1930s Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

A rare office or desk chair with a metal frame, seat, and back upholstered with black leather. Designed by the Italian master Gio Ponti for offices located in Montecatini a little city near Florence in Tuscany, Italian manufacture from the 1930s. Gio Ponti was an icon of the modernist movement: the Italian designer, architect, artist and publisher contributed significantly to the worlds of architecture and design with his extensive work in fine furniture and ceramics, education, office and residential buildings, and everything in between. Giovanni, known as Gio Ponti was born in 1891 in Milan. It was there that he spent his childhood, and in 1921 he began to study architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. From 1923 to 1930 he served as the artistic director of the Richard-Ginori porcelain factory. In 1927, Ponti started his first architectural office, together with Emilio Lancia, and in 1928 he started the magazine Domus, which is still regarded as one of the most influential European magazines for architecture and design. He was also very influential during the period as a curator of the Milan Triennale. After his collaboration with Emilio Lancia had come to an end, upon completion of the Torre Rasini, he began to work as an architect together with the engineers Antonio Fornaroli and Eugenio Soncini...

Willem Hendrik Gispen (1890-1981) was a Dutch industrial designer renowned for his functionalism. His education was gained in part from the architecture department at the Academy of ...

1930s Industrial swivel task / desk chair manufactured by Do/ More, Art Deco, nice condition, steel base. Chair frame restored. Retains original "oil cloth" leather-like seat and bac...

1930s Industrial swivel task / desk chair manufactured by Do/ More, Art Deco, amazing, unmolested, all original condition, retains original "oil cloth" leather-like seat and back as ...

Set of 4 Bruno Polak Bauhaus stacking chairs with tubular chrome frames. In original condition with visible wear to the leather and some chrome loss. Very original condition. Set price.

A fine French 1930's stained beech-wood desk armchair.

Very important desk chair, circa 1930. Elegant desk chair with wood and beautiful original blue fabric. Original good condition, some little c...

This typing chair in red Manchester upholstery has an elegant black base. The seat is not connected to the back. The backrest is adjustable in height as shown on picture #1 and #2. T...

Pair of flat bar Brno chairs in elephant grey leather by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knolls. Iconic Mid-Century Modern design features cantilevered steel frames with polished chrome...

Industrial style desk chair, circa 1930. This sleekly designed office chair features an unusual oval shaped back with contrast nailheads on the reverse. The frame has an antiqued metal finish...

Probably the Cadillac of Do Mor chairs, this example is executed in the Machine Age, Art Deco style, with oversized padded armrests, propellor style base, and upholstered seat and ba...

A fine French Art Deco beech wood desk armchair.