Space Age Lounge Chairs

Space Age sculptural vintage lounge chair covered with lavender textile fabric. An amazing freestanding lounge chair in curvy shape with a wonderful and comfortable seat and back, wh...

Originally designed by Italian architect Piero Lissoni for Kartell in the 1990s, the Form chair is a fantastic example of the 90s minimalist design aest...

Reclining lounge chair from Vernor Panton’s wire Pantonova range produced by Fritz Hansen in the 1970s. Formed from a sculptural chrome plated wire framed and cushion upholstered in ...

This beautiful pair of rare 'President' Lounge chairs, Model #265 by Steen Ostergaard for Cado, Denmark (each chair signed with Cado embossed logo on frame), was designed in 1968 and produced at Krauss Maffei, Munich, Germany for a short time in limited quantities. For collectors of 1960s and 1970s Space Age, this is a sought-after and coveted design to have. Produced in fiberglass reinforced poly-amide nylon and is anti-static, full depth colored, and can not delaminate, and were cast in the largest injection mold in the world at the time. The head / neck rest is adjustable via the two dials on the back and can be raised or lowered to your desired setting. The President Lounge, which was part of the A-Line series, was prominently featured in many books, magazines and movies such as 'Star Trek' where it appears in Captain Kirk's 23rd century San Francisco apartment. ABOUT THE DESIGNER: Educated Cabinetmaker and Imagery Carver – Bronze Medal 1957. Graduated from the SCHOOL of ARTS & CRAFTS, Copenhagen, Denmark 1960, with certificate – Highest Marks. Officer in the Royal Danish Army 1960-1962. ACTIVITIES: Own Design offices in Denmark, respectively England, Germany and France. Main activities – Furniture design – Industrial Design – Professional product development. Designer and inventor of worlds first chair injection moulded in one piece. Developer and designer of the first Action Recliner furniture...

The Karate Chair was designed by Michel Cadestin for Airborne, in France, during the 1970s This beautiful piece is a testament to the designer's skill and craftsmanship, and it has b...

Attributed to French designer Raphael Raffel for Herman Miller. This one is among the rare versions constructed with a fiberglass frame (most others are molded plastic). Upholstery ...

Extraordinary Space Age Italian lounge chairs in the style of Mario Bellini. The frame of the chairs is covered with a rounded soft foam and upholstered with very fine Italian fabric...

Modern Black UP7 foot sculpture lounge chair by Gaetano Pesce for B&B Italia, 2000s. Surprisingly comfortable. This is in very good condition with two cracks – one on the top of the ...

Beautiful modernist lounge chairs in very good condition. These chairs were produced in the 1970s in Italy. The cantilever frames are crafted from chrome-plated steel, creating a l...

Extreme rare pair of lounge chairs model "Sella 1001" design by Joe Colombo and manufactured by Comfort Italy, 1963 The chairs are in all original condition with their original car...

A pair of Krokus lounge chairs by Swedish designer Lennart Bender for Ulferts AB in the 1960s. These statement chairs feature molded white fibergla...

Made in the USA. High gloss white finish on a lucite base. Reupholstered in brown suede. Extremely rare.

Artifort Groovy F598 or M lounge chairs by Pierre Paulin in one of our favourite colours: Cobalt Blue. Paulin designed these in 1960 for Castelli - Italy. Dutch manufacturer Artifort...

Great set of lounge chairs by Geoffrey David Harcourt, designed for Artifort. These armchairs, upholstered in a brown leather on a plastic swivel base date from the 1970s and are in ...

Pair of 'POD' Lounge Chairs by Italian designer Mario Sabot 1968 Iconic Space Age design that was selected to be exhibited in the interior of the futuristic Nikolaos Xasteros house ...

A great opportunity to own (and customize) a unique piece by one of the United State's most recognized designers. An unusual high back version of the "Good Egg" lounge chair designe...

Rodica chair by Mario Brunu for Comfort Italy, 1968. This lounge chair combines form, function and comfort! The chair rests on a circular fiberglass base. You can effortlessly adjust...

I have a pair of this iconic chairs but both listed separately. 1960s Italian 'Elda' swivel lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1963 (1930-1971 ) and manufactured by Comfort Italy. This is one of the most well-known, space-age and futuristic designs from this innovative and forward-thinking Italian designer and named in honour of his wife. The white fibreglass shell is fitted with seven deep padded black leather cushions which provide comfort from all sides. The four back cushions are designed to hug your back completely including your neck and head. - "A modernist wing-backed chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads" The white body is made from fibreglass with the seated area from fitted smooth leather which the cushions clip on to. I have had the cushions re-made at great expense by an experienced upholsterer who used the originals as templates. She re-used the original chrome clips on every cushion to ensure they're securely fastened to the leather skin and in the correct place/position. There are some small scuffs to the original leather skin and one tear which are hardly noticeable and to be expected from a chair over 60 years old. The cushions are in perfect condition. There is a small crack at the very base of the shell on the back which I have illustrated in one of the images apart from that it's in very good condition. The chair specifically the lower base section is very heavy where it is weighted to ensure it's counter-balanced whenever anyone is sitting in it. It does not wobble at all and spins around and around freely. An interesting piece from Architectural Digest about the background of the chair and why it's a favourite with designers: "After Italian designer Joe Colombo visited a shipyard in 1963 that made fiberglass hulls for boats, inspiration struck: Why not use that same hand-molding technique for the base of a chair? The results—a roomy, futuristic armchair in which seven detachable cushions hook into a molded plastic shell on a rotating base—would become an icon. He named it after his wife, Elda. Colombo moved a white fiberglass and black leather model—produced by Italian brand Comfort in 1965—into his own Milan apartment. And soon, after the design debuted at the Eurodomus 1 fair in Genoa, others followed suit. The strange chair (further documented in Joe Colombo: Designer: Catalogue Raisonné 1962–2020, a new publication by Silvana Editoriale) captured the 1960s space-age sensibility of fashion designers like Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin, and was on its way to the silver screen, where AD100 designer Luis Laplace first saw it. “In the 1969 film Hibernatus, a man sitting in the Elda armchair explains the challenges and benefits of hibernation,” recalls Laplace of his early-childhood encounter with the seat. He and partner Christophe Comoy now live with one in Paris. Elda went on to star in the 1977 Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me, in the 1970s series Space: 1999, and in the 2012 movie The Hunger Games, proving Laplace’s point: “It oozes power.” The appeal is wide-ranging. Designer Hollie Bowden, who snapped up a worn-in Elda in Morocco for a project in Ibiza, calls it “super comfy and quite bosslike.” Meanwhile, designer Jonathan Adler, who lives with one in his Manhattan home, calls the seat “a strange mix of plastic futurism and organic brainlike channel upholstery in a commanding scale.” Or, as he has deemed it, “executive squish.” Dimensions: W: 95cm D: 92cm H: 93cm Seat Height: 40cm I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER IDENTICAL 'ELDA' CHAIR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PAIR LISTED ON THE RETRO LIVING WEBSITE. Some information about the designer Joe Columbo from 1st Dibs "He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative furniture, lighting and product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise. Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture. In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company. Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chairwith a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads. Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes. Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer...

Space age pod/egg shaped lounge chair made of handwoven wicker with a very minimalistic chrome base. This is a great statement piece.

The Garden Egg Chair is one of Peter Ghyczy's best known design pieces. It is a true Space Age icon familiar to many. Peter Ghyczy designed and produced the Egg Chair in 1968 of whic...

This GN2 garden chair is one of Peter Ghyczy's most acclaimed design pieces. This variant in Ochre yellow is a piece of which only a few were made and is no longer available anywhere...

An Iconic 1960s Italian 'Elda' swivel lounge chair designed by Joe Colombo in 1963 (1930-1971 ) and manufactured by Comfort Italy. This is one of the most well-known, space-age and futuristic designs from this innovative and forward-thinking Italian designer and named in honour of his wife. The white fibreglass shell is fitted with seven deep padded black leather cushions which provide comfort from all sides. The four back cushions are designed to hug your back completely including your neck and head. - "A modernist wing-backed chair with a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads" The white body is made from fibreglass with the seated area from fitted smooth leather which the cushions clip on to. I have had the cushions re-made at great expense by an experienced upholsterer who used the originals as templates. She re-used the original chrome clips on every cushion to ensure they're securely fastened to the leather skin and in the correct place/position. There are some scuffs to the leather skin which are hardly noticeable and to be expected from a chair over 60 years old. The cushions are in perfect condition. There is a small chip at the very base of the shell on the back which I have illustrated in one of the images apart from that it's in very good condition. The chair specifically the lower base section is very heavy where it is weighted to ensure it's counter-balanced whenever anyone is sitting in it. It does not wobble at all and spins around and around freely. An interesting piece from Architectural Digest about the background of the chair and why it's a favourite with designers: "After Italian designer Joe Colombo visited a shipyard in 1963 that made fiberglass hulls for boats, inspiration struck: Why not use that same hand-molding technique for the base of a chair? The results—a roomy, futuristic armchair in which seven detachable cushions hook into a molded plastic shell on a rotating base—would become an icon. He named it after his wife, Elda. Colombo moved a white fiberglass and black leather model—produced by Italian brand Comfort in 1965—into his own Milan apartment. And soon, after the design debuted at the Eurodomus 1 fair in Genoa, others followed suit. The strange chair (further documented in Joe Colombo: Designer: Catalogue Raisonné 1962–2020, a new publication by Silvana Editoriale) captured the 1960s space-age sensibility of fashion designers like Paco Rabanne and Pierre Cardin, and was on its way to the silver screen, where AD100 designer Luis Laplace first saw it. “In the 1969 film Hibernatus, a man sitting in the Elda armchair explains the challenges and benefits of hibernation,” recalls Laplace of his early-childhood encounter with the seat. He and partner Christophe Comoy now live with one in Paris. Elda went on to star in the 1977 Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me, in the 1970s series Space: 1999, and in the 2012 movie The Hunger Games, proving Laplace’s point: “It oozes power.” The appeal is wide-ranging. Designer Hollie Bowden, who snapped up a worn-in Elda in Morocco for a project in Ibiza, calls it “super comfy and quite bosslike.” Meanwhile, designer Jonathan Adler, who lives with one in his Manhattan home, calls the seat “a strange mix of plastic futurism and organic brainlike channel upholstery in a commanding scale.” Or, as he has deemed it, “executive squish.” Dimensions: W: 95cm D: 92cm H: 93cm Seat Height: 40cm I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER IDENTICAL 'ELDA' CHAIR IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PAIR LISTED ON THE RETRO LIVING WEBSITE. Some information about the designer Joe Columbo from 1st Dibs "He died tragically young, and his career as a designer lasted little more than 10 years. But through the 1960s, Joe Colombo proved himself one of the field’s most provocative and original thinkers, and he produced a remarkably large array of innovative furniture, lighting and product designs. Even today, the creations of Joe Colombo have the power to surprise. Cesare “Joe” Colombo was born in Milan, the son of an electrical-components manufacturer. He was a creative child — he loved to build huge structures from Meccano pieces — and in college he studied painting and sculpture before switching to architecture. In the early 1950s, Colombo made and exhibited paintings and sculptures as part of an art movement that responded to the new Nuclear Age, and futuristic thinking would inform his entire career. He took up design not long after his father fell ill in 1958, and he and his brother, Gianni, were called upon to run the family company. Colombo expanded the business to include the making of plastics — a primary material in almost all his later designs. One of his first, made in collaboration with his brother, was the Acrilica table lamp (1962), composed of a wave-shaped piece of clear acrylic resin that diffused light cast by a bulb concealed in the lamp’s metal base. A year later, Colombo produced his best-known furniture design, the Elda armchair (1963): a modernist wingback chairwith a womb-like plastic frame upholstered in thick leather pads. Portability and adaptability were keynotes of many Colombo designs, made for a more mobile society in which people would take their living environments with them. One of his most striking pieces is the Tube chair (1969). It comprises four foam-padded plastic cylinders that fit inside one another. The components, which are held together by metal clips, can be configured in a variety of seating shapes. Tube chairs generally sell for about $9,000 in good condition; Elda chairs for about $7,000. A small Colombo design such as the plastic Boby trolley — an office organizer...

Elevate your living space with the timeless elegance of the 'Rodica' lounge chair, a mid-century masterpiece designed by Mario Bruno for Comfort Italy. Crafted with exquisite attenti...

The F437 lounge chair, commonly known as the Orange Slice chair was created by French designer Pierre Paulin in 1960 and is one of the most popular design armchairs in the world. The...

Very cool Space Age chair finished in brown natural leather. The folding surfaces ensure that the chair can be used in different settings. And gives the chair a completely different ...

Armchair made of transparent plexiglass and metal frame. Armrests of lacquered wood. Some age-related wear and marks on armrests, plexiglass in good condition.

An original pair of Djinn chairs and footstools by Olivier Mourgue for Airborne, as seen in 2001 a space odyssey, freshly reupholsterd in Knoll Stretch fabric.

This Space Age Tequila armchair consists of a set of two and can rotate 360 degrees which provides just the right amount of "swing-ability. These fun lounge chairs...

The rotatable Vertigo armchair has differentiated-density polyurethane foam padding, Nortek cotton upholstery and a base in black steel.Removable fabric upholstery. Designed in the e...

Sculptural pair of fiberglass lounge chairs in excellent condition. Designed by Douglas Deeds in the 1970s. Manufactured by Architectural Fiberglass Co. a division of Architectural Pottery. The chairs are entirely made of fiberglass which gives them their minimalist sculptural shape. The seats are upholstered with a natural fabric and can be removed. Both the fiberglass base and the seats are professionally restored. The fiberglass is repainted in the original mustard color and the seats are reupholstered with a high quality beige fabric. On request we have two more available. These models were imported into Australia by Spectrum Pty Ltd, a firm managed by Michael Hall Best. Michael Hall Best was the son of Marion Hall...

Beautiful Artifort F510 Black leather with white trumpet foot. The leather is still in almost new condition! 360 degrees rotatable Designer Geoffrey D. ...

Space age design by Raphael Raffel, a 1960s Club chair in injection moulded plastic shell. This is a European version produced in France during the 60s, not a later licensed Herman ...

Space Age vintage lounge chair model Anatomia from plastic in white color by Ahti Kotikoski for Asko 1968, Finland. A beautiful vintage lounge chair from the space age era designed b...

Space Age vintage lounge chair model Anatomia from plastic in yellow color by Ahti Kotikoski 1968s for Asko Finland. A great lounge chair from plastic in sunny yellow color tone by A...

A beautiful pair of Italian lounge chairs designed by Vittorio Varo in the 1960s for Plan Interior Design embodies a captivating space-age aesthetic, capturing the essence of an era ...

2 Lounge chairs " Chair Madrid" year: 1967 Design: Architect Horacio Baliero and Justo Solsona Argentine Designer Material: Leather and Chrome It was exhibited at the Museum of Arc...

Space age design at its best. Boris Tabacoff designed multiple space age designs in the 70s for Mobilier Modulaire Moderne; a French manufacturer of that time. What distinguish...

Unique collector’s items by the famous French designer Pierre Paulin. Produced by Artifort (currently not being produced anymore) In red fabric. Very very tiny minimal user traces i...

Showroom model in impeccable new condition! Iconic Space Age classics: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy) with Ottoman (very rare to find this combination). 360 degree rotatable...

Showroom model in impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy). 360 degree rotatable base (swivel). With certificate of authenticity a...

2 Showroom models in impeccable NEW condition! Iconic Space Age classics: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy). 360 degree rotatable base (swivel). With certificate of authentici...

Showroom model in impeccable new condition! Iconic Space Age classic: Elda Chair by Joe Colombo (1963- Italy). 360 degree rotatable base (swivel). Gold leather of the highest qualit...

Space Age pair of vintage lounge chairs with white lacquered bentwood frame and blue covered textile fabric cushions from 1960s. While the white lacquered bentwood frame is in distre...

Designed in Space age style in 2007, manufactured by Danish company Republic of Fritz Hansen. Shell is made of injection-molded fiber-reinforced lacq...

Mid-Century Modern / Space Age vintage plastic club chairs, designed by Raphael Raffel (Rafael), France, 1970s The club chair features a tulip form with a rounded seat, which is reu...

Inspired by a 1950s Italian design this custom occasional chair is made to order. The curving serpentine Silhouette is a bold graphic statement. It may be used as a chair or in tande...

Pair of Space Age Lounge Chairs, Lubuskie Fabryki Mebli 1970s Poland. Completely restored.

This beautiful pair of rare 'President' Lounge chairs, Model #265 by Steen Ostergaard for Cado, Denmark (each chair signed with Cado embossed logo on frame), was designed in 1968 and produced at Krauss Maffei, Munich, Germany for a short time in limited quantities. For collectors of 1960s and 1970s Space Age, this is a sought-after and coveted design to have. Produced in fiberglass reinforced poly-amide nylon and is anti-static, full depth colored, and can not delaminate, and were cast in the largest injection mold in the world at the time. The head / neck rest is adjustable via the two dials on the back and can be raised or lowered to your desired setting. The President Lounge, which was part of the A-Line series, was prominently featured in many books, magazines and movies such as 'Star Trek' where it appears in Captain Kirk's 23rd century San Francisco apartment. ABOUT THE DESIGNER: Educated Cabinetmaker and Imagery Carver – Bronze Medal 1957. Graduated from the SCHOOL of ARTS & CRAFTS, Copenhagen, Denmark 1960, with certificate – Highest Marks. Officer in the Royal Danish Army 1960-1962. ACTIVITIES: Own Design offices in Denmark, respectively England, Germany and France. Main activities – Furniture design – Industrial Design – Professional product development. Designer and inventor of worlds first chair injection moulded in one piece. Developer and designer of the first Action Recliner furniture...

Sculptural Space Age vintage lounge chair Etcetera by Jan Ekselius from blue stretch fabric 1970s Sweden. An amazing curved sculptural and freestanding lounge chair model Etcetera b...

Space age, modernism, minimalism and topped with Italian flair; all seems to be bundled in this one of a kind iconic design by the late Florentine architect Marzio Cecchi (1940-1990)...

Set of 3 Space Age Lounge Chairs, Lubuskie Fabryki Mebli 1970s Poland. Very rare, comfortable set of 3 Space Age Lounge Chairs. Completely restored.

Space Age French Modern “Fabio” Lounge Chair Designed by Pascal Mourgue for Steiner, France. This rare tubular lounge chair features a sling cognac ...

The exquisite Gaudi Space Age armchairs by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, with a captivating vintage patina in brown chocolate plastic. Designed with a sleek and futuristic aesthetic...

It’s 1963, Space Age is at its dawn, and Italian architect Joe Colombo designs a piece that will define the aesthetics of the era: we’re of course talking of the Elda chair, named af...

Incredibly cool lounge chairs designed by Raphael Raffel, circa 1960s. The rolled ergonomic back and seat supports create an unmistakable profile reminiscent of automobile designs...

Mid-Century Modern space Age white fiberglass plush XL lounge chairs, Italy 1970s. Stunning pair of 2 huge Space Age lounge chairs in snow white...

Finnischer Knall Orangener Pastille-Sessel aus Fiberglas von Eero Aarnio für Asko, 1967. Der Pastille-Sessel ist eher ein Kunstwerk als ein einfacher Sessel oder Schaukelstuhl. Er wu...

Italian architect and designer Joe Colombo responded to the changing social conditions of the 1960s by radically reinventing furniture forms and creating innovative interior environm...