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Chairs For Sale
Period: Early 2000s
Period: Early 1900s
Liberty & Co Attributed, an English Walnut Arts & Crafts Ladder Back Armchair
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co attributed made by William Birch.
An English Arts & Crafts shaped ladder back armchair with ball finials to the back and to the front of the arms with turned supports ...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Norman Cherner Side Chairs
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Pair of side chairs designed by Norman Cherner. U.S.A., Cherner, 1958.
A pair of recent production side chairs in classic walnut laminate on moulded plywood...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Six Seven Chairs, Model 3107, Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen, 1967
Located in Lejre, DK
Exquisite Set of 6 Model 3107 Chairs by Arne Jacobsen, meticulously crafted in 1967 by Fritz Hansen, now beautifully reimagined with new upholstery in black elegance leather.
These ...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Original of Time Otto Wagner Armchair 1901 Jugendstil, Secession Style, 1901
Located in Vienna, AT
As pioneer and master of the Modern, Otto Wagner seized the then rather new technique of bending Wood for his furniture designs.
The design of this armchair dated back in 1901. This particular chair was manufactured at Mundus circa 1906. Especially the design of the armrests shows the adventure of the new technique.
Lit.: Giovanni Renzi, „Il mobile moderno“, Silvana Editoriale Spa, Milano, 2008. S.48-49
Eva B. Ottillinger (Hg.), „Wagner, Hoffmann, Loos und das Möbeldesign der Wiener Moderne“, Ausstellungskatalog Hofmobiliendepot Wien, Böhlau Verlag, Wien, 2018, S.34 ff. J. Uhlír: Vom Wiener Stuhl...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Antique Carved Basswood Throne Chairs in Pair, ca. 1900 '2 Pieces'
Located in Budapest, HU
Antique basswood throne chairs in pair in renaissance revival style,
with fine carved details and embroidered upholstery.
Manufactured arround 1900.
Category
Early 1900s European Renaissance Revival Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Antique French Bentwood Cane Rocking Chair
Located in London, GB
A lovely antique rocking chair, this was made in France and dates from around the 1900-1920 period.
It is beautifully made, the frame is a combination of turned and steam bent solid...
Category
Early 1900s French Victorian Antique Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Molteni Chairs Set of Five Model Alfa by Hannes Wettstein
Located in Milano, IT
Set of five Alfa model chairs produced by Molteni in 2001 based on a design by Hannes Wettstein for the Italian manufacturer Molteni.
Alfa was created from the combination of only ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Pair '2' Empire Chairs Around 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Pair (2) Empire chairs, around 1900
Solid wood mahogany. Upholstered seat and backrest covered with black fabric. Very stable and robust built. Hind legs in classic Empire saber s...
Category
Early 1900s German Empire Revival Antique Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Arts and Craft Art Nouveau Set of 8 Bentwood Chairs Signed Thonet, 1900
By Thonet
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
Set of 8 Thonet chairs, bentwood with viennese braid. all signed.
As found condition.
All chairs a solid and stable.
4 of the braids are perf...
Category
Early 1900s Spanish Art Nouveau Antique Chairs
Materials
Bentwood, Braid
Ralph Lauren Style Pair Director Armchairs White Oak, Saddle Leather Brass Studs
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of handsome and well-made director style armchairs. High quality construction and materials are evident. Frames are constructed of white oak in a natural finish. Seats and backs...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Gentleman’s Library Chair
Located in Norwell, MA
Exuding opulence, the leather library chair boasts a luxurious allure, adorned with a skillfully crafted reptilian aesthetic reminiscent of alligator ski...
Category
Early 2000s North American Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Restored Cigar Brown Leather Chesterfield Tufted Library Armchair
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning, circa 1900 fully restored Chesterfield tufted library armchair
A very rare find, I never come across original library ...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather
Brewery Munich Set 6 Chairs in Wood and Leather Jugendstil, Art Nouveau
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
6 chairs in leather and wood.
Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Liberty
The back of the chair forms the word Munich
Year 1900
Country: German
Materials : wood and leather
Elegant and ...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of 12 Dining Chairs, Louis XVI Style, Belgium
Located in Brussels, BE
Set of 12 dining chairs, Louis XVI Style, Belgium.
Category
Early 2000s Belgian Louis XVI Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Unique Rippl-Rónai József Art Nouveau Chairs, circa 1900s
By Jozsef Rippl-Ronai
Located in Budapest, HU
Four unique chairs in art nouveau style with carved walnut decor. The carved forms let the chairs be dated back to the 1900s artistic movements. The prolo...
Category
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Harri Korhonen Suede Desk Chair for Inno, Finland 2000s
Located in London, GB
Harri Korhonen, a Finnish designer and the founder of Inno. Korhonens designs feature heavily in Inno’s collection as the lead designer. His award-winni...
Category
Early 2000s Finnish Modern Chairs
Materials
Suede
Pair of Alvar Aalto for Artek N65 Bentwood Children's Chairs
By Artek, Alvar Aalto
Located in Round Rock, TX
Offered is a set of newer production N65 children's chairs designed by famed architect and designer Alvar Aalto and produced by Artek.
Easily one of Aalto's most recognized and cel...
Category
Early 2000s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Birch
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, Burgundy Leather, Denmark, 2000s
Located in Antwerp, BE
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, with a chromed metal frame and burgundy leather upholstery. Model Cuba was inspired by the "Timeless Chair", an original design by Italian archit...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
SEGIS Model Breeze Saddle Leather Stacking Chair Design Carlo Bartoli Set of 4
By Carlo Bartoli, Segis
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This armchair is a classic Italian masterpiece. It is comfortable.
It is in the collection several museum colletions like Vitra Museum.
Design by Carlo Bartoli in 1995.
Made of an...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Bloom Easy Chair Designed by Gerard Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Living Divani
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Lounge chair Bloom was designed in 2000 by Gerard Piergiorgio Cazzaniga for Living Divani.
Tasteful simplicity can be found in the clear lines in combination with the refined materi...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Antique chair, France, 1900s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chair from around 1900.
Furniture in very good condition.
Dimensions: height 85 cm / seat height 44 cm / width 44 cm / depth 45 cm
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Fine Pair of Fully Restored Antique Art Deco Armchairs Hand Carved Carved Panels
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored pair of antique hand dyed Cigar brown leather Art Deco club armchairs with hand carved panels.
An exceptionally goo...
Category
Early 1900s English Art Deco Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chippendale Style Wooden Chairs with Red Leather, Early 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Chippendale style Wooden chairs with red leather, early 1900s
Pair of chairs with finely worked wooden structure. The square seat is padded and upholstered in red leather. The backr...
Category
Early 1900s Chippendale Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
1 of 30 Antique Lady Diana's Family Spencer House Giltwood Bergere Banque Chairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale 1 of 30 stunning circa 1900 French Giltwood Bergère banquet chairs from Spencer House which was built for the Spencer...
Category
Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Chairs
Materials
Giltwood
Chair, Finn Juhl, Black Painted Oak, House of Finn Juhl, Model 108
By Finn Juhl
Located in Lejre, DK
Model 108 Chair, designed by Finn Juhl in black painted oak with black elegance leather of the highest quality produced by the House of Finn Juhl. Finn Juhl'...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Four French Louis XVI Style Painted Chairs, Lyre Model, C.1900
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A set of four French Louis XVI style painted lyre back chairs on four tapered legs. C. 1900.
Category
Early 1900s Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Ombra Lounge Chair for Cassina, Italy, 2004
Located in Antwerp, BE
Charlotte Perriand; Ombra; lounge chair; Cassina; Italy; easy chair; leather; Italian design; armchair; living room; chairs; 1950s Design;
Ombra lounge chair, designed by Charlot...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Modernist Armchairs with White Leather Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elevate your living or work space with our exceptional pair of Modernist armchairs, meticulously restored to prime condition by our team of professional craftsmen. These standout cha...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Ron Arad Albert and Victoria for Moroso Leather Chairs, a Pair
By Ron Arad
Located in Chicago, IL
A continuous flow of curving lines, an image-form drawn without ever lifting the pencil off the paper. Originally a ‘doughnut’ which provided inspiration for a sculpture: squashed, and reworked, using irony to go beyond the usual approach to industrial design. Then the piece itself: the padding and sewn-to-measure upholstery over an inner fibreglass frame reveal the interaction between the technical and expressive merits of the design. Its never-ending lines are sensitive but strong, perfect consonance between surface and form, body and skin. The leather reaches out into the space around it magnifying and reinforcing the materiality of the piece yet without interrupting or overpowering its fluidity.
Made it Italy by Moroso designed by Ron Arad (Albert and Victoria...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Custom-Made Tiger Maple Rocker
Located in Norwell, MA
Custom-made rocking chair by an expert custom furniture maker. Graceful lines, excellent lumber with beautiful grains. Study the pictures. Mark...
Category
Early 2000s North American Chairs
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Style Reupholstery Chair, 1900s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful Early 20th century French Louis XVI style chair.
Has been reupholstered by an upholsterer professional meticulously with a high quality of fabric made by the French house...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Design Classic Verner Panton Cone Chairs, Vitra, 2000s
By Verner Panton, Vitra
Located in Renens, CH
Originally designed by Verner Panton in the late 1950s for use in a restaurant, the Cone Chair soon became one of his most recognizable designs;
Whether it is the simplicity of the...
Category
Early 2000s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Meltdown Chair, PP Tube #1 Black by Tom Price, Contemporary, Limited Edition
By Tom Price
Located in PARIS, FR
'Meltdown chair, PP Tube #1 Black' is a piece by English artist Tom Price, from the Meltdown Series. This chair is made entirely from polypropylene tubes, no other material is added. The artist assembles a stack of common plumbing tubes and then he presses it on a heated metal seat-shaper former. The ends of the tubes melt and fuse together. When they cool and subsequently harden, the shape of the seat is created. Tom Price thus alters the structural and aesthetic qualities of the plastic material, giving rise to interesting contrasts in texture and form within the same object.
Launched in 2007, the Meltdown Series earned Tom Price widespread international acclaim for his innovative production processes and eye-catching approach to working with commonplace plastic products. The way of assembling the plastic material and the mostly unpredictable patterns created by the heating method ensure that every piece is unique and unrepeatable. This design pieces are true sculptural objects, while at the same time being fully functional and very robust.
Meltdown Chairs are included in the permanent collections of several Museums, including SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US), the Denver Art Museum (US), The Nelson Atkins Museum (US), Chatsworth House (UK), MKG Hamburg (Germany) and the Amore Pacific Museum (South Korea).
Works from the Meltdown Series have been exhibited extensively throughout the USA, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. They have been included in many high-profile museum exhibitions, including SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US), MAD Museum of Art and Design New York (US); The Mint Museum (US); Denver Art Museum (US); Design Museum Holon (Israel); Design Museum Gent (Belgium); NRW Forum Dusseldorf (Germany); The Latvian National Museum of Art in Riga (Latvia). They have also featured at international art and design fairs, including Design Miami Basel (Switzerland); Sao Paolo Design Festival (Brazil); Cheongju International Craft Biennale (South Korea), Design Days Dubai (United Arab Emirates); Gwangju Biennale (South Korea) and Lodz International Design Biennale (Poland).
Finally, the series has been featured in multiple publications, including: The Campaign for Art...
Category
Early 2000s Spanish Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Take a Line for a Walk Lounge Chair by Alfredo Häberli for Moroso, Italy, 2000s
Located in Deland, FL
Häberli brings out the communication abilities of the object and the emotional bond which it can create: the chair draws on an archaic yet extremely modern visual force which recalls...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, Black Leather, Denmark, 2000s
Located in Antwerp, BE
ILVA Design Lounge Chair Model Cuba, with a chromed metal frame and black leather upholstery. Model Cuba was inspired by the "Timeless Chair", an original design by Italian architect...
Category
Early 2000s Danish Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Unique Piece--Maarten Baas Burned Ikea Chair from Where There's Smoke Exhibition
By Maarten Baas
Located in Hamden, CT
Maarten Baas (1978) is a Dutch designer and a graduate of the famed Design Academy Eindhoven (2002). He is of the generation that followed immediately after the breakthrough 1993 landmark exhibition in Milan - Droog Design.- an assemblage of work produced by independent Dutch design studios working throughout the Netherlands. Addressing mostly ordinary domestic articles so intelligently and aesthetically re-thought and re=worked. that they reverberated throughout all of Art and Design, Maarten Baas was influenced greatly by the fresh and imaginative free-thinking which was taught at the school. Today Baas is considered one of the most influential designers working across multiple disciplines, deviating from conventional art processes while working with conventional art materials such as clay, metal, wood, and video. Baas is known for his conceptual, metaphorical, and most often amusing results which trigger the viewer to reconsider their own ambivalence toward the material world.
This chair was commissioned by MOSS gallery in New York in 2004 and was offered as part of a solo exhibition called Where There's Smoke...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Chairs
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Wood
Stunning Patina Antique Edwardian Sold Elm Bow Back Smokers Captains Armchair
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely hand made in England sold elm with sublime patina, Elm bow back smokers captains armchair
A good looking and decorative chair nicel...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Chairs
Materials
Elm
Future Classic by Markus Friedrich Staab, 2021
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
This Farm Chair from Schwarzwald Germany has been painted, multi-lacquered and a griphole has been added. The prominent colors are infectious.
Through my work I transform each chair...
Category
Early 1900s German Brutalist Antique Chairs
Materials
Fruitwood, Lacquer
Krusin Armchair in Ebonized Oak by Marc Krusin for Knoll, USA, c. 2000's
By Knoll
Located in Deland, FL
Beautiful style and comfortable seating. The Krusin armchair with upholstered back inset from Knoll complements a broad range of established motifs with its subtle elegance and strai...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Green Leather Louis XV Armchair, France
Located in Antwerp, BE
A Louis XV style cabriolet armchair, in white lacquered wood standing on four cabriole legs ending by scrolls with carved sculpted leaves and flowers. Arm supports slightly behind th...
Category
Early 1900s French Louis XV Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Lacquer
1900s Marcel Kammerer Chair No.6517 for Thonet, Austria
Located in Praha, CZ
- newly upholstered in Backhausen fabric
- carefully refurbished and finished with ebony shellac
- Height of seat 47 cm.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Tipi Chair by Eero Aarnio for Adelta
By Adelta, Eero Aarnio
Located in Dorchester, MA
Created in 2002 by the Finnish designer Eero Aarnio for the German manufacturer Adelta, the Tipi Chair is an imaginative interpretation of what might consti...
Category
Early 2000s German Chairs
Materials
Steel
Secession Dining Chair No.493 by J&J Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession dining chair no.493 by J&J Kohn. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Pair of Charles II Hand Carved Walnut Armchairs
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of Charles 2nd high walnut armchairs circa 1900. Beautifully carved and shaped frame with angels, flo...
Category
Early 1900s English Charles II Antique Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Bla' Station, Condeco Chair by Johan Lindau, 2003
By Bla Station
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bla' Station
Condeco chair
Design: Johan Lindau, 2OO3
Chair. Frame of solid oak
Very comfortable with extraordinary shaped geometrical structure.
Leather and wood in excellent ...
Category
Early 2000s Scandinavian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Set of Four '4' Krusin Armchairs in Ebonized Oak by Marc Krusin for Knoll, USA
By Marc Krusin
Located in Deland, FL
Beautiful style and comfortable seating. The Krusin armchair with upholstered back inset from Knoll complements a broad range of established motifs with its subtle elegance and strai...
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Wylie & Lochhead Attri. A Pair of Glasgow School Arts & Crafts Oak Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
Wylie and Lochhead. Attributed.
A pair of Glasgow School Arts and Crafts oak dining chairs with stylized square cut-outs to the head...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Antique Carved Oak, Upholstered, Rocking Chair, American 1900
Located in Vancouver, BC
American 1900
Solid Oak
Original finish
Carved top rail with supports on the end and finials on top
Upholstered back and seat
Out swept shaped a...
Category
Early 1900s American Antique Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Antique circa 1900 Haxyes Steamer Deck Chairs Canopy Top & Footrests
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning pair of circa 1900-1920 Haxyes steamer deck chairs with canopy tops and retractable footrests
A t...
Category
Early 1900s English Late Victorian Antique Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Beech
Erla Sólveig Óskarsdóttir, EO 5400 White Stackable Bessi Chair by One Collection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Bessi chair is a light, stackable chair designed by the Icelandic designer Erla Sólveig Óskarsdóttir in 2000.
The compact, yet feather light, expression of Bessi chair unites minima...
Category
Early 2000s Icelandic Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Ensemble de 4 Tabourets Hauts Vitra “Nelson Perch”, George Nelson
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Célèbre tabouret “Nelson Perch”, dessiné par George Nelson et édité par vitra. Avec assise en tissu, la hauteur est ajustable et le dossier sert aussi d’a...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Set of Two '2' "Take a Line for a Walk" Alfredo Häberli for Moroso, Italy, 2000s
Located in Deland, FL
Häberli brings out the communication abilities of the object and the emotional bond which it can create: the chair draws on an archaic yet extremely modern visual force which recalls...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Pair of Fully Restored Antique Club Armchairs with Gothic Carved Panels Must See
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning fully restored pair of antique hand dyed Cigar brown leather club armchairs with Gothic carved panels.
An exceptionally good looki...
Category
Early 1900s English Gothic Antique Chairs
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
Ten Blue Leather Dining Chairs by Eric Jourdain for Domeau & Pérès, France, 2002
Located in Kansas City, MO
Set of ten blue leather high back dining chairs designed by Eric Jourdain for Domeau & Pérès
France, c. 2002. Originally from the Bridge in Bridgehampton, NY. All ten are in very go...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Secession beehive chair by Koloman Moser for J&J Kohn
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Secession beehive chair by Koloman Moser for J&J Kohn. New handmade rattan seat, professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Beech
Moooi Smoke Chair '2004' by Maarten Baas, Dutch Design, Post-Modern
By Maarten Baas, Moooi
Located in CULEMBORG, GE
Manufactured by Moooi in 2003-2004, Maarten Baas’ series of Smoke Chairs are made of expensive leather in a burnt wood frame — a truly original and unique ...
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Original and Documented Jugendstil Adolf Loos Chair, 20th Century, 1907
Located in Vienna, AT
Chair from the antechamber of the Rudolf Kraus apartment, brother of Karl Kraus, the famous wordsmith. This Apartment in Vienna 1, Nibelungengasse 13, was presented by Adolf Loos on walking tours, when he has shown his works to the public. Loos has ordered furniture at cabinet makers as Josef Veillich or Friedrich Otto Schmidt, often following inspiring examples from the 18th century. The old...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Chairs
Materials
Beech
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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