Modern Chairs
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
Style: Modern
Color: Blue
Jasper Morrison Bac Chair in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetics and functionality form the perfect union in the Bac chair range. Envisioned by designer Jasper Morrison, these objects of design were inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash
Jasper Morrison Tate Stool in Beech Plywood with Matte Lacquer for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Easy to stack – to a maximum of 6 pieces – the Tate chair designed by Jasper Morrison is part of a range that includes chairs and stools. This series has a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Jasper Morrison Bac Chair in Shanghai Blue Stained for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
Aesthetics and functionality form the perfect union in the Bac chair range. Envisioned by designer Jasper Morrison, these objects of design were inspired by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash
Jasper Morrison Lotus High Chair in Polished Chrome for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Lotus (High), by Jasper Morrison, is part of a complete collection of chairs, envisioned to be easily adaptable for both domestic and variegated professional settings. Available ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Brogliato Traverso Newood Light Chair in Solid Ashwood for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
BrogliatoTraverso studio has continued to amplify its celebrated family, inspired by Classic Windsor chairs, this time in two ultra-light versions: Newood Light chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam, Beech, Ash
Studio Cappellini Normal Chair with Leather Upholstery for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
A successful blend between rigour and Romanticism. In this chair, the precision of the design is accompanied by a captivating aesthetic flair. The Normal chair has a frame without ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Diverge Stool in Ash Structure, Upholstered Seat, by Skrivo Design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This stool in wooden ash structure, stained black, anthracite or walnut. Seat upholstered in the listed fabrics. Here you are shown the Diverge stool in wooden ash structure with uph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Upholstery
Botera High Chair in Upholstery, by E-GGS
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Botera High chair is padded with four different types of foam, following the chair's design focus of comfort. A chunky cushion forms the base from which the high or low backrest is d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Customizable e15 Bessy Lounge Chair by Stefan Diez
By Stefan Diez
Located in New York, NY
The stool bessy with its round upholstered seat is made from flexible oak-veneered plywood. Space-saving Bessy is suitable for private use as well as for contract use especially in h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Contemporary Deep Buttoned Tux Chair in Straw Cotton Velvet with Walnut Legs
By Stuart Scott
Located in Trowbridge, Wiltshire
The Tux Chair is our contemporary interpretation of the Classic Chesterfield. The deep buttoning and tailored detailing make this piece a personal favourite. Shown here upholstered i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Velvet
Brogliato Traverso Newood Stool in Solid Ashwood Structure for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The result of a contemporary re-interpretation of the timeless charm of Windsor-style chairs. Newood chairs and stools express the successful harmony between technologically advanced...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
e15 Customizable Byron Lounge Armchair by Florian Asche and Philipp Mainzer
By Florian Asche and Philipp Mainzer, e15
Located in New York, NY
The armchair Byron with its clear lines and distinctive armrests resembles a modern take on a Classic smoking chair. Byron has a Classic wooden construction with a solid wood materia...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
GUFRAM Detecma Lounge in Blue by Tullio Regge
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Detecma is an acronym for Design, Technique and Mathematics. These three values were united for the first time in 1967, the year when the Physicist Professor Tullio Regge, renown as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Resin
In Stock in Los Angeles, Elf Blue Leather Dining Chair, by Gordon Guillaumier
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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In Stock in Los Angeles
The Blue "Elf" chair is padded and fully upholstered in leathe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mariolina Chair in Matching Iron Legs and Polypropylene Seat, by E-GGs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This Mariolina chair is offered with matching iron legs and polypropylene shell seat. The iron leg base is available in Anthracite silk gray, intense blue, marsala red, apricot, copp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Miss Ava 4 Chair
By Lalabonbon
Located in Milan, IT
The Miss Ava 4 chair updates a classic silhouette with an ultra-stylish combination of tones and textures. Its understated metal frame boasts a brushed copper...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Customizable Artifort Apollo Lounge Chair by Patrick Norguet
Located in New York, NY
A sweeping stroke of elegant calligraphy. Poised. Open. Ergonomics at its best. Destined to be a classic. Designed by Patrick Norguet, the Apollo radiates balance and harmony. Develo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile
GUFRAM Mozza Stool & Chair by Giuseppe Raimondi
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Designed in 1968 by Giuseppe Raimondi, Mozza maintains the same vibrant revolutionary appeal and ability to adapt to countless living needs. Rendered in its present edition in a sexier and slimmer form, Mozza is an upturned truncated and athwart-cut cone on which it would seem impossible to sit. By lying back on its sloping surface of sort polyurethane, though, its structure gives in to body weight until it acquires the shape of a chair with back- and armrests. It's simple but original structural magic that makes it one of a kind. Mozza's external mass misleads you.
Thanks to its lightness, this seat becomes a nomadic and versatile object in the living landscape. The primary seat for the sitting-room at home or the perfect service armchair in the sophisticated and elegant halls of design hotels, Mozza combines the international contemporary style with the characters of the Italian radical design, highlighted by the variety of its contemporary and pop upholstery colours.
ABSTRACT
Designed in 1968 by Giuseppe Raimondi, Mozza is an upturned truncated and athwart-cut cone on which it would seem impossible to sit. By lying back on its sloping surface of sort polyurethane, though, its structure gives in to body weight until it acquires the shape of a chair with back- and armrests. It's simple but original structural magic that makes it one of a kind. Mozza's external mass misleads you. Thanks to its lightness, this seat becomes a nomadic and versatile object in the living landscape.
TECHICAL INFO
Seat of soft polyurethane covered with cloth.
Ø 85x80 cm, 9 Kg Ø 33,5x31,5 in, 20 lb
DID YOU KNOW
1. It's one of the first projects by Gufram – born at the beginning of its activity.
2. It was designed by the first Artistic Director of the brand – Giuseppe Raimondi.
3. Mozza's sloping plane becomes soft when weight is set on it, and it allows you to comfortably sink in it.
4. Mozzo de-constructs the traditional...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Resin
Contemporary Madda Lounge Chair in Blue Wool
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Madda is a contemporary interpretation of the classic club chair. The metal base fully wraps around the chair, as if to squeeze it into it's plump and comfortable upper seating a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Werner Aisslinger Juli Plastic Chair in Polished Aluminum for Cappellini
Located in New York, NY
The Juli plastic armchair, by Werner Aisslinger, reflects new experimental frontiers. Over the decades, this chair has lent itself to numerous creative and constructive interpretatio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
BD 20 L Chair by Bartoli Design
By Laura Meroni
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant chair with a clean design, the BD 20 L has a frame in ash wood, stained in the choice of rosewood, teak, wengè, cherry, walnut or oak. The polyurethane foam padded...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Other
Miss Gina 1 Chair
By Lalabonbon
Located in Milan, IT
Add a touch of glam to your modern living space with the Miss Gina 1 chair. Boasting a sleek meal frame with a brushed copper finish, this stylish piece is uph...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
21st Century Guam Armchair in Blue Fabric by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Captivating and impressive, the Guam armchair, with references to the 1950s and 1960s, boasts an enchanting and embracing shape, with a strong scenographic impact. Proposed in differ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Sculptural Chair Welded Metal with Blue Leather by Italiananacleto Spazzapan
Located in London, GB
1990s unique sculptural chair Italian design by Anacleto Spazzapan.
This beautiful chair is made of shades of blue and grey leather upholstery ...
Category
1990s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Mula Chair in Stained Black Ash Base, Upholstery Seat, by E-GGs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mula chair is offered with black stained wooden ash base with seat and back in injected flame-retardant polyurethane foam upholstered in the listed fabrics. The body is packed separately from the base. The leg base finish is also available in a natural ash finish, anthracite metal or ash, black metal, and copper metal. If you are interested in one of the previously listed bases.
Formed by Gaia Giotti, Giona Scarselli and Cristina Razzanelli, E-GGS deals with design with a transversal approach, ranging between product design, interior and architecture. Attention and curiosity are captured by the discovery of the unusual in everyday life, in the search for new expressive and material languages.
Additional information:
Dimensions: Seat height 46.7 cm, overall chair height 78 cm, width of chair 57...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Arflex Gloria Quilted Armchair High Backrest in Blue by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Arflex Gloria Quilted High Version Chair in Mistral Fabric by Claesson Koivisto Rune. She can look smart for when she goes to work, dressed up when going to a party, or put on something cosy when staying in. Dress her as you want her to be!
Additional Information:
Materials: Upholstered seat with black lacquered metal & black protective nylon glides
Color: Fabric Mistral 44, T4
Structure: Trademark low energy consumption material with recyclable technology and poplar multiply wood
Springing: Elstic straps
Seat Upholstery: Shaped polyurethane with differentiated density / polyester slip cover
Armrest and Backrest Upholstery: Shaped polyurethane with differentiated density / polyester slip cover
Base: Black lacquered metal & black protective nylon glides
Cover: Fabric or leather. Not removable cover, except for version wih skirt
Cover in leather not available for armchair with skirt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Wam Blue Sofa, Designed by Marco Zito, Made in Italy
By Marco Zito
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Wam Blue Sofa
The distinctive features are present in this sofa.
Designed by Marco Zito
Mad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Cappellini Newood Relax Light Armchair in Beech & Ashwood by Brogliato Traverso
Located in New York, NY
The Newood Relax Light chair, by BrogliatoTraverso, is an elegant interpretation of the Newood chair, but this version is lighter due to the elimination of the eight rods that charac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech, Foam
Lara Bohinc, Orbit Chair, Brushed Brass and Blue Wool Fabric
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
This is the first time that Bohinc explores a design favourite; the chair.
In the collection, Lara Bohinc develops her stellar themes, finding inspiration in planetary and lunar orbits, whose gravitationally curved trajectories drive the lines and shapes of the chairs. Constructed from thin square rod, the chairs are elegant, minimal and delicate. They are finished in galvanised steel and wool fabrics by Kvadrat.
The orbit chair...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Ava Blue Armchair, Designed by Michael Schmidt, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Harmony and lightness, solidity and comfort, are the distinguishing marks of AVA.
The attention to detail and perfect symmetries, together with the peculiar shape of the back, guarantee comfort and ergonomic function.
Designed by Michael Schmidt...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Orion Dining Chair with Plush Green Velvet and Rose Gold Arms by Nika Zupanc
Located in Kolkata, IN
Orion Dining Chair with Plush Green Velvet and Rose Gold Arms by Nika Zupanc is a beautiful chair in rich green velvet with metal legs in rose gold.
Nika Zupanc, a strikingly renown...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam
Orion Dining Chair with Plush Green Velvet and Gold Arms by Nika Zupanc
Located in Kolkata, IN
Orion Dining Chair with Plush Green Velvet and Gold Arms by Nika Zupanc is a beautiful chair in rich green velvet with metal legs in gold.
Nika Zupanc, a strikingly renowned Sloveni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam
"Bruna" Minimalist Chair with Arms in Painted Steel and velvet Handwoven
Located in Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
Alessandra Delgado was once thinking about wire. What would emerge if one started to fold lengths of wire randomly? Bruna chair is the materialization of t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
CENTURY/CLUB Turquoise Armchair matelassè seat cushion and satin brass tips
Located in Lentate sul Seveso, Monza e Brianza
Indulge in the epitome of Italian craftsmanship with the Century club armchair, a creation by Dainelli Studio that seamlessly fuses the classic charm ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Wam Blue Sofa Motifs, Designed by Marco Zito, Made in Italy
By Marco Zito
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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The distinctive features are present in this sofa.
Designed by Marco Zito
Made in Italy:
Ma...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Orbit Dining Chair in Blue Wool Fabric, Brushed Brass, by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
This is the first time that Bohinc explores a design favourite; the chair.
In the collection, Lara Bohinc develops her stellar themes, finding inspiration in planetary and lunar o...
Category
2010s Portuguese Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Chair Armchair Mirror Metal Steel Blue Leather Upholster Curvy Shaped Design
Located in Ancona, Marche
The chair 'Berserker' is made of mirror polished stainless steel with upholstering in genuine aquamarine leather. Tipping over the chair it turns into a side-table which also contains a magazine rack...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Philippe Starck, Six Chairs Miss Global, Edited by Kartell
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Philippe Starck, six chairs Miss Global, edited by Kartell.
numerous scratches, wear from use
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Solid Brass Chair With Hand Woven Blue Cane
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The BC chair was built and designed by Troy Smith. This one-of-a-kind chair is made out of solid brass and hand-woven hand-dyed blue cane. This chair was han...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
B&B Italia Set of Four Upholstered Tubular Chrome Chairs
By B&B Italia
Located in Miami, FL
B&B Italia set of four upholstered tubular chrome chairs
Offered for sale is a set of four sleek modern armchairs with chrome tubular frames. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
GUFRAM Roxanne Armchair in Blue Melange by Michael Young
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The name of this seat evokes music as well as Michael Young's passion for Sting and the Police. And music played a fundamental role in the conception of this sinuous armchair: as a m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Pair of Excellent 20th Century Swedish Birchwood Chairs
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of Excellent 20th c. Swedish Birch-wood Club Chairs. Heavy and solid. Newly upholstered.
Complimentary delivery within 3 hours drive of Haddonfield, NJ 08033. (fx. DC, Baltim...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Modern Chairs
Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique 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, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Scandinavia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Finn Juhl, Jover + Valls, Emeco, and Kartell. 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 $25 and tops out at $103,950 while the average work can sell for $2,723.
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