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Chairs For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1910s
Pair of Petit Art Deco Side Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A pair of Art Deco side chairs. Mahogany legs and details.
Category

1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Church Chair Faldstool Art Nouveau Santo Antonio Cathedral, wax polished
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century church chair Art Nouveau kneeling stool from St. Anthony's Cathedral In walnut and shaped seat, polished with wax. Measures cm: H 46/...
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut, Beech

Pair of Chinese Art Deco Moon Gazing Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Chinese Art Deco deck chairs/ moon gazing chair made of Hongmu wood (blackwood). Paneled seat with slightly curved armrests. Great craftsmanship. O...
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1910s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Hardwood

Pair of Fench Art Deco Club Chairs, Blue Velvet Nobilis, France, circa 1930s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1930 pair of French Art Deco club chairs from France. Beautifully restored and reupholstered by our inhouse master upholsterer with Blue Velvet Nobilis fabric...
Category

1930s French Vintage Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Mahogany

Vintage Dentist Chair in Decorative Iron and Leather by Harvard, 1910s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Rare dentist's chair early 1900s Harvard brand. The chair is in finely forged and decorated artistic iron. The seat upholstered in light leather. Fantastic furniture...
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1910s Italian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Mid-Century Modern Metal Brass Cotton Swivel Chair, Germany, 1930
Located in Madrid, ES
Armchair with black lacquered metal structure. Seat and arms upholstered in cotton melacron and feet finished in brass pads.
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1930s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal, Brass

Herman Sperlich For Ironrite Health Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
An unusual Ironrite Health Chair designed by Herman Sperlich in a lovely white enameled steel frame and seat.
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Sheet Metal, Steel

Pair petite Fauteuil Louis XV Chairs
Located in Westport, CT
Pair petite Fauteuil Lois XV Chairs Salmon pink lacquered finish with off white and soft pink weaved fabric original in very good condition.
Category

1930s American Vintage Chairs

Materials

Down, Fabric, Wood

Pair of Industrial Bench Made "Westport" Style Factory Task Chairs, 1930s
Located in Buffalo, NY
Unusual handmade factory task chairs, late 1920s, early 1930s. Retain original gray painted surface. Wonderful patina. Nice design.
Category

1930s American Industrial Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Art Deco 4 Chairs J.Halabala .
Located in Kraków, Małopolska
Art Deco four chairs by J.Halabala from 1940 we present the chairs by J.Halabala from 1940s (a Czech designer ranked among the most outstanding creators of the modern period. The pea...
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Carved English Walnut Georgian Armchair with Tapestry Upholstery and Nailheads
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a Fine quality English 1930s era armchair designed in the Georgian manner. The chair is in very good condition and has fine machine tapestry uphol...
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1930s English Georgian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Early 20th Century Walnut Hall Chairs
Located in Lincoln, GB
A finely carved pair of early 20th century walnut hall chairs in the William and Mary style, circa 1930.
Category

1930s British Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set of Four Czech 1930s Tubular Chrome Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
A set of four Czech Art Deco tubular chrome chairs.  
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Bas Van Pelt Early Tubular Steel Chair with Blue Grey Sisal Seating
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Bas Van Pelt, armchair, chrome-plated steel, sisal, The Netherlands, 1930s This armchair is designed by Bas Van Pelt and shows a bent tubular metal frame. This early version shows that the development of the cantilever chair...
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1930s Dutch Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome, Steel

Industrial Work Stool By Ama, circa 1930s
Located in Gloucester, GB
Industrial work stool by Ama, circa 1930s - Ply seat - Sprung steel back rest - Designed by Albert Menger - Produced by Ama, Nordhalben - German, 1930s - Measures: 39cm wide ...
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1930s German Industrial Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Set of Eight Art Nouveau Chairs Model 639 by Thonet, Cotton - Czechoslovakia
Located in Girona, ES
Set of eight bistro chairs, completely restored, French polish, mottled greige cotton upholstery. Model 639. Attributed to Josef Hoffmann. Thonet Fabrique' en Tchecoslovaquie (lab...
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1910s Czech Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Cotton

Italian High Back Single Upholstered Curved Armchair, 1930s
Located in New York, NY
1930s Italian oak high back armchair with curved arms. The arms are decoratively carved. Stretchers are spiral. The chair has been reupholste...
Category

1930s Italian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Oak

Side Chair Probably Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare side chair by unknown designer. Probably produced in Sweden.
Category

1930s European Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Hemp

Chrome Bauhaus Mart Stam Chair and Stool, 1930s
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1930s, Czechoslovakia - Designer: Mart Stam - Maker: Robert Slezák - Both signed - Original yellow color - Chrome in perfect condition - Published in catalogue.
Category

1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Jean Pascaud Gondola Dining Chairs, France, circa 1933
Located in Bochum, NRW
Art Deco Jean Pascaud Gondola Dining Chairs, France, circa 1933. Set of six gondola chairs in black lacquered wood. Deep seated sloping back towa...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Upholstery

Thonet Rocking Chair, Model Number 71, Vienna, 1910, Signed Thonet Bellow
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Thonet rocking chair, model number 71. Vienna, 1910. Signed Thonet Bellow.
Category

1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech, Bentwood, Rattan

Set of Six Chairs Designed by Josef Frank for Svensk Tenn, Model 725, Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Set of six chairs designed by Josef Frank for Svensk Tenn, Model 725. Sweden. 1938. Mahogany and original leather. Literature: Kristina Wängberg Eriksson, Jan Christer Eriksson, "Josef Frank Möbelformgivaren", Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm 2014, p. K 18 H: 90 cm W: 58 cm D: 63 cm SH: 43 cm Armrest height: 69 cm (at the highest point) Josef Frank was a true European, he was also a pioneer of what would become classic 20th century Swedish design and the “Scandinavian Design Style”. Austrian- born Frank started his design career as an architect after having trained at the Technische Hochschule in Vienna between 1903 and 1910. After his training he went on to teach at Kunstgewerbeschule (The Viennese School of Arts and crafts) where he developed and espoused the new school of modernist thinking towards Architecture and Design that was coming to fruition in Vienna at the time. He also went on to lead the Vienna Werkbund throughout the 1920s. This was a truly progressive group of Architects and Designers who set about improving the daily lives of Austrian people through modernist design and architecture in partnership with Arts and Crafts ideals and construction. Frank’s leadership of the Werkbund had already cemented his place at the forefront of European design. Frank’s time in Vienna was typified by his design for the “Die Wohnung” exhibition of the Deutscher Werkbund in Stuttgart, 1927 where he exhibited along side his contemporaries at the forefront of design, such as the likes of Le Corbusier and Walter Gropius. Here he showed a specially designed pair of flat-roofed reinforced concrete houses in what is now seen as a typical modernist style. What separated Frank’s house from the other 32 houses of the exhibition was the interior and furniture inside the building. It was described as “Neo-Classical” and filled with an eclectic mix of period pieces, modern design and pieces designed by Frank himself that seemed to cross the two worlds. This was a complete opposite direction to that which his fellow Architects were travelling in with their pared back and angular aesthetics. Frank said of his own work: “The house is not a work of art, simply a place where one lives,” and by this reasoning Frank rejected the regimental mechanisation of the living space that his contemporaries believed in, instead he set about creating congenial and spontaneous interiors. Frank’s practice saw him placing the bright colours and the soft forms of nature back into the furnishings and interiors that he thought modernism sorely mist. Frank, along with Oskar Walch set up Haus und Garten in Vienna in 1925. This was Frank’s first commercial foray into furniture and home furnishings and the company went on to become the most influential furnishing house in Vienna with a riotous depth of colour and interesting shapes becoming the trademark of their design. However this success was to come to an end with rise of Nazism in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Frank was Jewish, and he and his wife Anna decided they would leave Vienna for her motherland: Sweden, in 1933. Frank continued to design for Haus and Garten, visiting Vienna occasionally and designing the pieces that would continue to be the company’s best...
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Two Elegant Werkstätte Hagenauer Chairs M006 by Julius Jirasek, Austria, 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Two beautiful Austrian wooden chairs with woven cane seating from the 1930s. Designed by Julius Jirasek for Werkstätte Karl Hagenauer. The chairs...
Category

1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Cane, Wood

André Sornay: Important Set of Six Walnut & Leather Dining Chairs, France 1930s
Located in New York, NY
André Sornay (1902-2000) A beautiful set of six minimalist, pure-lined dining chairs by André Sornay, with subtly curved and tapered backs and elegant sabre legs. In French walnut u...
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1930s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Unusual Bauhaus Tubular Metal Chair, France, 1930s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
Unusual tubular iron armchair with a cantilevered base and a very large vinyl-upholstered seat. The metal is painted in shiny reddish-brown.
Category

1930s French Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Chair, Leather, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Art Deco chair, circa 1930, varnished wood and beige leather. 5 pieces available.
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Single Vienna Secession Armchair
Located in New York, NY
A Vienna Secession armchair. Attributed to Josef Hoffmann. Black lacquered fruitwood.
Category

1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fruitwood

Set of 6 Fine Belgium Art Deco Chairs by De Coene (4 Side and 2 Arm)
Located in Long Island City, NY
De Coene Freres: A set of six fine Belgium Art Deco dining chairs (model Rubens) composed of 4 side and 2 arm with a darkened mahogany frame, an upholstered front back rest and a ros...
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany, Fabric, Rosewood

Warren McArthur Art Deco Aluminum Armchair, 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
A rare mid-1930s Art Deco aluminum armchair by important American designer Warren McArthur. Displays McArthur’s signature Streamline Moderne-meets-...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel, Aluminum

Pair of Warren McArthur Lounge Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Warren McArthur lounge chairs, model 1031-A, Machine-made anodized aluminum with rubber feet. Upholstered with great plains cotton-poly fabric. Frames have natural oxidation...
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1930s American Machine Age Vintage Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Thonet Secessionist Armchair Attributed to Otto Wagner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unusual bentwood chair with flaring side arms, upholstered in Secessionist-style fabric. Thonet stamp to interior frame.
Category

1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Pair of 1937 George VI Coronation Chairs
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Remarkable pair of guest chairs from the coronation of George VI. Each featuring a hand-stitched royal monogram surmounted by a crown. The chairs are initialed on the bottom with the 1937 coronation...
Category

1930s English Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Velvet

Set of Six Wooden Chairs by Jacques Mottheau, France, 1930s
Located in Berlin, DE
Set of six French 1930s wooden chairs in oak by Jacques Mottheau (1899-1981).
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Oak

Bauhaus Chrome Chair
Located in Praha, CZ
- Czechoslovakia, 1930 - Maker: Robert Slezák - see detailed pictures for condition - published in catalogue (model K 16).
Category

1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Child's Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-carved and handmade child's chair.
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1910s Great Britain (UK) Rustic Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Four Art Nouveau Chairs in the Style of Otto Prutscher, Mahogany -Austria
Located in Girona, ES
Set of four chairs in solid mahogany, French polish, new linen upholstery. In the style of Otto Prutscher, Austria, Vienna, circa 1910.
Category

1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Linen, Mahogany

Rare Suite of 8 Art Deco Chairs and 2 Mahogany and Leather Armchairs i
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Rare suite of 8 Art Deco chairs and 2 mahogany and leather armchairs in the style of Maxime Old, circa 1930-1940. Dimensions in centimeters Armchai...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

1930s Russel Wright American Modern Furniture Design Chairs Georges Candilis
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Important Russel Wright chair design, illustrating the confluence of styles; Art Deco, Streamlined Moderne, European and Shanghai style, all converging into and reflecting the new mechanized and modern era. These chairs were the first design for American Modern Furniture...
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1930s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Maple

Pair of René Prou Chairs, 1930s, Art Deco
Located in London, Park Royal
An original, pair of René Prou chairs, circa 1930s. Finished in the original Art Deco, dusky pink lacquer and upholstered in a complementary pale, she...
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1930s British Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Pair of Mahogany Neoclassical Style Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of mahogany, Neoclassical style armchairs with painted inlay back. Hand painted inlay features cherub and leaf details. Tapered legs and black back spindles. Great age and patin...
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1930s American Neoclassical Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Fine Set of George III Style Chairs in Carved Mahogany
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine set of George III style chairs in carved mahogany. Two (2) armchairs and six (6) side chairs Dimensions: Height 41" 25 1/2" wide (across arms) 18 1/2" deep Seat height 19" ...
Category

1930s George III Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Pair of Side Chairs in Walnut, Restored & New Upholstered
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Early 20th century Art Nouveau elegant robust couple of side chairs in blond walnut, new upholstered, restored and polished to wax. Measures cm: H 45/100, W 40, D 43.
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1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Bakelite Amphitheater Folding Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bakelite 1930s jump seat on steel base. Gun metal patina base.
Category

1930s French Industrial Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Six Modernist Art Deco Chairs in the Style of Robert Mallet Stevens
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Six modernist Art Deco chairs in the style of Pierre Dariel or Robert mallet Stevens, circa 1930.   
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal

Two Cherry Wood Chairs from 1930s from the Circle of Josef Frank
Located in Vienna, Austria
These two chairs come from a time in Austrian design where craftsmanship and design are combined with the best materials to make beautiful furniture...
Category

1930s Austrian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Cherry

Pair of Fine French Art Deco Sycamore Side Chairs by Jules Leleu
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of fine French Art Deco sycamore side chairs by Jules Leleu.
Category

1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wood

Armchair with Viennese Can Seat from 1930s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Light weight armchair designed and made in Vienna in the 1930s influenced by Josef Frank. The frame is constructed of beechwood, the Viennese can seat has bee renewed. The wood has...
Category

1930s Austrian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Steel Frame Chair Model 201 by Gispen in Bicolor Upholstery
Located in Doornspijk, NL
This Classic of Dutch design was designed in 1931 by W.H. Gispen and has ever since a much beloved chair due to its timeless looks and high comfort. It is made of a chrome frame and ...
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1930s Dutch Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Rare Thonet Deck Chair Model 480, circa 1930
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Rare deck chair manufactured by Thonet with original upholstery, circa 1930. The chair is possible to reclinate and to fold it totally. Beechwood and fabric. Labeled in the backside with Thonet G80. In great vintage condition, preserving a beautiful patina with some minor scratches in the fabric. One of the handles is new. First design named Siesta chair designed by Hans and Wassily...
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1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

1930s Vintage Mahogany Chairs - Set of 4
Located in Opole, PL
1930s Vintage Mahogany Chairs - Set of 4 Extremely elegant chairs originating from Northern Europe, made of mahogany wood. The restrained in decoration form of the chairs is enliven...
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1930s Scandinavian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Suite of 6 Art Deco Chairs in Walnut and Walnut Veneer, circa 1930
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 6 Art Deco chairs in walnut and walnut veneer, circa 1930 polish to review and worn velvet Healthy structure, do not move, no lack of veneer.  
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Peter Behrens Bauhaus Industrial Tubular Steel Chair Germany, circa 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Peter Behrens Bauhaus Industrial tubular steel chair, which was designed and manufactured in Germany circa 1930. Documented Design: Peter Behrens (1...
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1930s German Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Pair of American 1930s 'Cafe Society' Chairs
Located in New York, NY
These over-scaled chairs were said to have been designed by Chicago architect Sam Marx, but they were probably made by William Quigley, whose workshop ...
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1930s American George III Vintage Chairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs Manner of Jansen
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of Louis XVI Style Armchairs manner of Jansen.
Category

1930s Louis XVI Vintage Chairs

Pair of Art Deco Armchairs
Located in New York, NY
A sleek pair of solid birch and palisander chairs with a stylized inlaid crest of burled birch and mahogany, which adorns the backrest. Gracefully sweeping arms transform into slim s...
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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Suite of 8 Art Deco Chairs in Macassar Ebony and Leather
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Suite of 8 Art Deco chairs in Macassar ebony, mahogany and leather The general condition is very good tiny scratches on the leather,. Do not requi...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Macassar, Mahogany

Louis XVI Style Carved Mahogany Armchair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Louis XVI style, armchair features a beautifully carved mahogany frame with it's original patina and new underpinnings with muslin fabric. The chair can be used as is or upholstered ...
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1930s American Louis XIV Vintage Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Mahogany

French Iron Chair from the 1930s, Unusual Model, Great Patina
Located in Brecht, BE
A quirky, very unusual model of a French iron garden chair, can be used inside or outside, great charm!
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1930s French Vintage Chairs

Materials

Iron

Shop Antique and Vintage Chairs on 1stDibs: Lounge Chairs, Dining Chairs and Other Seating for Sale

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today. 

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