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Post-Modern Armchairs

POSTMODERN STYLE

Postmodern design was a short-lived movement that manifested itself chiefly in Italy and the United States in the early 1980s. The characteristics of vintage postmodern furniture and other postmodern objects and decor for the home included loud-patterned, usually plastic surfaces; strange proportions, vibrant colors and weird angles; and a vague-at-best relationship between form and function.

ORIGINS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Emerges during the 1960s; popularity explodes during the ’80s
  • A reaction to prevailing conventions of modernism by mainly American architects
  • Architect Robert Venturi critiques modern architecture in his Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)
  • Theorist Charles Jencks, who championed architecture filled with allusions and cultural references, writes The Language of Post-Modern Architecture (1977)
  • Italian design collective the Memphis Group, also known as Memphis Milano, meets for the first time (1980) 
  • Memphis collective debuts more than 50 objects and furnishings at Salone del Milano (1981)
  • Interest in style declines, minimalism gains steam

CHARACTERISTICS OF POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGN

  • Dizzying graphic patterns and an emphasis on loud, off-the-wall colors
  • Use of plastic and laminates, glass, metal and marble; lacquered and painted wood 
  • Unconventional proportions and abundant ornamentation
  • Playful nods to Art Deco and Pop art

POSTMODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW

VINTAGE POSTMODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS

Critics derided postmodern design as a grandstanding bid for attention and nothing of consequence. Decades later, the fact that postmodernism still has the power to provoke thoughts, along with other reactions, proves they were not entirely correct.

Postmodern design began as an architectural critique. Starting in the 1960s, a small cadre of mainly American architects began to argue that modernism, once high-minded and even noble in its goals, had become stale, stagnant and blandly corporate. Later, in Milan, a cohort of creators led by Ettore Sottsass and Alessandro Mendinia onetime mentor to Sottsass and a key figure in the Italian Radical movement — brought the discussion to bear on design.

Sottsass, an industrial designer, philosopher and provocateur, gathered a core group of young designers into a collective in 1980 they called Memphis. Members of the Memphis Group,  which would come to include Martine Bedin, Michael Graves, Marco Zanini, Shiro Kuramata, Michele de Lucchi and Matteo Thun, saw design as a means of communication, and they wanted it to shout. That it did: The first Memphis collection appeared in 1981 in Milan and broke all the modernist taboos, embracing irony, kitsch, wild ornamentation and bad taste.

Memphis works remain icons of postmodernism: the Sottsass Casablanca bookcase, with its leopard-print plastic veneer; de Lucchi’s First chair, which has been described as having the look of an electronics component; Martine Bedin’s Super lamp: a pull-toy puppy on a power-cord leash. Even though it preceded the Memphis Group’s formal launch, Sottsass’s iconic Ultrafragola mirror — in its conspicuously curved plastic shell with radical pops of pink neon — proves striking in any space and embodies many of the collective’s postmodern ideals. 

After the initial Memphis show caused an uproar, the postmodern movement within furniture and interior design quickly took off in America. (Memphis fell out of fashion when the Reagan era gave way to cool 1990’s minimalism.) The architect Robert Venturi had by then already begun a series of plywood chairs for Knoll Inc., with beefy, exaggerated silhouettes of traditional styles such as Queen Anne and Chippendale. In 1982, the new firm Swid Powell enlisted a group of top American architects, including Frank Gehry, Richard Meier, Stanley Tigerman and Venturi to create postmodern tableware in silver, ceramic and glass.

On 1stDibs, the vintage postmodern furniture collection includes chairs, coffee tables, sofas, decorative objects, table lamps and more.

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Style: Post-Modern
Ettore armchair memphis tribute black white lamiate purple velvet Studio Greca
Located in Torino, TO
Design by Studio Greca, Federico Greca Kitsch and elegance in tribute to the group that, on December 11 1980 met for the first time in the Milan living room of Ettore Sottsass. Wood and eccentric laminate culminate, in this version, with a circular cushion in purple velvet. A radical design...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Brass

Tiffany Bouelle Right O2 Armchair by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Tiffany Bouelle Right O2 armchair by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 63 x W 54 x H 67 cm, Seat H 35 cm. Material: Suede velvet 380g / m², steel. This sp...
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2010s French Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

1980s Post Modern Sculptural Lounge Chair MCM
Located in Basel, BS
Thank you for visiting our shop. We have two of these fabulous chairs. The price here is for one, they are sold individually here. These are stunning examples of 1980 Postmodern L...
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Hug Golden Chair by Rejo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Hug Golden chair by Rejo Studio Dimensions: D 115 x W 70 x H 70 cm Materials: Wooden structure, with Velvet or silk Also Available in different colours...
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2010s Saudi Arabian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Silk, Velvet, Wood

Pair of Vintage Scandinavian Modern Black Leather Armchairs from Ire Möbel AB
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of rare armchairs was manufactured by Ire Möbel AB in Skillingaryd, Sweden, during the 1970s. The seats were upholstered in black natural leather with longitudinal stitching...
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1970s Swedish Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Elios Red and Pink O2 Armchair by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Elios red and pink O2 armchair by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 63 x W 54 x H 67 cm, Seat H 35 cm. Material: Suede velvet 380g / m², steel. The O2 Elios armchair from Eté 83 collect...
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2010s French Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Pau V1 Armchair by Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Pau V1 armchair by Edizione Limitata Limited Edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered. Dimensions: D 71 x W 81 x H 72 cm. Materials: Resin-coated polistyrene. Edizione Limita...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Resin, Polystyrene

Bondi Chaise Left by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bondi chaise Left by Domkapa Materials: black texturized stainless steel, fiber (Drava Nata). Dimensions: W 190 x D 91 x H 72 cm. Also available in different materials. Bondi C...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stainless Steel

Embrace Cormo Cobalt Armchair by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Embrace Cormo Cobalt armchair by Royal Stranger Dimensions: W 96 x D 85 x H 68 cm. Different upholstery colors and finishes are available. Materials: ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery

Nicole 1 Seats Sofa by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Nicole 1 Seats sofa by Domkapa Materials: Velvet (Neva 2206), black texturized steel. Dimensions: W 116 x D 105 x H 90 cm. Also available in differen...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Ettore armchair memphis tribute black white lamiate orange leather Studio Greca
Located in Torino, TO
Design by Studio Greca Federico Greca Kitsch and elegance in tribute to the group that, on December 11 1980 met for the first time in the Milan livin...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Laminate, Wood

Fig Armchair with Side Table by Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Fig Armchair with side table by Masaya Dimensions: W72 x D80 x H74 cm Materials: Brass, Teak, Wood Also Available: Different colors (Gold, Polished Brass. Black, Painted Brass) ...
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2010s Thai Post-Modern Armchairs

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Brass

Beige Marika Armchair by Studio Christinekalia
Located in Geneve, CH
Beige marika armchair by Studio Christinekalia Dimensions: W 66 x D 72 x H 81 cm (seat height 45 cm.) Materials: Wood, metal, macro plush fabric. This seat piece follows gentle ...
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2010s Cypriot Post-Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Upholstery

Elios Blue and Pink O2 Armchair by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Elios Blue and Pink O2 armchair by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 63 x W 54 x H 67 cm, Seat H 35 cm. Material: Suede velvet 380g / m², steel. The O2 Elios armchair from Eté 83 collec...
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2010s French Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Lena Armchair by Masaya
Located in Geneve, CH
Lena armchair by Masaya Dimensions: W80 x D65 x H30/76 cm Materials: Brass Also Available: Different colors (Gold, Polished Brass. Black, Painted Brass) and materials ( Wood, Ma...
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2010s Thai Post-Modern Armchairs

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Brass

Poltrona Bouquet Antique Armchair by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Poltrona Bouquet Antique armchair by Yukiko Nagai. Dimensions: D65 x W61 x H98 cm. Material: Marble(Biancone etc.), Natural stone, Venetian color glass, Styrofoam, Glass fiber, Re...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stone, Cement, Marble

Abi Fauteuil by Van Rossum
Located in Geneve, CH
Abi Fauteuil by Van Rossum Dimensions: D77 x W67 x H76 cm Materials: Oak, leather. The wood is available in all standard Van Rossum colors, or in a mat...
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2010s Dutch Post-Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Oak

Set of 2 Block Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Block armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: width 92 - depth 75 - height 78 - seat 43 cm. Materials: pine wood structure, curved plywood board reinforced with tablex. Foam CMHR (...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Plywood

Tiffany Bouelle Left O2 Armchair by Babel Brune
Located in Geneve, CH
Tiffany Bouelle Left O2 armchair by Babel Brune Dimensions: D 63 x W 54 x H 67 cm, Seat H 35 cm. Material: Suede velvet 380g / m², steel. This spe...
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2010s French Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Charles Cormo Persimmon Armchair by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Charles cormo persimmon armchair by Royal Stranger Dimensions: D 88 x W 84 x H 78 cm. Materials: Upholstery, prussiana lacquered with glossy finish. Weight: 62.5 kg. Finish Opt...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Other

Bondi Chaise Right by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bondi chaise right by Domkapa. Materials: black texturized stainless steel, fiber (Drava Nata). Dimensions: W 190 x D 91 x H 72 cm. Also available in different materials. Bond...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stainless Steel

Block Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Block armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions H 78 x D 75 x W 87 cm 32 kg Materials: Pine wood structure, curved plywood board reinforced with table. ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Pine

Bondi Armchair Without Armrest by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Bondi armchair without armrest by Domkapa Materials: black texturized steel, fabric (Drava Nata). Dimensions: W 88 x D 95 x H 72 cm. Also available in different materials. Bo...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stainless Steel

Copacabana Armchair Right by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Copacabana armchair Right by Domkapa Materials: black texturized steel, bamboo wood, fabric (Rhine Ice). Dimensions: W 105 x D 105 x H 75 cm. Al...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stainless Steel

Joe Colombo ‘Elda’ Lounge Chair in Cognac Leather and Black Fiberglass
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Joe Colombo for Comfort, lounge chair model ‘Elda’, fiberglass, leather, Italy, design 1963, later production. The ‘Elda’ chair is one of the most well-known designs of Italian desi...
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1960s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Leather, Fiberglass

Pigro Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Pigro armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W83, D90, H77, Seat 42 Materials: Pine wood structure, tablex and particles board Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retardant) for ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Unique Tusk Style Chairs with New Sheepskin and Fabric Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very Unique pair of Accent chairs Featuring Tusk-Like arms of solid wood Newly upholstered in mushroom tone sheepskin & soft velvety neutral to...
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1980s Italian Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Sheepskin, Fabric, Wood

Alexander Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Alexander armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Leather, Rose Gold Brushed metal. Dimensions: W 88 x D 90 x H 96 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact us. ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Oslo Chair, Grey by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Oslo chair - grey by Pepe Albargues. Dimensions: W59, D50, H75, Seat 46. Materials: Beech wood structure. Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retardant) for all our cushion filli...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Wood, Fabric

Quetzal Armchair, Yellow by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Quetzal armchair, yellow by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W100, D100, H90, Seat 42 Materials: Iron structure Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retardant) for all our cushion filli...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Hug White Chair by Rejo Studio
Located in Geneve, CH
Hug white chair by Rejo Studio Dimensions: D 115 x W 70 x H 70 cm Materials: Wooden structure, with Velvet or silk Also Available in different colours. We designed the chair to...
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2010s Saudi Arabian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Silk, Velvet, Wood

Pair of Cotton Armchairs, Purple by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Pair of cotton armchairs, purple by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W 78, D 90, H 104, Seat 43 Materials: Pinewood structure reinforced with plywood and tablex Foam CMHR (high resilien...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Pair of Pigro Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Pigro armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W83, D90, H77, Seat 42. Materials: Pine wood structure, tablex and particles board. Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retardant) fo...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Fabric, Wood

Post Modern Black Leather Lounge Chair, 1980
Located in Chicago, IL
Post modern black leather lounge chair, 1980. Is the style of De Sede. Original leather.
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1980s American Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Leather

Elba Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Elba armchair by Domkapa Materials: Bouclé, Polished Stainless Steel. Dimensions: W 87 x D 88 x H 100 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact us. * with 1 pillow included in the same fabric as the structure (50x30 cm). Domkapa holds a tremendous passion for detailed stitching, presenting several similarities to the haute-couture philosophy focused on the value of a “made by hand...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Stainless Steel

Miller Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Miller armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural fiber, wood, leather. Dimensions: W 82 x D 83 x H 65 cm. Also available in different materials. Miller is a one-of-a-kind armchai...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Other

Block Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Block armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: Width 92 - Depth 75 - Height 78 - Seat 43 cm Materials: Pine wood structure, curved plywood board reinfor...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Plywood

Pearl Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Pearl armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Ash, Bouclé. Dimensions: W 88 x D 82 x H 78 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact ...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Bouclé, Ash

Set of 2, Goma Armchair 'Red' & Goma Bar Chair by Made By Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2, Goma armchair (Red) & goma bar chair by Made By Choice Dimensions: 55 x 55 x 85 cm (Armchair), 50 x 50 x 105 cm (Goma Bar Chair) Materials: Plywood Standard finishes: Natural wood / painted black Also available: Upholstery in fabric or leather (category 1 & 3), Goma dining chair...
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2010s Finnish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Birch, Plywood

Set of 2 Alice Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Alice armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W72, D90, H 101, Seat40 Materials: Pine wood structure reinforced with plywood and tablex Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retarda...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Hex Armchair Low Panels with Side Table by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
HEX Armchair low panels with side table by Pepe Albargues. Dimensions: W 76 x D 77 x H 80 x seat 44 Materials: Pine wood and tablex seat structure. Backrest with metal frame, plywo...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Greta Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Greta armchair by Domkapa Materials: Velvet, Black Ash. Dimensions: W 73 x D 77 x H 85 cm. Also available in different materials and colors.  Gr...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Velvet, Ash

Legacy Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Legacy armchair by Domkapa Materials: Natural Leather. Dimensions: W 70 x D 79 x H 75 cm. Also available in different materials. This stunning armchair is the result of highl...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Leather

Embrace Cormo Natural Armchair by Royal Stranger
Located in Geneve, CH
Embrace Cormo natural armchair by Royal Stranger Dimensions: W 96 x D 85 x H 68 cm. Different upholstery colors and finishes are available. Materials: Upholstery. Featuring an enfolding composition of geometrical shapes, the Embrace armchair will cozy you up in a nest-like chair. Its back rounded silhouette allied to a very smooth seat raises the perfect setting to fall asleep after a movie night. Its tiny dimension yet outstanding gives you the feeling of a warm embrace in all the right places. This smooth Armchair reflects both an obsession with comfort and contemporary design. Royal Stranger is an exclusive furniture brand determined to bring you the best unique pieces of art and design. Fusing design, art and the best craftsmanship, they strive to deliver the best state of the handmade art furniture. The design team works every day to create meaningful products that represent values such as passion, function, aesthetics and know-how. Values that are meant to represent Royal Stranger’s DNA. This dedication is present at all stages of production and the combination of craftsmanship and innovative design contributes to our final purpose: to produce certified high-quality products, made with passion and expertise and using royal materials such as gold leaf, rich woods and high quality lacquers. It was in 2013, as an architects, that Sofia Santos & Rui Santos started to push the boundaries of innovation in several retail design...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery

Alice Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Alice armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W72, D90, H 101, Seat40 Materials: Pine wood structure reinforced with plywood and tablex Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retarda...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Twin Moon Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Twin Mmoon armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W 103 x D 95 x H 83 x Seat 40 Materials: Pine wood, plywood and tablex structure. Foam CMHR (high resilience and flame retardant) ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Lacquer, Foam, Wood, Pine, Plywood

Edison Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Edison armchair by Domkapa Materials: Black Texturized Steel, Fabric. Dimensions: W 71 x D 88 x H 80 cm. Also available in different materials. This armchair is the epitome o...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Leather Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Leather armchair by Pepe Albargues A cozy and embracing armchair, an incredible piece that converges in a perfect balance of volumes due to its unique structure and its rounded padd...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Ruth Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Ruth armchair by Domkapa Materials: Microfiber, Fumé Stained Ash. Dimensions: W 82 x D 78 x H 80 cm. Also available in different materials. Please contact us. Ruth is a harmoni...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Ash, Natural Fiber

Hug Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Hug armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: Width 108 - depth 95 - height 73 - Seat 43 cm Materials: Pine wood structure reinforced with plywood and tablex. Backrest is 50% goose f...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Plywood

Greta H Armchair by Domkapa
Located in Geneve, CH
Greta H armchair by Domkapa Materials: Solid wood: Fumé stained beech, upholstery. Dimensions: W 73 x D 86 x H 105 cm. Also available in different materials. Greta armchair...
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2010s Portuguese Post-Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery, Wood

1970s Vintage Mid Century Modern Hand Lounge Chair, in White-- One Piece
Located in Madison, WI
Excellent Prop piece, or a Living Room, studio or office POP! This listing is for the White chair. We also have a Black chair, sold separately, pictured here. The RMIC hand chair made its first appearance around the year 1970. The spectacular chair is made of plastic and shaped like a giant hand with its palm turned upward, while the fingers serve as a backrest. Originally, the hand chair was designed in 1962 by Pedro Friedeberg, a then 24 years old surrealist artist. Friedeberg artistic sensibilities were decisively directed against everything conventional, and he was inspired by the Dadaistic practice of producing anti-art for art's sake. This White Hand Chair features the cup holder. Dimensions 27ʺW × 21ʺD × 34ʺH Seat Interior Width: 21" Seat Interior Depth: 21" Seat Height: 18" Arm Height: 20" Shipping: We ship insured and to your door, using blanket...
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1970s American Vintage Post-Modern Armchairs

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Plastic

Functional Art Chair / Throne "Left at the End of the Corridor" by Lionel Jadot
Located in Antwerp, BE
'Left At The End of the Corridor' conversation piece by Lionel Jadot for Everyday Gallery, 2020 Collectible Design / Functional art, Lionel Jadot for Everyday Gallery, Belgium 2020 Born in Brussels in 1969, Lionel Jadot is an interior designer, artist, designer, filmmaker, adventurer. But all at once, preferably. Lionel Jadot is firing on all cylinders. ‘I never throw anything, I pick up everything. Not having a green thumb, I’m trying cuttings, weddings against nature. I never forget a line.’ He’s inviting us in subtle, off-beat worlds, on the edge of reality. Its material is made of dilated time. A wandering spirit, he seeks a protective balance in a hostile world. It is his constant questioning: what happens to the place where we live? For Lionel Jadot, everything is object, everything is history. He draws from other places, other times, and seeks what’s linking them. He sews, stitches, unpicks, blends materials, combines eras. He will enshrine some wood essence in metal, some mineral in a plant, the old in the new. ‘I take extra care to the joint between two materials.’ With him, there is always some play in the parts, as in a piece of machinery. From a kingdom to another, he provokes organic, viral growths, generating energy. Linking past and future, he never forgets a line. ‘I accumulate them.’ He’s inviting us in subtle worlds, off-beat, on the edge of reality. Are we in 1930 or in 2030? Both, no doubt. Its material is made of dilated time. The eye goes hand in hand with the ear. ‘When I walk into a place, I listen to the good (or bad) it does to me. An ineffable feeling.’ He recreates mutant buildings, like the future Royal Botanique, a 5 stars hotel housed in the Church of the Gesu, a former convent behind a 1940 façade. He talks about a ‘hotel object’, which he holds and turns around in his hand. A wandering spirit, he’s flirting with retro-futurism. The Jam, another hotel, is intended for urban travelers, fans of swiftness, fluidity and hospitality. He designs interiors as a set of objects: a motorcycle cut in concrete becomes a bar counter. He finds gothic cartoon echoes, from the likes of Moebius, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Enki Bilal, sets from Garage Hermétique and Blade Runner, a protective balance in a hostile world. Discovering Jadot’s little cosmos of collected and accumulated goods, it becomes clear that every element has its own story. I tried to collect them and in turn, devour them in the coming paragraphs. But first: the show is best experienced seated, barring the distinction between object of use and object of attention, they invite for different types of conversation. The seats, chairs, thrones all make us think of our own physical comportment, and of how the seat lends grandeur to the person sitting on it, by crowning its presence. The crackling floor, the felt walls and the diffuse light slow you down into an oddly absorbing environment, in which you are left puzzled. In the eclectic collages of objects, bits and pieces collected all over the world come together in ways practical, and logical, though possibly only in the artist’s mind. All his finds eventually seem to fall into place. Starting with the mere conception of a chair, rather than with a set-out plan or sketch, the works are intuitively construed out of an archive that one can only imagine the dimensions of. Things forgotten by others, precious for him, were all once designed for their own purpose. Here they find their fit as a base, a closing system or a balancing element. The first piece that opens the exhibition, the most throne-like of all seats in the show, builds around a chair of his grandmother, protected by mops, and harassed with bed springs. As you enter the space, you pass by a shell leaning over a yellow seat that stems from his old Mustang, and find a white stool piece with Mexican leather dog training whips— the white building blocks of which turn out to be dried molding material, as found and broken out of a bucket by workers every morning. Further, the stone piece that reminds one of the stone age, is indeed made of 400 million old rocks, and the soft seats are lent from construction, where these strokes of textile carry up the heaviest goods. In the corner — but as you walk this walk please be seated on any of the thrones and experience the work for a moment— the green fluffy cover is made by XXXX who remakes cartographies of warzones, one of which is here mounted on a flexible fishing chair. On an experience level, the conversation chair enhances self-confidence, while putting you literally in a good spot with the person you’re conversing with. The lamp perfectly shows the playful Cadavre Exquis...
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2010s Belgian Post-Modern Armchairs

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Steel

Set of 2 Boomerang Benches, Pink by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 boomerang benches, Pink by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W152, D72, H79, Seat 43 Materials: Paint coated iron structure / gold / copper or chromed iron structure Plywood bac...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Oslo Armchair Arctic Fox Throw by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Oslo armchair - arctic fox throw by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W65, D60, H73, Seat 44 Materials: Beech wood structure. Foam CMHR (high resilience and ...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Upholstery, Foam, Wood

Hex Armchair with Low Backrest by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
HEX armchair with low backrest by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W 70 x D 77 x H 80 x Seat 44 Materials: Pine wood and tablex seat structure. Backrest with metal frame, plywood and tab...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Metal

Terra Armchair by Pepe Albargues
Located in Geneve, CH
Terra armchair by Pepe Albargues Dimensions: W 64 x D 70 x H 82 x Seat 46. Materials: Black painted iron frame and legs for others colours please ask for increment. Foam CMHR (high...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Armchairs

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Iron

Tao Armchair by Guillaume Alan
Located in Geneve, CH
Tao armchair by Guillaume Alan. Dimensions: D 66 x W 50 cm x H 103 cm. Materials: ash-wood, brushed finish, leather. Also available in different colors. French interior des...
Category

2010s French Post-Modern Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Ash

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