134,145 while the average work can sell for $3,694.
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