Modern Settees
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 The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics.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.
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Item Ships From: USA
Style: Modern
Exotic Wood Contemporary Upholstered Settee from Costantini, Belgrano
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
The Belgrano Settee is inspired by mid-twentieth century modernist design and features an ergonomic backrest. It can be customized into any size. Shown in Argentine Rosewood and C.O....
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Settees
Materials
Fabric, Wood
21st Century Nest 2-Seater Sofa in Leather by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Sofa is inspired by the informal lines of the 1970s; the hips are characterized by a special pleated skin processing.
Nest 2-seater sofa Structure in poplar wood and foam. Upholstery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam
21st Century Belmer Two-Seater Sofa in Velvet by Matteo Cibic
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Between sculpture and design, Belmer is a wonder object suggesting a newly discovered sociality. With its big dimension, it goes against the trend of miniaturization, appearing as a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal
21st Century Amina 3-Seater Sofa in Velvet by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
An attractive and comfortable sofa inspired by a ‘thousand-and-one-nights’ imagery. The combination of different fabrics and the original, multicolored trimming contribute to creatin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Wood, Fabric
21st Century Woodstock 4-Seater Sofa in Velvet by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A sofa with a welcoming and comfortable look, emphasized by the mattress conformation of the seat. Refined details such as the polished brass tips of the basement and the roll cushio...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Velvet, Wood
21st Century Caicos 3-Seater Sofa in Fabric by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
In the Caicos sofa, the simple and linear shapes acquire a bold and seductive charm. The upholstery with fabrics or leathers of the collection, characterized by the presence of the i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Foam, Fabric
Traditional Contemporary Polka Dot Upholstered Lounge Day Bed Settee
Located in Dayton, OH
Polka dot upholstered daybed or settee. Features rolled arms over flared legs and a mahogany toned finish. Olive green and black sheened upholstery. Measure: 69".
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Modern Exotic Wood Booth Seating from Costantini, Bruno
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Costantini prides itself in using the hardest and most beautiful hardwoods in the construction of its line of seating. Any of its standard chairs can be made into a booth, by repeating the back leg and building the rest of the structure to your specifications. The Bruno Booth...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Settees
Materials
Wood
Wood Frame Wing Back Settee in Walnut and Leather Designed by Craig Bassam
Located in Ridgefield, CT
“Living in a glass house makes you design pieces to look immaculate from every angle,” says Craig Bassam, who designed the BassamFellows wood frame lo...
Category
2010s American Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wood
21st Century Darlington Sofa in Leather by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Darlington is an iconic sofa of the Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors collection, characterized by a refined capitonné finishing.
Darlington 3-seater sofa structure in poplar wood and f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Foam, Wood
21st Century Ligomancer Sofa in Metal and Black Elastic Webbing by CTRLZAK
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"Ligomancer sofa shows what is normally hidden. More than one hundred meters of elastic band, the type commonly used for the internal structure of cush...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal, Copper
21st Century Sharpei Sofa in Black Leather by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
The refined manufacturing of the seatback, enriched with decorative studs, is the main feature of the Sharpei sofa, an iconic piece of furniture that comb...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam
21st Century Manhattan Sofa in Grey Fabric by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A design sofa that offers the cozy sensation of inviting warmth and comfortable softness raised off the floor on thin gold finished legs.
Manhattan 3-seater sofa structure in poplar ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Fabric, Foam
21st Century King's Cross Sofa in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
An elegantly manufactured sofa. A timeless model which combines modern and classic styles, with an exquisite and rigorously artisanal capitonné finishing, revealing the company’s exp...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam, Beech
"Gimme Shelter" Three-Seat Sofa with Steel Frame and Base by Moroso for Diesel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Gimme Shelter" is a three-seat sofa, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring injected flame-retardant foam over internal steel frame and base in varni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Steel
21st Century Klee 3-Seater Sofa in Fabric by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Classic charm and rigorous lines for an elegant sofa able to fit into any environment. The linear shape of the frame in patinated bronze metal meets the elegance of the upholstery in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal
21st Century Inanda Sofa in Fabric and Leather by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
This new sofa with an appealing design is characterized by an interior upholstered with the new silks from the last Roberto Cavalli collection and a leather ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Foam
Beautiful Saccaro Velvet Love Seat with Walnut Trim, 21st Century
By Saccaro
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Saccaro velvet loveseat with walnut trim. Saccaro produces high end designer furniture from Brazil's top furniture designers.
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Modern Settees
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
21st Century Aruba 3-Seater Sofa in Leather by Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Contemporary lines and vintage references for the Aruba sofa, available in 2 or 3-seat versions or modular according to customer needs. The light legs in transparent plexiglass give ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Foam, Leather
21st Century Woodstock.2 Modular Sofa in Leather by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
In the new edition Woodstock sofa, re-elaborated in a modular version and without fees, the mattress-like conformation of ethnic inspiration, recalls the ""Majlis"" environments - li...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Fabric, Wood
21st Century Highlander Sofa in Leather and Fabric by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A sofa with a bold personality that combines essential design, contemporary lines and a high level of craftsmanship. The alternation between different finishings, with capitonné part...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Foam, Leather, Beech
"Gimme Shelter" Two-Seat Sofa with Steel Frame and Base by Moroso for Diesel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"Gimme Shelter" is a two-seat sofa, designed by Diesel Creative Team and manufactured by Moroso, featuring injected flame-retardant foam over internal steel frame and base in varnish...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Steel
21st Century Clark_2 Sofa in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A sofa with an urban charm and a bold character, which combines the elegance of leather with details in pinstriped fabric, in a typical Gianfranco Ferré Home style. The feet in metal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam, Beech
21st Century Frida 3-Seater Sofa in Velvet by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
The rich and evocative fabric of the new Home Interior Collection is the main feature of the Frida sofa, whose precious and inimitable style is enhanced by the velvet piping, the bro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal
21st Century Clapton Sofa in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
An attractive sofa with a comfortable seat and a contemporary design. The geometric volumes are emphasized by the external plates in metal upholstered leather and by the piping enhancing the profiles of the cushions. The use of leather as privileged upholstery material...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam, Beech
21st Century Ixorb Sofa in Metal and Paper-Like Fabric by Alessandro Zambelli
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
"The planning of a design on paper comes to life in Ixorb, a sofa offering a new perception of space. Its volumes are enclosed in a dimension of perspective that guides the eye to se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal
21st Century Highlander Sofa in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
A sofa with a bold personality that combines essential design, contemporary lines and a high level of craftsmanship. The alternation between different finishings, with capitonné part...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam, Beech
Indoor/Outdoor Steel-Framed DeMille Sofa in Modern Regency Style by Laun
By LAUN
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Powder coated stainless steel sofa frame with removable cushions upholstered in an outdoor fabric, this sofa looks great inside or out. The green frame is fully welded and has a perf...
Category
2010s American Modern Settees
Materials
Stainless Steel
Italian Modern Sofa of Chrome and Black Leather by Paolo Lomazzi
Located in Austin, TX
A fine, comfortable Italian sofa in the Modern style, featuring a stylish, bowed tubular chrome body with upholstered cushion back and sides of black leather, two fitted seat cushion...
Category
20th Century Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Vladimir Kagan Illuminated Double Sided Sofa
Located in New York, NY
Vladimir Kagan Illuminated Double Sided Sofa. Has a walnut and acrylic frame and the original upholstery. The sides also illuminates.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Acrylic, Walnut
Lobel Originals "Box Tufted Chaise" Made to Order
Located in New York, NY
Box Tufted Chaise with left arm, both arm and back are uniformly tufted. Made to order with solid mahogany legs which can be finished in a choice of colors, by Lobel Originals / COM....
Category
2010s American Modern Settees
Materials
Foam, Mahogany, Fabric
21st Century Soho Sofa in Leather by Gianfranco Ferré Home
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Elegance and sobriety meet the urban soul of the Gianfranco Ferré Home 2019 collection in the Soho sofa, thanks to the combination of the soft leather uphols...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Foam, Beech
Leather Sitting Set Rock Series Gerard Van Den Berg Montis
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful two-piece set of sitting consisting of a loveseat and a single lounge chair by Gerard Van Den Berg (b. 1947). The beautiful chairs are of the rock series designed by Gerard Van Den Berg for Montis designed in 1981. With their low profile and slightly upturned corners, these two whimsical chairs can be arranged in different positions to create a very chic space, like between two rocks in the forest.
The loveseat measures 56.5" W x 45" H x 36" D. The slip chair...
Category
1980s Dutch Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Leather
Amparo Calderon Tapia Tête–à–tête Daybed in Solid Bronze Flora Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and beautiful Tête–à–tête daybed with solid bronze base designed and manufactured by Amparo Calderon Tapia for Cain Modern.
The piece is very comfortable, each side ha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Settees
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Donghia Yellow Stripe Spirit Sofa by John Hutton
By Donghia, John Hutton
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible spirit sofa by John Hutton for Donghia. This one is in its original yellow striped fabric and fabulous condition, circa 1990s. The dust cover has been replaced.
This sofa is simply wonderful! It was designed by John Hutton for the prestigious Donghia Furniture, a to-the-trade only supplier to interior designers and architects. This sofa, named Spirit, and part of the Enchanted collection was inspired by the ghostly shapes of furniture draped in sheets in homes during extended periods of being uninhabited. John Hutton’s furniture designs are at the same time Classic and modernistic especially depending upon the fabric chosen to “clothe” them. This sofa takes on a more Classic feel with the yellow, army green and cream traditional stripe adorning its modernistic and angular share. I’m sure you are drooling over this sofa right now. We also have the companion chaise longue listed on our storefront as well. I know you...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Settees
Materials
Fabric
Italian Green Velvet Settee
Located in New York, NY
Italian 1940s style (modern) large settee / sofa with camel back design and flaired arms upholstered in light green velvet with 2 large seat cushions and ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Velvet
Architectural 2-Seat Sofa
Located in New York, NY
Architectural settee attributed to Augusto Romano. 2-seat sofa with solid oak architectural frame, and upholstered seat and back. Fantastic detailing, and strong look.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Molar Settee by Wendell Castle
Located in Atlanta, GA
A molar settee or loveseat designed by Wendell Castle and manufactured by Beylerian, circa 1970s. The molar series is a playful design from Wendell Castle...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Fiberglass
Italian Post-War Design Pink Velvet Settee
Located in New York, NY
Italian Post-War Design 1960s style (modern) black velvet settee with rounded sides and shaped front with pink velvet seat & 4 back cushions contempor...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Settees
Materials
Velvet
Industrial Modernist Anodized Aluminum Warren McArthur Park Ave Sofa
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Beautiful and rare McArthur sofa created in the early thirties, an icon of the Hollywood era. His signature grid with aluminum curved tubing, tootsie roll armrests and black puck feet are all present on this sofa. Notched tubes and milled washers another feature well represented. This sofa carries his Park Ave...
Category
1930s American Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Aluminum
Settee by Illum Wikkelso
Located in San Francisco, CA
A two-seater sofa with tapered rosewood legs and 2 seat cushions. Upholstered with red leather. Model V12.
Exceptional condition for a piece of this vintage. Very little wear with...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Patchwork Brass Settee, USA
By Stefan Rurak
Located in New York, NY
Brooklyn based Stefan Rurak’s unique vision and process stems from a diverse range of media, ranging from things as conventional as drawing and painting to performance art. “The work...
Category
2010s American Modern Settees
Materials
Gold Leaf, Brass
Danish Settee
Located in San Francisco, CA
A Danish settee upholstered in beige linen, with piping along all the edges, including the rolled arms, and mahogany legs.
Seat has eight-way hand tied springs in excellent condi...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Modern Settees
Materials
Linen, Mahogany
Swedish Gray Dining Banquette in Green Leopard
By Bjork Studio
Located in Atlanta, GA
Beautifully made custom banquette or bench in distressed Swedish gray finish with green leopard grospoint fabric by Bjork Studio. In excellent condition. Perfect for an entrance, a foyer, a hallway, as a dining banquette...
Category
2010s American Modern Settees
Materials
Hardwood
Modern settees for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern settees 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 settees created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern settees made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original settees, popular names associated with this style include Etro, Jillian O'Neill, Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors, and Ghidini 1961. 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 settees differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $843 and tops out at $80,000 while the average work can sell for $9,685.
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