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Period: 1980s
Number in Set: Single Piece
Indonesian Wood Loop Chair
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Beautiful organic ifwood chair. CD a no yas x. Y
Category

Indonesian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Wood

Hepplewhite Chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown by Knoll, 1984
Located in Kansas City, MO
Hepplewhite chair designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott brown. Signed with the Knoll label. In near perfect condition.
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Wood

Studio Oak and Stainless Steel Rocking Chair by Leon Mayer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An amazing 1980s studio rocking chair by Leon Mayer. The chair is hand signed by Leon Mayer dated 1980 and numbered 169. The rocking chair is constructed of...
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Stainless Steel

Dining Chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Dining chairs by Pierre Cardin, 1980s Unique and magnificent Pierre Cardin table from the eighties. Absolutely rare production designed...
Category

Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Leather, Cherry

Charles Pollockk Penelope Stacking or Stack Chairs
Located in Kansas City, MO
Charles Pollock (Pollack) for Castelli sturdy wire mesh and chromed steel stacking chairs with arms. We took each of these chairs apart and replaced the inner screws that break with ...
Category

European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Rare Quebec 69 Spider Chair by Les Amisca
Located in Asbury Park, NJ
The Quebec 69 spider chair by Canadian postmodern Design Group Les Amisca featuring a bold exoskeleton of tubular steel, punctuated by a circular seat and ba...
Category

Canadian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Kim Steel and Plywood Chair Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Original 1980s
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kim chair designed by Michele De Lucchi in 1987. Made of unique shaped black steel frame and bent plywood for back and seat. Memphis logo mark is on the back of the seat. This logo i...
Category

Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Four Sculptural High-Back Steel Chairs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Four high back chairs covered in Sunbrella fabric. We had these chairs sand blasted and powder coated in satin white. Can be used either inside o...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

'Cairo' Chair by Peter Shire, 2018
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Upholstered armchair by Peter Shire, 2018 Upholstered with Kvadrat Divina Fabric, Aluminum, Wood & Paint. Approximate measures: 60 1/4" high x 40" wide x 39" deep Peter Shire: ...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

'Universal' Chair 'Blue & Black' by Peter Shire, 1994
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage chair by Peter Shire, 1994 Steel and poly-chrome paint. Black seat, blue back, green and orange arms, black and yellow stretcher bars. Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an LA...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Alberto Orlandi "Pompeii" Italian Set of Four Leather Armchairs in Steel & Brass
Located in Landau an der Isar, Bayern
One of a set of four rare vintage 'Pompeii' armchairs or seats by Italian designer Alberto Orlandi, circa late 1970s-early 1980s. Made in Italy and featuring polished steel, solid ca...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Brass, Steel

'Universal' Chair 'Pink & Gray' by Peter Shire, 1994
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Vintage chair by Peter Shire, 1994 Steel and Polychrome Paint. Pink seat, grey back, green & red arms, black stretcher bars. Peter Shire: Peter Shire is an LA-based artist whos...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Bone Air Chair by Memphis Milano Designer Peter Shire
Located in Kansas City, MO
Peter Shire bone chair designed and made in the Studio of Peter Shire, 1983. Only two of these chairs were ever made. The other reside in a private collection in Germany. Very large ...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Laminate, Wood

Zogrophos Bucket Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of 6 Nicos Zogrophos high back executive chairs. Available per chair or as set of ten. Grey leather and loose cushions on five-star c...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Unique Faux Bois Chair, Artist Made of Hand Worked Iron, One of a Kind
Located in Kansas City, MO
Handmade one of a kind iron high back chair in a faux bois style. Sturdy and comfortable.
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Iron

HAL2 Chair Shiro Kuramata
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
HAL2 chair designed by Shiro Kuramata for Cassina Inderdecor in 1987. Vinyl seat and expand metal back.
Category

Japanese Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal, Steel

Set of Four Italian Design Chairs from the 1980s
Located in Tourcoing, FR
Tendency and very beautiful, these four chairs, robust and Italian design of the 1980s, have an aerial structure in black lacquered metal. Comfortable, the black tubular metal armre...
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Charles Pollock, Set of Height Penelope Chairs in Chrome and Meshed Metal
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Charles Pollock, set of height chairs in chrome and meshed metal. Penelope model. Edition Castelli, 1982.
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Aluminum and Steel Postmodern Armchair
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A spectacular Italian Postmodern sculptural armchair from the 1980s. The black part of the chair is powder coated steel and the seat and back is satin aluminum. There is minor wear ...
Category

Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum, Steel

Ron Arad Chair
Located in NYC, NY
'Horns' chair by Ron Arad 1985-1989 Measures: 108.2 x 50 x 48.5 cm (42 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.) Aluminium, stainless steel.
Category

English Industrial Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Parchment Desk or Side Chair
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Single side chair cover with dark green grey parchment in the style of Karl Springer. (High gloss polyester resin filled finish). Please note: Mark on resin top side chair see last ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Epoxy Resin, Goatskin, Parchment Paper

Martin Visser Modernist Chair SE20 Spectrum, 1988
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare modernist side chair designed by Martin Visser and manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk, 1988. This chair is model number SE20 and was made in several color combinations. This is...
Category

Dutch Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Chic and Stylish Leather Clad Side Chair in Light Gray
Located in Bronx, NY
Chic and stylish leather clad side chair in light gray.
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Leather

Martin Visser Modernist Prototype Chair SE20 Spectrum, 1988
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare prototype side chair designed by Martin Visser and manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk 1988. This chair is the pre production of model number SE20 and was eventually made in sev...
Category

Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Six Pivoting Seats
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
six pivoting seats
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Herman Miller Eames Wenge Wood Veneer DCM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Extremely rare combination of wenge wood veneer and dark eggplant frame. No veneer chips. Special custom order. Chair is in very good condition. Collector's item. Maintains black med...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Geometric Steel Side Chair
Located in Stockton, NJ
Interesting and unique cut steel chair with architectural form.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Cut Steel

Alan Siegel 1985 Vintage Bent Wood Hand Painted Fish & Net Chair Artist Signed
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage laminated bent plywood fish and net lounge chair by Alan Siegel (American b. 1938). Signed "Siegel 1985," solid laminated bent plywood frame, ...
Category

American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plywood, Paint

1980ies Palace chair designed by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
1980ies Memphis Milano Palace chair in colored lacquered wood designed by George Sowden, 1983. George Sowden studied architecture at Glouc...
Category

Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plywood, Coating

Bauhaus Design Chrome Tubular Steel and Brown Faux Leather Dining Chairs, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Italian modernist, Bauhaus design tubular chrome and brown faux leather stackable dining or living room chairs. Italian design of the 1980s. Price is per piece. 25 pieces available....
Category

Italian Bauhaus Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Dining chairs by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli, Italy 1980s
Located in Denventer, NL
Designer chairs, type DSC Axis 106, designed in the 1960s by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli, Italy. The 10 chairs have green plastic upholstery, aluminum frame, steel legs with gray ...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of ‘Toro’ chairs by Martin Szekely, France 1987
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Pair of 'Toro' chairs by Martin Szekely, France 1987. The chairs were produced by Néotù gallery in a limited number of 200 examples. Minimal tubular and folded sheet steel frames fin...
Category

French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Steel

Pair of Locust chairs by Torstein Nilsen for Møremøbler AS 1982
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Pair of portable folding chairs designed in 1982 by Torstein Nilsen initially for Kalvatn Møbelindustri and produced in 1984 by Møremøbler AS, made of black lacquered beech, with sup...
Category

Norwegian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

4814 Lounge Chair by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell
Located in Chicago, IL
Italy, 1988. Lounge chair made of injection-molded plastic using a blend of recycled polyethylene materials that gave each chair a unique marbleized appearance.
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plastic

4814 Lounge Chair by Anna Castelli Ferrieri for Kartell
Located in Chicago, IL
Italy, 1988. Lounge chair made of injection-molded plastic using a blend of recycled polyethylene materials that gave each chair a unique marbleized appearance.
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plastic

Memphis Design Postmodern 'Trix' Chair by Karl Friedrich Förster for KFF, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
A steel and plywood postmodern 'Trix' chair designed in the 1980s in Germany by Karl Friedrich Förste for KFF, his own manufacturing company. Unique, geometrical and Memphis-influenc...
Category

German Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Postmodern 1980s Flex 2000 Stacking Chairs by Gerd Lange for Thonet, Beech Wood
Located in Basel, BS
Excellent set of 6 Flex 2000 Stacking Chairs by Gerd Lange for Thonet, with wooden oak frames and black seats. No longer produced, Rare items. Designed by Gerd Lange in 1983, manufactured in Western-Germany. The legs are made of solid ashwood, the frame is made of ashwood bentwood and veneered beech struts. The seat and back consists of original black painted PVC material. Incredible space savers-- stackable! Dimensions 18.3ʺW × 16ʺD × 31.1ʺH International Shipping details...
Category

German Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

PVC, Ash, Beech

1 of 4 Vintage Thonet Flex 2000 Chairs by Gerd Lange for Thonet, 1980s
Located in Zagreb, HR
Set of four vintage Thonet Flex 2000 chairs, designed by Gerd Lange for Thonet and produced by Thonet during the 1980s. Comfortable and quality made. Fl...
Category

German Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plastic, Wood

Italian Modern Set of Six Black Lacquered Wood and Vienna Straw Chairs, 1980s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian modern set of six black lacquered wood and Vienna straw chairs, 1980s. Set of six chairs in lacquered wood with front legs offset from the rear ones, back with rounded shape...
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Straw, Wood

Eero Aarnio Hanging Bubble Chair
Located in New York, NY
An original bubble chair designed by Eero Aarnio, circa 1980. The chair hangs from the ceiling and features an acrylic form, solid stainless steel framing...
Category

Minimalist Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Acrylic

Set of Four Lacquered Wrought Iron and Gilt Metal Chairs
Located in Palm Beach, FL
With hand carved details. Sold as a set of four. Ships from New York. Local pickup and delivery available. ? Measurements ? 39" H x 24.75" W x 18.5" D...
Category

Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Lucite wing-arm dining or side chairs with yellow velvet seat pads, USA 1980s
Located in Hastings, GB
Pair of heavy lucite wing-arm dining or side chairs with bright yellow velvet seat pads. By Carmichael Designs, Palm Springs USA, early 1980s. In great...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Velvet, Lucite

Italian Pietro Constantini for Ello Draped Black Lacquer Accent Armchair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fabulous Hollywood Regency Style Italian black lacquer armchair designed by Pietro Costantini for Ello Furniture. This sculptural accent or desk chair features a graphic draped back ...
Category

Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Italian Pietro Constantini for Ello Draped Black Lacquer Side Accent Chair
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Fabulous Hollywood Regency Style Italian black lacquer side chair designed by Pietro Costantini for Ello Furniture. This sculptural accent or desk chair features a graphic draped bac...
Category

Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Rodney Kinsman Vienna Chair Reupholstered in Mohair, United Kingdom, 1980
Located in Madrid, ES
Chair designed by Rodney Kinsman with black lacquered metallic structure reupholstered in blue and yellow faux fur mohair.
Category

British Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Ruud-Jan Kokke Slat Chair, the Netherlands, 1986
Located in Utrecht, NL
Designed by Ruud-Jan Kokke, this slat chair was produced by the Dutch manufactory Spectrum, in 1986 as part of their series called “Kokke-Chairs”. The frame is manually assembled ...
Category

Dutch Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Oak

Chair Armchair "Spaghetti" Design Giandomenico Belotti for Alias, 1980s
Located in taranto, IT
Rare "Spaghetti" armchair designed by Giandomenico Belotti for Alias, early 1980s, version in black leather with reconstructed armrests, original whi...
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Giancarlo Vegni for Fasem 'P90' Leather Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s Italian black leather chair designed by Giancarlo Vegni for Fasem. Good condition consistent with age and use.
Category

Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Leather

Capitello Chair by Fornasetti, Italy, 1988
Located in Brussels, BE
Capitello Jonico Fornasetti chair. Black lacquered metal frame and legs labeled and signed Fornasetti, 1988.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Empire Chair in Molded Plywood by Robert Venturi & Denise Scott, 1984
Located in New York, NY
Empire chair in molded plywood with laminated finish in the "Grandmother" pattern. Designed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Knoll, USA, 1984.
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Set of Six Chairs by the Italian Gaspare Cairoli for Seccose, 1985
Located in Rome, IT
A set of six chairs that feature metal bases with seats in hard plastic and backrests in rubber. They are foldable and stackable.
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Metal

Sculptural "Quarta" Chair by Mario Botta for Alias, 1984, Italy
Located in Brussels, BE
Sculptural Quarta chair by Mario Botta for Alias, 1984, Italy. Black lacquered aluminium and back role from black polyurethane. Measures: H: 67 cm, W: 98 cm, D: 65 cm. Good condition...
Category

Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

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