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Side Chairs For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Lucite and Brass Vanity Swivel Chair by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning Lucite and brass vanity chair designed by Charles Hollis Jones, the original and first design was in brass and commissioned by Lucille Ball...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Original Carved "Monk´s Chair" in Solid Oak, Romantic Era, Sweden
Located in Odense, DK
Wonderful traditional "Monk´s chair" made in Sweden around 1900. Made from solid Scandinavian oak with an amazing patina. Cushion in romantic silk upholstery. A monk's chair is a piece of furniture that was particularly popular in national romanticism...
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Early 1900s Swedish Romantic Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Lloyd Kem Weber Tubular Chrome Steel Red Vinyl Cantilever Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lloyd Kem Weber Tubular chrome steel red vinyl cantilever arm chair. Item features red vinyl upholstery, tubular chrome metal frame, very nice vi...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Rustic Vintage Ash Wood Sisal Armchair Oskar Strnad C 1925 Vienna
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Rustic vintage armchair from ash designed and executed in Vienna, circa 1925 design attributed to Oskar Strnad. This beautiful armchair shows a frame from solid turned ash ...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Cord, Ash

Vintage Chinese Carved Armchair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extraordinary single vintage Chinese style chair is in great condition, is a beautiful hand-crafted out of teak wood & cane combination, and has been newly restored by our professional expert craftsmen team. This 1970s side accent chair features a barrel back design, a carved wood panel in the center, a solid framed seat with a caning insert in the center in good condition, and is ready to be used. The chairs are raised by stretched carved tapered legs accentuated with moldings, and engraved details all beautifully finished in natural color and only having been waxed & polished developing a beautiful patina finish. This fabulous 1960s cane chair...
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1960s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Teak, Wood, Cane

Vintage 1970s Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Accent Dining Armchair Chair, Cassina
Located in Madison, WI
For sale is a single funky vintage Vico Magistretti beauty, the "Carimate" chair by Cassina. The chair model originated in the 1960s in Italy....
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Oak

Pair of Chinese Chippendale Style Chairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Chinese Chippendale style chairs. Pair of Chinese Chippendale style chairs in a gorgeous blue high gloss finish. This pair ha...
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1960s Chinese Chippendale Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Midcentury Armchair in Teak by Hvidt & Mølgaard, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Side chair in teak and fabric, designed by Peter Hvidt & Orla Mølgaard for cabinetmaker Gustav Bertelsen. Great original condition.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Teak

Vintage Shaker Arts & Crafts Oak Ladderback Side Accent Chair
Located in Dayton, OH
20th century arts & crafts side chair. Made from oak with a serpentine ladder back. Features ripped stiles, spire finials and a slatted seat. Legs are turned with ribbed stretchers.
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Early 20th Century Shaker Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Gae Aulenti Arcata Easy Chair in Walnut and Burgundy Leather, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Gae Aulenti; Easy Chairs; Armchairs; Arcata; Poltronova; Italian Design; Italy; 1968; Walnut; Burgundy Leather; Mid-Century Modern; Gae Aulenti Arcata...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

1960s Wrought Iron Cafe Chairs, Pair
Located in Esperance, NY
1960s Wrought iron cafe chairs - a pair.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

Vintage Chinese Chippendale Style Lacquered Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Chinese Chippendale style lacquered chair. Vintage Chinese Chippendale style chair in a gorgeous green lacquered finish. This Chin...
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1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Set of Five John Widdicomb Dining / Side Chairs, Art Deco, Gold Leaf, Purple
Located in Stamford, CT
Set of Five John Widdicomb Dining / Side Chairs, Art Deco, Gold Leaf, Purple Five American midcentury or Deco Style dining / side chairs having cream frames with purple velvet fa...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Gold Leaf

Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern Caned Back Dining Chairs with Tufted Cushions
Located in Freehold, NJ
This Mid-Century Modern set of four dining chairs features hardwood construction, unique low arms, vintage white upholstery on seats and back, caning under back cushions, and tall ta...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Cane, Walnut

Dining Chairs Set of 12 Walnut, 1 Carver and 11 Side Chairs
Located in Toronto, CA
Dining chairs walnut 1 arm and 11 side chairs 19th century styling made by Lionel Rawlinson pop off seats so upholstery can be easily changed. Solid sturdy chairs.
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Early 20th Century Canadian Victorian Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Arne Hovmand-Olsen Pair of Teak Armchairs with Light Colored Fabric Danish 60s
Located in Aarhus C, DK
Pair of midcentury easy armchairs model 310 by Arne Hovmand-Olsen They are made in Denmark in the 1960s most likely by Komfort in Randers The frames are made of solid teak with b...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Model 197 Side / Desk / Dining Chair by Finn Juhl for France & Son, c. 1960's
Located in Deland, FL
Designed by Finn Juhl for France & Son and imported by John Stuart, a New York designer showroom, this elegant chair was made in Denmark and bares t...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Teak

Four Vienna Secession Side Chairs by Jacob and Josef Kohn, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare set of four Vienna Secession side chairs. Design by Jacob and Josef Kohn. Striking Austrian design from the 1900s. Original lacquered beech and bentwood curved f...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Beech, Bentwood

Fully Restored Danish Erik Buch Oak Dining Chairs Inc, Custom Upholstery
Located in Knebel, DK
Fully restored Danish dining chairs inc. reupholstery designed by Erik Buch in 1949. The chairs have a simple solid construction with elegant lines and a comfortable seating exper...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Peter Ghyczy for Ghyczy Design, Red Garden Egg or Senftenberg Egg, 1968
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This item is part of the private collection of Casey Godrie and is situated in his private house. Ask him for competitive shipping quotes. His incredible Dune Villa, Amsterdam Beach...
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Upholstery, Polyester

Handsome Vintage Black and Rich Brown Caned Desk Chair
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Great looking side or desk chair with roomy proportions mixing an ebonized wood body and rich brown caned back and seat. The back has an elegant curve and t...
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1960s American Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Cane, Wood

Pair High Back Brutalist Side Chairs by Harry Balmer for Flemington Iron Works
Located in West Chester, PA
Epic pair of vintage Brutalist style iron and wood plank high back side chairs designed by Harry Balmer and manufactured by Flemington Iron Works USA.
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1960s American Brutalist Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Iron

Pair of Midcentury Maple Brass and Fabric Austrian Armchairs, 1960
Located in Rome, IT
Characteristic and precious Italian armchairs in black lacquered beech, with little copper inserts, all married with a beautiful white and silver fabric. The armchairs have a light ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Copper

1960s Pair of Side Chairs, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- Wooden parts have been repolished - Newly upholstered
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1960s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Sculptural Bentwood Armchair by Jacob & Josef Kohn, circa 1900
Located in Las Vegas, NV
A rare example of a bentwood armchair from the Vienna Secession era. Designed by Jacob & Josef Kohn of Vienna, circa 1900. Completely original with soulful wear and patina. No cra...
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Early 1900s Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Maurice Dufrène, Pair of Art Deco Armchairs, France, 1925
Located in New York, NY
After 1910 Dufrêne’s work took on the forms of neoclassicism, and at last, an aesthetic that would coalesce into the Art Deco. While he didn’t shy from metal, ceramic, glass, or fabr...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Pair of Vintage Italian DSC 106 Side Chairs by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
This set of two DSC 106 chairs was designed by Giancarla Piretti for the Italian Castelli in 1965. It is one of the best-known models of the brand's chairs and is still an object with an innovative and attractive design. The elegant interweaving of lines that define the forms of the DSC 106 has been admired by generations of architects and interior designers who have always regarded the chair not only for its timeless aesthetic quality, but also for its exceptional functionality and durability. The DSC 106 is concrete proof that Italian design is about more than just creativity, especially when it comes to being able to combine an aesthetic element with ergonomic research, efficiency and usability. This model is an example of the best collaboration between designer Giancarlo Piretti and the historic Italian brand Castelli. The structure is made of metal, and the seat and backrest are made of bent plywood upholstered with high-quality black vinyl. Giancarlo Piretti was born in Bologna in 1940. After studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Academy of Bologna, he began working as an interior designer for Anonima Castelli, designing furniture for both home and office use. During his twelve years at Castelli, Piretti obtained numerous industrial patents for his designs, which were dominated by chairs. Piretti's work for Castelli has earned the company an international reputation in the field of furniture design. His most famous design is the folding plastic Plia Chair (1968). Other famous designs include the DCS 106 stacking chair (1965), Plona lounge chair (1969), Alky chair (1970), Plantone folding desk (1970), Plano (1971, IBD Gold Medal), Planto clothes hanger (1972), modular System 61 sofa system (1973), Xylon...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

1920's French Art Deco Goosehead Dining Chairs - Pair C
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of antique French Art Deco style dining side chairs, unbranded. Solid hardwood with a golden honey tone finish, rounded crestrail blending into curved stile ending with gooseh...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Hardwood

Four Fully Restored Danish Teak Dining Chairs Custom Reupholstery Included
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of Four Danish dining chairs in teak with curved backrests and elegant frames manufactored by Korup Stolefabrik. The chairs are commonly known as model 32 and by many attributed ...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Teak

1920's French Art Deco Goosehead Dining Chairs - Pair B
Located in Charlotte, NC
A pair of antique French Art Deco style dining side chairs, unbranded. Solid hardwood with a golden honey tone finish, rounded crestrail blending into curved stile ending with gooseh...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Hardwood

Jens Risom for Knoll Model 666 Side Chair in Birch and Green Strapping, USA
Located in Deland, FL
Designed by Jens Risom for Knoll in 1941, the model 666 chair is perhaps Risom's most iconic creation in a career that led American Mid-Century furniture des...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Birch

Oak Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau Side Chair by Hendrik Petrus Berlage, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Amazing and rare Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau side chair. Design by Hendrik Petrus Berlage. Striking Dutch design from the 1900s. Solid oak with hand-carved decorations in the back. ...
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Early 1900s Dutch Arts and Crafts Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather, Oak

Set of Four Side Chairs in Teak and Leather, Danish Design, 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Set of four side chairs in teak and patinated leather. Designed and made in Denmark. Great condition, 1960s.
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Teak

Antique French Louis XVI Hand Carved Silver Gilt Framed Fauteuil Armchairs-Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Louis XVI Style Hand Carved Silver Gilt Framed Fauteuil Armchairs - Pair Antique Pair of Louis XVI style Antique Silver Gilt Armchairs/Fauteuils. Each chair featur...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Giltwood

1960's Danish Vintage Cherry Wood Armchair / Desk Chair
Located in London, GB
An extremely stylish and well made carver armchair. This was made in Denmark, and dates from the 1960’s. It is of amazing quality and is made from solid cherry wood. With a beauti...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Bouclé, Cherry

Ilana Goor Style Wrought Iron Leather Garden Chairs
Located in Vienna, AT
Ilana Goor style wrought iron leather garden chairs. Nice pair of iron, leather chairs in a 19th garden folding chair manner. It's in fact a sturdy heavy 12,5kg per chair and care...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Wrought Iron

Fritz Neth Egg Chair in Original Red Fabric, to Be Reuphostered
Located in Waasmunster, BE
Red egg chair by Fritz Neth made in the 1960s.
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1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Six Restored Kai Kristiansen Oak Dining Chairs Custom Reupholstery Included
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of six restored and refinished dining chairs in oak with adjustable backrest by Kai Kristiansen for Schous Møbelfabrik. The chairs have Kai Kristiansens typical light and elegant design that make them fit in easily where you want them in your home, a design that was so unique that his colleague the famous designer Hans J. Wegner characterized model 42 as beautiful from all angles when the chair was revealed in 1956. The chairs have been fully restored, sanded and refinished by our experienced workshop to insure that they are in very good condition with only minimal signs of age and use and will be reupholstered without additional cost in fabric of your choice from "Kvadrat" / standard leathers from "Sorensen Leather" or for additional price luxury leathers (Elegance, Vegetal, Rustic, Pure and Royal Nubuck). Kai Kristiansen was one of the last pupils of the famous architect Kaare Klint who founded modern Danish design and laid the foundation for the "Danish Modern" style. During the years 1958-1978 Kristiansen worked in his business in Aarhus owned jointly by himself and furniture maker Illum Wikkelsø (1919-1999). Kristiansens works met their most intense demand during a few decades from 1950, then production of them was discontinued. However, several of them are now being produced again by the Japanese furniture producer Miyazaki Chair Mill in Tokushima. An Australian producer has also included Kristiansen production in their portfolio. Kai Kristiansen might have been the originator of mass produced furniture, had he accepted an offer from Ikea-founder Ingvar Kamprad. He declined to let himself enroll in the Ikea staff. Kristiansen exhibitions include numerous participations in furniture and design shows in Milano, Paris, Cologne and London. Among his most cherished works is the Paper Knife collection...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Butterfly Chairs by Inge e Luciano Rubino, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Butterfly chairs is an original design item realized by Inge e Luciano Rubino in the 1960s. Butterfly (or Model 329) chairs were produced by Soro Stolefabrik. Yellow fabric and woo...
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1960s Italian Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Wood, Fabric

Antique French Louis XVI Gold-Leaf Gilded Carved Wood & Cognac Leather Side Chai
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gold-leaf gilded wood, Italian cognac leather.
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1960s American Louis XVI Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Leather, Wood

6 Vintage Chairs "Nautical Style" by Gallotti & Radice, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
6 vintage chairs "Nautical Style" by Gallotti & Radice, Italy realized in 1960s. Rosewood, leather and brass.
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1960s Italian Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Green Lacquered Chiavari Side Chair with Peacock Feathers in Cut Velvet
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Choices, choices! One of two lacquered Chiavari chairs available in our shop, your guests will be green with envy. Sculptural, luxurious, joyous and chic, circa 1960. Our one-of-a-ki...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Velvet

20th Century French Pair of Mahogany Dining Chairs in the Style of Jules Leleu
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A black-brown, vintage Art Deco French pair of dining room chairs made of hand crafted polished Mahogany in the style of Jules Leleu, in good condition. The upholstered backrest of the Parisian armchairs...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Cotton, Upholstery, Mahogany

Vintage Scandinavian Shaker Chair in Beech and Leather Seat, Denmark, 1960s
By Shakers
Located in Odense, DK
Vintage Shaker-style ladder back chair by Danish cabinetmaker in the 1960s. The chairs is made from cherrywood and the seat woven saddle leather straps ...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

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Beech, Leather

Bauhaus Armchairs by Adolf Gustav Schneck No. A 64 F Austria 1927
Located in Almelo, NL
Armchairs by Adolf Gustav Schneck No. A 64 F Austria 1927. Beech bentwood armchairs model No. A 64 F was designed by Gustav Adolf Schneck and m...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Side Chairs

Materials

Bentwood, Plywood

Four American Mid-Century Modern Curvy Dining / Side Chairs by Russel Wright
Located in Stamford, CT
Four American Mid-Century Modern Curvy Dining / Side Chairs by Russel Wright Russel Wright for Conant-Ball set of 4 curvaceous dining or side chairs. Each chair having four slightly ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Brass

Set of 4 Antique French Louis XVI Painted Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Set of 4 antique French Louis XVI painted chairs will make a classic addition to any decor! The ovoid shield shaped seat back and generous seat...
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Early 20th Century French Louis XVI Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Fruitwood

Antique Early 20th Century Shaker Oak Ladderback Side Accent Chair Rush Seat
Located in Dayton, OH
A lovely early 20th century shaker side chair. Made from oak with a serpentine ladder back. Features ripped stiles, spire finials and a rush seat. ...
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Early 20th Century Shaker Side Chairs

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Rush, Oak

Blue Lacquered Chiavari Side Chair with Peacock Feathers in Cut Velvet
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Grab it before it's gone! Sculptural, luxurious, joyous and chic, circa 1960. Our one-of-a-kind Chiavari chair was professionally lacquered in the most perfect hue of blue and its seat expertly reupholstered in a rich cut velvet fabric that features a peacock feather pattern of blue, green and gold. One of our favorite features of this show stopper chair is how the Chiavari curves and spindles are echoed in the shapes of the cut velvet peacock feathers, which have such a novel and inviting texture. If you were to move your hand across the top of the seat, it feels like embossed/raised velvet peacock feathers. Chiavari chairs are absolutely timeless. Yet the finishes on this particular chair add a modern and contemporary style (color and texture) that's fresh and current. A perfect desk chair, dressing room chair...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Lacquer, Velvet

Mid-Century Modern Walnut Frame Lounge Chair by Viko Baumritter
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Simple and elegant and in excellent vintage condition. Naugahyde remains in top condition and is quite comfy and stylish. Walnut frame is also in like new condition.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

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Naugahyde, Walnut

Moroccan Moorish Style 1900s Side Chair with Richly Carved Décor and Star Inlay
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Moroccan Moorish style accent side chair from the early 20th century, with richly carved décor, mother-of-pearl inlay, Arabic calligraphy and X-Form base. Created in Morocco during...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Side Chairs

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

African Chieftain Chair from Oromo People in Ethiopia, circa Early 1900s
Located in Miami, FL
An early 20th century African chieftain chair from the Oromo people in the eastern part of Ethiopia. The Oromo chairs and seats are all identifiable ...
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Early 20th Century Ethiopian Tribal Side Chairs

Materials

Wood

Ten Fully Restored Danish Erik Buch Oak Dining Chairs Inc. Custom Upholstery
Located in Knebel, DK
Set of ten fully restored Danish dining chairs inc. reupholstery designed by Erik Buch in 1949 and manufactored by Oddense Maskinsnedkeri. The chairs have a simple solid construct...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

1960s Four Fully Restored Danish Rosewood Dining Chairs Custom Upholstery
Located in Knebel, DK
1960's Six fully restored danish rosewood dining chairs custom upholstery. Set of four Danish dining chairs known as model 32 manufactored by Korup Stolefabrik in the 1960s. The c...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

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Rosewood, Teak

Baroque Style Carved Wood and Leather Seat Side Chair, Circa 1920s
Located in Germantown, MD
A Baroque style carved wood and leather seat side chair with nail head trims. Newer upholstery in great condition. Good condition. Measures20" in width, 20 inches in depth and stand...
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Early 20th Century American Baroque Side Chairs

Materials

Metal

1960s Kai Kristiansen Fully Restored and Reupholstered Rosewood Dining Chairs
Located in Knebel, DK
Rosewood dining chair with adjustable swivel backrest by Kai Kristiansen for Schous Møbelfabrik. The chair have Kai Kristiansens typical light and elegant design that make it fit in...
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1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Fabric, Rosewood

Dead Stock Solid Iron Butterfly Canvas Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Butterfly canvas chairs made of solid iron and canvas fabric. For indoor and outdoor use, these chairs are not collapsible however the seating is removable. This allows for seating to be washed, moved, replaced at your convenience. Straight from manufacturers dead stock.
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Side Chairs

Materials

Iron

Antique chair, France, 1900s.
Located in Chorzów, PL
Antique chair from around 1900. Furniture in very good condition. Dimensions: height 85 cm / seat height 44 cm / width 44 cm / depth 45 cm
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Side Chairs

Materials

Oak

Vintage, New and Antique Side Chairs

Antique and vintage side chairs are space savers by design and wonderfully versatile pieces of seating for your dining room or wherever guests may gather.

Chairs have been indispensable pieces of furniture for a long time. We sit, therefore we deserve good seating. In Ancient Egypt, chairs were utilized in homes regardless of class, and most furniture was made of wood. Comfortable folding chairs, for example, were found in King Tutankhamun’s tomb.

Chairs evolved to be more commonplace in the 1830s, and by the Industrial Revolution, they could be found in most homes. The traditional wooden side chair might feature an upholstered back and seat and was typically used for gathering around a big dining room table. Because the side chair does not feature armrests, it could easily be tucked under the table when not in use or delicately placed in a corner for decorative purposes. Today, the side chair’s slim silhouette and armless design still offer the same level of versatility as it did in its early days. It’s supportive of a large gathering for a meal in the dining room or kitchen and serves as an accent piece (or extra seating) resting against the wall in a living room or inviting foyer.

When shopping for side chairs, think about the colors and furniture style you’ve already introduced to your living room or dining room. Keep the height of your sofa in mind, for example. If you intend to pair your sofa with your side chair when it’s not perched near the dining table, it wouldn’t hurt if the height of your side chair matches the height of your sofa. Even if your side chair will largely be used in the kitchen or dining room, it will likely be used in the living room or home entertainment area as well. When you’re thinking about the seating where meals are served in your home, benches, stools and armchairs make suitable alternatives too. And if you’re feeling adventurous, combining a variety of dining room seating options can be both aesthetically pleasing and downright practical.

Side chairs are available in a number of styles today, and this convenient seating is one of the types of chairs you should know when furnishing your new home. Explore antique and vintage side chairs on 1stDibs. Find Art Deco side chairs and mid-century modern side chairs, or search by creator to find side chairs crafted by legendary designers like Charles and Ray Eames and others.

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