Mario Dal Fabbro Child's Chair in Plywood

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sculptural qualities of a design...

Prototype folding chair of tubular metal with plastic ball caps and its original yellow mesh fabric sling dating to the late 1950’s or early 1960’s. By architect and designer Henry Glass, an Austrian emigre who worked with Gilbert Rohde in New York City in the late 1930’s and then studied in Chicago with Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Glass was ahead of his time in his concerns with pre-fabrication, modularity, affordability, and ecological responsibility. He was known for his knock-down furniture designs–chairs and tables that folded, nested, or stacked for easy mobility and space-saving flexibility. Austere and visually interesting, these designs utilized inexpensive materials such as plywood, masonite, tubular steel, and canvas. The present piece, never produced, channels Gerrit Rietveld in proposing a low-cost mid-century outdoor chair...

Pair of sinuous “Alexandria” chairs in mahogany designed by Edward Wormley and produced by Dunbar Furniture circa 1961. One of Wormley’s signature des...

Prototype stacking chair hand-built of an aluminum sheet and tubular aluminum by furniture designer and artist Richard Schultz as a full-size 3-D model exploring the ergonomic and sc...

19th century painted child's chair with repairs made in metal. Detail turning of the arms. Charming example of English country Folk Art.

A delightful and charming child's chair from the South of France. Soundly constructed from richly stained pine and beechwood with iron supports. A wonderful accent piece for any chil...

A fine English child's chair from the 19th century, featuring a handsomely patinated fruitwood frame with splat back and rush seat.

A 19th century Country French child size chair hand crafted of solid walnut with large scrolled arms and natural rush seat. Waxed patina. Good and st...