Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Pair of Mid-Century Italian Chairs, Cubic Wood Structure and Curved Seat, 1970s
Located in Sacile, PN
Pair of Italian chairs, with natural wormwood cubic structure and black wormwood curved seat, dated 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Giancarlo Piretti Plia Folding Chair in Lucite and Chrome for Castelli, Italy
Located in Amsterdam, NL
The Plia folding chair is an inventive and beautiful design by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli in 1967, Italy. This icon is included in every standard publication on 20th century (fur...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$320 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair of Eames Lounge Chair Metal 'LCM'
Located in New York, NY
Iconic pair of Eames for Herman Miller LCM's in later orange and black paint finish. These chairs are structurally sound and sturdy, both have a later, but not new, orange paint surf...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
$2,600 / set
Curvaceous Danish Modern Teak Desk Chair by Brockmann Petersen
Located in Atlanta, GA
Curvaceous Danish Modern Desk or Occasional Chair, designed by Brockmann Petersen for Poul Jeppesens, Denmark, circa 1960s. The seat cushion has been reupholstered in an ivory color ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Vintage Hot Pink Peacock Wicker Chair w Pillows
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage hot pink handmade wicker chair with pair of velvet pillows.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wicker
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Italian 1950s Sculptural Single Chair
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1950s beautifully sculpted single chair.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Unusual Slipper Chairs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings Widdicomb, circa 1950s
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of rare and unusual French style slipper chairs by T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings for Widdicomb, circa 1950s.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
James Evanson Masque Chair for Evanson Studios
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Really nice Masque chair by James Evanson for Evanson Studios. This unique 80's side chair is in good vintage condition with only some minor scuffing on the back legs. The seat and b...
Category
1980s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Laminate, Mahogany, Plywood
Bruno Mathsson Eva Reading Chair
Located in Riverdale, NY
Bruno Mathsson reading chair, originally designed in 1934 in laminated beech bent wood with linen webbing. This later version has original webbing and is...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Vintage Pair of Mid-Century Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Arm Chairs B
By Salterini
Located in Wilmington, DE
Set of 2 Mid-Century Modern Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Arm Chairs
Offered is a Vintage Mid-Century Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Iron Arm Chair in the style of Salterini(circa 1960'...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
Lowback Falcon Lounge Chair in Brown Leather
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Norway
Designer: Sigurd Ressell
Manufacturer: Vatne Møbler
Era: 1960s
Materials: Leather, Bent Beech
Measurements: 31″ wide x 28″ deep x 32.5″ tall
Seat Height: 18″ tall
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Pair of Folding Slat Chairs by Aldo Jacober for Alberto Bazzani, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Jacober
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A finely crafted pair of mid-century folding chairs designed by Aldo Jacober and produced by Alberto Bazzani in Italy, circa 1960s. Constructed from solid beechwood, each chair featu...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
Green Pluff Italian Folding Stool Chair by G. Piretti for Anonima Castelli, 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning "Pluff" folding stool chair in chrome and green colored polyurethane seat. The super rare and iconic "Pluff" was designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli and prod...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Alky Chairs by Giancarlo Piretti for Artifort in Pierre Frey, 1970s, Set of 2
Located in ŁÓDŹ, PL
A pair of beautiful Giancarlo Piretti "Alky" chairs reupholstered in a fluffy blend of wool, mohair and alpaca, produced by one of the world's most luxurious fabric manufacturers, Pi...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wool, Alpaca, Mohair
Herman Miller Eames DAX Fiberglass Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous and rare hue of red orange on this vintage fiberglass Herman Miller Eames armchair. Model DAX with H base. All shock mounts intact. Stamped Herman Miller under chair and gua...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Set of Ten Klismos Dining Chairs by Carl Malmsten for Widdicomb, circa 1940
Located in Saint Louis, MO
A most rare set of ten Klismos dining chairs designed by Carl Malmsten in 1938 for Widdicomb newly professionally refinished and reupholstered in Holy Hunt Great Outdoors fabric designed for both indoor and outdoor use making it highly durable and resistant to stains or happy spills. This particular Klismos set...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Iconic Italian Spaghetti Bar Chairs, 1970s, Italy
Located in Hagenbach, DE
Iconic Italian Spaghetti Bar Chairs, 1970s, Italy
Wear consistent with age and use.
Measurements:
Height: 90 cm
Width: 42 cm
Depth: 45 cm
Seating heig...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Mimi Swivel Chair by Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Mambo Unlimited Ideas : Mimi Chair
structure: fabric or leather
base: solid wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Bog Wood
$2,131 / item
An Audoux & Minet Rope Chair, Vibo, France, 1950s
Located in LEWES, GB
A superb rope and wood cantilever chairs by Frida Minet and Adrien Audoux, 1950s, France. In original condition, with some wear, marks and signs of age and use to the wood rope. Fa...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Wood
Afra and Tobia Scarpa Walnut Africa Dining Chair for Maxalto, 1976, Set of 8
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of eight Africa dining chairs, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa and produced by the Italian manufacturer Maxalto in 1976.
They feature a clear walnut briar structure and a black...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Yoga Body Chair by Jim Warren for Pearl Dot 1979 Pair
Located in Stow on the Wold, GB
An important and rare pair of chairs designed by Jim Warren and produced by Pearl Dot, England, they date from 1979. Very cleverly designed to reflect the whole human body, in its fu...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash
1970s Italian chair in Cowhide and Chrome - Italy, 1970s
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Designer: Unknown
Manufacturer: Unknown
Country: Italy
Model: Desk chair / dining chair
Design period: 1970’s
Date of manufacturing: circa 1970
Size WDH in cm: 51x59x81 seat height 4...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cowhide
$474 Sale Price
20% Off
Pair of Chairs by André Sornay, Lyon France
By Andre Sornay
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Pair of chairs designed by André Sornay, a renowned cabinetmaker from Lyon, showcasing the designer's ingenuity as a pioneer of kit furniture in the late 1950s.
These elegant chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set Of Two Bruno Rey Postmodern Chair For Dietiker 1970s
By Bruno Rey
Located in Čelinac, BA
Set Of Two Bruno Rey Dining Chair for Dietiker 1970s
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Six Mid Century JAR Chairs, Tabacco Wool Millais by Dedar, Poland, Europe 1960s.
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chairs designed in 1960s by Prof. Rajmund Halas. It is jar type model.
Made of beechwood. Chairs are after a complete upholstery renovation, the woodwork has been refreshed and pain...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Kartell Mademoiselle "A La Mode" Missoni Sketches Lucite Chair Philippe Starck
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Pair of Philippe Stark for Kartell ‘Mademoiselle’ Lucite Chairs in Missoni Floral Upholstered Fabric With Makers Marks
Made in Italy
Extra dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Lucite
Armchair by Warren Platner for Knoll International, 1960s
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in bruxelles, BE
Armchair by Warren Platner in metal with green fabric. Knoll edition. Large model. Seat height: 49 cm. Wear due to time and age.
Category
1960s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pierre Paulin Pacha Lounge Chair with Returning Swivel for GUBI
By Pierre Paulin, Gubi
Located in Glendale, CA
Pierre Paulin Pacha Lounge chair with returning Swivel for GUBI.
Pierre Paulin designed the Pacha lounge chair in 1975 with the intention of creati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Set of High Back Paolo Buffa Chiavari Chairs, Italy, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage 1950s high back chairs. Features original floral upholstery with brass tacks. Dark stained wood. Metal spring seats with cushion.Beautifu...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
$3,067 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 2 Bar Stools By Till Behrens For Schlubach, 1980s
Located in Hilversum, NL
Elevate your bar or kitchen space with this impressive set of vintage bar stools, designed by renowned German designer Till Behrens for Schlubach in the 1980s. These stools feature ...
Category
1980s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Charles Eames for Herman Miller DSX Shell Chair
Located in Garnerville, NY
Charles Eames for Herman Miller fiberglass DSX shell chair. Circa 1970. Retains all it's plastic glides. Shock mounts are in good condition with no visible drying or cracking. Struct...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Steel
$516 Sale Price
20% Off
Four Wire Chairs Sonett by Karl Fostel Erben, Austria Vienna, 1950s
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
A set of four red Viennese Sonett chairs by Karl Fostel Sen.'s Erben, Austria, manufactured in midcentury, circa 1950. They are made of painted metal. The...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
$4,400 Sale Price / set
22% Off
Sarr, Mid-Century Modern Style Wooden Chair, Dining Chair, Office Chair
By kontra
Located in İstanbul, İstanbul
Sarr is a cozy state of the chair; with a solid walnut/oak body and cashmere/leather upholstery this chair provides maximum comfort.
Dining chair, office chair. Comfortable dining chair
Category
Early 2000s Turkish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Oak, Walnut
Audoux Minet Cantilevered Bentwood Lounge Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet Cantilevered Bentwood Lounge Chairs
France, circa 1950’s
Manufactured by Vibo Vesou
Iconic and timeless classic design that only gets better with age
Cant...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Wood
$15,500 / set
Mid-Century Modern Pair of Armchairs, Brazil, 1960s
Located in Deerfield Beach, FL
Pair of Mid-Century Modern armchairs, by an unattributed designer, Brazil, 1960s.
This pair of armchairs are a beautiful and unique piece of furniture that features a high-quality s...
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$10,000 / set
Set of 4 Brutalist DePuydt Attributed Heavy Oak Dining Chairs with Rush Seats
By De Puydt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Brutalist DePuydt attributed oak dining chairs. These chairs have a heavy solid frame with woven rush seating. Seating shows signs of wear and some loss. The frames are in o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
Set of Four Mid-Century Wegner Style Teak Dining Chairs with Pink Velvet Seats
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Wegner style Danish Teak dining chairs with pink velvety upholstered seats and almond shaped teak backrests. Upholstery has been updated by previous owner. In otherwise orig...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Teak, Velvet
Mid Century Butterfly Chair, Tabacco Wool Millais by Dedar, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat and back in beautiful italian fabric.
This chair can be customized to your specifications o...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Jacquard, Beech
Charlotte Perriand 7 Fauteuil Tournant, Durable Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand 7 Fauteuil Tournant, Durable Chair For Cassina
An icon with an aptitude for versatility and functionality designed in 1927 by Charlotte Perriand for her Paris at...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$4,753 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Set of Six "Metric" Side Chairs in Nickel and Lucite by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning dining chairs designed by Charles Hollis Jones as part of the "Metric" collection in the 1960s
The chairs are very comfortable, the seats are nice, wide and plush, the fr...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Marcel Breuer B64 Design Cesca Chairs by Gavina, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chairs, model Cesca, designed by Marcel Breuer.
Manufactured in Italy around 1960 by Gavina manufacturer.
Metal pipe frame, wood seat and back structure and rattan.
In good or...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
$3,234 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Eames Time Life Chair in Eggplant Leather for Herman Miller, 1985 USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic Eames Time Life swivel chair in Eggplant leather with a dark purple powder coated aluminum frame. Incredible color and condition to leather and aluminum frame. All original w...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Black Leather + Chrome Brno Cantilever Chairs, Set of 4
Located in Round Top, TX
Set of four chrome Brno chairs in chromed steel. A classic Bauhaus design, in nice original condition, in wonderful, original high quality, black faux leather.
An icon of Midcentury Modern design originally designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1930 for the Tugendhat house in Brno Czechoslovakia. These are attributed to Thonet production.
The frame is a single piece of tubular stainless steel hand-buffed to a mirror finish. These chairs are extremely comfortable, stylish and perfect for commercial or residential spaces. They will immediately signal to all who see them that you are well versed in chic timeless design.
We have paired these chairs with everything from Midcentury marble Saarinen tulip tables, to Milo Baughman burl Parsons tables...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$2,500 Sale Price / set
28% Off
Gerard Van Den Berg Black Leather and Chrome 'Swing Chair' for Montis, 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1980s 'Swing Chair' designed by Gerard Van Den Berg for Montis. Chrome frame with black leather sling cushion. In original condition with visible wear and patina. Wear is consistent ...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
High Back Coat Hanger Chiavari Chair, Italy, 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Unique and rare high back coat hanger Chiavari chair, Italy 1950s.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Wood
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Hannes Wettstein Hola 369 Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Hannes Wettstein Set of Five Hola 367 Chair For Cassina
Among Cassina’s best-sellers, Hola is a design chair also available without armrests, whose elegant, functional lines announc...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
$2,713 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Mid-Century Paul McCobb Planner Group Dining Chairs Maple Spindle Back Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 6 All original midcentury maple Paul McCobb Planner Group spindle back side chairs. Solid maple seat and curved back on tapered legs. Original vintage condition. Original blon...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Maple
Swedish Monk Chair 1930s
By Monk Designs
Located in Čelinac, BA
This is a handmade chair made in Sweden 1930s.Made of solid oak.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
$1,176 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Eames LCW with Evans Label
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early iconic design. The LCW designed by Charles and Ray Eames manufactured by Evans for Herman Miller. This piece is being sold in found condition with original Evans labeling...
Category
1940s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Woven Rush Lounge Chair by Mel Smilow
By Mel Smilow
Located in New York, NY
Originally designed by Mel Smilow in 1956 and officially reintroduced by his daughter Judy Smilow in 2013, the Woven Rush Lounge Chair is class...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rush, Walnut
$5,770 / item
Set of 4 Mid Century Hand Tufting Roe Deer Bambi Wool Shell Chairs, Europe 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful chair type 1020 colloquially called "shell" produced by the Slupsk centre of furniture industry in the 1960s in Poland.
About the fabric:
Seat and back is hand tufting b...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech, Wool
Herman Miller Eames Fiberglass Elephant Hide Gray Shell Chairs, Five
Located in Garnerville, NY
A set of five fine Eames for Herman Miller Elephant Hide Gray fiberglass side shell chairs with the original H aluminum bases, mounts and glides...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
$1,580 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Jean Prouvè All Wood Standard Armchair
By Jean Prouvé
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Jean Prouve standard chair in all wood for Ateliers Jean Prouvè 1941. A rare collectors piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Side Chair by Warren Platner for Knoll International
By Warren Platner, Knoll
Located in Barcelona, ES
Side chair designed by Warren Platner in 1966 for Knoll Internationel, USA. Sculptural structure made of steel wire rods with velvet fabric upholstery. Labelled with manufacturer log...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Charlotte Perriand Indochine Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Indochine Chair For Cassina
Designed in 1943 by Charlotte Perriand, this timeless design chair is the interpretation in wood of the...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
$5,776 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Herman Miller Chiclet Chairs in Velvet Stripes, a pair
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1980s, fully restored in new fabric - designed by Ray Wilkes
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Mid Century Hand Tufting Cruella Dalmatian Wool, Rajmund Halas Chair, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Cruella Set – “Stick” Chair
Vintola Studio design: Ola Szewczul
A chair that speaks louder than words. Inspired by the spotted coat of Dalmatians, it blends elegance with playfulne...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Vintage Mid-Century Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Cantilever/Springer Arm Chair
By Salterini
Located in Wilmington, DE
Vintage Mid-Century Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Cantilever/Springer Arm Chair
Offered is a Vintage Mid-Century Salterini Curve Back Outdoor Cantilever/Springer Arm Chair in the styl...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
Pedro Friedeberg “Hand Chair”
Located in Hampstead, QC
Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. January 11, 1936) is an Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work. His best known piece is the “Hand Chair”, a sculptural...
Category
1960s Mexican Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
A Sculptural CONSTRUCTIVIST BRUTALIST chair by GIJS BOELAARS, Holland 1970
Located in PARIS, FR
A spectacular, sculptural and architectural chair, 3 dismountable massive pine pieces forming a pyramidal structure, allowing various seating heights, by Gijs Boelaars, Holland, 1970...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Pine
Mid-century Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Cassina, Hans J. Wegner, GETAMA, and Fritz Hansen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $84 and tops out at $244,500 while the average work can sell for $2,904.
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