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Chairs For Sale
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Eames For Herman Miller Mid Century Fiberglass Shell Blue Chair
Located in Countryside, IL
Eames For Herman Miller Mid Century Fiberglass Shell Blue Chair
The chair measures: 24.75 wide x 22 deep x 31.25 high, with a sea...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of Four Mid Century Violet Blue Cotton-Velvet Heart Chairs, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A set of 4 chairs type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoro...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Kartell Roy Stool in Blue by Alessandro Mendini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Chinese-style stool featuring a pattern in homage to Roy Lichtenstein with the dots from his paintings.
Available in White, Black, Powder, Blue & Petroleum.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Savonarola Chairs
Located in Hanover, MA
We have three matching mid-century Italian made brass and painted wrought iron Savonarola chairs.
Each chair frame is structurally sound and in its original white paint which is somewhat chippy.
Upon request we can have repainted (or powder coated) the color of your choice.
Original loose upholstered seat and stitched-on backrest cushions are in their original tired and distressed material; the wrought iron arms are covered in rouched sleeves.
Our upholsterer can re-make or create new cushions per your specifications. Reach out to request suggestions.
Should you prefer we can also cut down rear uprights to match the height of the front, eliminating the backrest as well as the arms, transforming these chairs into Dante benches or cerule stools...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Chairs
Materials
Brass, Wrought Iron
Semo Armchair with Blue Fabric and Polished Burl Wood
Located in New York, NY
SEMO is the perfect armchair for the ultimate side sitters and for those who love to swivel. The thick finger arms are great to place your legs while you turn left and right. Semo re...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Wickham Armchair, Venetian Blue Velvet
By And Objects
Located in London, GB
And objects, product design studio founded by Martin Brudnizki and Nick Jeanes based in London.
Crafted from a solid beech wood frame completed with turned oak feet, the Wickham is a sumptuous take on the traditional armchair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet
E015 Embrace Lounge Chair in Walnut Oil and White Edging Strip by Eoos
Located in Burlington, NJ
EOOS designed the E015 Embrace Lounge chair to provide superior comfort. The chair consists of a continuously visible wooden structure with a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Customizable Artifort Ribbon Lounge Chair by Pierre Paulin
Located in New York, NY
A completely upholstered design by Pierre Paulin from 1966 and a professional, innovative vision on the well-known ribbon form. Metal frame with horizontal springs, covered with foam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile
Seidecimi Aureo Contemp Brass Armchair Made in Italy by edizioni Enrico Girotti
Located in Verona, IT
Seidecimi Aureo, made in Italy by Edizioni Enrico Girotti, is design by a single stroke that transforms into a continuous element, devoid of end and beginning, shaped by the metallic...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Salterini "Orange Slice" Chair
By Salterini
Located in Doylestown, PA
Salterini "Orange Slice" chair. Professionally restored and powder coated in a vibrant cobalt blue. Great for a patio, terrace or ornamental in a garden. ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Iron
In Stock in Los Angeles, Elf Blue Leather Dining Chair, by Gordon Guillaumier
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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In Stock in Los Angeles
The Blue "Elf" chair is padded and fully upholstered in leathe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Harry Bertoia for Knoll Bar Stools in Custom Italian Parker Hotel Style Cushions
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in Saint Louis, MO
How would you like to show these? Hollywood Regency Palm Springs Parker Hotel? Mid Century Modern Minimalist? Perhaps interchange both. This pair of bar stools came about in 1950 when Italian Sculptor and Furniture Designer Harry Bertoia experimented with bending metal rods to create practical art. Bertoia's bar stool has a filigree appearance that contradicts its strength and durability. In his own words, “If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes through them.” Made of bent metal frames finished in chrome with bends and curves to support all of yours, these sexy mid century modern bar stools are comfortable. Photographed along with custom made cushions inspired by Norma's Restaurant at the Parker Hotel in Palm Springs, California. Custom Cushions add comfort and a cozy experience while traditional Knoll yellow...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Plastic Rope Chair Model "Hydra" by Roberto Semprini for Sintesi, Italy 1994
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-century plastic rope chair model "Hydra" by Roberto Semprini for Sintesi - 1994.
Category
1990s Italian Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Mid-Century Modern Style Blue Velvet & Walnut Frame Barrel Chair, a Pair
Located in Plainview, NY
A stylish pair of Mid Century Modern style barrel chairs. The chairs feature a recent upholstery in an electric vivid blue velvet. a highly desirable and fashionable color. The high quality chairs are made of walnut wood. The natural color of the walnut wood showing burl patterns adds to the chairs beauty and elegance. This pair of MCM style chairs...
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Walnut
Semo Armchair with Purple Fabric and Polished Burl Wood
Located in New York, NY
SEMO is the perfect armchair for the ultimate side sitters and for those who love to swivel. The thick finger arms are great to place your legs while you turn left and right. Semo re...
Category
2010s Turkish Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood, Fabric
Lago Chair Ultramarine Blue by Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Characterized by the embracing shell and “stiletto” legs, Lagò is enhanced by intense and bright colors that deliberately smooth the entire surface or made it preciously materic by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Two LC2 Armchair by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Timeless, unique, and profoundly authentic, the LC2 armchair ha...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Robert Mallet-Stevens Dining Chairs Model 222 in Colourful Metal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens Designs, dining chairs model 222, lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later
Large set of lacque...
Category
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Wood Frame Armless Chair Petit in Walnut and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
The BassamFellows Wood Frame Collection has become one of the brand’s classic signatures.
Adding to the collection are upholstered dining chairs and upholstered stools.
The Woo...
Category
2010s American Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
AHM Rattan Stackable Dining Chair in Ashwood
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The eponymous AHM chair combines the sleek lines of early 1950s Danish design with a contemporary angle. Each natural ashwood piece is a subtle mix of straight and curved, and a versatile addition to home, office or public space. Light, elegant, tactile, stackable, practical. Natural ash, black, navy blue, ash grey or Indian red, with a seat of Classic rattan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chairs
Materials
Rattan
Hand-Laid Brass Stars on Blue Straw, Nut-Inspired Armchair with Velvet Cushion
Located in Cairo, EG
Hand-laid brass stars on blue straw. Nut-inspired armchair with velvet cushion.
Inspired by Nut, the Egyptian celestial goddess of the sky. The brass stars glimmer, contrasting agai...
Category
2010s Egyptian Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Substantial Sponge Chair by Peter Traag for Edra
By Peter Traag, Edra
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Substantial sponge chair by Peter Traag for Edra. With original tag on the side and original markings on the bottom. Created with original tag on the side ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Chairs
Materials
Textile
Pelleossa Armchair in Beech & Upholstered Seat, by Francesco Faccin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Pellerossa armrest chair is shown here in beechwood, and with nine upholstery seating fabrics to select from. The upholstery options include leather, vegetable leather or Sponge fabric. The Pellerossa's chair structure is also available in Canaletto walnut, oak or solid black aniline wood, as well as without an armrests, and in stool form. If you are interested in the Pelleossa chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
1970s Chromed Steel Light Blue Velvet Chairs, Set of 2
Located in IT
1970s chromed steel light blue velvet chairs, set of 2
Recently reupholstered
Size: W 44 cm, D 45 cm, H 84 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Water Blue Mini Plopp Stool by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Geneve, CH
Water blue mini plopp stool by Zieta.
Dimensions: D 25 x H 38 cm
Material: Carbon steel.
Finish: Powder-coated. Matt finish.
Available in colors: stra...
Category
2010s Polish Organic Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Warm Nordic Gesture Monochrome Fully Upholstered Chair in Teak Oak, Hans Olsen
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
This beautiful, moulded Gesture chair, designed in the 1950s, was the work of the acclaimed Danish architect, Hans Olsen. With its welcoming design, the Gesture chair creates a warm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 modern dining chairs by Mark Goetz for Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 modern dining chairs by Mark Goetz for Herman Miller. Very comfortable. Standard 18 in. seat height. Stackable.
Category
20th Century American Chairs
Materials
Metal
Customizable Inno Lab ZA Swivel Adjustable Chair by Harri Korhonen
Located in New York, NY
Measures: Height: 780-890 mm
Width: 600 mm
Seat height: 400-510 mm
Depth: 600 mm
5-STAR CROSS LEG WITH WHEELS OR GLIDERS,
SWIVEL GAS LIFT G
Lab ZA is a meeting chair that combi...
Category
2010s Finnish Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Leather
Dos À Dos Louvre Double Seat Cyan by La Cividina
By La Cividina
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Dos à Dos was designed in 1967 for the Louvre Museum, where its curves had the discreet but essential role of accommodating visitors as they admired the spel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Navy Blue Vintage Chair, by Fameg Factory, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Comfortable chair A6150 produced in the late 1960s by the Furniture Factory "Fameg" in Radomsko. The seat is covered with high quality fabric. The chair has undergone a full carpentr...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Moooi Monster Diamond Chair with Arms in Denim Light Wash Blue Upholstery
By Moooi, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A soft, puffy and stylish chair as symbol of the eternal battle between opposite forces that take place in life and can be easily recognized inside ourselves, if we have the courage to open our eyes. Scary? Not at all! You forget all about the monster once you sit down and enjoy the chair’s comfort and softness. The signature version, the fearless leader of our Monster family, comes upholstered in Moooi Original Black Synthetic Leather with an embroidered face. Steel frame, foam.
Additional information:
Material: Steel, foam, upholstery
Upholstery: Denim Light...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Set of "Lens" Chairs by G. Offredi Blue Velvet and Chrome, Saporiti Italy 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Marvellous midcentury armchairs with tubular steel structure and seats. "Lens" model was designed by Giovanni Offredi and produced for Saporiti, around 1968 in Italy.
These items are made of a stunning new stain-resistant, fire-retardant petrol blue velvet. A magnificent and iconic set that will be perfect for a living room or study, thanks to the brightness of the chromed steel structure.
These pieces are in amazing vintage conditions as shown in the photos.
The shipping quote refers to the chairs shipped with the seating disassembled from the chrome base.
Giovanni Offredi (born 1927, Milan–died 2007, Milan) was a prominent Italian furniture and product designer of the second half of the 20th century. As opposed to most of the other Italian furniture designers of his time, Giovanni Offredi was not an architect, nor did he start designing early in his professional career. Instead, Offredi partially fits the career path of some of the talented contemporary designers who pursue product design outside of a formal education in architecture.
The earliest furniture design work known by Giovanni Offredi consists of exemplary furnishings made specifically for some of the wealthy families in Milan. Such is the case of the works done by Offredi for Casa C., in 1960, in Gorgonzola, a small town 14 miles from Milan. These works were designed with a surprisingly minimal simplicity and elegance, and they also clearly display a hallmark of his design work with the use of angular lines and exposed metal or wood frames—not unlike some of the modern Scandinavian design of the time.
In the late 1960s, Giovanni Offredi met Sergio Saporiti, the owner of Italian design shop and furniture maker Saporiti, and in 1970, Offredi formalized a partnership with the furniture maker. This partnership would be long and successful and resulted in many furniture designs of distinct precision that were clearly modern and innovative and that went on to enjoy considerable commercial success.
The most prominent furniture designs that Offredi made for Saporiti include the Paracarro table...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel, Stainless Steel, Chrome
Metis Pad 180 Chair, Metal, Colors, Contract, Bar, Restaurant, Design, Fabric
Located in MARANO VICENTINO, IT
metis Pad, the textures and variety of colour in the fabrics, the quality and tactile experience of leather, and the elegance and softness of velvet combine with metal frames in diff...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Kartell Roy Stool in Petroleum by Alessandro Mendini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Chinese-style stool featuring a pattern in homage to Roy Lichtenstein with the dots from his paintings.
Available in white, black, powder, blue & petroleum.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Nest Easy Chair XL - +Halle Denmark - 2018
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Nest Easy Chair XL - +Halle
Denmark
New
Steel, fabric and kvadrat
2018
Measures: H150x84x87cm
Seat height: 43cm.
Category
2010s European Other Chairs
Materials
Steel
Swale Low Armchair with Upholtered Base by La Cividina
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Thanks to an abundant and generous structure, the Swale armchair evokes relaxed conversation scenarios for residential and contract environments. The comfort of the seat is given by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Carbon Fiber, Upholstery
Scalene Outdoor Armchair in a Dark Blue Fabric
Located in Miami, FL
The Scalene armchair was created by our amazing Uultis Design team, with an upholstered beautiful dark blue fabric, features a welded aluminum structure that gives this chair more re...
Category
2010s Brazilian Chairs
Materials
Metal
20th Century French Set of Four Gaston Viort Aluminum Chairs, 1950s
By Gaston Viort
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice set of four painted aluminum chairs stamped at the back by Gaston Viort in the 1950s for the "Salon de Provence".
The chairs has been pai...
Category
1950s French Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Cleo Baldon X-Form Chairs Restored with Acrylic Dowels and Sunbrella Upholstery
By Cleo Baldon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Four Mid Century classic Cleo Baldon Style chairs - the four have been completely restored with powder coated finish in white satin, and sunbr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Robert Mallet-Stevens Dining Chairs in Colourful Metal
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens designs, dining chairs model 222, lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later
Large set of newly lacquered tubular chairs designed by the one of the masters of the Modern architecture; French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. This model of a chair is one of Mallet-Stevens's best-known pieces of furniture that he created for the Salon des Art...
Category
1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Lago Chair Light Grey by Driade
By Driade
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Characterized by the embracing shell and “stiletto” legs, Lagò is enhanced by intense and bright colors that deliberately smooth the entire surface or made it preciously materic by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Ali Armrest Chair in Beech Walnut Base with Seat, by Philippe Tabet
By Miniforms, Philippe Tabet
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Chair with solid beech legs stained oak, walnut or black aniline. Shell upholstered in the listed fabrics. Here you are shown the Ali armrest chair in beech stained walnut base with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Mula Chair in Black Metal Leg Base with Upholstery Seat, by E-GGs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mula chair is offered with iron rebar metal base, varnished in black. The seat and back are made with an injected flame-retardant polyurethane foam, upholstered in the listed fabrics. The body is packed separately from the base. Here you are shown the Mula Chair in Black Metal Base with Upholstery Seat. This item is also available in a swivel office chair option.
Formed by Gaia Giotti, Giona Scarselli and Cristina Razzanelli, E-GGS deals with design with a transversal approach, ranging between product design, interior and architecture. Attention and curiosity are captured by the discovery of the unusual in everyday life, in the search for new expressive and material languages.
Additional information:
Dimensions: Seat height 46.7 cm, overall chair height 78 cm, width of chair 57...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Modern Minimal Outdoor Sling by Studio Stirling in Blues
Located in Johannesburg, ZA
"Our Outdoor Sling hanging chair swing seat is crafted with Spradling Silvertex material – a highly sustainable environmentally-friendly vegan material.
The Slings can be ordered ...
Category
2010s South African Minimalist Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Blue Kangaroo Chair Designed by Ernst Moeckl, Germany, 1968
By Ernst Moeckl
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
This model is called Z-chair. Designed in 1968 in the GDR by Ernst Moeckl and Siegfried Mehl, German Version of the Panton chair. Also called kangaroo chair or variopur chair. Produc...
Category
20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Outdoor Bar Chair in White Stainless Steel with Navy Blue Waterproof Leather
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Nero Outdoor Bar Chair
The Nero outdoor bar chair and its customization possibilities have the capability of transforming an outdoor bar or dining ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Brogliato Traverso Newood Light Bar Stool in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
BrogliatoTraverso studio has continued to amplify its celebrated family, inspired by classic Windsor chairs, this time in two ultra-light versions: Newood Light chair and Newood Ligh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Studio Cappellini Normal Chair with Leather Upholstery for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
A successful blend between rigour and Romanticism. In this chair, the precision of the design is accompanied by a captivating aesthetic flair. The Normal chair has a frame without ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Jasper Morrison Tate Stool Upholstered in Fabric or Leather for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Easy to stack – to a maximum of 6 pieces – the Tate chair designed by Jasper Morrison is part of a range that includes chairs and stools. This series has a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam, Beech, Plywood
Ola Chair with Armrest in Violet 19 Pink Upholstery & Satin Brass Legs by Saba
By Saba Italia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Ola family extends to the dining room: Ola chair originates from the same concept of curved sheets, each converging towards a single center point. Four sheets become two sheets f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Set of Eight Mid-Century Violet Blue Cotton-Velvet Heart Chairs, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A set of 8 chairs type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoro...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Blue / Turquoise Velvet Rabbit Chair, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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The idea of the rabbit, a gentle, lovable and shy animal, comes from the association of its ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Luigi Scremin 10 Chairs Set Blue Leatherette and Melalic Structure, Italy, 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of ten Italian chairs designed by Luigi Scremin (1897-1983). They are compose of a black lacquered structure made of curved iron rod with handmade upholstery in light blue synthe...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Iron
Contemporary Avio Blue Velvet Upholstered Dining Armchair, Stay by Nika Zupanc
By Nika Zupanc
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary Avio blue velvet upholstered dining armchair - Stay by Nika Zupanc
The Stay Family turns everyday seating into a special occasion. The Dining Chair and Dining Armchair are variations on an elegant social theme whilst the Dining Table adds a theatrical touch to social gatherings; the upholstered Armchair and Sofa make an irresistible invitation to sit, the dream-like Stay Daybed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Slovenian Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Primula Chair by George J. Sowden by Post Design Collection/Memphis
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Primula chair in metal and wood by George J. Sowden by Post Design collection/Memphis
Additional Information:
Painted metal structure, painted wooden seat and back, feet in rubbe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chairs
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Plain Clay Dining Chair by Maarten Baas
By Maarten Baas
Located in Warsaw, PL
This Dining Chair comes from Maarten Baas’s Plain Clay collection. This collection was originally developed for the Mendini restaurant in the Groninger Museum.
Unlike the Clay Ser...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Fried Egg Monochrome Chair, by Hans Olsen from Warm Nordic
By Hans Olsen
Located in Viby J, DK
A unique asymmetrical lounge chair, designed by the highly acclaimed Danish architect, Hans Olsen in the 1950s. Fried Egg is also available in an exclusive anniversary edition with s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam
Pair of Midcentury Cobalt Blue Brass Round Bedroom Chairs Maple Wood
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Pair of midcentury cobalt blue brass round bedroom chairs maple wood.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Maple
Shop Antique and Vintage Chairs on 1stDibs: Lounge Chairs, Dining Chairs and Other Seating for Sale
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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