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Chairs For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1930s
Pair Of French Charles Dudouyt Style Chairs - Wooden with Rush Seat
Located in Dorchester, GB
Pair of Charles Dudouyt style chairs with rush seat and back. French circa 1940s. Dimensions Height - 90cm Width - 45cm Depth - 42cm About Us We are Stowaway London a small on...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Rush, Wood

Set Queen Anne Dining Chairs Walnut Furniture
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 12 Queen Anne Style Dining Chairs. These Chairs are in the Style of Giles Grendey. Circa 1920 The Chairs are Raised Upon Cabriole Legs with Pad Fe...
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1920s Queen Anne Vintage Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Set William IV Dining Chairs Mahogany Upholstered Seats
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Set of 8 William IV Mahogany Dining Chairs. 19th Century These Chairs are Raised Upon Typical William IV Turned and Carved Tulip Front Legs With Sabre Back Legs. The Chairs Having a ...
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Early 1900s William IV Antique Chairs

Materials

Mahogany

Bauhaus influenced Children’s Chair, Finland, 1920s
Located in Espoo, FI
Unique children's chair influenced by the Bauhaus movement and designed by an unidentified yet remarkably skilled Finnish designer. This masterpiece showcases a finger-joint seat, hi...
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1920s Finnish Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Pair of low chairs in the Viennese Secession style
Located in Ramillies, BE
Magnificent eclectic-style low chairs in lacquered wood, gilded and carved with spirals, umbilics and stylized leaves, with a high openwork back formed by three bars. Upholstered in ...
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Early 20th Century Vienna Secession Chairs

Materials

Silk, Wood

Armchair Art Decó
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Art Deco armchair made of mahogany wood and leather upholstery. France, circa 1940.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather

Wooden Chair with Cream Boucle Upholstery
Located in London, England
Antique chair wooden chair circa 1930s reupholstered in ivory boucle fabric.
Category

1930s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Wood

Set of 4 Restored Bauhaus Beech Armchairs Designed by Mart Stam, 1930s, Czechia
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of 4 restored Bauhaus beech armchairs designed by Mart Stam. Style: Bauhaus Designer: Mart Stam Maker: Robert Slezak Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia Material: Beech a...
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Early 20th Century Czech Bauhaus Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Pair of Antique British Elbow Office Chairs circa 1920
Located in London, GB
Antique British Elbow desk chairs in solid Wood dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. This office chairs are beautifully proportioned, featuring a rounded fan-shaped backre...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Chairs

Materials

Linen, Wood

Amsterdam School Unusual Armchair with Purple Velours
Located in Antwerp, BE
Unusual Dutch Art Deco armchair, 1930s, Netherlands Stained oak sculptural armchair on five ebonized conic feet. The sides and the back are...
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1930s Dutch Arts and Crafts Vintage Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Oak

Armchair ‘Bridge’ Designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for Nk, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Armchair ‘Bridge’ designed by Axel Einar Hjorth for NK, Sweden, 1930s. The model was first exhibited at NK's spring exhibition in 1931 and at Ängby-villan in 1932. Our version, pictured above, was crafted using lacquered...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Birch, Lacquer

1950s Vintage Bruno Mathsson Easy Chair
Located in Los Gatos, CA
Among the earliest of Bruno Mathsson's designs is this rare model 36 easy chair upholstered with a linen head rest. Measures: 79 cm H x 173 cm W x 79 cm D.
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1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Beech

Bentwood Armchair by Thonet, Beech and Fabric, 1930s
Located in Brussels, BE
Bentwood armchair by Thonet, Beech and Fabric, 1930s Europe.
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1930s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs

Materials

Bentwood

Marta Blomstedt Pair of Easy Chairs in Sheepskin, Model Aulanko, Finland
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of Märta Blomstedt easy chairs. Legs in stained ash and upholstered in sheepskin. Model designed for Hotel Aulanko, Finland, 1939. The chairs are newly refinished an upholstere...
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1930s Finnish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Sheepskin, Ash

Pair of Gold Trimmed Neoclassical Opera Chairs
Located in Asheville, NC
Classical in form, with gorgeous detail, these upholstered seats are well-made and in great condition!!
Category

Early 20th Century Italian Neoclassical Chairs

Materials

Fruitwood

Scroll Arm, Naples Chairs, circa 1920
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Pair of Liberty Period, beautifully carved, solid Chestnut side chairs with unique, tightly scrolled arms featuring radiant, floral reliefs in the center of each.
Category

1920s Italian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Chestnut

Chinese Red Lacquer Official's Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The defining characteristic of a Chinese Officials Chair is the way that the back crest rail turns continuously into the back posts. Our artisan...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chairs

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Set of Six Bentwood Art Nouveau Bistro Chairs by Fischel, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Set of six Art Nouveau bistro chairs. Design by Fischel Austria. Striking Austrian design from the 1900s. Solid beech and bentwood frames with original printed wooden seats. This won...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Cane, Beech, Bentwood

Authentic Early Modernist Chair Robert Mallet Stevens, France, 1930s
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) came from an art-loving family and was one of the most influential French avant-garde architects and designers. He met very early on René Herbst and...
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1930s French Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

1940s French Art Deco Chairs
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Pair of French Art Deco Chairs with ebony wood frame and upholstered in white muslin fabric - Petite in scale with interesting curves and shape France, 1940s
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Original Josef Hoffmann and Wiener Werkstätte Chair Early 20th Century 1903
Located in Vienna, AT
A very rare chair from the early stages of the Wiener Werkstätte. Variations were displayed at the Neustiftgasse showrooms of the Werkstatte and were also placed at the Brauner Mansi...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech

1 Vintage Walnut Johnson Furniture Dining Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage dining chairs by Johnson Chair Co Chicago reminiscent of Jens Risom design with solid walnut wood frame construction. Johnson Chair Co is the...
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Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

PVC, Walnut

Eliel Saarinen Children's Chair, Early 20th Century
Located in Helsinki, FI
Children's chair, designed by Eliel Saarinen, Early 20th Century. Painted wood. Storage under the seat. Designed for the Munkkiniemi Pension in Helsinki Finland. Good vintage conditi...
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Early 20th Century Finnish Art Nouveau Chairs

Materials

Wood, Paint

Swedish Antique Wooden "Monk" Chair, Early 1900s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique Swedish solid tripod chair called a "Monk Chair" from the late 1800s-early 1900s. Lacquered wood in Swedish national romantic style with hand-carved patterns and decorative l...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Medieval Chairs

Materials

Wood, Cotton

Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen Set of Four 'Red Chairs' in Original Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, set of four dining chairs 'The Red Chair', model 3949, original patinated leather, mahogany, Denmark, designed 1928, manufactured 1930s. These dining ...
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1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Mahogany

Frits Schlegel for Fritz Hansen Set of Six 'Husum' Chairs
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Frits Schlegel for Fritz Hansen, set of six 'Husum' chairs, elm, beech. Denmark, 1930 Danish designer Frits Schlegel created the 'Husum' chair which got manufactured by Fritz Hansen...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Elm, Beech

Marcel Kammerer Seating Set Salon Suite, Thonet, Turquoise Green Leather, 1910
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A fantastic bentwood set seating group designed by Marcel Kammerer and manufactured by Thonet, Austria, circa 1910. The set contains of two armchairs and ...
Category

Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Brass

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

Large Group of Cafe Chairs from Old Time Saratoga NY Adelphi Hotel
Located in New York, NY
46 ice cream style cafe chairs, originally from the landmark Adelphi Hotel in Saratoga NY. Hand-wrought iron frame with upholstered pad seat, seats show some wear, normal and consist...
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Early 20th Century American Romantic Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

most comfortablw 20th century walnut carved cabriole legs with wings and arms
Located in Perth, GB
This chair is soft touch to the comfort a chair to relax in comfortable recently reupholstered in a triple woolen tapest style colourful material of the highest quality stufffed wi...
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Early 20th Century Chairs

Materials

Wool

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

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

Swiss Alp Escabelle Three Legs Side Chair, French, Early 20th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Side chair, Swiss Alp escabelle, three legs chair French, circa 1900 Massive carved wood, brutalist Characterful Good condition, solid and sound ...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of 6 Antique Swedish Gustavian Painted Dining Chairs Includes 2 Armchairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of 6 antique Swedish Gustavian painted dining chairs includes 2 armchairs and will make a great addition to your intimate dining ac...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Gustavian Chairs

Materials

Oak, Paint

20th Century Set of Four Black Ebonized Art Deco Chairs by Jindrich Halabala
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A set of four black ebonized Art Deco chairs made of wood with white upholstery, designed by Jindrich Halabala. Newly upholstered in good condi...
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Early 20th Century Czech Art Deco Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Ebony

1930's Rustic Red High Ladder Back Wood & Rush Chair set
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Vintage Rustic High Ladder Back Red Lacquered Wood & Rush Chair set. Made in France, 1930's period. Classic design high ladder back chairs with Moustac...
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1930s French Rustic Vintage Chairs

Materials

Rush

Fritz Hansen Pair of Easy Chairs, Model 1669
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Pair of Fritz Hansen easy chairs, model 1669, circa 1930s. Sculptural chairs re-upholstered in wool, legs of stained beech. All reupholstery work carried out with filling in organic ...
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1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Sheepskin, Beech

Eight Oak Art Deco Modernist Chairs by Fa. Randoe Haarlem, 1920s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare set of eight Art Deco Modernist chairs. This set of eight was designed and manufactured by Fa. Randoe Haarlem for the City Hall of Haarlem. Striking Dutch design...
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1920s Dutch Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Oak

Jean Prouvé Standard Chair
Located in Dronten, NL
The classic standard chair was originally designed by Jean Prouvé in 1934. This beautiful example is made in walnut with a black enameled steel frame. Marked with label. Jean Prouvé...
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1930s French Industrial Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel

Set of Nine Vintage Sheraton Style Carved Shield Back Dining Chairs
Located in Elkton, MD
Gorgeous Set of Nine Sheraton Style Carved Shield Back Dining Chairs with Striped Upholstery
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Early 20th Century Unknown Sheraton Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Set of 6 Louis XIV Style Dining Chairs with Carved Wood Frames
Located in Elkton, MD
Set of 6 Louis XIV Style Dining Chairs featuring intricately carved wood frames and luxurious leather upholstery. Includes 2 armchairs measuring 45" h x 23" w x 24" d and 4 side chai...
Category

Early 20th Century French Louis XIV Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Original Late 1930'S Vintage Industrial "Health" Chair
Located in Brussels , BE
In 1911 the Ironrite Ironer Company began manufacturing electric ironing machines and marketing them to American housewives as the modern antidote to the drudgery of hand ironing. In...
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1930s Vintage Chairs

Materials

Metal, Steel

A Rare Philip Clissett Ladderback
By Phillip Clissett
Located in London, GB
Otherwise known as the Passmore armchair after the settlement they were most probably designed for at Tavistock place - this version exhibits all the attributes one would find from a...
Category

Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Rush, Ash

3 Pc, Moorish Syrian Inlaid Arabesque Sofa & Pair of Armchairs Suite C. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
Syrian or Egyptian, circa 1900. An impressive antique Arabesque furniture suite including a pair of armchairs and sofa. The sofa and chairs in the Moorish style and most likely ma...
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Early 20th Century Syrian Anglo-Indian Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900 A pair wonderful inlayed nutwood chairs decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting chamois, goat, hare, hunter, ...
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Vintage Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1950s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Vintage Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1950s A vintage barber shop children chair. With rotatable height adjustment and a wooden horse head which is attached to the front of...
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Bauhaus chair no.811 by Josef Hoffmann
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bauhaus chair no.811 by Josef Hoffmann for Thonet in very nice original condition with signs of use.
Category

1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Rattan, Beech, Bentwood

Chair by Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig, 1938
Located in Berlin, DE
Chair, plywood construction, dark stained, ash veneer Design / Giuseppe Pagano Pogatschnig 1938 Dimensions / H.84cm W.40cm D.50cm Manufacturer / Maggioni Italy Designed for the Bocco...
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1930s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs

Materials

Ash, Plywood

Pair of Victorian Carved Side Chairs with Red Velvet Upholstery
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Materials: Mahogany, Original Upholstery
Category

1930s American Victorian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

Restored Bauhaus Armchair, Marcel Breuer, Thonet, Beech, Chrome, Germany, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored brown Bauhaus armchair. Period: 1930-1939 Designer: Marcel Breuer Maker: Thonet Source: Germany Material: Beech, chrome-plated steel, Rattan strings.    
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Chairs

Materials

Chrome

A pair of antique chairs on lion's paws, Western Europe, circa 1920.
Located in Chorzów, PL
A pair of antique chairs on lion's paws Made of oak wood Origin: Western Europe Year: around 1920 Dimensions: height 110 cm / seat height. 46 cm / width 52 cm / depth 58 cm
Category

1920s French Louis XVI Vintage Chairs

Materials

Oak

Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Pair Nutwood Edelweis Marquetry Chairs Swiss Brienz 1900 A pair wonderful inlayed nutwood chairs decorated with inlayed and painted sceneries depicting chamois, goat, hare, hunter, ...
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pair of Art & Crafts Chairs
Located in Marcq-en-Barœul, Hauts-de-France
This pair of very unusual chairs is made of wood and fabric. This is an interesting Arts & Crafts work. Circa 1900
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Early 1900s French Arts and Crafts Antique Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Pair of Original Harry & Lou Epstein Art Deco Cloud Chairs
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
A pair of Art Deco cloud chairs by Harry & Lou Epstein. Burr walnut veneered backs with Trompe-l'œil burr walnut legs. Re-upholstered in cream leather.
Category

1930s English Art Deco Vintage Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Barber Chair for Children, Germany ca. 1920s An antique barber shop children chair. With rotatable height adjustment and a wooden horse head which is attached to the front o...
Category

Early 20th Century German Victorian Chairs

Materials

Wood, Leather

"Hill House" chairs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Alivar
Located in Conversano, IT
Extraordinary set of 4 iconic "Hill House" chairs designed by Charle Rennie Mackintosh and produced in Italy in the 1980s by the well-known company Alivar. These chairs are called th...
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Wood

Rare 1930s French Wicker Rattan Emmanuelle Peacock Chair
Located in Birmingham, AL
A large, classic 1930s Peacock chair handcrafted in France of woven two-toned rattan and wicker. Having a flamboyant shaped high flaring back that resembles the fanned feathers of th...
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1930s French Bohemian Vintage Chairs

Materials

Wicker, Rattan

Restored Bauhaus H79 Chair, by J. Halabala, UP Zavody, Chrome, Czech, 1930s
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Restored Bauhaus Chair Deisgned By Jindrich Halabala. Designer: Jindrich Halabala Maker: UP Zavody Material: Chrome-plated Steel, Fabric Source: Czechia (Czechoslovakia) Period: 193...
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1930s Czech Bauhaus Vintage Chairs

Materials

Steel, Chrome

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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