1950s Chairs

Available today, this sculptural Mid-Century Modern four chair set in hardwood & blue fabric, designed in the fifties in Brazil is nothing less than spectacular! Each chair features a Brazilian rosewood (known as Jacaranda) structure with a tall backrest and four curved toothpick legs. The set has been reupholstered in a beautiful blue fabric that contrasts nicely with the wood. The wood has been refinished and besides minimal marks of age, the set looks stunning! The four delicate dining chairs are showcased in the gallery next to a Sergio Rodrigues vintage dining table, entirely made in rosewood also and the set looks stellar! This effortlessly sleek chair set can blend into almost any type of contemporary, Mid-Century Modern, boho chic, or modern environment. A beautiful set like this, will add a touch of Mid-Century Modern swagger to any home! Few contemporary and vintage publications...

A beautiful and iconic set of vintage bent ply and walnut dining chairs, these were designed by Robin Day in the 1950s, they are called the Hillestak chairs...

Midcentury chair with curved seat back, blonde frame and an adorable red vinyl seat and white trim. In original condition with visible surface scratches on t...

Set of six lounge chairs Casa e Giardino in white painted metal Italian production Mid-1950s, the chairs are deliberately left with their anti...

Edward Wormley for Dunbar Captain's "Y" chair, ca. 1955. Professionally restored walnut frame with new back caning and new upholstered seat with super soft and luxurious ivory wool f...

Set of 6 n.19 chair designed in the style ofCharlotte Perriand, made by unknown manufacturer. circa 1950, France. Materials Beechwood. Rattan. In good original condition, with min...

Chair with foam padding, skai upholstery and beechwood legs.

Extremely rare circa 1950s Hedstrom circle chair. Midcentury design. Heavy metal (iron) circular frame with hair pin legs. Both legs fold inward for easy storage and transit. Thick c...

Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set of six. The model 646 "Leggera" is an icon of chair...

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Design "FANETT" Style armchair set of 2, Denmark 1950s. In the style of Ilmari Tapiovaara for Edsby Verken. Birch and black lacquer spindle an...

Elegant and splendid pair of Mid-Century Modern armchairs, attributed to Gio Ponti, 1950 for ISA Editions, Bergamo. The armchairs have a new light ivory velvet upholstery.

rare pair of 1950s black lacquered high-back upholstered lounge chairs by Dan Johnson for Selig. Features elegantly tapered opposing curvilinear lines with a distinctive yet timel...

Near Pair of Italian Gio Ponti inspired lounge chairs. This stunning complementary pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern lounge chairs, club chairs, or side chairs have beautifully tape...

Green upholstered wingback chair with exotic wood frame and matching ottoman by Paolo Alvez in the style of Lina Bo Bardi. Ottoman measures...

Aluminum Chair; Charles & Ray Eames; Vitra; 1958; Office Chair; Leather; Chrome; Brown; The Aluminum Group; USA; Aluminum chair designed by Charles & Ray Eames and manufactured by ...

Stool model 927 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Mahogany and rattan. Measures: H: 43 cm W: 43 cm D: 28 cm 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 sellers long after Frank was forced to hand the company over in 1938 after the Third Reich annexation of Austria. When Josef and Anna had moved to Sweden Frank had struck up a working relationship with Design shop owner Estrid Ericson. Ericson was the proprietor of Svenskt Tenn that at this point was a successful interiors shop in Stockholm with the royal warrant of appointment to the Swedish Royal Household. In 1935 Frank had become the chief designer for Svenskt Tenn and had set about putting all of his creative effort into his designs for the company. At the World Expositions in Paris in 1937 and New York in 1939 the world saw for the first time the wealth of products that Frank had been working on, ranging from candlesticks to cabinets, there was not a domestic object that Frank had not subjected to his colourful, comfortable and organic style of Modernism. Frank’s new school of Modernism championed ideas such as chairs having a freeing, open back and that “If one desires the room to be comfortable…all pieces of furniture should allow for a free view of the separating line between the floor and the wall. A cabinet without legs breaks this line and thus reduces the feeling of space.” A world-wide audience tired of classic Modernism’s furniture with solid planes and aggressive forms leapt upon these ideas and Franks natural and bright designs for Svenskt Tenn became internationally desired. Frank created over 2000 designs for Svenskt Tenn and his products continue to be the core of their brand. Frank’s rejections of tubular metal and heavy lacquers within his furniture have insured his unique light form of Modernism continues to influence and flourish today. His natural toned mahogany and walnut pieces along with his tactile leather covered and brightly shaded lighting still bring the forms of nature back into the home. Original Frank pieces are now increasingly rare, highly desirable and are the epitome of “Scandinavian Design”. Renowned Designer and Academic Isle Crawford...

Mid century modern vintage beech orange ten ( 10 ) dining chairs or chairs designed by Anna Lülja Praun, Vienna 1953 and executed by Wiesner - Hager....

The dining chair N°3221 was designed by Junzo Sakakura Studio in 1953. Junzo Sakakura, who studied under Le Corbusier, wanted to design a chair that would suit Japanese interiors and lifestyle. One can easily see the inspiration with Jean Prouvé chairs...

Designed in 1955 by Martin Eisler for "Forma," the rare chai with armrests is made of Jatobá wood and leather Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler are most known by well-shaped armchairs made in iron, but the production it's away more complex, handcrafted, and extensive. The wood pieces produced by Forma Móveis...

Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) designed this charming stool in the 1950s to compose the furniture pieces of the Glass House, the first built project by the architect Lina Bo Bardi and the...

Mid-Century Modern twelve ( 12 ) dining chairs or chairs from beechwood and plywood in ocean blue teal color tone by Roland Rainer 1952 Vienna for Emil and Alfred Pollack. A gorgeou...

This charming chair in solid rosewood was designed by the Italian-born furniture designer Carlo Benvenuto Fongaro (1915-1986) in the 1950s. Fongaro collaborated in developing the...

This beautiful mid-century recliner was designed by Milo Baughman and manufactured by Thayer Coggin in the United States circa 1950s. This reclining features a strong solid walnut fr...

Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set of ten. The model 646 "Leggera" is an icon of chair...

The Lucio chair is an icon of Brazilian design, made with a solid wood structure, originally rosewood, and a flat cane seat. The backrest is sculpted with anatomical design and turned feet. Sergio Rodrigues designed this piece in 1956 in honor of Lucio COSTA, the great Brazilian architect and urban planner. This set is composed of eight chairs of Rosewood, with natural cane seats. Best known for his plan for Brasília, Lucio COSTA was one of the architects responsible for the project that became the most significant landmark of modern architecture in Brazil: the MEC (Ministry of Education and Culture) building in Rio de Janeiro, inaugurated in 1943. The construction presented a Modern architecture of Brazilian industry...

12 Chairs Style: 50° Italian Materials: wood, leather and chrome bronze Finish: polyurethanic lacquer We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage s...

A set of 6 elegant chairs in chrome-plated metal, plywood mold (in two different intensity tints), filled with black imitation leather, and comfortable seats in Prussian blue (two in...

Set of six dining chairs model 2027 designed by Josef Frank for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1950s. Mahogany, leather and brass. Josef Frank developed his characteristic style combining e...

Nice pair of Charlotte Perriand chairs model Bauche n°18 (with straight backrest). These chairs were created by the famous french designer Charlotte Perriand. They were originall...

This set of eight exquisitely crafted Cane chairs in Amendoim Wood, designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) in the 1960s, is a gorgeous example of his mastery of technical and const...

Fabulous set of 4 tall ladder back chairs with woven rope seats. Original in every sense and in excellent vintage condition with minimal wear. C...

Pair of Maruni rope lounge chairs, circa 1950s, Japan. The chairs feature an ebonized beech wood frame and are contrasted by their camel tension ro...

The Cane Chair was designed in 1952 by Jacob Ruchti and produced by Branco & Preto, an architecture and design firm that opened in 1952 in São Paulo. Branco & Preto was one of Brazi...

Très célèbre chaises dan le monde entier, la chaise Chiavari séduit depuis maintenant plus d'un demi siècle les amateurs de beaux meubles. D'une légèreté incroyable, cette chaise se ...

Vintage Mid-Century Modern Dutch Design Dress Boy chair by Wim Rietveld for Auping, made in the Netherlands, circa 1950's. Metal frame with bentwood plywood ...

Clash of 3 different chairs from mid century modern, gold plated, painted and lacquered I learn out of a past that has been created for me, a foundation to build on my own work A...

Set of 4 chairs in walnut and straw in the taste of Victor Courtray. Straw seats in good condition. Wooden structure turned in walnut.

Russel Wright designed this solid maple armchair for Conant Ball, inspired by the round frame and spindles of the classic American Windsor. One chair remains available.

Mid-Century Modern wood and rattan French Rationalist chairs, by unknown designer. Manufactured in France, circa 1950. In original condition wi...

A superb and extremely rare pair of vintage armchairs by G Plan. They were made in England, and they date from the 1950-60s. The quality is outstanding, they are very stylish and co...

Set composed of ten chairs produced in the 1950s, with authorship still in research by our team. In the market flow, many small manufacturers were inspired by the vanguard production...

Set of eight mid-century modern solid oak dining room chairs by Guillerme et Chambron Edition Votre Maison Model Thierry, France circa 1970 Oak shows a nice overall patina. Minimalis...

Iconic mid-century "Lierna" black lacquered wood and red faux leather chair. Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni designed this incredible piec...

Ringstol Lounge Chair by Illum Wikkelsø, corded woven seat. All original and untouched. Some minor marks on the cording. Stunning accent chair fo...

Original solid teak and rattan dining of side chairs, comfortable to sit, price a piece 5 chairs available handcrafted by the artist Paulussen, Belgium.

Set of Six Curvaceous Italian Brass Dining Chairs, in the manner of Gio Ponti, Italy, circa 1950s. These chairs are currently being reuphols...

2 Chairs We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that rea...

Black bentwood chair designed in the style of Thonet. Made in France, circa 1950. In original condition with minor wear consistent with age a...

A wonderful pair of mid-century modern hoop chairs/loungers. Wrought iron frames with hairpin style legs, with a Black and White fabric cover/seatin...

Very nice and rare Wicker chair .Design by Teun Velthuizen for Urotan 1950s Holland Grey Metal wire base ,comes with a Wicker seat .What a great looking ch...

Vintage dining chair Period: 1960s Country of Manufacturer: Slovenia/Yugoslavia Materials: wood, cane back, textile. It is really comfortable chair to sit on. High back forces yo...

This chair is not only a fantastic piece, it’s a design statement. Finally, it’s one of the most famous of all easy chairs from Chandigarh. It is raw, simple and poetic, expressing a...

This iconic chair is in good vintage condition with minor wear consistent with age and use. Steel frame and vinyl upholstery. Designed by Verner Panton in 1958.

This set of four Model 537 oresund chairs was designed by Borge Mogensen for Karl Andersson & Söner. It has been in production since 1955. These chairs s...

A set of eight fine French Mid-Century solid beech side chairs with a cross shaped cut out handle in the seat back. Minimum purchase is 4 chairs.      

Available today, these Mid-Century Modern chairs in Caning and Metal designed by Carlo Hauner in the fifties are beautiful!! The chairs feature an iron structure painted in black ...

Crate chair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, executed circa 1950 by Metz and Co in Holland. In good original condition, preserving a beautiful patina...

This set of eight chairs was designed by Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) in the 1950s. These breathtaking chairs are made of solid rosewood, with slatted backs and cane seats. As wit...