Antique Beech Wood Chair – 1940s German Desk or Dining Chair with New Cane Seat

🏭 Vintage 1950s Industrial Chair – German Design 🇩🇪 A true piece of history! This industrial chair from the 1950s is a perfect blend of functionality and timeless design. Tota...

Set of 6 Vintage Stacking Chairs by Flötotto, Germany – 1970s 🪑🌿 A beautiful set of 6 vintage stacking chairs by Flötotto, Germany — likely produced in the 1970s. The listed price...

Set of 2 Bentwood Chairs – Probably 1950s–1960s Manufacturer unknown Beautifully sturdy beech wood frames, professionally refurbished and oiled. Both chairs feature newly handwoven ...

Pair of Unique Vintage Swivel Chairs – 1970s German Design Manufacturer: Unknown Origin: Germany 🪑 Price is for the pair (2 chairs) These striking vintage swivel chairs from the 19...

Solid and massive chairs in a brutal eclectic style, beechwood, floral tapestry fabric.

Mid-century designers were eager to break free from the aesthetics of the past and experiment with new forms, and techniques. At the same time, especially in Europe, the modernist design movement was often based on traditional styles and techniques, such as turned chairs. Turned chairs — sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs — represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that had a vogue in the late 16th and early 17th century. The technique was carried on to the 20th century and was widespread in Europe as well, where craftsmen created durable pieces for various interiors and purposes. In turned furniture, the individual wooden spindles of the piece were made by shaping them with chisels and gouges while they were being spun, or turned between the centre points of a lathe. The construction of this pair is evocative of the more robust Arts and Crafts Movement, featuring subtle decorative elements such as the finials atop the backs. The sphere-shaped finials aren’t the only ornamentations on the design; the shape of the two splats on the back, the carved stretchers and carving on the feet are all decorative features that make this pair visually arresting. In later turned chairs, like this pair, rush seats were common. Here, the seats are woven around the frames with a light colour that beautifully contrasts to the dark, patinated wood. The partnership of the two natural materials is very effective as well; the wood and rush pair...

Set of 6 chairs in solid beech and plywood, Germany 1970s. The chairs are solid sturdy chairs, with high seating comfort for wooden chairs. The chairs are well made in a heavy qualit...

A rare Antique Beech Wood X Framed Cane back Arm chair. With its unusual Savonarola looking frame makes this wonderful chair both charming and a practical hall or bedroom chair that ...