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Chairs For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Stunning Set of 6 Louis XV High Back Cerused Wood Chairs circa 1900 -1X15
Located in Bordeaux, FR
Elevate your dining experience with this magnificent set of six Louis XV high back chairs, crafted from cerused wood and dating back to circa ...
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Early 1900s Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

Art Deco armchair by Ernesto Lapadula 1930s made of Walnut wood and Fuchsia velvet
Located in Catania, IT
Rare Art Deco Armchair by Ernesto Lapadula with Walnut wood frame and Fuchsia Velvet. The armchair designed by Ernesto Lapadula from the Italian Art Deco period, circa 1930. feature...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

Pair of 1920's French tub chairs
Located in Malton, GB
If you would like these chairs upholstered please click yes in the upholstery drop down menu. These would require 10 metres of material (5m per chair). You can supply your own or ple...
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Early 20th Century Chairs

Materials

Upholstery

Elegant Early 20th Century Italian Louis XVI Style Pair of Chairs in Beech Wood
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Refined italian Louis XVI style chairs, set of two. The chairs made in solid beech wood. The seat and backrest are comfortable and padded, covered with elegant fabric decorated with ...
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1920s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

1920's Dining Chair Model No. 105 by Gebrüder Thonet
Located in Brno, CZ
This is one of the most commercially successful chairs designed and produced by famous Gebrüder Thonet Company. It was first designed in 1885 (most likely by August Thonet) and can b...
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1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Antique chair from around 1900, Northern Europe.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chair from around 1900, Northern Europe. The piece of furniture is in very good condition, after professional renovation and replacement of the upholstery. Wood: beech dim...
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Early 1900s Norwegian Louis Philippe Antique Chairs

Materials

Beech

Matching Pair of Chinese Export Elm Wedding Chairs with Wishbone Backs
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Pair of Chinese Export Elm Wedding Chairs with Curving Back and Carved Rears Price per chair Would suit a period or modern property. Would g...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chairs

Materials

Elm

An Art Deco Olive Green Leather Cloud Chair
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
An Art Deco Cloud chair. Original walnut castors, re-upholstered in olive green leather with ruched arm rests. Dimensions: H 82cm W 68cm D 50cm Origin: English Date: 1935 Item N...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

6x Thonet chairs Nr. 157
Located in Praha, CZ
In original condition with a beautiful patina of age. Solid and compact. Perfectly cleaned, minor repairs made. Disinsection: Lignofix I-profi. The surface is revived with linseed oi...
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Early 20th Century Czech Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Early 20th Century Austrian Wooden Curved Chair By Thonet
Located in High Point, NC
Introducing the timeless elegance of the early 20th Century with this exquisite Austrian Curved Chair by Thonet, a masterpiece of craftsmanship and design. Hailing from an era where ...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Chairs

Materials

Wood, Bentwood

1920's Office chair Model No.3 by Gebrüder Thonet
Located in Brno, CZ
This office/dinning chair was originally designed at the second half of the 19th century, and can be found in the Thonet sales catalogues as model number 3. This particular piece is ...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Marcel Breuer Aluminium Chair 1933 ICF Cadsana Italy MoMa Museum Bauhaus Black
Located in Munster, NRW
Marcel Breuer - Aluminium Chair 1933, manufactured by ICF Cadsana, Italy - MoMa German-born architect Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) was one of the most important designers of the 20th c...
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1920s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Antique braided wooden side chair, early 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
An antique wooden chair with braided seat, early 20th century. A wonderful little example of the early American craftsman movement. Signs of wear include scuffing but overall this ch...
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Early 20th Century North American American Craftsman Chairs

Materials

Wood

Axel Einar Hjorth - Utö Dining Chair - produced by Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden
Located in Hasselt, VLI
Axel Einar Hjorth “Utö” Dining Chairs set of 4 available - price per piece. These chairs, part of the Utö expo designed by Hjorth and produced by Nordiska Kompaniet in Sweden. These ...
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Pine

Early 20th Century Mahogany Irish Antique Replica Chippendale Chairs- Set of 2
Located in Louisville, KY
These two Mahogany Antique Irish Chippendale replicas are nothing short of breathtaking. Those with discriminating taste will recognize that from the exceptional hand carved work cov...
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Early 20th Century Northern Irish Chippendale Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Jakob & Josef Kohn Fancy Back and Seat Chair
Located in Tucson, AZ
Beautiful Jacob & Josef Kohn "fancy" chair with embossed/engraved back and seat. Their indestructible chairs where designed in the late 1800's and the label places this chair in ear...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood

French Neogothic Chestnut Curule Armchair with Two Lionheads, French, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Armchair carved in the neogothic style. This type of armchair is called a curule armchair, in reference to the Roman period, or a Dagobert armchair. Nature-inspired furniture ...
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Early 20th Century French Gothic Revival Chairs

Materials

Chestnut

Set of 4 Industrial Do/More Adjustable Height No. 280 Posture Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
Set of 4 adjustable DoMore Chair company industrial chairs in original birch wood and baked on enamel on steel. The metal frames on height and bac...
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1930s American Industrial Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Marcel Breuer B34 Tubular Armchair 1930s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Marcel Breuer B34 Armchair 1930s
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1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Antique Belle Époque Wooden Chair, 1900s Austria
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Very nice chair.  
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Early 1900s Austrian Belle Époque Antique Chairs

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Bauhaus B34 Cantilever Chair in Plywood & Chrome by Marcel Breuer, 1930s
Located in Żory, PL
This tubular steel chair, type B34, was designed in 1928 by Marcel Breuer. This is an early and rare version with a seat and backrest made of plywood, probably made in the early 193...
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Early 20th Century Bauhaus Chairs

Materials

Steel

Vintage Medical Chair
Located in Norwalk, CT
This very interesting medical chair is sure to be a conversation starter! A wonderful piece of medical history.
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Early 20th Century Chairs

Thonet No 19 Chair 1900s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Thonet no19 Chair Austria 1900s
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Four Chairs Thonet Nr.19, circa 1900
Located in Praha, CZ
Original state with a pleasant patina of age, perfectly cleaned and repolished with shellac. Minor fixes made. The chairs are solid and can be used normally.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Belle Époque Chairs

Materials

Beech, Bentwood

Set of 4 Wood and Leatherette Chairs - Italy - 1930s
Located in Milano, IT
The feature of these chairs is a wood handle on the back and legs on the side. are covered with a green vinyl leather, still original.
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Wood

Pair of French Art Nouveau Side Chairs in Solid Mahogany Sprig Seat Green Velvet
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1910s pair of French Art Nouveau side chairs in solid mahogany, original spring seat, green velvet upholstered, only wax-polished. The up...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

wonderful vienna secession patio chairs
Located in Munich, DE
amazing patio or garden chairs from vienna. showing the clear lines of vienna secession. i can ship in 2 boxes with dhl .
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1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

French Maison Jansen Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuil
Located in Houston, TX
French Maison Jansen Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuil. Our handsome large French Louis XVI style gilt wood fauteuil or arm chair is upho...
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1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Giltwood

Old hickory Pair of Arm Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1930's Old hickory arm chairs in a dark varnished finish. The condition are pristine and very sturdy. Signed Old Hickory Furniture Company from Martinsville,Indiana. Sold as a matchi...
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1930s American Adirondack Vintage Chairs

Materials

Hickory

Arts and Crafts Rattan and Cane Side Chair, England
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Handmade Arts and Crafts Rattan and Cane with Original Castor Feet. England, circa 1900.
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Cane, Rattan

Pair of chairs, Northern Europe, circa 1900.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chairs from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The furniture is in very good condition. Dimensions: height 90 cm / seat height. 46 cm / width 47 cm / depth 52 cm
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Early 1900s Norwegian Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Chair, France, circa 1910.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Chair, France, circa 1910. Very good condition, after professional renovation and replacement of upholstery. Wood: beech dimensions: height 93 cm seat height 45 width 45 cm depth ...
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1910s French Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

A pair 1930's Thonet Crocodile folding chairs Bauhaus era
Located in Leicester, GB
A pair of Bauhaus bentwood crocodile chairs by Thonet. Beech and plywood folding café chairs from the 1930s with crocodile skin embossed seat and b...
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1930s Polish Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Vintage J.J. Maes Fauteuil de Barbier in Red Leather
Located in Sofia, BG
Vintage J.J. Maes fauteuil de barbier recently reupholstered in dark red leather. Circa 1950
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Early 20th Century Belgian Chairs

Materials

Metal

Antique French Parlor Chairs Pair
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Furniture Acquisitions Of A Pair of Sculptural Antique French Parlor...
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Early 20th Century Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Set of Ten Vintage Walnut Dining Chairs with Orange Fabric Upholstery, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s-1940s. These chairs feature a walnut frame and an orange fabric upholstery. They are vintage, therefore they might show slight traces of use, but they have been ...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Bauhaus Steelpipe-Set by Mart Stam, ex. by Robert Slézak (CZK, circa 1935)
Located in Wien, AT
Objekt: Stahlrohr Freischwinger (Sessel & Armlehnstuhl) Entwurf: Mart Stam, Bauhaus Dessau um 1931 Modell-Nummer: B43 & B43F Ausführung: verm. Robert Slezak, CZK um 1935 (Modell K/S1...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

Pair of Louis XVI Style Giltwood Fauteuils / Armchairs, France Circa 1900
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An attractive & very comfortable pair of giltwood fauteuils, both frames showing arched crest-rails with upholstered backs, sided by padded armrests ter...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Giltwood, Fabric

1910s Czech Wood Patinated Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Embrace the authentic vintage charm with this 1910s Czech Wood Patinated Chair. Bearing the beautiful marks of time, its weathered white patina tells a...
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Early 20th Century Czech Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of 8 Bentwood Caning Chairs by Thonet, Austria 1930s
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 8 bentwood caning chairs by Thonet - Austria 1930s.
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1930s Austrian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Beautiful Pair of Scottish Arts & Crafts Oak Bedroom Side Chairs by E A Taylor
Located in Leicester, GB
A stunning pair of Arts & Crafts side chairs from the early 1900s. Attributed to E A Taylor for Wylie & Lockhead. Made in Scotland. The chairs have the most elegant structure, with s...
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Early 20th Century Scottish Arts and Crafts Chairs

Materials

Oak

Antique Pair of Florentine Gilt & Carved Chairs Reupholstered with Silver Silk
Located in Toronto, ON
A beautiful pair of antique Florentine chairs with ornate carving and reupholstered in silver silk satin with a tufted design.
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Early 20th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Satin, Silk, Wood

Chairs, Northern Europe, circa 1900.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Three chairs from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, Northern Europe. The chairs are in very good condition, the seats and backrests are covered with new fabric. Dimensions: ...
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Early 1900s Norwegian Biedermeier Antique Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Four 30s cantilever Bauhaus tubular steel chairs by Mart Stam for Robert Slezak
Located in München, DE
Four 1930s cantilever tubular steel Bauhaus chairs. Design by the well-known Dutch architect Mart Stam. Manufacturer is furniture factory Robert Slezak. Made in Czech. Seat and backr...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome, Metal

Modernist Armchairs in Walnut, Austria, 1930s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Modernist armchairs made in Austria crafted from walnut and dating back to the 1930s. This unique architectural piece, attributed to an unidentified Austrian designer, showcases a ca...
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1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Feldenkreis Mahogany Queen Anne Style Oversize Accent Fireside Chairs - a Pair
Located in Parkesburg, PA
( Hand Crafted in Philadelphia ) Features Fine Quality Solid Hand Made Construction, Oversized Queen Anne Room Corner or Accent Chairs, age approx 100 years old. Original Condition...
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Early 20th Century American Queen Anne Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Set of Ten wooden Dinning Chairs out of Ratibor Castle City of Roth, Germany
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A set consisting of 10 chairs from the Castle Ratibor in the city of Roth, Bavaria. These chairs were used in the castles dining room and other rooms for events many years. Purchased...
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1920s German Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of 8 black painted wooden chairs Vienna straw antique Italian 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Set of eight chairs with seat and back with rounded corners made of black painted wood and Vienna straw, round section legs also made of black painted wood. Dating from around the ea...
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Early 1900s Italian Romantic Antique Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

1930s Tübinger chair by the architect Prof. Adolf Gustav Schneck for Schäfer
Located in München, DE
Original Tübingen chair from the 1930s by Prof. Adolf Gustav Schneck for Schäfer. Made in Germany. Seat made of red beech slats. All parts glued and inserted. No metal screws. The Tübingen chair was produced for decades by the Schäfer chair...
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1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Set Hepplewhite Dining Chairs Marquetry Inlay
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 6 Mahogany Hepplewhite Style inlaid Dining Chairs. These Rather Pretty Chairs Stand upon Tapered Legs. The Seats Being of a Stuff Over Form (very comfortable) the Backs of The...
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Early 1900s Hepplewhite Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Antique Club Armchair Fauteuil Cognac Leather French or "Cats Chair", circa 1930
Located in Labrit, Landes
Fauteuil club armchair French. Cognac Leather Antique, circa 1930 This armchair was for a time used by the cats of the family, This is why we call it "Cat chair...
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1930s French Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Andrianna Shamaris Sculptural Teak Wood Spa Chair
Located in New York, NY
Impressive low chair hand made from century old teak wood with beautiful character. The front leg, seat and back rest are hand carved from a single block of ancient teak. We added a ...
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1930s Indonesian Organic Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood, Teak

Antique Craftsman Quarter Sawn Oak Dining or Single Desk Chair Upholstered Seat
Located in Monrovia, CA
This Is An Antique Craftsman Quarter Sawn Oak Or Tiger Oak Wood Single Dining Chair or Single Desk Chair With An Upholstered Black Vinyl Seat. The Tiger Oak Or Quarter Sawn Oak Woode...
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Early 1900s American American Craftsman Antique Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Oak

1920s Austrian Wood White Patinated Accent Chair
Located in High Point, NC
Transporting us to the artistic ambiance of 1920s Austria, this white-patinated wooden accent chair embodies the elegance and innovation of the era. Crafted with meticulous attention...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of chairs in woven rattan France, circa 1920
Located in Paris, FR
Attractive pair of chairs in natural, red and black woven rattan . Bamboo structure.
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1920s French Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Italian Chair in straw and wood, 1900-1950s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian Chair in straw and wood, 1900-1950s Chair with squared seat with rounded corners in straw with wooden profiles. The semi-oval straw backrest features a decorative circle at t...
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Early 20th Century Italian Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

Rare Chair Thonet Nr.641, since 1911
Located in Praha, CZ
Nice condition with a pleasant patine of age, perfectly cleaned and re-polished with shelack finish. New plywood on seat.
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Chairs

Materials

Brass

Rare Hans and Wassily Luckhardt SS 33 armchairs variant
Located in PRAHA 5, CZ
Rare variant of SS 33 armchairs, designed by Hans & Wassily Luckhardt in 1935 originally for Desta. These examples were manufactured by Gottwald, former Czechoslovakia, in the 1930s....
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1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

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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