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Chairs For Sale
Period: 1980s
Period: Early 1900s
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

Pair of "Plywood chairs" by Jasper Morrison, Vitra 1988
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of “Plywood” chairs by Jasper Morrison, Vitra, 1988 Vitra Edition United Kingdom, 1988 Plywood Vitra label under the seat Excellent condition. H. 84 x L. 39 x D. 46 cm Model d...
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1980s German Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Tric folding chairs by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni for BBB Emmebonacina.
Located in Athens, Attiki
Black glossy polycarbonate folding chairs, model ‘Tric’ by Achille and Piergiacomo Castiglioni for BBB Emmebonacina. Excellent condition, unused, in their original boxes.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Plastic, Carbon Fiber

Dining Chairs Style B32 by Marcel Breuer Set of 6
Located in Lasne, BE
Set of 6 chairs in white metal, wood and cane. Wear due to time and age of the chairs. Dimensions: seat height: 45 cm. Good condition Wear due to the age of the chairs.
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Ettore Sottsass Mandarin Chair with Bamboo Armrests for Knoll Int.
Located in Untersiggenthal, AG
Ettore Sottsass for Knoll Mandarin chairs, rare bamboo arms. Rare blue leather. Very good condition, near mint condition. Additional two chairs wi...
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1980s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Bamboo

Guido Faleschini Tucroma Dining Chairs in Black Leather for Mariani, 1980s Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome Tucroma dining chair by Guido Faleschini for Mariani. Distributed by Pace in New York. Great original leather in black along with the iconic metal tube frame in solid black ...
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1980s Italian 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

Black Cesca Chair Affter Marcel Breuer Italy 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Style of Marcel Breuer Black Cesca Chair Italy 1980s
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

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...
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1980s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Canvas, Maple

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

set of 2 " Ed Archer " chairs, Philippe Starck, driade, 1980's
Located in PARIS, FR
Pair of "Ed Archer" red chairs, Philippe Starck, Driade, 1986 Unique and iconic design / embossed leather brand ( photo ) Height 97 cm. Width 47 cm. Depth 60 cm. Seat height 46 cm.
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

French modern black chairs by Philippe Gonnet for Protis Editions, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
French modern black chairs by Philippe Gonnet for Protis Editions, 1980s Set of six chairs with rectangular seat. The chair develops "forwards" following a diagonal line. The seat is...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

‘Ben’ Chair by Pierre Paulin for Artifort
Located in Toronto, ON
During the 1980s, French designer Pierre Paulin crafted numerous sculptural masterpieces for the Dutch manufacturer Artifort. One of these special pieces, named after his favorite co...
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1980s Dutch Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wool, Bouclé

Drexel Heritage Velvet Suede Slipper 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 Drexel Heritage...
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1980s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Brass

Philippe Starck chair
Located in PARIS, FR
Chair model Wendy Wright by French designer Philippe Starck for Disform, from the 1980s. It is in white/grey anodized metal. In very good condition. DV516
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1980s French Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Philippe Starck chair
Located in PARIS, FR
Chair model Wendy Wright by French designer Philippe Starck for Disform, from the 1980s. It is in gray anodized metal. In very good condition. DV517
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1980s French Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Soft Pink Big Easy Lounge Chair by Ron Arad for Moroso
Located in amstelveen, NL
Ron Arad's big easy collection began as a steel chair designed in 1988 and has since been translated into other forms by reinterpreting the materials and production processes. This f...
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1980s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wool

Elephant Hide Grey Cab Dining Side Chairs by Mario Bellini for Cassina
Located in Dronten, NL
Side chairs model Cab, designed by Mario Bellini for Cassina. Wonderful 1980 examples with buttery soft, newly reconditioned, elephant hide grey leather perfectly worn in from many y...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Italian modern Black chairs by Adalberto del Lago for Misura Emme, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern Black chairs by Adalberto del Lago for Misura Emme, 1980s Black chairs in enamelled metal rod, with seat and high back in black leath...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Set of 8 chairs "Chumbera Segunda" by Roberto Lazzeroni for Ceccotti, 1980's
Located in Brussels , BE
Chumbera Segunda is the encounter between the excellence of Italian cabinet-making and the sensitivity of contemporary design. It was born in 1988 from the success of Chumbera Primer...
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1980s Italian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Sedie pieghevoli italiane e moderne, in metallo verniciato bianco, 1980 ca.
Located in MIlano, IT
Set di sei sedie da esterno pieghevoli, con struttura in ferro smaltato. La seduta e lo schienale della sedia sono microforati. Perfette per essere usate in giardino o in terrazzo. 1980 ca. Buone condizioni. Misure in cm 51x55x77h Set di sedie in ferro verniciato bianco, con alcuni segni del tempo sulla verniciatura, molto comode sia nel sedersi e accomodarsi, sia per quanto riguarda la possibilità di piegarle, chiuderle e riporle per quando si hanno molti ospiti e grandi...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

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

1 of 2 Vintage Atomic Age Blue Faux Leather Swivel Armchairs by Müster, Germany
Located in Zagreb, HR
Two unique German space age or atomic age swivel armchairs, in blue faux leather seat and white metal base. Produced by Müster. Well preserved, with some expected signs of age, most...
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1980s German Space Age Vintage Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Steel, Chrome

Swing chair for Rosenthal Lubke by Jutta & Herbert Ohl , 1980s
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Swing chair for Rosenthal Lubke by Jutta & Herbert Ohl , 1980s
Category

1980s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Vico Magistretti “Veranda” Chairs, a pair
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s for Cassina, heavy patina - restoration available for a fee but we like them how they are
Category

1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Bauhaus Skaala Fabric & Chrome Chair by Yrjö Kukkapuro, 1980s, Set of 4
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of four Skaala chairs was designed by Yrjö Kukkapuro for the Finnish Avarte manufacture during the 1980s. Due to their modern and minimal look, they will easily find their place in the living room or office. The Skaala chair perfectly reflects Kukkapuro's love for ergonomic furniture. This innovative combination of aesthetics and functionality refers to idea from Bauhaus school. The frame is made of chrome-plated goldish metal. The seat and backrest are upholstered with high-quality gray fabric, and additional armrests are made of birch plywood. Yrjö Kukkapuro is a Finnish furniture designer. He is the important person of Finnish functionalism. He has mainly been working as a freelance designer since the 1950s, and most of the furniture he designed early in his career is still in production. "Does it make sense to design a chair that is not comfortable to sit on?" - this is one of Kukkapuro's favorite sayings, which perfectly reflects the designer's love of ergonomic furniture. His designs aim at a subtle balance between functionality and aesthetics - a perfect example of this is the Karuselli chair by Artek and other iconic designs such as the Saturnus table, the Skaala chair, the Remmi series, and the Ateljee armchair and sofa. In his career, Kukkapuro has received many national and international awards - incl. Lunning Prize in 1966, First Prize at the International Chair Design Competition in Italy in 1972 and the Kaj Franck Design Prize in 1995. His works are permanently present in museums around the world, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, MoMA in New York and Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Avarte was established as a continuation of the family company Haimi. In 1980, Haimi employees acquired the company for themselves and changed the company name to Avarte. Haimi was a Finnish furniture manufacturer founded in 1943 that was especially known as the producer of Yrjö Kukkapuro designs. Avarte continued to manufacture furniture until 2013, when the company ha been ceased. In addition to Yrjö Kukkapuro's designs, Avarte also produced furniture designed by Samula Naamanka, Mikko Paakkanen and Simo Heikkilä...
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1980s Finnish Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

French style iron chair in the manner of Andre Dubreuil
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage sculptural iron chair in the style of Andre Dubreuil. Very comfortable if one chooses to sit or you may choose to admire this chair as an entryway or hallway sculpture .
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1980s Unknown Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Chair Wendy Wright by Phillipe Starck for Disform, circa 1983
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair Wendy Wright" by Phillipe Starck for Disform, circa 1983, stands as an iconic testament to the innovative design ethos of its era. Crafted under the discerning eye of renowned ...
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1980s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Set of 6 Postmodern Black Metal and Leather Dining Chairs by Cattelan Italia
Located in Belmont, MA
Set of six (6) Italian 1980s Postmodern black metal dining chairs (Model Carre VI) made by Cattelan Italia with black leather seats. Great sculptural design by Maurizio Cattelan who ...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of Mart Stam S33 Chairs
Located in Munich, DE
Two Mart Stam S33 Chairs from Thonet, 1980s
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1980s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Sculptural Organic Vintage Side Chairs Pair Bohuslav Horak 1988 Czech Republic
By Bohuslav Horák
Located in Vienna, AT
Sculptural metal vintage chairs model Pupeny or Buds by Bohuslav Horak, 1988. A sculptural and fairy-tale design with a twist, these side chairs s...
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1980s Czech Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Mid Century Modern Eero Aarnio Inspired Ball Chair
Located in Tulsa, OK
**Please Read Entire Description Please view all listing pictures on a laptop if possible. Some cell phones don’t display all listing pictures and some could be pictures relating t...
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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Plastic, Acrylic

Mid Century Wooden Upright Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s. Price is for the set. Contact us if you’d like to purchase a single item. Original fabric.
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1980s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fabric, 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

Vintage authentic Bruno Rey Post modern beech stacking chairs Switzerland
Located in Alsdorf, NW
For aficionados of timeless design, we are offering an exclusive collection of 20 Bruno Rey chairs, available for purchase either individually or as a set. This opportunity is truly ...
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1980s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Beech

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

Pair of Postmodern Black and Wood Chairs by Kurt Thut for Dietiker, 1980s--2 pcs
Located in Basel, BS
Gorgeous pair of Postmodern Memphis 80s chairs by Kurt Thut for Dietiker. NOTE: We have two sets available, sold in pairs here. Listed as a set of 4 in a sep...
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1980s Swiss Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Folding Dining Chair by Calligaris, Italy 1980s, Postmodern Design
Located in Zagreb, HR
Vintage Italian designer folding dining chair produced in the 1980s by Calligaris Very elegant postmodern design, the round-shaped seat is made...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

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

Overscale Postmodern Sculptural Art Chair by Alan Siegel dated '83-'85
Located in Miami, FL
Overscale Postmodern Sculptural Art Chair by Alan Siegel dated '83-'85 Offered for sale is a 1980s Alan Siegal (American- 1938-) sculptural, painted, and carved wood high-back Post-modern chair., The chair is decorated in relief with swirls and spirals. It is signed 'Siegel 1983-85' on the underside of the seat. The striking chair is a piece of art that is unique and whimsical. The artist and sculptor Alan Siegel exhibited Post-modern chairs in 1981 at the Betsy Rosenfield Gallery in Chicago. Siegel's' works are prized by collectors and are part of many private and public collections as listed below. Measures: 27.5" w x 22" x 55.25" h seat 17"H Siegel's Education-- 1960 Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, B.A. 1960-62 Fulbright Grant, Paris Graduate Study, Stanford and Columbia Universities Siegel's Solo Exhibitions-- 2017 Galeria Nudo, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2013 Kleinart James Gallery, Woodstock, NY 2013 Galeria Manuel Chacon, Fabrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2011 Galeria Atelier, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2004 Galeria le Noir, Mexico 2002 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY 2001 Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock (Shady), NY Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 1995, 96 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 1994 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1993 Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1992 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 1991 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1989, 87, 85, 81 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY 1987 Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1986 Adams-Middleton Gallery, Dallas, TX Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1985 Sarah Squieri Gallery, Cincinnati, OH 1984, 81 Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL Willingheart Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 1983 Laumeier Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 1981 Cordier and Ekstrom Gallery, New York, NY Michael Berger Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1980 Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY 1976 Wake Forest University...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

1980s Memphis Style Slipper Chairs by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin, a Pair
Located in Roanoke, VA
Baughman was inspired by the courageous young avant-garde designers known as the Memphis Group that burst on to the works stage in 1981 with a total disregard for the traditions and design tenants of restrained, idealized Modernism, Baughman designed a small collection of 11 colorful, post-modern pieces and convinced Coggin to put the collection into production by 1984. The unexpected designs made a splash upon their debut, with critics praising Baughman’s graceful and carefully considered take on the wild Italian ‘new design.’ The wider American audience and Coggin’s well-to-do yet conservative clientele did not take to Baughman’s experiment in exercising complete creative control. ''Only galleries bought it,'' Baughman told the NYT in the months after the collection’s release. Pieces from the 1984 Prisma collection are extremely difficult to come by. Literature: Oscar Fitzgerald, American furniture: 1650 to the Present , 2017. P 517; CH 19 Postmodern and AvantGarde Furniture...
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1980s American Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Textile

Vintage Eliel Saarinen "Blue" Chairs- a Pair
Located in Charleston, SC
Eliel Saarinen (1873-1950) was an important figure in the earliest awakenings of Scandinavian Art Nouveau architecture, and was responsible for such masterpieces as the highly regard...
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1980s Finnish Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Paint

Original Maurizio Peregalli 1988 Chair, Noto Zeus Milano Modern Art Piece
Located in Vienna, AT
Design: Maurizio Peregalli, Noto Zeus, Milano, 1988. Square steel tube, powder-coated, seating- and backrest surface formed Polyurethan.  
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Set of Two Vintage Leather Cantilever Chair By FASEM Italy 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Leather Cantilever Dining Chair By Fasem Italy 1980s
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

2 African carved thrones, Bamileké
Located in Firenze, IT
2 beautiful African thrones of the Bamileké people, Cameroon, hand-carved from a single log of Cola hardwood, stained black. It features the typical Bamilekè perforated 'spider's web...
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1980s Cameroonian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Czech Cubist Side Chair by Vlastislav Hofman, Hofman Chair , Modernista
Located in Buffalo, NY
Originally produced in 1911... Vlastislav Hofman designed this chair as part of an interior for the sculptor Josef Maratka. Its austere appearance is...
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1980s Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Renè Herbst, set di 4 sedie Sandows, model 101, anni 80
Located in Firenze, IT
Set di 4 sedie modello 101 di Renè Herbst, progetto del 1928, edite da Pallucco in Italia nel 1980. Presentano una struttura tubolare in acciaio cromato e cinghie elastiche che si ag...
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1980s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Milano chairs by Aldo Rossi for Molteni - 1980s
Located in Uccle, BE
Amazing set of five Milano chairs designed in 1987 by Aldo Rossi for Molteni. These chairs are very rare because they are no longer produced. This model is also exhibited in the pe...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Pair of Philippe Starck Miss Dorn chairs
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of Miss Dorn chairs by Philippe Starck for Disform 1982. Black metal frame and round cushioned seating.
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1980s French Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Beech and straw model 209 chairs by Michael Thonet for Radomsko, 1970s
Located in MIlano, IT
Set of eight model 209 chairs, with curved beech frame painted black, with ring also made of curved wood placed under the round seat to reinforce the frame, acting as a connector bet...
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Early 1900s Polish Romantic Antique Chairs

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Straw, Wood, Beech

Exquisite Klismos Chair in Blue/Gray Shagreen with Brass Sabots 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully crafted Klismos chair in blue/gray shagreen with polished brass sabots by Maitland Smith, Philippines 1980's. The sensual form and exceptional materials and craftsmanshi...
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1980s Philippine Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Brass

Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier set of 2 Hans e Alice chairs, 1986
Located in Milan, IT
Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier set of 2 Hans e Alice chairs, 1986 Very rare set of 2 Hans e Alice chairs by Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier in black lac...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal, Steel

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

1980's Italian Pair of Wicker Barrel Chairs
Located in Aspen, CO
Italian 1980's Pair of Wicker Barrel Chairs
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1980s Italian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wicker

Leather Desk Armchair by Maitland Smith
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 An Embossed Leather Desk ...
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1980s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Mario Botta, 4 'Seconda' Metal Chairs, Alias Mod. 602, 1980s
Located in Argelato, BO
Mario Botta, set of 4 "Seconda" Armchairs produced by Alias, Italy 1982. Structure with armrests in gray powder-coated steel, black seat in perforated steel sheet. Backrest made up...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Italiana antique rattan chairs by Mongiardino and Bonacina for Bonacina, 1900s
By Renzo Mongiardino, Bonacina
Located in MIlano, IT
Italiana antique rattan chairs by Mongiardino and Bonacina for Bonacina, 1900s Pair of rattan chairs. The backrest is finely decorated with soft,...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Chairs

Materials

Rattan

80's Belgo Chrom Chairs Memphis Style, Set of 4
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
4 Memphis design chairs by Belgo Chrom in the 1980s. Heavy and high quality comfortable chairs. The upholstery is Alcantara, it is in original...
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1980s Belgian Hollywood Regency Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

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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.

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