1950s Chairs
Period: 1950s
Color: Black
Malatesta & Mason Walnut and Black Leather Italian Armchair, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible midcentury armchair in walnut and black leather. This fantastic piece was designed by Malatesta & Mason and produced in Italy during the first half of the 1950s.
The a...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Pair of Leggera Black Ebonized Wooden Dining Chairs by Gio Ponti, Italy, 1950s
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Pair of Gio Ponti Model 646 "Leggera" chair for Cassina in 1957.
Black ebonized wooden frames with an unusual plastic finished papercord woven seat in remarkable good condition
V...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Papercord, Plastic, Wood
Ten Dining Chairs Designed by Richard McCarthy for Selrite
Located in Dallas, TX
A unique set of ten dining chairs designed by Richard McCarthy and manufactured by Selrite. The black painted iron against the smooth grain of the wood perfectly embodies the Industrial feel of the era. Consists of eight arm and two armless chairs. The armchairs feature curved wood arms...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Vintage Black No. 222 Chairs by by Robert Mallet Stevens
Located in London, GB
A set of 4 newly restored No.222 stacking chairs by Robert Mallet Stevens. Lacquered black metal in excellent condition with new rubber pads under the legs.
Dimensions: W40cm D46c...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
1950's Pel - Cox Tubular Metal Outdoor Dining Chairs With - Qty Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s Pel – Cox Tubular Metal Outdoor Dining Chairs With Metal Seats – Quantity Available
1950’s Pel – Cox Tubular Metal Outdoor Dining Chairs With Aluminium...
Category
English Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Chromed Black Leather T Chairs, Katavolos, Kelley, Littell, Laverne
Located in MIlano, IT
Mid-century chromed black leather T chairs, Katavolos, Kelley, Littell, Laverne.
Eight model T chairs, with chromed and enamelled steel frame with sup...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Brown Dining Room Chairs Franz Schuster 1959 Set of Twelve
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern set of 12 stackable bicolored dining room chairs designed by Franz Schuster (1892-1972) for the Forum Stadtpark Graz 1959, model Austro Chairs, and executed by Wie...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Hoffer, Midcentury Spider Chair for Plan, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Hoffer, midcentury spider chair for Plan O, 1950s
Stunning spider chair designed by Hoffer circa 1958 for Plan O. It has foldable circular tubular...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
1950s Iron Spindle Fan Back Side Chairs, A Pair
Located in Garnerville, NY
A very nice pair of spindle fan back side chairs. These are dining chair height and can also be used as a nice accent chair anywhere. Circa 1950-60. The iron chair base is reminiscen...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Iron
Jacques Adnet Armchair, 1950s, France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning foldable chair by French designer Jacques Adnet. Iron frame with chocolate brown Skai seat and seat back. Signature Adnet contrast stitching throughout. Brass ball feet. Bot...
Category
French Art Nouveau Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Brass, Metal
Pair of Black Gio Ponti Leggera Chairs with Cord Seat, Italy, 1951
By Gio Ponti
Located in Den Haag, NL
Pair of black Gio Ponti Leggera chairs with cord seat, Italy 1951.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Cord, Wood
Jacques Adnet Black Leather Chair, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning black leather chair by French designer Jacques Adnet. Black metal frame with its legs ending in brass ball feet. Brass balls adorn the top of the frame as well. Thick leathe...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Brass, Iron
1st Generation Eames Dkr-2 Wire Eiffel Tower Chair
Located in Garnerville, NY
First generation Eames DKR-2 Eiffel Tower base side chair with the distinct splayed feet and the black base (which was only released in the early version). ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Whimsical Mid-Century Chairs in Black Leather
Located in Milano, IT
Whimsical set consisting of four fine Italian-made leather chairs belonging to the 1960s.
The frame is made of chrome-plated steel and has a single foot of semi-rectangular shape, in...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Steel Mesh Side Chair by Harry Bertoia
Located in Cape Town, WC
Bertoia’s side chair is a definitively iconic expression of mid-century sensibility with a particular emphasis on the relationship between aesthetics and durability. Its silhouette i...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Adam Chair by IB Kofod Larsen for Mogens Kold Denmark
Located in Aachen, NW
Rare Adam chair by IB Kofod Larsen for Mogens Kold Mobelfabrik Denmark.
Designed in 1958 and produced in the early 1960s.
Early edition with wonderful black leather upholstery an...
Category
Danish Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Leather
Pair of John Vesey "Maximilian Lounge Chairs"
By John Vesey
Located in New York, NY
The “Maximilian Lounge Chair” was John Vesey’s finest and most celebrated chair design — it was also his most expensive one to produce, and appeared in a 1959 issue of Vogue. The aluminum frame was wrought rather than cast, solid rather than assembled, and polished to a seamless satiny sheen. An industrial-aluminum screen supports the black-leather upholstery tufted in a pattern that harks back to the 19th century. So too does the chair’s form that’s based on low-slung Latin American planters’ chairs. One that belonged to the ill-fated Emperor Maximilian of Mexico...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Two Black Stools in the Style of Charlotte Perriand in Wood 1950s
Located in Montecatini Terme, IT
Set of two stools with three legs entirely realized in black stained wood, designed in the style of Charlotte Perriand and manufactured in the 1950s.
Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) is one of the most important female furniture designers of the mid 20th century.
As early as 1927 Perriand produced a number of critically acclaimed innovative pieces of metal furniture, which drew the attention of Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. The result was the beginning of a work relationship that lasted many years. At Le Corbusier’s studio Charlotte Perriand developed a series of tubular steel chairs, among them the famous adaptable chaise longue, which was produced by Thonet two years later.
Perriand’s work continued to evolve and in the mid 1930s, she started to experiment with natural materials such as wood and cane. She traveled to Japan in 1940 as an official advisor on industrial design to the Ministry for Trade and Industry to advise the government on how to raise standards of design in order to develop products for export to the West. Perriand adapted local techniques of woodwork and weaving - straw, bamboo and twigs becoming her materials of choice.
It was especially after World War II, when Charlotte Perriand developed a new concept for the way of living by increasingly integrating the human dimension into her productions. Through flexible use of materials she achieved recognition with her pure and powerful style – as exemplified in her free form massive wood table models.
Conscious of economic and social realities, she decided to opted upon large-scale production, and finding a new synthesis between tradition and industry. “Always concerned with innovation rather than trying to affirm a formula for renovation”, she designed various housing developments such as the Unité d’Habitation in Marseilles, with Le Corbusier in 1949, as well as rooms at the International Students’ Residence in Paris in 1953. Included was a library built in...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Unique Folding Chairs
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Set of 6 unique folding chairs. Seat & back collapse in a unique way, folding towards each other part. Chairs have been painted and recovered but the vinyl on a few chairs is undone,...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Italian Sculptural Lounge Chair in the Manner of Gio Ponti
Located in Houston, TX
Italian sculptural lounge chair in the Manner of Gio Ponti.
Great sculptural Italian lounge chair after Gio Ponti, Marco Zanuso, Gigi Radice or Paolo Buffa. This beautiful Italian lo...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Two Chairs Designed by W.H.Gispen for the Dutch Company Kembo
Located in Beerse, VAN
Two very cool chairs designed by W.H.Gispen for the Dutch company KEMBO. The chairs are from the ‘innovative’ 1950s and they show it.
The chairs are stil...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Luigi Caccia Dominioni B 3chair/Armchairs Brass Iron Fabric Padding, 1950 Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Chair Luigi Caccia Dominioni.
Category
Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Brass
Carlo Ratti Chairs Wood Brass Skin 1955, Italy
By Carlo Ratti
Located in Milano, IT
Carlo Ratti chairs.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Brown Leather Coconut Chair by George Nelson for Vitra
By George Nelson, Vitra
Located in Doornspijk, NL
The Coconut chair was designed in 1955 by the American architect, industrial designer, author, editor and teacher George Nelson. Obviously he took his inspiration from a coconut that...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
1950’s Original Tolix Model a Dining Outdoor Chairs, Set of Six '1643'
By Tolix
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950?s Original Tolix Model A Dining Outdoor Chairs – Set Of Six (1643)
1950?s Original Tolix Model A Dining Outdoor Chairs ? Set Of Six. Tolix is one of our all time favourite companies. In 1907 Frenchman Xavier Pauchard discovered that he could protect sheet metal from rusting by dipping it in molten zinc (galvanisation) and a few years later he set up his factory producing steel furniture. Tolix was the creator and founder of perhaps the most iconic cafe chair of all time, the Tolix model A, designed in 1934 and sadly now copied worldwide. This is a set of six rich dark green chairs...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Fun and Decorative Side Chair, France, 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A lovely side chair of very nice design, in tubular metal with a black laquer finish. Raised on tapering, splayed legs. Curlicue detail and brass finials. Large round seta upholstered in yellow outdoor...
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French Vintage 1950s Chairs
Eames Wire Bikini Chair DKR-2 with Black Cover, Design 1951
Located in Greding, DE
Set of five DKR-2 Eames Wire chairs with black bikini upholstery on Eiffel Tower frame. Signs of age and use.
Category
Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Four talian Black & Red Dining Chairs, 1950s
Located in Parma, IT
Set of four Italian dining chairs with iron frames, trellis legs and brass feet.
The chairs have been newly upholstered in the original colors.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Renoved Mid Century Italian Chair by Carlo Ratti with Black Suede Leather
By Carlo Ratti
Located in Rome, IT
Mid century italian chair by Carlo Ratti
beech wood, oak wood, black suede leather , steel , brass .
We have carried out a complete restoration along with some light restying on thi...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Iron
George Nelson Rare High Back Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
George Nelson rare high back chair
A high back lounge chair designed by George Nelson for Herman Miller. Model #5469, this lounge chair is one of t...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Rare set of High Backed T Leather Chairs by Katavolos, Littell & Kelley
Located in Los Angeles, CA
William Katavolos in partnership with Douglas Kelley & Ross Littell designed the iconic sling-back T chair in 1952 as part of the Laverne International's sculptural New Furniture ser...
Category
American Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Mathieu Matégot "Kyoto" Kids Chair, 1950s
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Mathieu Matégot chair for kids. "Kyoto" series. 1950s.
Black lacquered tubular steel and peacock green upholstery.
Category
French Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Peter Hvidt: Armchair of Rosewood and Black Leather circa 1955
Located in London, GB
Easy chair with Brazilian rosewood frame. Seat, sides and button fitted back upholstered with black leather. Made by cabinetmaker Thorald Madsen.
Literature: Grete Jalk [ed.]: “40...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Jacques Adnet Leather Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning chair by French designer Jacques Adnet. Black iron frame with black leather seat and seat back. Chair sits on brass feet and features a triangular support under the seat whi...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Iron
Vintage MIM Armchair, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage MIM armchair is an original design furniture realized in the half of 20th century
Steel, rosewood and black leather.
Good condition.
A vintage iconic piece of design...
Category
Italian Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel
Marco Zanuso & Richard Sapper Metal ‘Lambda’ Chairs, Italy, 1959
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Set of four Lambda chairs by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso for Gavina, Italy 1959. Industrial and revolutionary design made from stamped and enameled metal and rubber feet. The tec...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Design Black Armchairs
By Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Black mid-century design armchairs by TON Bystrice pod Hostýnem 1950s. Professionally stained and repolished.
Category
Slovak Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Midcentury Attributed Gio Ponti Black Lacquered Wood Chairs, Italy, 1950
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of 4 Italian chairs from the 1950s Gio Ponti style. Black lacquered solid wood structure with seats in natural fiber.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Natural Fiber, Wood
Karl Ekselius for Pastoe FM31 Velvet Lounge Chairs, the Netherlands 1959
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Set of two light weight lounge chairs by Karl Ekselius for Pastoe. We have re-upholstered the chairs in green velvet.
On a chrome base.
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-SI-08-A Armless Easy Chair / Mid-Century Modern Chandigarh
Located in Zürich, CH
This chair is a fantastic piece, finally it's iconic. It is raw in its simplicity, nothing too much but still nothing is missing. It is a chair with a very strong shape. In the big s...
Category
Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Bamboo, Cord
Pierre Jeanneret PJ-SI-01-C Bamboo Armchair / Mid-Century Modern Chandigarh
Located in Zürich, CH
This chair is a fantastic piece, finally it's iconic. It is raw in its simplicity, nothing too much but still nothing is missing. It is a chair with a very strong shape. In the big s...
Category
Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Jute, Cotton, Bamboo, Cord, Rope
Mid Century Rattan and Black Iron Chair by Dirk van Sliedregt
Located in Weesp, NL
Stylish and elegant mid century black painted iron and rattan chair designed by Dirk van Sliedregt for the Gebroeders (brothers) Jonkers in the Netherlands. Dirk van Sliedregt (1920-...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Iron
Rare Pair of James Mont Mid-Century Lounge Chairs
By James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite pair of rare lounge chairs by James Mont.
The wide framed chairs have been fully restored with satin black frames and Mohair upholstery which is tufted on the seats.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Paul Laszlo Set of Four Chairs in Black Lacquered Wood, 1950s
By Paul Laszlo
Located in Milano, IT
Finished in black lacquered wood with spindle backs, open arms, and architectural supports. Red upholstered seats. *Similar chairs were used in the interior of the Brentwood Country ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Marvelous Bamboo Antique Corner Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Bamboo corner chair with incredible finials and antique patina.
Measure: seat height 17.
Category
Chinese Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Mid Century Leather / Iron Lounge Chair
By John Woodard
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A black wrought iron framed lounge chair having black leather strap arms and brass hardware with the seat back and bottom upholstered in a soft and supple black leather. The back res...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Brass, Iron
Set of 4 LV8 Cinema, Theater Chairs with Synthetic Leather Upholstery
By RIMA
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of four LV8 cinema or theatre chairs was made in Padova, Italy by RIMA in the 1950s. The pieces feature faux leather upholstery and fold-out seats. The chairs are in classi...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Iron
Set of Six Chairs by Colette Gueden, France, 1950s
Located in Isle Sur La Sorgue, Vaucluse
A lovely set of six dining chairs of minimalist design by Colette Gueden. The tubular metal structure is painted black, with large, rounded backs. Rush seats.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
P20 Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno 1955 Mid-Century Modern Pair of Chairs
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Brescia, IT
1955, Tecno
Black leatherette and metal frame.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
P40 Lounge Chairs by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno with Original Upholstery, 1954
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Wolfurt, AT
1st edition P40 armchair designed by Osvaldo Borsani in the 1950s and made by Tecno in Italy. The chair can be change into different positions. The seat, back and the footrest are ad...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Steel, Brass
1950's Stitched Leather Armchair by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1950's stitched leather armchair by Jacques Adnet
France.
Category
European Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Leather
Six Mid-Century Italian Style Mahogany Chairs High Back Lined Borsani Style
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Six mid-century Italian style mahogany chairs high back lined Borsani style.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Set of 6 Black Munkegaard Designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1955
Located in Lejre, DK
The set of 6 Munkegaard chairs, designed by the iconic Arne Jacobsen in 1955, epitomizes Danish design excellence. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, these chairs are a ti...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Fibrocit Stacking Bistro Chairs Metal, France, 1950s
By Fibrocit
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a phenomenal pair of Fibrocit, stacking, bistro chairs, made in France, circa 1950s. In very good vintage condition. The dimensions are 16.5" W x 18" D x 32...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Wicker Metal Vintage Dining Chairs or Chairs Black Blue Sonett Vienna circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Wicker metal vintage dining chairs or patio chairs duo or pair of set of 2 designed by Karl Fostel Erben and executed by Sonett, Vienna, circa 1950.
The seat frame was made out of bl...
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Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
1950s Arnon et Roux Cast Metal Base Industrial Chair
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s Arnon et Roux cast metal base Industrial chair. Exceptionally rare and substantial Industrial swivelling chair by Arnon et Roux, Paris. The chair has a heavy self threaded cast...
Category
French Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar Pull-Up Lounge Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar pull-up lounge chairs. Model 971 Jansus line collection.
Wormley's Boutique line. Original chocolate brown leather with...
Category
North American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Leather
Set of Two Brown Armchairs in the Manner of Marco Zanuso, Ladychairs, Italy
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Wolfurt, AT
Armchairs - Italy, 1950s. This piece is identically constructed to the Lady chair, a design by Marco Zanuso, only the base of the chair differs. The arm...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1950s Chairs
Materials
Metal
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