1960s Chairs

Set of ten Selene stackable chairs in green plastic, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1966 and produced by Arteminde Milano from the 1969 to the 1990. The Selene chair was designed in 1966 by Magistretti to be produced in a plastic material, as he himself affirmed: "The seat and the back are simple curved surfaces. For me, the legs represented the real image of the piece, with as small a volume as that of any common wooden chair. I solved it by exploiting the moulding of a plastic material formed by a simple 3-millimetre-thick sheet with a simple but very resistant "S" cross-section which clearly inter-related the object with ordinary chairs without however the elephant legs so untypical of chairs. It was fun working with the model maker on the wood model." When produced in series, "a unit comes out of the machine every five minutes": Selene is the fruit of a single compression moulding process on a pre-impregnated sheet (Ottagono 15 / 1969). Magistretti solves the problem of leg resistance by adopting an "S-shaped" configuration that confers resistance to a sheet only 3 millimetres thick. The formal and structural solution had already been previously adopted for the Chimera lamp (a self-supporting methacrylate sheet) and in developing the legs of the Demetrio table...

1960’s original green french tolix t2 metal outdoor dining chairs – set of four. 1960’s original green french tolix t2 metal outdoor dinin...

Mid-Century Modern green velvet chair with walnut wood arms. Dimensions: arm to arm 22”. Depth 20 inches. Height 31 inches. Arm height 25 i...

Italian Mid-Century Modern chromed steel and forest green velvet chair, 1960s. Seat with chromed steel structure with padded back and seat ...

Lounge chair designed by Verner Panton in original green fabric with chrome trim and chrome swivel base. Classic Mid-Century Modern or Scandinavian modern styling. A comfortable chai...

Set of six Universale chairs in green plastic, designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Kartell in the late 60s. (Also for outdoor use).

Chairs, teak, fabric, metal, Denmark, 1970s The design features a striking combination of materials and textures. The back of the backrest and frame of the seat are made in wood. ...

Magnificent very rare green colour edition 'Champagne' chair by American designer couple Estelle and Erwin Laverne. Organic shaped lucite shell with a white buttoned vinyl seat cushion on sprung auto return revolving aluminium base. Designed in 1962. Part of a series of chairs designed by Laverne...

Set of six Universale chairs in green plastic, designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Kartell in the late 60s. Also for out door use.

Gaudi chair by Vico Magistretti from Artemide 1960s the iconic chairs. In 1972 the Gaudi chairs was exibited at the Moma Museum in New York.

Amazing set of 4 matching fiberglass shell chairs by Krueger Metal Products of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Chairs feature wonderful seafoam green fiberglass ...

Set of 3 vintage coquillage chairs by French designer Pierre Guariche for Meurop. This colorful set of chairs is made from a plastic shell mounted on an elegant black metal base ...