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Chairs For Sale
Period: Late 19th Century
Period: 1980s
French 19th Century Chairs with Original Black Patina - Set of 2
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of 2 French Chairs with Casters
Category

1880s French Baroque Antique Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Guerin Leather Accent Armchair by Hancock & Moore
Located in Lake Worth, FL
Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Genuine Leather Accent Office Guerin Armchair by HANCOCK & MOORE This listing and price are for th...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

19th Century Red Maroon English Country House Leather Armchair
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A fine and original late 19th century maroon buttoned leather armchair. On turned front legs and typical squared back, all with their original brass castors. Areas of wear as you ...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Oak

Antique Dining Chair Fischel, Austria, circa 1890s
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patine of age, perfectly cleaned and re-polished with shelack finish.
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Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Rare Pair of Philippe Starck Armchairs from the Royalton Hotel, NYC
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare pair of Philippe Starck armchairs from the Royalton Hotel, NYC. Original label. Royalton Hotel is located just east of Times Square in Manhattan at 44 West 44th Street. It was t...
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1980s North American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany, Plywood

Italian modern Chairs in blue metal, black wood and black rubber, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Chairs in blue metal, black wood and black rubber, 1980s Pair of fantastic and vintage chairs with round seat in black painted wood. The backrest is made up of a pair ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Italian Pair of "Elios" Folding Chairs by Colle d'Elsa, 1980s
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice set of 2 Italian folding chairs, fabricated in the 80s. The name of the chairs is "Elios" and they are designed by Colle d'Elsa. The seating and the back of the chairs ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique English Monk's Chair Bench Oak Converts to Folding Table Round 19th C
Located in Tyler, TX
Rare Mid-19th Century Antique carved Oak "Monk's Chair"~~Converts to folding round table~~Renaissance Revival ~~circa 1890 Versatile size When used as table~~29.5" tall x 27...
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Late 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak

Black Chippendale Chair by Robert Venturi for Knoll, 1980s. Attached Cushion.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Chippendale Chair designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Knoll, 1984. This example retains the original black finish and leather cushion. The cushion shows fading a...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Birch, Laminate

Antique Walnut Chairs, Pair of Victorian Dining Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1132
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Chairs, Pair of Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Occasional Chairs, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1880, H1132 + Scotland 188...
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1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Post-Modern Object Chair Leda by Angela Oedekoven, no 26, limited edition of 50
By Angela Oedekoven, Cremer & Cremer
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
a new wave chair. back to the eighties – an extremely productive decade in furniture design. in the united states, postmodernism migrated from architecture to interior design; in it...
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1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Post-Modern Consumer's Rest Chair by Stiletto/Frank Schreiner, Nr. 91/200
By Frank Schreiner
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
If there is any brilliant commentary on the commercialisation of design (and capitalism overall), it is surely the „Consumer’s Rest“ chair by ‚Sti...
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1980s German Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel, Zinc

La Restauration Garden Chairs, France, circa 1880
Located in Paris, FR
Six 1880s garden metal and wood chairs, from the restaurant "La Restauration" in the park of the city of Vichy, center of France. In good conditio...
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1880s French Antique Chairs

Materials

Iron

Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900 A wonderful inlayed nutwood chair decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting chamois, stag and edelweis flowers. Surro...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Chairs

Materials

Nutwood

Set of 16 Portuguese Wooden Chairs, circa 19th Century
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set of 16 wooden chairs. Cropped backrests decorated with plant motifs, flanked by turned columns. It rests on four turned legs joined by crosspieces and winding headband. Seats and ...
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Late 19th Century Portuguese Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak

Fasem Vintage Cognac Vegetal Leather Chair P40 by Vegni & Gualtierotti
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Vintage armchair roundchair by Gianfranco Gualtierotti Giancarlo Vegni for Fasem Modell P40 This roundchair is an Italian classic. The seat and backrest are lightly padded and covered with full-grain vegetal leather. The backrest, which extends seamlessly into the armrests, both in the frame and in the upholstery, accentuates the sinuosity and elegance. This Roundchair have a perfect shape.It is nearly inspired by Hans Wegners Round Chair / Kennedy Chair...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Sedie Sof Sof modern italiane in metallo e tessuto di Enzo Mari per Driade 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Bellissima coppia di sedie modello Sof Sof in tondino di metallo azzurro, con seduta e schienale della sedia imbottiti e rivestiti con tessuto originale beige, tenuto egregiamente. P...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

4 chairs with high backrest in oak and upholstery in the English Renaissance
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
4 chairs with high backrest in oak and upholstery in the English Renaissance style, or Louis XIII, circa 1900
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1890s English Renaissance Antique Chairs

Materials

Tapestry, Oak

A 19th Century Antique Chinese Elm Horseshoe Armchair Late Qing
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A late 19th Century Chinese Horseshoe Armchair in Elm. Superb form with horseshoe back and sweeping arms that hug your wrists perfectly. A single vertical slat backrest with solid ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood, Elm

Louis XIV Style French Painted Arm Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Louis XIV Style French Painted Arm Chairs with Reupholstered Fabric
Category

Late 19th Century French Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Frank Lloyd Wright "Robie" Chair for Cassina, 1986
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright "Robie" chair for Cassina, original black leather and walnut, Italy, 1986. This chair's rigorous design exemplifies Frank Lloyd Wright's design ethos. It's recog...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique Walnut Chair, Single Victorian High Back Chair, Scotland 1890, H1069
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Chair, Single Victorian Walnut High Back Chair, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1890, H1069 Scotland 1890 Solid Walnut Original F...
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1890s Scottish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Late 19th Century Italian Renaissance Style Carved Walnut Pair of Throne Chairs
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Impressive rare pair of throne chairs in perfect Italian Renaissance style, late 19th century. Made of solid walnut wood. The finely carved wooden backrest with very complex decorati...
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1880s Italian Renaissance Antique Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Walnut

Pair of George I Style Late 19th Century Giltwood and Leather Side Chairs
Located in Benington, Herts
A finely drawn pair of late 19th century giltwood and embossed leather side chairs in the George I Style. English Circa 1880-1900. Each having domed waisted embossed leathe...
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Late 19th Century English George I Antique Chairs

Materials

Leather, Giltwood

José Zanine Caldas Hand-Sculpted Chair in Brazilian Hardwood
Located in Waalwijk, NL
José Zanine Caldas, hand-sculpted chair, Brazilian hardwood (Vinhático), Brazil, 1980s This exceptional hand carved chair embodies everything that José Zanine Caldas stood for: love...
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1980s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pair Yuzuru Yamakawa Chairs, for Saccaro 1980s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Yuzuru Yamakawa bamboo and rattan chairs from the 1980's. We have 2 pairs available. Yuzuru Yamakawa (1933-2012) was a famous Japanese designer known for his great passion f...
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1980s Brazilian Hollywood Regency Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Victorian Wicker Rocking Chair
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very good example of a late Victorian wicker rocking chair that that is detailed in scrolling wicker and a diamond pattern, in addition to a...
Category

1890s American Late Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Wood

Liba rattan chair, 1988 by Bořek Šípek for Driade and a glass coffee table
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
"Liba" armchair designed by Borek Sipek and manufactured by Driade in 1988, is a rattan seat and backrest covered in red and black natural cane with solid ebonised wood front legs. Liba rattan...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Reed, Glass

Antique Walnut Chairs, Pair of Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Scotland 1880, H1133
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Chairs, Pair of Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1880, H1133 + Scotland 1880 + Solid Walnut + Original Finish + Shaped top rail ...
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1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Jonas Bohlin, Mid-Century Modern Concrete Model Chair, 1982
Located in Madrid, ES
An astonishing "concrete" model chair designed by Jonas Bohlin and edited by Kallemo in 1982 .Ash frame and enamelled metal armrests.A sample of Swedish minimalistic design.Excellent...
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1980s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Harnisch and Co chair Wiena 1880s Set of Two
Located in Čelinac, BA
Wiena 1880s chair by Harnisch Co
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1880s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Italian modern metal rod and perforated metal sheet black metal chairs, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern metal rod and perforated metal sheet black metal chairs, 1980s Chairs with a rectangular base in black painted metal rod. The structure is made up of a single metal ro...
Category

1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique Walnut Chairs, Set of 4 Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Scotland 1880, H952
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Walnut Chairs, Set of 4 Victorian Balloon Back Dining Chairs, Antique Furniture, Scotland 1880, H952 + Scotland 1880 + Solid Walnut + Original Finish + Typical Balloon...
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1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A 19th Century Victorian Painted Oak Adjustable Music Chair. Adjustable seat height 18" to 25". 14.5" wide x 17" in depth and stands 38"
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Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak, Paint

Superb Antique 19th Century Aesthetic Movement Occasional Chair Dark Oak
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A beautifully crafted Aesthetic Hall Chair, carved foliage and scroll detailing with arched top. Lovely turned front legs with the most superb narrow bobbin front feet. Solid oak wi...
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Late 19th Century Northern Irish Aesthetic Movement Antique Chairs

Materials

Oak

Chair Thonet Nr.32, since 1883
Located in Praha, CZ
Firm and compact, perfectly cleaned and polished with shellac. The seat, originally woven with pedig, was replaced by a more durable plywood with art nouveau decor. This chair appear...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Antique Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Pair of English Chippendale Mahogany Side Chairs, circa 1890
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Pair of English Chippendale Mahogany side chairs, circa 1890. Outstanding pair of marvelous carved mahogany side chairs in Classic ...
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Late 19th Century English Chippendale Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Eames Time Life Chair in Black Leather for Herman Miller, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Eames Time Life swivel chair in black leather for Herman Miller. Original black leather with wear as shown. Extremely comfortable and worn in. Chair swivels. Chair reclines. ...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chair Swiss Brienz 1900 A wonderful inlayed nutwood chair decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting chamois, goat and edelweis flowers. Surro...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Chairs

Materials

Nutwood

19th century Swedish pine dug out chair
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century swedish pine dug out chair circa 1870. Traditional rustic piece of swedish furniture using a tree trunk to form a piece of furniture.  Hand crafted from a trunk to form...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Chairs

Materials

Pine

Italian modern green tubular metal and grey straw stackable chairs, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern green tubular metal and grey straw stackable chairs, 1980s Set of six chairs with metal and straw structure. The structure is in green painted metal tubing, there are ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

19th Century Victorian Mahogany Chair with Oval Hand Carved Back
Located in Sofia, BG
Attractive nineteenth century mahogany hall chair. Hand carved oval back with lovely elegant decorations and a seat raised on turned reeded legs. England, circa 1880.
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Early No. 14 Bentwood Side Chair, by Michel Thonet, bistro chair, 1890s
Located in Edinburgh, Scotland
An early example of Thonet’s most famous chair, with original label dating it between 1890-1910, this chair is also mysteriously branded P.V.C. along the back of the seat, though we ...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech

Arthur Espenet Carpenter Captains Chair. Red Lacquer, Black Leather. Signed.
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare "Captains Chair" by Arthur Espenet Carpenter. Original red lacquered wood and black leather seat. Overall very good condition with areas of wear including where the legs meet ...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Progetti Tecno Modern Pair of Italian Chairs, 1980s
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Modern pair chairs series 148_S designed by Progetti Tecno, inspired by the S142 by Eugenio Gerli. Made of solid wood, reupholstered in bouclé Centro...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bouclé

Set of 2 Chairs After Charlotte Perriand
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 2 chairs After Charlotte Perriand. By unknown manufacturer, from France, circa 1980. Dimensions: D 39 cm x W 46 cm x H 74 cm (SH 44 cm) Materials: Wood and rattan. In orig...
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1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Wood

Set of 4 Vintage Chairs Circo Jutta & Herbert Ohl for Lübke, Germany 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Set of 4 Vintage Chairs Circo Jutta & Herbert Ohl for Lübke Rosenthal 1980s. Lacquered Wood. H75×55×55 Excellent condition.
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1980s German Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Antique French Louis XVI Gold Leaf Fauteuils
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very handsome pair of armchairs. Ample seat.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Chairs

Materials

Gold Leaf

Wooden Chair by Lawrence Minsker for Fritz Hansen
Located in Chicago, IL
Hard to find chair by Fritz Hansen. Perfect for desk chair, or side chair.
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1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair Antique Syrian Moorish Inlaid Folding Chairs, Late 19th Century, Syria
Located in Austin, TX
A classic and elegant near pair of antique Syrian carved walnut folding scribes chairs with shell and bone inlay, late 19th century, Syria. The chairs of hand carved walnut in a f...
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Late 19th Century Syrian Moorish Antique Chairs

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Bone, Shell, Walnut

Swedish Biedermeier Dining Chairs Set of 6 Flame Mahogany Antique Deco
Located in LONDON, GB
Set of 6 antique Swedish flame mahogany Biedermeier dining chairs with the distinctive curved seat back, carved central motif and gracefully curved front legs. It includes 4 chairs a...
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Late 19th Century Swedish Biedermeier Antique Chairs

Materials

Birch

Kastrup Chair In Cognac Leather Model AP40 By Hans J. Wegner
Located in Lejre, DK
The AP40 lounge chair, designed by Hans J. Wegner in 1958, is a remarkable part of the minimalist Kastrup series, which is still in use in the welcoming interior of Copenhagen Airpor...
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1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather

Ron Arad Rover Chair for One Off LTD, London, 1980. Great Condition.
Located in Kansas City, MO
A vintage ''Rover" chair that launched Ron Arad's career and his edition company, One-Off LTD. Arad, then a design student, set to show that you could make a good design using readil...
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1980s British Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

1980s Set of Four Dining Chairs by Ton, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- rare model - carefully refurbished - newly upholstered - heigh of seat 45 cm
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1980s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Afra & Tobia Scarpa "Libertà" Dining Chairs for Meritalia, 1989, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "Libertà" dining chairs for Meritalia, aluminium, Italy, 1989, set of eight. Manufactured by Meritalia in 1989, the "Libertà" chair features a minimalistic and ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

1980s Pair of Niels Jorgen Haugesen String Chairs for Tranekaer, Denmark
Located in Praha, CZ
- very good original condition with minor signs of use.
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1980s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Italian modern metal rod and perforated metal sheet black metal chair, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern metal rod and perforated metal sheet black metal chair, 1980s Chair with a rectangular base in black painted metal rod. The structure is made up of a single metal rod ...
Category

1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

"Francesca Spanish" Chairs, Philippe Starck, Baleri Italia, 1984
Located in PARIS, FR
Black coated metal frame with plastic seating. Beautiful original condition, with some very minor flaws consisting with age. Very small spots with coating loss. These chairs ar...
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1890s Italian Post-Modern Antique Chairs

Materials

Iron

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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