1930s Chairs

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...

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...

Carlo Scarpa for Bernini, pair of dining chairs model '765', walnut, black leather, design 1934, production 1970s These well-proportioned chairs are designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1934...

Jabob Kjær for Jacob Kjær Møbelhaandværk, dining chairs, niger leather, cuban mahogany, brass rivets, Denmark, 1937. Stunning set of dining chairs by Jacob Kjær manufactured in 1937...

This pair of chairs carries with it the same beloved modernist characteristics applied to American, Scandinavian, and Italian mid-century design – simple, functional – and shows the ...

Foldable chairs, chromed metal, plywood, The Netherlands, circa. 1930 This very large set of midcentury Dutch School chairs would be a great choice for your project if you are looki...

Foldable chairs, lacquered metal and plywood, The Netherlands, circa. 1930 This very large set of midcentury Dutch School chairs would be a great choice for your project if you are ...

Ernesto Valabrega, set of eight dining chairs, oak, leather, metal, Italy, circa 1935 These well-sculpted chairs are created in one of the most influential periods for the arts name...

Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens Designs, set of six dining chairs model 222, lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later Set of lacquered tubular chairs d...

Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, set of four dining chairs, 'The Red Chair', model 4751, original patinated leather, mahogany, brass, Denmark, designed 1933, manufactured 1930s. These...

Giuseppe De Vivo, dining chairs, model ‘55136’, coated steel, iron, reupholstered in Pierre Frey Georges Vieux Rose fabric, Italy, design circa 1933, production 1950s. These rare di...

Karl Schrøder was an artist generally known for his ceramic creations that, for a period of time, he made in his studio in Lillerød. Late in his life he ...

Giuseppe De Vivo, dining chair, model ‘55136’, coated steel, iron, reupholstered in Pierre Frey Georges Vieux Rose fabric, Italy, design circa 1933, production 1950s. This rare dini...

Turned chairs — sometimes called thrown chairs or spindle chairs — represent a style of Elizabethan or Jacobean turned furniture that had a vogue in late 16th and early 17th century England, New England and Holland. 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. These chairs were designed by French designer, Charles Dudouyt, who originally created this pair of small carved chairs as ‘fireside’ chairs, hence the “chaises basses...

Set of foldable chairs, chrome-plated metal and plywood, The Netherlands, circa. 1930 This set of midcentury Dutch School chairs would be a great choice for your project if you are ...

Armchair ‘The Red Chair’ Model 3758A designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussen, Denmark, 1930s. Mahogany, leather upholstery, and brass. This example was produced after 1930. The design detailing of this magnificent chair...

Armchair model 4488 designed by Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussen, Denmark, 1930s. Mahogany, ebony, cane, and black horsehair upholstery with cognac leather piping. Klint thought...

Rare set of 4 chairs designed by Gunnar Asplund. Produced by Iwan B. Giertz in Flen, Sweden.

Kaare Klint’s “KK47000” Safari chair is a refined version of the chairs brought on an African safari by an American cinematographer and his wife. Klint noticed the chairs in the couple’s photos, and they were most likely based on Roorkhee Chairs, the seminal pieces of British campaign furniture used by the military...

Set of six dining chairs, walnut, velvet, Czech Republic, 1930s These sophisticated and elegant Art Deco dining chairs were designed in the 1930s. The backrest and legs of the chair...

J.J.P. Oud for C.H. Eckhart, chair, mahogany, leather, brass, The Netherlands, 1930s Elegant Dutch chair with cream leather designed by J.J.P. Oud for C.H. Eckhart. The chair has a ...

Foldable chairs, chrome-plated metal and plywood, The Netherlands, circa 1930 This very large set of midcentury Dutch School chairs would be a gre...

Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens Designs, dining chairs model '222', lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later Large set of lacquered tubular chairs desi...

Jabob Kjær for Jacob Kjær Møbelhaandværk, dining chairs, niger leather, cuban mahogany, brass rivets, Denmark, 1937. Stunning set of dining chairs by Jacob Kjær manufactured in 1937. The Danish designer Jacob Kjær created this particular model for the Paris World Fair in 1937. The strong, elegant form of the geometrical backrest with spindles, all executed in the finest Cuban mahogany is absolutely striking. Lightness is created through the slim proportions of the frame which is executed in mahogany. Together with the original cognac niger leather with admirable patina this set of dining chairs is visually striking. A nice decorative touch are the brass rivets on the side of each seating. Jacob Kjaer (1896-1957) started working as a furniture designer in 1915. From 1918-20 he studied at the Institute of Arts and Crafts Museum in Berlin, then worked in Paris and returned to Copenhagen in 1926. Here, he opened his own workshop. His highly skilled craftsmanship and designs got honored with the Hand Work Medal in 1954. These items are in good, used condition and show patina and signs of wear and use common for pieces this age. The mahogany type of this piece does not require an export license. Please note that we have a total of sixteen chairs...

Pair of Warren McArthur pull-up chairs, 1930's Aluminum tubular frame with back-slats. Manufactured in Rome, New York Decal underside. We reupholstered with new Iron Cloth, a polye...

Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens designs, dining chairs model 222, lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later Large set of newly lacquered tubular chairs designed by the one of the masters of the Modern architecture; French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens. This model of a chair is one of Mallet-Stevens's best-known pieces of furniture that he created for the Salon des Art...

Thonet, pair of chairs, cherry, fabric, Germany, 1930s This unique pair of chairs has a splendid construction that epitomizes a simplistic, natural and timeless aesthetics. The desi...

Robert Mallet-Stevens for Stevens Designs, dining chairs model 222, lacquered metal, leatherette, France, design 1928, production later Large set of lacque...

A set of steel and vinyl chairs, created by Warren McArthur, United States, 1930s.

Foldable chairs, lacquered metal and plywood, The Netherlands, circa. 1930 This very large set of midcentury Dutch School chairs would be a great ...

Fritz Hansen lounge chair model #1672 A large scale lounge chair by Fritz Hansen upholstered in a luxurious red velvet with corded trim on bl...

A rare easy chair of leather and mahogany with nail head trim. Designed by Frits Henningsen. Reupholstered in soft red leather and refinished mahogany with brass nail-heads.

Side chairs, velours, wood, France, 1930s Elegant set of Art Deco chairs. The seating of the chairs is upholstered in a classy mustard velours,...

Pierre Dariel, pair of Hendaye armchairs, beech, fabric, France, 1930s Pair of armchairs designed by Pierre Dariel in the 1930s. The structure is composed entirely out of beech, whi...

1930's Large Scandinavian lounge chair new fabric upholstery. Beach wood legs spring system on the seat and back.

A Cuban mahogany 'Barcelona' dining or side chair designed by Kaare Klint featuring a leather upholstery. Originally introduced at the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona, Spa...

Pair of Hans Coray Landi chairs.

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...

Rare side chair by unknown designer. Probably produced in Sweden.

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...

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...

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 ...

Rare Viggo Boesen rattan easy chair designed 1938 and made at E.V.A. Nissen & Co., Denmark.

Rare pair of garden lounge chairs in hand-hammered iron with fabric seats by Jean-Charles Moreux (1889-1956) Illustrated in Jean-Charles Moreux by Susan Day, Éditions Norma, Paris, ...

A Christian Krass set of seven Art Deco chairs in mahogany wood with beige leather upholstery.

Näyttely translates to “exhibition”, which refers to the origin of these chairs. The furniture store, Majander Oy, held exhibitions to introduce the furniture models created by its d...