Italian Mid-Century Wingback Lounge Chair, Italy 1950s

The 1950s saw brilliant Italian designers working to create furniture of the highest quality that explored truly modern shapes and forms. These designers experimented with new materi...

Mid-Century Modern, a design movement devoted to timeless functionalism established itself in the post-war period with furniture that appealed to the senses. Furniture design was guided by the famous maxim: “Form follows function.” For midcentury designers, materials were used for their own distinct; often a piece of furniture would combine only two materials or colours – creating tension and harmony without fuss or superfluous ornament and these fully upholstered lounge chairs are perfect examples of this sentiment. The duality of two materials and colour scheme create an elegant, self-supporting, and enticingly functional design. The combination of solid wood and high-quality upholstery is traditional in mid-century design for a good reason. The two materials complement each other by highlighting their unique material qualities. This pair falls into the category of the so-called biomorphic midcentury: furniture that relished in organic, curved, smooth surfaces, design that was moulded into the shapes of natural occurrences, and which was a lively contrast to the more austere machine aesthetic...

Sold and priced individually. A 1950s Italian lounge chair, reupholstered in soft, muted brown velvet with a luxurious sheen. The clean, tailored lines are complemented by gently an...

Pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian Lounge Chairs, 1950s This refined pair of Italian lounge chairs dates to the 1950s and captures the quiet elegance of mid-century modern design. W...