Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Set of 4 Outdoor American Art Moderne Lyre Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 4 Outdoor American Art Moderne black and gold trim painted metal side chairs with lyre form backs and upholstered seat
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
Ash Aniline Red DCM Chair by Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A rare aniline dyed red ash DCM chair with satin chrome frame. By Herman Miller with original foil tag.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Midcentury Italian Giltwood High Ladder Back Chairs with Velvet Seats
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of midcentury Italian giltwood exaggerated high ladder back side chairs, with recently upholstered striped velvet seats featuring a single button...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Giltwood
Pair Italian Mid-Century Modern Extra Tall Back Thick Spring Seats Lounge Chairs
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Full price included NEW UPHOLSTERY customer to provide the fabric.
Pair Italian Mid Century Modern Extra Tall Back Thick Spring Seats Lounge Chairs.
Unusual elegant proportions Ita...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of 6 French 1960's Black Lacquered and Vinyl Dining Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
Set of six French 1960s black lacquered wood and mustard vinyl dining chairs with brass sabots.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Midcentury Faux Bamboo Side Chairs with Saber Legs and New Upholstery
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of faux bamboo side chairs from the mid 20th century with saber legs and new linen upholstery. Created during the midcentury period, each of this pair of side chairs features ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Faux Bamboo
Pair of uncommon 1965 Plycraft bent wood walnut side chairs
By Plycraft
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Pair of uncommon Plycraft bent wood walnut true mid century modern vintage side chairs. These were likely designed by George Mulhauser, but they share some design elements in common with Norman Cherner...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Bentwood
Six Kusch Walter Leeman Stackable Side Chairs
By Kusch+Co
Located in Pasadena, TX
A set of six mid-century modern side chairs designed by Walter Leeman and manufactured by Kusch in Germany. Chromed steel rode frames with ebonized wood seats and backs.
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
$2,320 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Modernist Easy chairs by Elmar Berkovich, Netherlands, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid-Century Modern, Elmar Berkovich, lounge chair, 1950, the Netherlands.
This is a super rare pair of chairs, original upholstery, teak frame with stunning details
Elmar Berkovi...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Stool Industrial Design in the Manner of Gio Ponti Italy 1970s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vienna, AT
Stool Industrial design in the manner of Gio Ponti Italy 1970s. A nice example of a mixture of aesthetics and functional demands. Although its destination can be seen as the workshop...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Daystak Side Chairs - Beech & Walnut - by Robin Day for &Tradition
By Robin Day, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 Daystak Side Chairs - Beech - by Robin Day for &Tradition
By Robin Day, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Mid Century Danish Modern Dokka Mobler Side Chair
By Dokka Mobler
Located in Tulsa, OK
Mid Century Danish Modern Dokka Mobler Side Chair
Above average vintage condition and structurally sound. Has some expected slight finish wear and scratching on frame. Upholstery an...
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1970s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Teak, Upholstery
Malatesta and Mason Pair of Sculptural Armchairs in Ivory Bouclé
Located in New York, NY
Malatesta and Mason pair of sculptural armchairs consisting of ivory bouclé upholstered curved high backs and seats and figural wood arms and legs. These organically sinuous armchair...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Oak, Bouclé
Italian Modernist Side Chair by Vittorio Nobili for Fratelli Tagliabue
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Italian modernist side chair by Vittorio Nobili for Fratelli Tagliabue, perfect little accent chair, sculpture, retains its original pati...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
Danish Teak Chair Model #193 by Inger Klingenberg for France & Søn
Located in Dallas, TX
Danish modern side/desk chair designed by Inger Klingenberg for France and Søn. Featuring curved backrest is echoed by the extreme curved seat. Seat professionally upholstered in bla...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Rare Pair of Brass Child's Chairs Attributed to Marc Du Plantier, 1960s
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare and cool kid’s brass chairs attributed to Marc Du Plantier and made in the early 1960s. Beautiful geometric brass design towers to newly upholstered water green velvet seats by ...
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1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Fibreglass Side Chairs by Rene Jean Caillette, France 1950s
By Sedia-Steiner
Located in London, GB
A rare set of 2 fibreglass chairs by Rene Jean Caillette.
Brown background and multicolour floral pattern.
Designed and produced in France between 1950-1959.
René-Jean Caillet...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair Heavy Solid Stainless Steel Formed Bend Frame Side Lounge Chairs Red Uphols
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Pair heavy solid stainless steel formed bend frame side lounge chairs red upholstery.
Super high quality metal work bending welding and polishing of stainless steel. Bauhaus Le Corb...
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Pair of Wood and Rattan Stools by Comte, Argentina, Buenos Aires, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of wood and rattan stools by Comte, Argentina, Buenos Aires, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Mackintosh "292 Hill House 1" Italian Pair of Ashwood Chairs
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Pair of chairs model "292 Hill House 1" designed by Mackintosh. Made of black lacquered ashwood structure and upholstered fabric, Italy, 1960s.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 186...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Ash
Set of 8 Daystak Side Chairs - Beech - by Robin Day for &Tradition
By Robin Day, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
MCM Lawrence Peabody Style High & Low Back Lounges Newly Upholstered- Set of 2
Located in Chicago, IL
MCM High and Low-Barrel Back Lounges Styled After Lawrence Peabody Newly Upholstered in Sheep's-Wool With Leather Welt and Cowhide - Set of 2
Enhance your living space with this set...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cowhide, Wool, Upholstery, Wood
Pierre Gautier Solid Chairs in Blond Beech, France, 1960s
Located in Almelo, NL
Pierre Gautier solid chairs in Blond beechwood, France 1960s
Pierre Gautier designed these chairs in the 1960s. These subtle and modest chairs are executed in blond beechwood. Cha...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Beech
Extremely Rare Asian Inspired Modernist Side Chairs Designed by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Buffalo, NY
Extremely rare Asian inspired modernist side chairs designed by Jens Risom for jENS Risom Studios,,,, Could NOT find another example on t...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Naugahyde, Wood
Vintage Modern Italian Lucite Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Italian Mid-Century Modern style Lucite chair featuring chrome legs and upholstered cushion.
(Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - with dealer).
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Fully Restored Medea Side Chair in Dark Exotic Hardwood, Nobili, 1955 Italy
Located in Grand Cayman, KY
'Medea' chair, designed by Italian designer Vittorio Nobili for Tagliabue, Italy 1955. Molded dark brown exotic hardwood ply shell in a delectable satin oil finish accented with high...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
Set of Four Tommi Parzinger Dining Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of four elegant and timeless design X-back dining chairs by Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern.
Perfectly refinished solid mahogany frames with new upholstered seats.
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
$9,800 / set
Pair of Wood and Leather Slipper Chairs by Comte, Argentina, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Pair of wood and leather slipper chairs by Comte, Argentina, Buenos Aires, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Argentine Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
2 French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical Side /Desk Chairs Attr. to André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Two Elegant French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical side, desk or vanity chairs attributed to André Arbus with tapered legs ending in bronze sabots. Open back frame. Comfortable.
Pr...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cherry
$3,750 Sale Price / item
23% Off
Pair of French Folding Chairs in Stained Teak, France 1950s
Located in Aartselaar, BE
A wonderful & decorative pair of scissor-folding chairs. They have a very architectural feeling to them, thanks to their minimalist design; the construction is as simple as it is vis...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Set of 6 Daystak Side Chairs - Beech - by Robin Day for &Tradition
By Robin Day, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Four Italian Silver Leaf Decorated Carved Frames Rounded Barrel Back Shape Chair
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern silver leaf decorated barrel rounded back tufted black upholstery side chairs. Mad in Italy.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Rosewood Armchair by Celina Decorações, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
This armchair is made of solid Brazilian Rosewood, with new upholstery in gorgeous suede leather. The armrests have a rectangular design with a back of vertical slats. This model features a delicate and still well-constructed use of this precious wood, which became very scarce with the passage of the years.
This piece received new upholstery in soft nubuck leather, but its structure in solid Rosewood remais in original condition.
Based in Rio de Janeiro, the Celina Decorações factory imposed high-quality standards, maintaining handcrafted characteristics. The company was created in 1951 when Munis Zilberberg takes over the family business - a small upholstery workshop that worked on refurbishing sofa beds and antique furniture. The name is a tribute to her mother, Celina Zilberberg...
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1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Leather
Strässle HE leather lounge chair by Hans Eichenberger
Located in Ludwigslust, DE
A Strässle HE leather lounge chair from the 1960s in good condition but with a noticeable patina. The leather of the lounge chair, in a deep black leather tone, is roughened in some ...
Category
1960s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather
Pine and Saddle Leather Arm Chairs, France, 1940s
Located in Almelo, NL
Pine and saddle leather arm chairs, France 1940s.
A striking pair of French armchairs in pinewood dating from the 1940s with original saddle leather seats, backrest, and large dom...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Pine
Italian Side Chairs, 1950s, in Parisien Velvet with Brass Tipped Legs
Located in Dallas, TX
Newly upholstered in a high-quality Parisien velvet from Casmance.
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal, Brass
$3,840 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pair of Side Chairs in Chrome and Leather
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Pair of dining chairs, leather and chrome-plated steel, Europe, 1970s.
These well-executed chairs feature a modern construction. The large seat and backrest are composed of a curve...
Category
1970s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$1,900 / set
Pair of low chairs – Italy 1940
Located in Girona, Girona
Pair of low chairs with wooden structure, new fillings and new upholstery in lemon yellow velvet. Dark stained oak legs.
Italy circa 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Oak
$4,127 / set
Triclinia chair by Masao Noguchi manufactured by Meccani Arredamenti, 1988
By Meccani Design, Masao Noguchi
Located in Ravenna, IT
Triclinia armless chair designed by Masao Noguchi in 1988 and produced by Meccani Design in Italy. With a unique and eye-catching design, this walnut wood seat is a key testimony to ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
1960s Vintage Jack Lenor Larson Upholstered Side Chairs - a Pair
By Jack Lennox Larson
Located in Portage, MI
Vintage antique side chairs upholstered in Jack Lenor Larson fabric. Fabric a color combination of: royal blue, purple, burgundy, rust and orange. Fabric...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Mackintosh "292 Hill House 1" Italian Pair of Ashwood Chairs
Located in Ibiza, Spain
Pair of chairs model "292 Hill House 1" designed by Mackintosh. Made of black lacquered ashwood structure and upholstered fabric, Italy, 1960s.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 186...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Ash
1971, Rodney Kinsman, Set of Rare Yellow Omstak Stacking Chairs
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...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Pair of Daystak Side Chairs - Beech - by Robin Day for &Tradition
By Robin Day, &Tradition
Located in Dubai, AE
Designed with stackability in mind, the Daystak Side Chair by Robin Day is a lesson in functional utility and the beauty of simple forms. Exhibiting the designer’s dedication to craf...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Latvian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Noa Chair Pink
Located in Cincinnati, US
Is it possible for an inanimate object to truly embody the essence of a yogi? To possess strength and harmony simultaneously? To effortlessly stand in the face of the seemingly impossible and make it’s own reality? Ultimately balance is the beating heart of the Noa chair...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Sheet Metal
$368 / item
Set 6 1970s Chrome and Suede Dining Chairs Milo Baughman Style
Located in Buffalo, NY
Classic set of six 1970s chrome and suede dining chairs in the style of Milo Baughman. Stunning stylized side chairs, chairs have recently been restored, reupholstered, four with qua...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Kompson Side Chair in Walnut
Located in North Little Rock, AR
The Kompson line is a tribute to the grace of mid-century modern aesthetics, elegantly merging style and ergonomics. Clean lines seamlessly blend into contemporary spaces while the c...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
$1,500 / item
Pair of burgundy skai bedroom chairs 1960s
Located in Premariacco, IT
Pair of vintage 1960s Italian chairs with wooden frame and burgundy skai upholstery embellished with studs along the backrest.
Normal signs of wear as pictured.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,606 / set
French Modern Neoclassical Hand Forged Iron Side Chairs, Gilbert Poillerat, Pair
Located in New York, NY
Pair of French Mid-Century Modern neoclassical hand forged iron folding chairs attributed to Gilbert Poillerat.
Gilbert Poillerat embraced Neo-Medieval traditions utilizing and w...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Six Italian Mid-Century Modern Mahogany Dining / Side Chairs, Ico Parisi Style
By Ico Parisi
Located in Manhasset, NY
Six Italian Mid-Century Modern mahogany dining / side chairs, Ico Parisi Style
Six solid dark mahogany wood dining or accent chairs having 'X' form backs and comfortable striped ...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Very Rare Wegner Side Chair in Originally Red Painted Wood, circa 1930
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
This chair 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 Beac...
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1930s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Dining Chair in the Style of Dunbar
Located in New York, NY
Modeled after a Classic 1950s design, the Dunwoodie is custom-made to order. Well proportioned, it functions as perfect seating for dining, the desk as well as the occasional use. So...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Maple
Six Mid-Century Modern Glenn of California Dining Chairs
Located in Pasadena, TX
Glenn of California
A set of six Mid-Century Modern Glenn of California dining chairs with white and blue fabric. Curved backs for comfort and style and the seats are upholstered in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Carver Ladderback Chairs with Leather Seats, Europe Early 20th Century
Located in Utrecht, NL
This beautiful early midcentury pair of carver chairs combines historic elements with an organic design. Using natural materials and traditional techniques, the resulting aesthetic i...
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Early 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Bruno Ninaber Van Eyben 020 Chair Artifort 1977
By Bruno Ninaber van Eyben, Artifort
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Exquisite piece of Dutch design, this model 020 chair designed by Bruno Ninaber van Eyben which was manufactured by Artifort, The Netherlands 1977. This ...
Category
1970s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Rustic French Mid-Century Modern Dining Chairs, Style of Charlotte Perriand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautifully worn set of four handcrafted dining chairs, likely of French origin, dating to the mid-20th century. These chairs exhibit the timeless charm and utilitarian elegance as...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Wood, Rush
Mid-Century Modern Clifford Pascoe Side Chair
Located in Weehawken, NJ
Mid-Century Modern side chair, designed by Clifford Pascoe. Ebonized back support matches the black iron frame. The seat has been newly reupholstered with an incredible retro upholst...
Category
1960s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pair of Horton Textile Ironer Industrial mesh Chairs
By Horton Texteel 1
Located in Chicago, IL
Extremely clever use of materials in this very well proportioned and well thought out design. All vintage in their original state. One is cleaner than the second. Some loss of paint ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Steel
Vintage Syrie Maugham Lounge Occasional Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
A really good period vintage modern / Hollywood Regency set of these chairs attributed to Syrie Maugham. These are shown in as-is found condition and wou...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Guillerme & Chambron, Pair of Oak Stools with Concave Seats, France, Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
Robert Guillerme studied design and architecture at the École Boule, graduating in 1934. After the Second World War he moved to Lille, in the north of France, where he decorated homes and designed furniture for the well regarded Rogier workshops.
In 1948 Jacques Chambron left his work as a painter and decorator on the Rue Nollet in Paris, and relocated his family to join Guillerme. The two had met in 1940 while imprisoned by the Germans in East Prussia and bonded over, among other more obvious things, their shared passion for design. In 1949 the pair discovered Émile Dariosecq, a master cabinet maker who had a shop in the city, and who was willing to produce their designs. The three started Votre Maison.
The association was destined to be as influential as prolific. Not only did Votre Maison produce over two thousand models during the later half of the twentieth century, it also left an indelible stamp on design of the 50s, 60s and 70s. The company’s output served as a model for a vast field of livable contemporaneous design.
The soul of Guillerme et Chambron’s work was in the company’s name (“Your House"). Their focus was as keenly attuned to functionality—furniture’s use in daily life—as to the creation of innovative design. For the pair of designers the home was envisioned as a place where the family could live both comfortably and in aesthetic harmony.
Robert Guillerme, who designed most of the work, possessed a limitless creative ambition, producing designs for everything from grand dressers and sideboards to the smallest elements of a space, such as pedestals, shelving, benches, and lighting.
This steady output of beautiful furniture bucked convention not merely in the equal emphasis Guillerme placed on function and aesthetics, but in the almost paradoxical creation...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Oak
Mid-century Modern side chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern side chairs 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 side chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern side chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, North America, and United States pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original side chairs, popular names associated with this style include Herman Miller, Charles and Ray Eames, Knoll, and Lawson-Fenning. 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 side chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $149 and tops out at $133,498 while the average work can sell for $2,501.
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