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Chairs For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: Early 18th Century
Dining Chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Dining chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s
Unique and magnificent Pierre Cardin table from the eighties. Absolutely rare production designed...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cherry
Italian modern set of six black metal and lemon yellow cotton chairs, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern set of six black metal and lemon yellow cotton chairs, 1980s
Set of six tub chairs with round padded seat covered in lemon yellow cotton and black painted metal tubula...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Italian modern white leather chairs, Adalberto dal Lago for Misura Emme, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Modern Italian chairs, in white leather and shiny black metal, designed by Adalberto dal Lago for Misura Emme in 1980.
Set of chairs with black enamelled metal rod structure and whit...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Minimalistic Beechwood Side Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of minimalistic beechwood side chairs.
Category
1980s American Minimalist Vintage Chairs
Materials
Beech
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Italian modern steel and black leather chair by Alessandro Mendini, Zabro 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern steel and black leather chair by Alessandro Mendini, Zabro 1980s.
Modern Italian chair, steel and black leather, Alessandro Mendini for Zabro 1980s
Chair with chromed ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pentagon Group Casino Model ‘d8’ Chair, Germany, 1987
Located in Antwerp, BE
Casino Model; D8; chair; Pentagon Group; 1987; Germany; Steel; Vinyl; German Avant-Garde Design; Zig Zag Shape; Mid-Century Modern;
Casino model ‘d8’...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
1980s Pair of White Swivel Bamboo Armchairs
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s pair of white swivel bamboo armchairs. Excellent condition.
Category
1980s Spanish Vintage Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Chairs Set Four 4 Walnut Carved Marot 18 Century Silk Damask Yellow Upholstered
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Chairs of this calibre rarely come onto the open market. These are of the type that one sees either illustrated in classic reference books, or standing in grand country houses and ...
Category
1720s English Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Modern Italian metal and plastic Alien chair by Carlo Forcolini for Alias, 1982
By Alias, Carlo Forcolini
Located in MIlano, IT
Alien model chair with black metal rod structure and red MDF seat and back.
Produced by Alias in approx. 1980. and designed by Carlo Forcolini in 1982.
Excellent condition.
Measureme...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Italian modern black chair Terna by Gaspare Cairoli for Seccose, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern black chair Terna by Gaspare Cairoli for Seccose, 1980s
Chair mod. Terna with triangular base. The seat is round and is made of black plastic with two semicircular par...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Eight Portuguese Chairs and Canape, 18th Century in Oilwood
Located in Madrid, ES
Eight Portuguese Chairs and Canape
18th Century
In oilwood, cut and pierced "Amphora" backrests, fabric seats.Small defects and different sofa fabric. Dim.: (chairs) 98 x 50 x 43 c...
Category
Early 18th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of George I 18th Century Carved Mahogany Chairs, Circa 1720
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A superb pair of early 18th-century carved George I mahogany chairs, circa 1720.
Each chair is of rich colour, patination and carved throughout.
The shaped crest rails have two...
Category
Early 18th Century English George I Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Italian modern wooden chairs with triangular holes, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern wooden chairs with triangular holes, 1980s
Set of six chairs made entirely of wood. The seat is rectangular with the two front corners rounded, the backrest ends with ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair Antique Chinese Arm Chairs - Hardwood Seats Interiors
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Gorgeous pair of Chinese arm chairs in hard wood
- Great interiors pair, perfect for that Asian inspired room mixed in with other pieces
- Lovel...
Category
1980s Vintage Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Italian Modern Curved Metal Chairs with Armrests, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern curved metal chairs with armrests, 1980s.
Pair of chairs with curved metal seat and back. The legs and armrests are made of tubular m...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
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 ...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Unique Danish maple chair bench with long woven canvas seat
Located in DK
This unique chair bench by Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938-1991) was made as a prototype for The Royal National Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark ca. 1983 when architects Eva and Nils Koppel d...
Category
1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Maple
Pair Gilt Thrones Arm Chairs Hand Carved Lions Heads
Located in Potters Bar, GB
More bling than a Made In Chelsea series, you are viewing a pair of large gilt thrones
Hand carved with distinctive lions heads for the arms
Top of the elaborate back rest almost six...
Category
1980s Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Four Italian Chairs Edited by Saporiti. Jacquard Back and Leather Seat
By Saporiti
Located in Ibiza, Spain
This distinguished set of four chairs from the 1980s, meticulously designed by renowned Italian designer Saporiti, exemplifies timeless elegance. Constructed with a durable wood and ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Set Regency Dining Chairs - 10 Walnut Inlay Chair English
Located in Potters Bar, GB
You are viewing an absoloutely fantastic set of 10 English Regency style dining chairs hand crafted from walnut with intricate marquetry work to the back splat. The set consists of t...
Category
1980s Regency Vintage Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of 6 Mid-Century Large Dining Chairs Model "Edo" by Kisho Kurokawa for PPM
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 6 mid-Century large dining chairs Model "Edo" by Kisho Kurokawa for PPM Tokyo - Japan 1980s.
Category
1980s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wood
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-Century Modern Italian Faux Leather Chair in the Style of Augusto Savini
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian faux leather chair in the style of Augusto Savini with dark grey lacquered wood structure. 1980s
The chair has ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Wood
Robert Whitton Prototype Foldable Drafting Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Foldable Drafting Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Robert Whitton Powder Coat Red Prototype Chair
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This Robert Whitton prototype chair, crafted entirely from aluminum, is a striking piece of usable art, blurring the lines between sculpture and functional furniture. Designed in the...
Category
1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Four Bar Stools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four metal and acrylic bar stools, U.S.A, 1980s.
Category
1980s American Other Vintage Chairs
Materials
Acrylic
1980 Richard Schultz & Knoll Prototype Flat Matte Black Outdoor Dining Armchair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Richard Schultz stainless steel armchair prototype with perforated steel seat, produced circa 1980. This is a marvelous and rare example of this model series, which was intended to take the place of the famous 1966 series. The matte black powder-coated steel frame is in terrific shape. As quoted from Peter Schultz: "Prototypes for new seating line designed for Knoll circa 1980. Knoll requested a new design to replace the 1966 Collection which they were discontinuing. Shown in Knoll au Louvre book...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair French Gilt Arm Chairs Louis XVI Fauteuil
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Classic pair of French antique arm chairs in the Louis XVI manner Hand crafted from gilt with upholstered arms
Freshly re-upholstered with wov...
Category
1980s Vintage Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Pair William IV Chairs, Antique Mahogany Chair
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Pair of Mahogany William IV side chairs.
These pretty chairs stand on ring turned and carved front legs with sabre back legs.
Having serpentine shaped seat fronts (the seats have r...
Category
1980s William IV Vintage Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pentagon Group Casino Model ‘D8’ Black Chairs, Germany, 1987
Located in Antwerp, BE
Casino Model; D8; Chair; Pentagon Group; 1987; Germany; Steel; Vinyl; German Avant-Garde Design; Zig Zag Shape; Mid-Century Modern;
Casino model ‘d8’...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Philippe Starck Pair Of Miss Dorn Model Armchairs for Disform, c. 1982
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of Philippe Starck Miss Dorn model armchairs for Disform 1982.
Black metal structure, original black fabric round seat.
Dimensions: 70 cm H, 54 c...
Category
1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Three Original Antique Baroque Chairs, circa 1740 Solid Walnut Wood hand carved
Located in Berlin, DE
Three original museum Baroque Solid Walnut Chairs, circa 1740
Solid walnut. On the curled legs, strongly cambered frame. Curved, medial-shaped backrest. Seat and backrest from the g...
Category
Early 18th Century German Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Chic and Stylish Leather Clad Side Chair in Light Gray
Located in Bronx, NY
Chic and stylish leather clad side chair in light gray.
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Leather
Italian modern chairs in black metal and rubber, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern chairs in black metal and rubber, 1980s
Set of three chairs with round seats in black rubber. The backrest is composed of a black pai...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
18th Century Spanish Colonial Hall Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
18th century Spanish colonial hall chair
Hand-carved with gold leaf decoration
Nail trim.
Category
1720s Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Set of 4 vintage postmodern dining room chairs Model ‘Cosinus’ by Karl Friedrich
Located in Breda, NB
Set of 4 vintage postmodern dining room chairs Model ‘Cosinus’ by Karl Friedrich Förster for KFF Design.
Dimensions:
Backrest height: 83 cm
Sea...
Category
1980s Vintage Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Chairs Set Six Teak Metal Upholstered White
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Unusual set of chairs combining teak and metalwork upholstered in white striped textile
just purchased more information to follow and on requ...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Six Pivoting Seats
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
six pivoting seats
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Pair of ‘Toro’ chairs by Martin Szekely, France 1987
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
Pair of 'Toro' chairs by Martin Szekely, France 1987. The chairs were produced by Néotù gallery in a limited number of 200 examples. Minimal tubular and folded sheet steel frames fin...
Category
1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Empire Chair in Molded Plywood by Robert Venturi & Denise Scott, 1984
Located in New York, NY
Empire chair in molded plywood with laminated finish in the "Grandmother" pattern. Designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Knoll, USA, 1984.
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Plywood
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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