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 legendary 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.
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
Set of Mid-Century Brown and Yellow Beech Chairs, Oswald Haerdtl, 1950s, Czechia
Located in Horomerice, CZ
Set of four czech midcentury chairs made by Architect Oswald Haerdtl.
Material: beech, fabric.
Period: 1950-1959.
Source: Czechia.
Well preserved original condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Beech, Lacquer
Vintage Authentic Original Paint Tolix Chairs c1950's Large Quantity Available
Located in Chicago, IL
Authentic hand-made Tolix chairs, complete with the gold TOLIX label. The Tolix chairs are considered iconic, and have been displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Art, Germany’s ...
Category
1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Hans Wegner GE-284A Highback Lounge Chair, Treated Oak
By GETAMA, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Designed by Hans Wegner, the 284A high back lounge chair provides clean, crisp lines for the modern home. The chair is handcrafted at GETAMA’s factory in Gedsted, Denmark by skilled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Set of Four Mid Century Dining Chairs Attributed to Harvey Probber
Located in New York, NY
Stylish set of Mid-Century Modern dining chairs, attributed to Harvey Probber. These chairs are solid walnut, with metallic vinyl upholstered seats, wood finish, and upholstered seat...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Afra & Tobia Scarpa Black Lacquered Monk Dining Chair for Molteni, Set of 10
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of ten “Monk” dining chairs designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Molteni in 1973.
Made of black leather and black lacquered beech wood.
Fully restored in Italy.
Interesting is ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Set of Four Ole Wanscher 'Rungstedlund' Chairs
Located in Dronten, NL
Ole Wanscher for P. Jeppesen, set of 4 dining chairs, model 'Rungstedlund' PJ 34, in mahogany and red velvet ribcord upholstery, Denmark, 1960s.
Marked with PJ silver medallion.
Th...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Dining Chair in Teak and Blue Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Dining chair, teak, fabric, Europe, 1960s.
Stunning dining chair made in Europe in the 1960s featuring a striking backrest. The model is angular and modest as it is build up in mai...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Alessandro Becchi “Toscanolla” Dining Chairs for Giovannetti, 1970, Set of 6
Located in Rovereta, SM
Alessandro Becchi "Toscanolla" for Giovannetti, 1970, set of six.
If desired, 12 are available
This rare "Toscanolla" dining chair was designed by Becchi for Giovannetti in 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Adrien Audoux and Frida Minet Chair with Rope Seating
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Adrien Audoux & Frida Minet for Vibo Vesoul, dining chair, beech, straw, France, 1950s.
The seating and backrest are made of woven hemp from the abaca plant which is close to the s...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Beech
Eames for Herman Miller Rare 1956 First Year Lounge Chair with Spinning Ottoman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare 1956 first year production of the iconic 670/671 lounge chair with spinning ottoman by Ray and Charles Eames for Herman Miller. The spinning ottoman was only made during the f...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Ilmari Tapiovaara for La Permanente Mobili Cantù Set of Six Dining Chairs
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Ilmari Tapiovaara for La Permanente Mobili Cantù, darkened beech, cognac leather, Italy, 1950s
These robust chairs by Ilmari Tapiovaara feature a geometric frame for the patinated c...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech
Italian Sculptural Set of Twelve Dining Chairs in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of twelve dining chairs, walnut, fabric: Dedar Belsuede col.8 pierre d'argent, Italy, 1960s
These Italian chairs embody a dynamic appearance that, for instance, comes forward in...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Early and Rare Pretzel sIDE Chair by George Nelson
Located in Buffalo, NY
Early and Rare Pretzel sIDE Chair by George Nelson, c 1952,,, gREAT EXAMPLE, Iconic Design. Becoming increasingly harder and harder to find..Nice original condition,, Age appropri...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Pair of Midcentury Marcel Breuer Chrome and Rattan Cesca Chairs for Gavina 1970s
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Roma, IT
Set of wonderful two mid-century chromed metal and rattan chairs "Cesca model". These amazing chairs were designed by Marcel Breuer and produced for Gavina in Italy during the 1970s....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Mario Marenco for Mobil Girgi Set of Six Dining Chairs in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Mario Marenco for Mobil Girgi, set of six dining chairs model ‘Sapporo’, walnut, black leather, Italy, 1970s
Beautiful set of six dining chairs in walnut and black leather designed ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Set of Six Ico and Luisa Parisi Dining Chairs by Ariberto Colombo, 1952
Located in Rome, IT
Set of iconic Ico & Luisa Parisi dining chairs
manufactured by Ariberto Colombo, Cantù, circa 1952
this version with a wooden backrest is a later version;
the original version is wit...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Eames 50th Anniversary Executive Aluminum Group Desk Chair for Herman Miller
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A 50th Anniversary edition 1958 - 2008 executive rolling high back aluminum group chair . Upholstered in a smooth and soft taupe spinney back leather only for this edition with polis...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Unusual Mid Century Modern Club Chair W Faux Fur
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Unusual Mid Century Modern Club Chair W Faux Fur. Priced each. This listing is for one chair but there are two available.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
1 Vintage Walnut Johnson Furniture Dining Chair
Located in Pasadena, TX
Vintage dining chairs by Johnson Chair Co Chicago reminiscent of Jens Risom design with solid walnut wood frame construction.
Johnson Chair Co is the...
Category
Early 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
PVC, Walnut
Set of six Italian Mid Century Cesca chairs in Vienna Straw and beech Wood , 70s
Located in Roma, IT
The "Cantilever Design" especially with regard to furniture is a real minefield between records and patents ready to make any design enthusiast discuss among themselves.
Who was the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 8 Monk leather Chairs by Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Molteni, Italy 1974
Located in Argelato, BO
Set of 8 leather and wood chairs model Monk, Afra & Tobia Scarpa for Molteni, Italy
It is one of the most iconic and refined models by the famous Italian architect and designer coup...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of 6 Black Leather "121" Chairs by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, Italy, 1967
Located in Argelato, BO
Set of 6 Black Leather "121" Chairs by Tobia Scarpa for Cassina, Italy, 1967
The chair, which has now become an icon of Italian style, features Scarpa's typical double trestle struc...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
MidCentury Cesca Armchair in Chrome and Straw by Marcel Breuer for Gavina, 1960s
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous mid-century Cesca armchair in chromed metal and woven wicker chairs. These beautiful chair was designed by Marcel Breuer and produced by Gavina in Italy during the 1960s.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Jens Risom Midcentury Modern Arm Chairs - Set of 8 - Model C170 - Black Walnut
Located in Decatur, GA
Set of eight (8) vintage mid century modern arm chairs by Jens Risom, circa late 1950s. Model C-170 in solid American black walnut with sculpted flared armrests. Stout and sturdy Ame...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Elm "Chlacc" chairs, S45, Pierre Chapo, France, 1979
By Pierre Chapo
Located in La Tour-de-Peilz, CH
CHLACC ! Like the dry and satisfying sound of two pieces of wood coming together to perfection.
This name is in fact the name of the patented system allowing the manufacture of thes...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Elm
2 Cantilever Armchairs in the Manner of Gae Aulenti, Italy, 1970s
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Wolfurt, AT
This set of 2 chairs was made in the style of Gae Aulenti. The light linen upholstery contrasts with the orange tubular steel frame. The chairs are in good condition.
Do not hesitate...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Niels Otto Møller Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern Model 71 Paper Cord Dining Chairs
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful set of four cleanly designed dining chairs by famed 20th century Danish designer Niels Otto Møller. Simple, yet elegant. Originally designed in 1951. This set still retai...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Papercord, Teak
Bonacina Attrib. Pair of Rattan and Bamboo Hight-Backed Chairs, Italy, 1960s
By Bonacina
Located in Naples, IT
Rare pair of original 1960s low chairs with curved bamboo high back, beautiful design and comfortable seating. Italian production 1960.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Afra and Tobia Scarpa Walnut Africa Dining Chair for Maxalto, 1976, Set of 4
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of four 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
Set of Six Baby Pink "Shell" Chairs, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Six beautiful chairs type 1020 colloquially called "shells" produced by the Slupsk centre of Furniture Industry in the 1960s. They are after full renovation upholstery and carpentry....
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Swedish Step Stool with Flower decor and Chromed Steel by Awab 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
The Swedish classicer - and forever useful step stool of steel with a classic chrome finnish made by Awab 1950s.
Steady and multifunctional stool with two steps in front and a solid square top seat. The stool is very practical to have as an extra chair...
Category
1950s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Set of 6 Dining Chairs in Black, Series7 by Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen, 1950s
Located in Wrocław, Poland
Elevate your space with the timeless elegance of the Fritz Hansen 3107 Chair, a masterpiece born from the creative genius of designer Arne Jacobsen i...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Pair of 'Tulip' Dining Chairs in Black Fiberglass
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll, 'Tulip' pair of fixed dining chairs, model 151C, fiberglass, aluminum, fabric, United States, design 1955-57, production 1950s/1960s
This pair of dining cha...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Gio Ponti, Exceptional Pair of Rare Wingback Armchairs in Walnut, Italy, 1940s
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979)
A rare and extraordinary pair of wingback armchairs by modernist master Gio Ponti, in polished walnut with white bouclé upholstery. The chairs' striking fili...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Walnut
Pair of Italian Modern Sculptural Lounge Chairs Attributed to ISA Bergamo
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Italian Modern sculptural lounge chairs attributed to ISA Bergamo.
This stunning pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian lounge chairs, side chairs or wing chairs have a great sculptural back that is not only stylish but extremely comfortable. These chairs have beautiful gilt metal legs...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Canvas Safari Easy Chair by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen
Located in Belmont, MA
Canvas safari easy chair by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen with loose cushion.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Rustic Set of Six French Dining Chairs in Solid Oak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of six dining chairs, stained oak, brass, metal, France, 1960s
Characteristic set of six French dining chairs. Modestly decorated, the rounded gap in the backrest gets an import...
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Fabricius & Kastholm Pair of Dining Chairs in Chestnut Brown Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Kill international, pair of dining chairs, leather, chrome-plated metal, Germany, 1960s.
Pair of stylish dining chairs designed by Preben Fab...
Category
1960s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Gerrit Rietveld Zeilmaker Version of Black Red and Blue Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1920. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
One of the versions of the iconic model dated 1918. The structure is in black-stained beechwood with white contrasting parts. Seat and back in green lacquered multiplywood. The armchair can have a single seat and backrest cushion in fabric or leather.
The black red and blue (Zeilmaker version) born from Rietveld’s chromatic experimentation
While researching the origins of the red and blue model in collaboration with the Rietveld heirs, it emerged that the key idea of the first prototypes was based on the concept of spatial organization expressed through the monochrome tones of its elements. The first version was in fact produced in 1918 in completely unpainted wood.
In the following years Rietveld proposed various examples, either monochrome or painted in different colors, depending on the requirements of his customers and the interiors for which the chairs were intended. As such, it comes as no surprise to find this 1920s version, presented as part of Cassina’s MutAzioni selection, created for the school teacher Wicher Zeilmaker with a black frame with white ends and a dark green painted seat and backrest.
It was Rietveld’s ever-increasing involvement in the De Stijl movement that led him to also use primary colors on this model in 1923, and as such the chair became a veritable manifesto for the emerging neoplastic movement. Initially dubbed slat chair, Rietveld only gave it the name red and blue in the 1950s following its chromatic evolution.
The various owners of the different examples used the chair as an abstract-realist sculpture in their interiors and, in some cases, as a simple tool for sitting on, adding cushions to make it more comfortable, just like Cassina offers for the black red and blue today.
Production delay:
8-9 weeks
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About the designer:
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888, seems possessed of two personalities, each so distinct that one might take his work to be that of more than one artist. The first personality is that seen in the craftsman cabinet-maker working in a primordial idiom, re-inventing chairs and other furniture as if no one had ever built them before him and following a structural code all of his own; the second is that of the architect working with elegant formulas, determined to drive home the rationalist and neoplastic message in the context of European architecture. The two activities alternate, overlap, and fuse in a perfect osmosis unfolding then into a logical sequence. In 1918 Rietveld joined the “De Stijl” movement which had sprung up around the review of that name founded the year before by Theo van Doesburg. The group assimilated and translated into ideology certain laws on the dynamic breakdown of compositions (carrying them to an extreme) that had already been expressed in painting by the cubists: the “De Stijl” artists also carefully studied the architectonic lesson taught by the great Frank Lloyd Wright, whose influence was widely felt in Europe at that time.
Collaborating first with Robert van’t Hoff and Vilmos Huszar, then with Theo van Doesburg and Cornelius van Eesteren, Rietveld soon became one of the most distinguished interpreters of the neoplastic message.
Among his most important works are:
the Schröder house at Utrecht (1924); the “Row Houses” at Utrecht (1931-1934); the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennial (1954); the sculpture pavilion in the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller at Otterloo and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (1955). Out of his equally important furniture, Cassina has chosen for its own production: the “Red and Blue” (1918), the “Zig-Zag” (1934), the “Schröder 1...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Leather
Large Satellite Chaise By Milo Baughman For Thayer Coggin
Located in Houston, TX
Satellite chaise by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. This iconic sculptural satellite chaise or satellite chair upholstered in Bouclé is both stunning and comfortable. Will accommoda...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé
Pierre Jeanneret 055 Capitol Complex Black Wood Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognisable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, foun...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
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
Early Oak LCM Chair by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller
Located in Dorchester, MA
This early 1950s Herman Miller production of Charles and Ray Eames's classic bent plywood LCM chair, in oak and chrome, has all the original parts and is in very good vintage condition.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Edward Wormley "Alexandria" Chairs for Dunbar
Located in New York, NY
Pair of sinuous “Alexandria” chairs in mahogany designed by Edward Wormley and produced by Dunbar Furniture circa 1961. One of Wormley’s signature des...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Silk, Mahogany
Set of Six Bamboo and Wicker Folding Chairs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Set of six bamboo and woven wicker folding chairs whenever you need
extra seating.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Wicker
Set of Four Lucite Mid Century Folding chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Very nice set of four mid century modern Lucite folding chairs. Great to have when you need that extra seating for your dinner party. Fold ...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Beech Dining Chairs, France 1960s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Almelo, NL
Midcentury beech dining chairs, France 1960s
midcentury beech dining chairs in the manner of Pierre Chapo, France 1960s. These chairs are made entirely of wood. They are in excel...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
Gio Ponti Principi Chair in white, blue, red or black for Cassina, Italy - New
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices vary dependent on the chosen material/color. A design icon, product of the golden age that marked the historic partnership between the great architect Ponti and Cassina. Gio P...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Ash
Eames Walnut 670 Lounge Chair with Ottoman by Herman Miller
Located in Cincinnati, OH
The classic iconic Eames lounge chair and ottoman with walnut frame, soft black leather upholstered cushions and cast aluminum legs. Retains the manufactures tags to each piece by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Midcentury David Print Emerald Satin, Walnut Wood Heart Chair, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoroughly renova...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Set of 6 Cesca B 32 Marcel Breuer Gavina 1960
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Set of 6 Cesca chairs designed by Marcel Breuer, produced by Gavina 1960.
The chairs show slight signs of wear, seats restored.
The meeting between Vienna straw and metal tubular, tradition and innovation, Thonet and Bauhaus, is what characterizes the legendary B32 chair, called Cesca, designed by Marcel Lajos Breuer...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Italian Mid-Century Design Medea Chair by Vittorio Nobili for Tagliabue Brothers
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Italian iconic mid century design single "Medea" chair. This fantastic chair is made of bent oak wood and black metal legs. Designed by Vittorio Nobili for the Tagliabue Brothers in 1955. First advertised in Domus issue 329 in April 1955, it has become an iconic and highly collectible piece of mid-century design. Perfect Conditions restored. This piece is attributed to the above-mentioned designer...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Willy Guhl Loop Chair, Switzerland
By Willy Guhl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic cement chair by Swiss designer Willy Guhl for Eternit. Brand new. Hand mage in Switzerland. One of the most iconic chairs ever designed. Priced as a single chair.
Category
2010s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cement
Midcentury Soft Pad Chairs by Eames for Herman Miller 'Two Available'
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are these authentic Eames for Herman Miller vintage soft pad chair in white leather. Adjustable tilt and height with manual lift. This authentic vintage exampl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Ember Chair by Sun at Six, Sienna and Forest, Midcentury Style Chair in Oak
By Sun at Six
Located in San Jose, CA
Sun at six is a contemporary furniture design studio working with traditional Chinese joinery masters to handcraft our pieces using traditional joinery. The Ember chair...
Category
2010s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Charlotte Perriand Berger Wood Stool by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool model Berger designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953-61.
Relaunched by Cassina in 2011.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Reclaiming simple materials and basic shapes, with an eye to architecture and mountain life...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Rainer Daumiller Set of Six Armchairs in Solid Pine
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Rainer Daumiller for Hirtshals Savvaerk, set of six armchairs, pine, Denmark, 1970s.
Beautiful set of six organic and natural armchairs in solid pine. A simplistic design with a rou...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Pine
Pair of Light Boucle Heart Chairs, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A set of 2 chairs type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoro...
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
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