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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

CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS

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
Set of Two Unique Vintage Black Velvet B-3300 Armchairs, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A super-comfortable armchairs, made in the 1960s in Poland. The armchairs made of bentwood was produced in Radomsko. Very comfortable and beautiful. Perfect for Minimalist interiors....
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Velvet, Beech

Pair of 1940s-50s armchairs of Italian manufacture
Located in SAN PIETRO MOSEZZO, NO
Pair of 1940s-50s armchairs of Italian manufacture. Wooden frame and fabric upholstery, still original. The frame is sound, upholstery and padding are to be reupholstered so as to ...
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Pair Italian Lounge Chairs by Gastone Rinaldi, 1960s, Reupholstered Set of two
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful pair of lounge chairs or armchairs, designed by Gastone Rinaldi in the 50-60s. Made in the 70s, Italy. Both chairs have been completely refurbished and are newly upholster...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Modernist Design Gerrit Rietveld Utrecht Armchairs by Cassina, Set in Leather
Located in Renens, CH
A set of two Utrecht armchairs by one of the founders of the 1920s “De Stijl” movement, Gerrit Rietveld. Very rare white colour leather, no longer in production, excellent conditio...
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Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

Pair of Arm Chairs by Jordi Vilanova, Spain, 1960's
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of arm chairs designed in 1960's by Jordi Vilanova, Spain. Very rare model, designed only for meeting rooms. Walnut wood frame with original vinyl upholstery.
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1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Walnut

American Modern, Bamboo, Rattan, Arm Chairs, USA, 1970s
Located in Manhasset, NY
American Modern, Bamboo, Rattan, Arm Chairs, USA, 1970s Pair of American modernist armchairs having a woven rattan pattern on the arms and backrest and non-removable cheetah fabric ...
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1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Bamboo, Rattan

Falcon Armchair by Sigurd Resell
Located in London, GB
Iconic armchair designed by Norwegian designer Sigurd Resell. Designed in 1970, this iteration (most likely manufactured after 1974) varies slightly from the original: with its solid...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Beech

Vintage Modern Cantilever Leather Barrel Chair in the Manner of Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This unique barrel back chair features rich dark brown leather with a chrome finish cantilever base in the style of Milo Baughman. Comfortable and stylish Mid-Century seating for any interior, this unique rounded back club chair...
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1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

1933, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Easy Chair 409 by Gispen Designed Fabric
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach,...
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1930s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Chrome, Metal

Jacques Adnet Black Vinyl & Brass Armchairs, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
President armchairs by Jacques Adnet, in their original Vinyl on brass legs. Sold in pairs.
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Brass

Geraldo De Barros leather armchairs
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of very rare leather armchairs designed by very important Brazilian Modernist figure Geraldo De Barros who was an artist and furniture designer. Cushions with this more "free" style are very reminiscent of Sergio Rodrigues's iconic Mole chair...
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1970s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Pair of Armchairs in Hardwood & Suede by Giuseppe Scapinelli, c.1950s
Located in New York, NY
Available today, these pair of Armchairs made in Hardwood & Suede designed by Giuseppe Scapinelli, in Brazil during the 1950s is nothing less than spectacular. This pair of armchai...
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20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Suede, Rosewood

Set of 2 Antonin Šuman Armchairs, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia by Antonin Šuman, 1960s, - made of fabric and wood, - newly reupholstered, Carefully refurbished , - high of seat 40 cm.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Pair of Similar American Modern Lounge Chairs, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Similar American Mid-Century mahogany Lounge / Easy Chairs with beige upholstry with 1 having a high back and 1 having a low round back (ADRIAN PEARSALL) (PRICED AS PAIR)
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Mahogany

Mario Bellini “Le Bambole” Armchair for B&B Italia, 1971
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini “Le Bambole” armchairs for B&B Italia, camel velvet, Italy, 1971. The search for a new shape for upholstered furniture...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Foam

A pair of vintage mid-century Beech wood Boucle wool fabric lounge chairs France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A pair of vintage mid-century boucle lounge cocktail chairs made of beech wood. France ca. 1950. Newly reupholstered with wool boucle fabric imported from France.
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1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Beech

Max ID NY Pair of Geometric Cantilevered Teak Wood Red Metal Modern Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A pair of decorative arm chairs. Solid teak seat with whitewash finish, with soild powder coated steel base in red. Measures: D 27.5 in x W 29.9 in x H 26.4 in Maximilian Eicke having founded his minimalististic design studio Max ID NY...
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2010s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

1980s Rattan Armchair and Stool
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Europe - Minor signs of wear - suspension seat - height of seat 45 cm - stool: H: 41, W: 38, D: 38 cm
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1980s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Rattan, Fabric

Large Diamond Chair by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, 1970s
Located in bruxelles, BE
Armchair in metal and blue fabric by Harry Bertoia. Large Diamond model. Seat height: 39 cm. Wear due to time and age. For shipping, request us for receive the best price.
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1970s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Haruki Miyagima for Bonacina Italian Midcentuty Rattan Rocking Chair, 1960s
By Haruki Miyagima, Pierantonio Bonacina
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian Mid-Century Modern design rocking chair model ‘BP 12’ designed by Haruki Miyagima and manufactured by Pierantonio Bonacina with frame in rattan, rush, and fabric upholstered ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Rattan, Rush

Armchair 42 “Little Paimio” Designed by Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1931
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair 42 “Small Paimio” designed by Alvar Aalto, Finland, 1931. Bent birch and lacquered plywood. Dimesnions: H: 63 cm/ 2' 1" W: 60 cm/ 1' 11 1/2" D: ...
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1930s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Birch

1940s Fritz Hansen Beech Armchair by Soren Hansen Model 1628, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- good original condition with minor signs of use - sturdy and stable.
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1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood, Beech

Armchair by Hans J. Wegner for Getama, Danish production, 1960s
Located in Palermo, PA
Hans J. Wegner for Getama, Danish production, 1960s. Dimensions: H= 95 cm; W= 75 cm; D= 89 cm; H seat= 42 cm.
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Pair, Midcentury Brown Leather Arm Chairs, Denmark, circa 1960-70
Located in Round Top, TX
Pair, Mid-Century Modern brown leather arm chairs. Clean modern design with squared arms, these chairs sit comfortably on hard wood feet. Sold in vintage used condition. Leather shows typical signs of wear including scuffs, scratches, minor impressions creases, etc. Please refer to professional photos for clear understanding of color, condition and details; photo lighting, individual monitor display and home lighting may all impact how item is viewed. Seat Height 17.75" With over 37 years of experience selling European antiques, our brick-and-mortar storefront, Round Top Ranch Antiques...
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Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Joe Colombo 'Supercomfort' Armchair for B-Line
Located in Tilburg, NL
Joe Colombo 'Supercomfort' Armchair for B-Line. Designed in 1964. New, current production. The Supercomfort armchair designed by Joe Colombo is the result of a meticulous ergonomi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Oak

A Pair Of 2 Armchairs Model 65 Made In Rosewood By Niels O. Møller From 1968s
Located in Lejre, DK
A few N.O. Møller armchairs, model 65, in rosewood and light leather, manufactured by J.L. Møller in the late 1960s and designed in 1968. These armchairs are an exemplary expression...
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1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Rosewood

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...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Wood

Mid Century F588 Lounge Chair and Ottoman by Geoffrey Harcourt for Artifort, 60s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very comfortable midcentury Artifort lounge chair, model F588, with Ottoman. This set is designed by the famous English designer Geoffrey Harcourt in the 60's. It is has the o...
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1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

Scandinavian Cabinetmaker Upholstered Armchair, Scandinavia ca 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
Scandinavian Modernism can be visually described by this beautiful armchair: sleek, organic and timeless. These attributes are met with high quality materials and the famous craftsma...
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1950s Scandinavian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wool, Wood

Kaare Klint Red Chair for Rud Rasmussen, Denmark, 1950s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kaare Klint & Rud Rasmussen Snedkerier - Scandinavian Modern design The iconic "The Red Chair" by Kaare Klint, model KK 3758A. Designed in 1927, executed in the 1950s by Rud. Rasmus...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Mahogany

Mid Century Armchair with Ottoman by Paul Bode in Green Fabric, around 1950
By Paul Bode, Deutsche Federholz-Gesellschaft
Located in Berlin, DE
Experience timeless elegance with the Mid Century Armchair with Ottoman by Paul Bode for Federholzgesellschaft, circa 1950. This ico...
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1950s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Upholstery, Ash

Fiberglass Armchair by Miroslav Navratil, Czechoslovakia, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
Iconic design fiberglass armchair by Navratil made in 1960s. Good original condition with some signs of use. Shipping quote on request.
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1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Lounge Chair by Vladimir Kagan for Directional
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A stunning dramatic form lounge chair designed by Vladimir Kagan and produced by Directional in the 1980's. Its retains the original upholstery which needs to be recovered. Padding a...
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1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric

Midcentury Rocking Chair in Pine and Sheepskin Yngve Ekström Sweden
Located in Hillringsberg, SE
This wonderfully crafted rocking chair was designed by famous Swedish designer Yngve Ekström in 1970s and produced at Swedese. This one made in pine with a newly reupholstered seat i...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Sheepskin, Pine

Mid 20th Century Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen Danish Seagull Chairs - a Pair
Located in Wheat Ridge, CO
This is an incredible pair of side chairs designed by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen. These are a rare opportunity to own a fine example of exquisite Danish design. Of all the pieces...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Pair of Steel Armchairs Skay Capitonne Red, Style Hausmann De Sede Italy 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Rare red vintage leatherette lounge chairs in the style of Robert Haussmann for De Sede. Hand-built in the 1950s, these rare armchairs have a chrom...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Steel, Chrome

Pair of Rare "MP-01" Armchair, by Percival Lafer, Brazilian Mid-Century Modern
Located in Sao Paulo, SP
This beautiful pair of MP-01 armchairs, made of iron covered with Brazilian hardwood, designed and produced in 1961 by the master Percival Lafer, was the first piece created by the d...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Wood

Bird Chair with Ottoman by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, 1960
Located in bruxelles, BE
Black metal armchair and ottoman by Harry Bertoia. Model: Bird. Ottoman dimensions: H: 59 cm W: 39 cm D: 42 cm. Wear due to time and age. FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BE...
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1960s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Herman Miller DAT Executive armchair Designed by Charles & Ray Eames
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
Herman Miller DAT fibre plastic armchair on office base, Designed by Charles & Ray Eames in 1948. Off-white fibre plastic armshell, DAT shivel base equipped with tilt function, hei...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Aluminum

Finn Juhl '136' Lounge Chair in Teak and Grey Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Finn Juhl for France and Sons, '136' lounge chair, teak, fabric, Denmark, 1950s. This elegant, minimalist chair is designed by Danish master Fin Juhl. Craft...
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1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Teak, Fabric

366 Armchair, Jozef Chierowski, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The 366 armchair is an icon of the Polish design of the PRL period. The famous armchair was designed in 1962 by the Polish interior designer and furnit...
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Textile, Beech

De Sede DS 50 leather armchair Tulip, 1970
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
This De Sede DS 50 leather armchair is in excellent condition. The fine black leather shows only minimal signs of wear. The tips of the armrests show a l...
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1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather

High Back Green Teak Armchair
Located in London, GB
This striking highback armchair is defined by its distinctive architectural silhouette and refined mid-century detailing. The chair’s bold, angular frame gives it a sculptural presen...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery, Teak

Pair of Chiavari Armchairs in Beechwood and Caned Seat, Italy, 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Pair of Chiavari Armchairs in wood and cane. Beautifully kept. Italy 1960s.
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1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Cane, Wood

Mid-Century Modern Vintage Beech Blue Armchair Lounge Chair Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage blue armchair lounge chairs from beech designed and manufactured Austria 1950s. While the seat shell is newly covered with sky blue velvet fabric, the bee...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Beech

Augusto Bozzi Couple of Armchair for Saporiti, Italy, 1950s
Located in Rovereta, Repubblica di San Marino
Augusto Bozzi Couple of Armchair for Saporiti, Italy, 1950s
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Iron

I.S.A. Sofa Set in Original Condition, Italy, 1950s
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This sofa set was made by the manufacturer I.S.A. in the 1950s. It consists of two armchairs and a sofa, all of which are in exceptionally good original condition. The particularly o...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Aluminum, Brass

Italian mid-century big beech wood and Vienna straw Thonet chairs, 1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian mid-century big beech wood and Vienna straw Thonet chairs, 1950s. Large chairs or armchairs with armrests in Thonet style, with Vienna straw seat and curved armrests and with...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Straw, Beech

Armrest Chair 4455, 1970s, 1 of 4
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Armrest chair Model 4455 designed by Niko Kralj for Stol Kamnik in 50s. Some signs of use. Pure minimalism finds its place in every interior. It m...
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1970s Slovenian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal, Iron

Armrest Chair 4455, 1970s, 1 of 4
Armrest Chair 4455, 1970s, 1 of 4
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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...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Wood

Gustavo Pulitzer for Arflex Albenga Armchair
Located in North Miami, FL
Gustavo Pulitzer for Arflex, 'Albenga' armchair, suede and hand stitched leather, enameled steel. A streamlined design by Italian designer and architect Gustavo Pulitzer, which wit...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Pair of Gio Ponti Mid-Century Modern Velvet Armchairs for Casa e Giardino, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of armchairs designed by Gio Ponti, Casa e Giardino series, wooden structure, padding and covering in original textured velvet of the time, kept in excellent condition, as shown...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Velvet, Beech

Four Amanta armchairs by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia, 1970s
Located in Premariacco, IT
Four iconic Amanta armchairs designed by Mario Bellini for C&B Italia in the early 1970s. This model features a fiberlite shell and three cushions to provide extreme seating comfort...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Plastic, Wood

Kartell Louis Ghost Armchair in Crystal by Philippe Starck
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Kartell Louis Ghost armchair in crystal polycarbonate by Philippe Starck special series with face.
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1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Plastic

Early Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll Orange Vinyl Executive Arm Chairs - a Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Early Vintage Eero Saarinen for Knoll Orange Vinyl Executive Arm Chairs - a Pair. Item features very comfortable form, classic Mid-Century design and early original Knoll label. Circ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Set of Two James Mont Bent Beech Armchairs, Dark Green, B-3300 Type, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
James Mont (1904-1978) "King Cole" armchairs, circa 1955. They are super-comfortable armchairs made in the 1960s. The armchairs made of bentwood. Very unique and beautiful. Perfect f...
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Velvet, Beech

Treble Side Chair by DeMuro Das with Curved Back and Walnut Legs
Located in New York, NY
The Treble side or armchair by DeMuro Das has a curved profile supported by a three-legged solid walnut base. The chair is fully upholstered with a tight back and can be made in down...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery, Walnut

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
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1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Velvet, Wood

'clam' chair Arnold Madsen style oak and lambskin Sweden 1990s
Located in Paris, FR
A pair « Clam » chair in the style of Philip Arctander or Arnold Madsen. Made in natural Oak and covered with white lamb skin probably around 2000's . ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Sheepskin, Oak

Pair of Midcentury Polish Armchairs, Model 366, Design by Jozef Chierowski 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Gorgeous pair of orange Armchairs, model 366, were made in '60s in Poland. They were designed by Jozef Chierowski. *Price is for pair. T...
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1960s Polish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

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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