Mid-20th Century Chairs

Rare large lot of dining chairs by Stickley Furniture, c 1950's. The chairs are constructed of solid maple and feature a stylized ladder bac...

Designed in 1937 by Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic Taliesin Barrel Chair was relaunched in 1986 as Barrel Chair no. 606 by Cassina in Italy. This barrel-shaped armchair is compos...

Vintage Solid Walnut Office Chair, Desk Chair, American 1930, B2890 American 1930 Solid Walnut Original Finish With carved top rail Sloped v...

Vintage Slatted Barrel back hand carved chair Wiener Werkstatt inspired, hand carved and hand shaved barrel chair. This creative chair is constructed in solid walnut. Vertical slats extend from the floor to the top forming the barrel’s horseshoe curve. The design is associated with the great furniture designer, Charles Rohlfs...

Fantastic pair of Arts & Crafts oak armchairs. These armchairs have attractive form and proportions. With elegant rectilinear backs comprised of flat spindles and armrests finishe...

This handsome set of six turned bobbin chairs with original woven seat circa 1940 is the perfect addition to any dining table. The turned bobbin technique comes from the 17th century...

Mint pair of semi-antique stools with handwoven rush seats. Finding this rare pair of vintage stools was a treat and to have found them in this amazing condition made this find ev...

Oak set of expressive chairs in the style of Kramer and Hildo Krop, Netherlands 1930s Amsterdam School set of six chairs, exuberant and sculptural, with ebonized tips. The velvet upholstery was already on the chairs, ask about our in house reupholstery service in case you desire something else.    The Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School) is a style of architecture that arose from 1910 through about 1930 in the Netherlands. The Amsterdam School movement is part of international Expressionist architecture, sometimes linked to German Brick Expressionism. Buildings of the Amsterdam School are characterized by brick construction with complicated masonry with a rounded or organic appearance, relatively traditional massing, and the integration of an elaborate scheme of building elements inside and out: decorative masonry, art glass, wrought ironwork, spires or "ladder" windows (with horizontal bars), and integrated architectural sculpture. The aim was to create a total architectural experience, interior and exterior. Imbued with socialist ideals, the Amsterdam School style was often applied to working-class housing estates, local institutions and schools. For many Dutch towns Hendrik Berlage designed the new urban schemes, while the architects of the Amsterdam School were responsible for the buildings. With regard to the architectural style, Michel De Klerk had a different vision than Berlage. In the magazine "Bouwkundig Weekblad 45/1916" Michel De Klerk criticized Berlage's recent buildings in the style of Dutch Traditionalism. In this context, the Stock Exchange by Berlage of 1905 can be seen as the starting point of Traditionalist architecture. From 1920 to 1930 different parallel movements developed in the Netherlands: Traditionalism (Kropholler, partly Berlage) Expressionism (de Klerk, Kramer) De Stijl (Rietveld, Oud, van Doesburg with manifesto De Stijl/1917 against the "Modern Baroque" of the Amsterdam School) Rationalism (van Eesteren, van Tijen, Merkelbach with manifesto De-8/1927 against the Amsterdam School) Constructivism (Duiker, van der Vlugt) The specific Brick-Cubism by Dudok and Berlage. The Expressionist architecture of the Amsterdam School was the most successful style of the 1920s. For many foreign architects, Amsterdam was the "Mecca" for new town extensions. But the Traditionalist movement lasted longer, until the 1950s, thanks to the so-called delft School, represented by Martinus Granpré Molière at the delft University of Technology. In the 1960s the Rationalist movement was dominant. In a well-known speech, the Dutch Rationalist, Willem van Tijen declared the Amsterdam School a warning example for architects (published in Forum 9/1960-61). After the death of Piet Kramer in 1961, no architectural institution or museum was interested in his Expressionist work. For that reason, all his drawings...

From The United Kingdom circa 1960 this dining chair set has bold features and a simple material presence, recalling the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement. Established in Brita...

A pair of small succession chairs painted white, circa 1920.

Mackintosh is perhaps Scotland's most famous architect. Born in Glasgow in 1868, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a pioneer of modernism, blending Scottish and Japanese influences with art nouveau to create his own unique aesthetic as an architect, artist and designer. The Hill House is considered to be Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s domestic masterpiece. Working to a commission from Glasgow book publisher Walter Blackie, up-and-coming architect Mackintosh and his wife, the artist Margaret Macdonald, created almost everything you see, from the building itself to the furniture and textiles, Including the 292 Hill Chair...

Measures: As chair: 15.25" W x 18" D x 36.5" H, seat height 18.5" As ladder: 15.25" W x 24.5" D x 36.75" H.