Modern Armchairs
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Pair of Rive Gauche Armchair, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Rive Gauche armchair by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier is a testament to timeless elegance and comfort. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this chair features a deep seat tha...
Category
2010s American Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Daisy Armchair by Chiara Provasi
Located in Milan, IT
A striking piece of functional decor that will be equally at ease by a bookcase in a study or in the middle of a living room to show off the unique combination of two different cotto...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile, Wood, Beech
Moroso DOODLE Armchair by Front
By Front Design, Moroso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
From the hand which unconsciously doodles during a phone call, lines of thought spring out. Innocent reflections which go through an accumulative process, unconscious pen strokes, do...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Customizable Walnut Finish and Cane Lounge Chair with Leather Seat, Soho Line
Located in Miami, FL
A Soho armchair designed by Sérgio Batista for Uultis with walnut finish, gray leather seat and walnut cane back. *Please check availability prior to pur...
Category
2010s Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Upholstery, Wood
Contemporary Modern Black Bamboo Bentwood Armchair or Lounge Chair, IDN 2023
Located in Lichtenberg, AT
Contemporary, stylish black armchair or lounge chair from an indonesian artist. This incredible designed, modern armchair impresses with its beautiful shaped wide lines. Elaborately ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indonesian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Bentwood
Pair of Jaime Hayon, Contemporary, Wood Chair Showtime Nude by BD Barcelona
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Design by Jaime Hayon, 2007
Manufactured by BD Barcelona.
Measures: 52 x 55 x H 86 cm.
Seat and backrest in plywood.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with ag...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Plywood
Avoa Chair • Handmade Edition • in Steel by Pedro Paulo-Venzon
Located in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina
The motivation for the development of the Avoa Chair (MMXIII) is autotelia, the autonomous design discourse. The challenge was to think of an object as a qu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Foz Armchair, COM, Insidherland by Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Foz is an armchair with the same design as the grand sofa that gathers surprising details of a beach located in Porto, in the north of Portugal.
Designed in layers, the contour of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Trevor Dining Chair Modern, Sculptural, Bronze Frame and Cream bouclé, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Trevor dining chair makes a perfect accompaniment for the tea room, its round spheres forming backrest and armrests, floating on thin metal rods, just like bonbons speared on cocktai...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Calvet Armchair, Antonio Gaudí
By Antoni Gaudí
Located in Geneve, CH
Calvet armchair, Antonio Gaudí
1902
Dimensions: 65 x 52 x 95 cm
Materials: Dark varnished oak
Solid dark varnished oak
Antoni Gaudí (1852/1926...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Oak
Salvador Dali Armchair Invisible Personage Limited Edition of 20
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Salvador Dali manufactured in Spain by BD.
"Invisible Personage" is extracted from the "Singularities" painting, painted by Salvador Dali in 1935. During those ...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Sheepskin, Upholstery, Lacquer
Schumacher Theodore Bamboo Chair in Miles Redd Harlequin Fabric- Sample
By Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Crafted from bamboo and upholstered with Schumacher's Harlequin fabric in a chalk white colorway, this Theodore Chair is a perfect ethereal accent to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Bamboo
Petroglyph Armchair
By Nucleo
Located in Roma, IT
The petroglyph collection recodes and reprocess scrap material sourced by the Nucleo Laboratory, in an assemblage that is constantly changing and evolving its form.
The layers of the material evoke the wooden tablets...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Scrap Wood
Jaime Hayon Contemporary Plywood Upholstery Lounger Armchair for BD
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lounger armchair designed by Jaime Hayon.
Manufactured by BD Barcelona Design.
Armchair structure base in cast aluminium and painted. Seat and backrest are in plywood with exteri...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
Arflex Botolo High Back Armchair in Black Fur and Black Metal Legs by Cini Boeri
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An innovative upholstered rolling chair with three large tubular legs. Botolo is an ideal place to sit, relax and be creative.Cini Boeri designed Botolo in 1973, giving life to a new design style, where you could choose the height of the legs to have a dining chair in the high version or a style, at that time modern, "the living at a low level", a way of living...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fur
Baxter Black Leather Diner Model pair of Armchairs
Located in IT
Baxter armchairs in glossy black leather and steel feet. Diner model. 2000s. In perfect condition.
Each Armchair measures 93 x 87 x87 cm
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Brass armchair model "Leda" By Salvador Dalí 20th Century Spanish design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Carbon Fibre and Upholstered Norton Armchair by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Carbon fibre and upholstered Norton armchair by Madheke
Dimensions: W 58 x D 61 x H 71.5 cm
Materials: Leather, fabric, wood, metal
NORTON's sleek glossy curves and contours are...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Moooi Hana Swivel Armchair in Rendezvous Tokyo Blue Upholstery
By Moooi, Simone Bonanni
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Create your own world in your safe space that is the Hana Armchair. Let the softness of the folds lure you in and when you step into that abundance of soft fabric, you’re stepping in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
"Meran" Armchair Designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez for Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Meran" is an elegant armchair, designed by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez and manufactured by Driade, with ebonized beechwood legs and polyurethane foams padded wooden structure,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Beech, Foam, Fabric, Leather
"Pietra" Curved Armchair Upholstered in Bouclé Fabric
Located in Centro, RS
The inspiration for the design features comes from the Italian name Pietra: The translation Stone, an element of organic nature that brings a feeling of biophilia and well-being to t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé
Brass chair model "Leda" by Salvador Dalí surrealist design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Design armchair Mw02 "Jungle", handmade in France, designed by Olivier Santini
Located in Beaumont-Louestault, FR
"Elevate furniture aesthetics to an artistic level"
This high-end designer armchair, custom-made in France, is a numbered and signed piece.
The MW02 "Jungle" model, limited to only...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Epochè Limited Edition by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Epochè limited edition by Imperfettolab
Limited edition
Dimensions: 100 x 120 x H 140 cm
Materials: Fibreglass, Fabric
Imperfetto Lab
Who we are ? We are a family.
Verter Tur...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Fiberglass
Modern Flock Lounge Chair with Flock Ottoman in Various Fabrics by Noom
Located in Paris, FR
The “Flock” furniture collection draws on the idea that home is a place of comfort, sanctuary, and gathering and should be filled with personalized, character-rich, and eye-catching ...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Wool, Faux Fur
DS-262 Armchair by De Sede
By De Sede
Located in Geneve, CH
DS-262 armchair by De Sede
Dimensions: D 54 x W 80 x H 103 cm
Materials: steel, leather
Prices may change according to the chosen materials and size.
Unimagined flexibility,...
Category
2010s Swiss Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Customizable Modernist Club Chair by Mauser, Chromed Metal, Leather Upholstery
By Mauser Werke
Located in Berlin, DE
Customizable club chair by Mauser Werke, Waldeck, Germany, c. 1939.
Chrome plated tubular steel, leather upholstery and lacquered wood.
Delivery time c. 8-10 weeks.
Category
2010s German Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Retro Style Armchair With Curved Form and Pleated Details
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
This armchair showcases a distinctive interplay of texture and color through its signature curvaceous form. The pleated details accentuate the smooth, rounded shapes of the low seat ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Upholstery, Wood
Handcrafted Limited Edition Armchair in Ziricote Wood with Handmade Weaving
Located in PARQUE INDUSTRIAL OTHON P BLANCO, Quintana Roo
The armchair has a simple and very lightweight structure. Its clean lines, with smooth and rounded edges, blend with the meticulous handwoven pattern. In this handwoven fabric, craft...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Hardwood, Ziricote
Slide Armchair Brown Beige
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Inspired by the continuous flow of water and the softness of natural movement, the Slide collection was born from a desire to create pieces that embrace the body and invite stillness...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Slide Armchair Brown
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
Inspired by the continuous flow of water and the softness of natural movement, the Slide collection was born from a desire to create pieces that embrace the body and invite stillness...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Trevor Chair with Armrests Chrome Finish Steel Frame in Bouclé by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Trevor dining chair makes a perfect accompaniment for the tea room, its round spheres forming backrest and armrests, floating on thin metal rods, just like bonbons speared on cocktai...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Brass & Lucite "Double Waterfall" Lounge Chairs by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of stunning lounge chairs in Lucite and stainless steel by famed designer, Charles Hollis Jones.
The chairs are from the Double Waterfall collect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Outdoor Matilda Easy Chair by Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Outdoor matilda easy chair by Kenneth Cobonpue.
Materials: Polyethelene. Aluminum.
Also available in other colors and for indoors.
Dimensions: 100cm x 81cm x H 63cm.
The same ...
Category
2010s Philippine Modern Armchairs
Materials
Aluminum
French Provincial Style Rattan Armchair with Custom Finishes
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Luxury comfort with luxury design: the Victoria. Piece of our Origins Collection, this chaise longue summerizes the desire to give identity to a space. High-quality handmade work to propose a piece that gives shape to your personal moments.
Dimensions: W 31.5" x D 72.8" x H 35.8" x Seat H 17.7" x Arm H 22.4"
Avaiable in many models because of our custom options: differents fabrics, leathers, wood color. We also adapt the size of the pice to your spatial needs. New classics...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Jute, Wood, Trimming, Rattan
La Luna Easy Armchair by Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
La Luna easy armchair by Kenneth Cobonpue
Materials: Rattan, polyurethane foam, maple.
Also available in other colors.
Dimensions: 75 cm x 77 cm x H 72 cm
La Luna’s quiet sop...
Category
2010s Philippine Modern Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Foam, Maple
Modern Italian dark blue velvet tub armchairs, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Pair of blue velvet tub armchairs.
1970 approx.
Reupholstered, excellent condition.
Measurements in cm 50x70x58h 42h seat
A beautiful pair of tub-...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet
1951 Herman Miller Eames RAR Fiberglass Rocking Chair w/ Rope Edge & Zenith Tags
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a very rare, early 'RAR' Rocking Chair, initially designed by Ray and Charles Eames in 1950. This particular chair dates to around 1951, as determined by the early Zenith lab...
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Brazilian Modern Armchairs in Caviuna hardwood & Grey Linen, circa 1950s, Brazil
Located in New York, NY
Available today, these Brazilian Modern Armchairs in Caviuna Hardwood & Grey Linen, made in the 1950 are gorgeous!
This wonderful pair of a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric
Modern Low Chair Gropius CS1 with Ottoman in Faux Sheepskin by NOOM
Located in Paris, FR
New NOOM furniture collection is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus School in Germany. Ideas of functionalism and conciseness, the combination of Craft...
Category
2010s Ukrainian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Wool, Sheepskin, Fabric, Bouclé
Minotti Klee Leather Chair by Rodolfo Dordoni
Located in Basildon, London
Designed by Rodolfo Dordoni for Minotti in 2017, this leather chair combines modern design with luxurious comfort. The high-quality leather and sleek lines make it a standout piece. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
Set of Sculptural Organic Chaise Lounge & Pouf , Black Metal & Black Leather
Located in Alcoy, Alicante
The Hug contemporary chaise longue and ottoman is designed and conceived with a light aesthetic, the slight oscillation of the steel rod of 16 / 12 mm is complemented by the flexibil...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass, Steel
Modern Conchula Curved Sofa, Ivory Bouclé, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Conchula Sofa, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the Co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Bouclé, Wood, Oak
Italian Binta four Armchairs designed by Philippe Bestenheider for Moroso, 2010
Located in Traversetolo, IT
Binta Moroso is an armchair by Philippe Bestenheider characterized in its conception by essential features drawn from tradition
African reworked.
Its sculptural shape reminds us of ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Rubber
Esse Armchair Tribeca Collection by Marco and Giulio Mantellassi
Located in Milan, IT
The Esse armchair boasts a charming vintage style, characterized by a solid beech frame with elegantly contoured armrests. Upholstered in soft black leather, this cosy chair...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Lucite and Leather Lounge Chairs by Leon Frost, Signed
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This set of six dining armchairs by Leon Frost for Lion in Frost, circa 1975, embodies 1970s glamour and innovation. Known for pioneering Lucite furniture, ...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Lucite
21st Century Kivu Chair in Fabric by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A slim and essential design for the Kivu chair. The thin metal armrest that rotates around the structure is characterized by a particular bush-hammered finish that lends a rough and natural effect to the whole. The chair upholstery is in fabric with a snake pattern, belonging to Roberto Cavalli’s historical archive, while the metal tips give the chair a midcentury charm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
De Sede DS-707 Sofa in Black Club Leather Upholstery by Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The DS-707 is the modern composition of handmade leather and contemporary design. The flowing, soft transitions combine the postmodern era of Swiss furniture design with the clear open structures of brutalism that inspired designer Philippe Malouin. Available as a comfortable armchair or as a modular sofa that can be combined in infinite ways, the DS-707 is the visual perfection of form that gives every room a unique highlight.
Where the St. Lawrence River Montreal flows in a serpentine pattern, a residential complex marked by the architectural style of brutalism rises up on a small headland, the famous Habitat 67...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery
Modern T50 Lounge Chair, Pierre Frey Bouclé, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
T50 Lounge Chair, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
Designed by Rute Martins for the Contemporary Collection, the T50 lounge chair pays homage...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Mohair, Bouclé, Wood, Oak
Customizable Artifort Tulip Lounge by Pierre Paulin
Located in New York, NY
The Tulip armchair for Artifort…. as if designer Pierre Paulin had premonitions of flower power! The simple Tulip spreads its half-open petals around the sitter, inviting and warming...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Armchairs
Materials
Textile
Bioma Armchair by Imperfettolab
Located in Geneve, CH
Bioma armchair by Imperfettolab
2016/2019
Designer: Verter Turroni
Limited edition
Dimensions: W 275 x D 90 x H 100 cm
Materials: Fiberglass and metal base
Armchair in fibreg...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
21st Century Maclaine Armchair in Velvet by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
With a distinctive 1950s style, the exuberant and refined armchair lends a chic and contemporary touch to the living room. Maclaine comes in different finishing, in this case, it is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
High-Back Pasqualina Armchair by Grassi & Bianchi
Located in Milan, IT
This high-backed armchair is completely covered in ivory-colored leather atop a tubular steel frame, and its metal seat pan is covered in black technical fabric. Its silhouette plays...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Outdoor Lounge Armchair Featuring Leather Upholstery and Gold Accents
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Céline Lounge Chair
The Céline armchair features a minimalist design enriched with subtle details that bring out the essence of the brand, making it a versatile piece that integrat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Armchair model "Leda" By Salvador Dalí Spanish surrealist 20th century design
Located in Barcelona, ES
Armchair model "Leda"
Structure in polished cast brass varnish.
Salvador Dali
Taken from “Femme à tête de roses" (1935)” 1935 (Woman with a head of roses). It was sufficient for this sculpture to be made as a three dimensional piece, remaining faithful to every detail in Dalí’s painting.
Dalí affirmed: “A chair can be used even to sit on, but only on one condition: That we sit uncomfortably.” We can sit on the Leda, but due to the fact that it only has three legs and that the chair is heavy, it being made of solid brass, is more a work of art than a functional piece of furniture.
© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2022
Artworks by Salvador Dalí: © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Barcelona, 2022
Salvador Dalí is the most versatile and prolific artists of the 20th century and the most famous Surrealist. Though chiefly remembered for his painterly output, in the course of his long career he successfully turned to sculpture, printmaking, fashion, advertising, writing, filmmaking and design.
Born in Figueres, Catalonia, Dalí received his formal education in fine arts in Madrid. Influenced by Impressionism and the Renaissance masters from a young age, he became increasingly attracted to Cubism and avant-garde movements. He moved closer to Surrealism in the late 1920s and joined the Surrealist group in 1929, soon becoming one of its leading exponents.
In the Paris of the 1930s, Dalí surrounded himself with a circle of friends working in the application of art to a number of varied disciplines, beyond the study of purely pictorial art. One of these, Jean-Michel Frank, an acclaimed furniture designer and decorator in Paris at that time, got on extremely well with Dalí, and together they developed a number of ideas. One example of this is the Bracelli lamp, a classic design in Jean-Michel’s manner of designing and working that Dalí adopted for his home in Portlligat.
Among Dalí’s projects, which add to his CV as a designer, are the garden furniture for his home in Portlligat, the complete architecture of the Night Club (in the shape of a hedgehog) for the Hotel Presidente in Acapulco (1957) and a project for a bar in California in the 1940s.
His creations were not limited to traditional furniture elements, but included taps, handles, knobs, prints and objects of indeterminate use. In 1933, Dalí even registered the patent for the design of a bench as an outdoor seat. In the 1990s, a team of experts led by Oscar Tusquets set out to bring to life the furniture that Dalí had sketched for Jean-Michel Frank, including the Leda chair and low table taken from the 1935 painting “Femme...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Customizable ClassiCon Munich Lounge in Leather by Sauerbruch Hutton
Located in New York, NY
Modern art of the 20th and 21st centuries deserves an appropriate setting, with a building and its furniture that is just as modern. Berlin architects Sauerbruch Hutton were thus fac...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Armchairs
Materials
Leather
1930s French Hendaye Armchair by Pierre Dariel
Located in Toronto, CA
Armchair from the Thirties, by French designer Pierre Dariel (1889 – 1953), sporting a folding backrest that allows for three different seating positions. The cane weaving creates a ...
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1930s French Vintage Modern Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Beech, Oak
Vintage Military Canvas and Marbled Rust Armchair
By Stephen Kenn
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Inheritance Armchair by Stephen Kenn is as comfortable as it is unique. The design features an exposed construction composed of three elements - a steel frame, plush upholstery, and supportive belts. The deep seating area is perfect for a relaxing lounge experience. This armchair comes with removable cushion covers to allow for easy cleaning should the need arise.
Every Stephen Kenn piece is made to order through our Los Angeles studio in partnership with a number of small businesses and fabricators in the LA area. With this highly customizable armchair you can select from a wide range of finishes and materials to complement your home and lifestyle - please message us to see our Customization Guide with all available options.
Since the development of the Inheritance Collection, Stephen Kenn has been inspired by the history inherent in vintage military-issue materials. This version of our Inheritance Armchair is upholstered with salvaged vintage military canvas...
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2010s American Modern Armchairs
Materials
Steel
Modern armchairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern armchairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Portugal pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original armchairs, popular names associated with this style include Finn Juhl, De Sede, Jaime Hayon, and Philippe Starck. 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 $139 and tops out at $497,965 while the average work can sell for $4,833.