Mid-Century Modern Seating
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
Pair of Campaign "X" Wrought Iron and Oak Bar Stools by Cleo Baldon for Terra
By Terra, Cleo Baldon
Located in San Diego, CA
Original pair of Campaign "X" wrought iron and oak bar stools by Cleo Baldon for Terra, circa 1960s. Great original finish and condition, solid and sturdy fumed oak bars, enameled i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Iron
Pair of "SE 05" Rattan Dining Chairs by Martin Visser For 't Spectrum, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of dining chairs created by Martin Visser in 1960 for Dutch furniture manufacturer 't Spectrum. The model features a wicker seat and backrest on black square tubular enameled me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Patricia Urquiola Beam Sofa System For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Patricia Urquiola Beam Sofa System For Cassina
An innovative upholstered seating system, supported by a beam that allows sectional elements to be combined i...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Foam
$22,867 Sale Price / item
30% Off
George Mulhauser, Sultana Chaise Longue, Moulded Plywood, Velvet, USA, 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A black-painted moulded plywood and brown velvet chaise longue designed by George Mulhauser and produced by Plycraft, USA, 1960s.
seat height 17”.
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Velvet, Plywood
Stunning Swedish Modern Beautiful tall Red Leather loveseat Sofa pine frame
By Arne Norell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century swedish Scandinavian Modern Beautiful tall Red Leather loveseat Sofa with solid pine frame. Beautiful Red leather is soft and shows si...
Category
1970s Swedish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Pine
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Marco Zanusso Lady Chair
By Marco Zanuso
Located in Dublin, IE
This Marco Zanuso "Lady" chair, designed in 1951, epitomizes Italian mid-century modernism with its bold, yet graceful design. Its sleek, curved silhouette combines a sculptural stee...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
$4,337
Set of 5 Pierre Chapo Style Chairs in Solid Elm France 1970s
By Pierre Chapo
Located in Meer, VAN
Set of 5 Pierre Chapo Style Chairs in Solid Elm France 1970s
This is a stunning set of five mid century dining chairs in solid elm in a very distinct style that resembles works by P...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Elm
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rodolfo Dordoni Dine Out Chair For Cassina
The Dine Out family of furnishings by Rodolfo Dordoni is crafted to enhance outdoor dining rooms in the pursuit of comfort, camaraderie a...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Teak
$2,083 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Varius Grey by Oscar Tusquets for BD Barcelona, 2022
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Varius by Oscar Tusquets for BD Barcelona, 2022
The chair played yesterday and will play into tomorrow. Like a tuned Violin, Stradivarius. Its critical acclaim and commercial success kickstarted a new era of contemporary Spanish design. Loved for decades, the design is considered and remarkably adaptable. Stackable. Strong. Lasting. It stayed in tune. Based on the Stradivarius Violin but built to fit everywhere.
This chair was brought back for its new finishes and styles. It is staying because it has a character of its own, now fit for every floor. The Varius plays again.
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About the designer:
Oscar Tusquets describes himself as an architect by training, a designer by adaptation, a painter by vocation, and a writer through the desire to make friends. Born in Barcelona in 1941, Oscar Tusquets graduated as an architect in 1965 from Barcelona’s Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura and was a member of Studi Per, together with Pep Bonet, Cristian Cirici, Lluís Clotet, and Mireia Riera. In 1972, they founded BD together, and Tusquets set about designing furniture and other objects, which would be recognised by the Spanish National Design Award.
A number of his pieces appear in renowned museum collections, such as the MoMA in New York and the Centre George Pompidou in Paris. He has also been honoured with the Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes (Gold Medal for Merit in the Fine Arts), the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters) and the Creu de Sant Jordi (Cross of Sant Jordi). Since the ‘90s, he has published books on a wide range of design-related topics.
About the manufacturer:
BD has been around for over half a century. It was founded in a nightclub in 1972 by a bunch of young architects and designers from Barcelona. They broke into the design world with a new vision: to produce and market their designs, and the designs of their friends with complete creative freedom and design criteria. Beginning with the designs of contemporaries like Ettore Sottsass, Rennie Mackintosh and Álvaro Siza, BD provoked a curiosity about design. These early pieces helped bring international recognition to the country’s design scene, and many of them still exist today.
They are an international design company run by a collective ownership —Apartamento Magazine (Nacho Alegre, Omar Sosa, Marco Velardi), Taller Bofill (Pablo Bofill, Ricardo Bofill, Luna Paiva...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
$1,857 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Mid-cenrtury Lloyd Flanders "Loom" Wicker Springer Outdoor Patio Chair, Pair
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This is a pair of newly restored Lloyd Flanders "Loom" chairs. Each chair is made from an enameled square tubular frame with a wicker seat. These iconic patio chairs are cantilevered...
Category
1940s Unknown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wicker
$1,620 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Dal Vera Bamboo Folding Chairs, Italy, 1960s
By Dal Vera
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful original Dal Vera bamboo folding chairs, produced in Italy in the 1960s.
The lines of these chairs are incredible, handmade in curve...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
$561 / item
Midcentury Style Violet Velvet Club Chair, by Vintola Studio, Europe, Poland
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Springy, very comfortable and stabile club seats.
They are contemporary chairs inspired of 1960s style.
They can be used as armchairs and dining chairs.
Chair was designed by Vintola Studio...
Category
2010s Polish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bouclé, Velvet, Beech
Set of 6 leather chairs by Maison Regain, made in France, 1980s
Located in Lyon, FR
Beautiful set of 6 chairs in elm wood and leather, made by Maison Regain in France in the 1980s.
Beautiful wood grain and color, creamy saddle-stitched leather.
One chair has a sligh...
Category
1980s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather
Charles Eames lounge chair for Herman Miller 1970s. (first production )
Located in bari, IT
The Charles Eames chaise longue with ottoman is a masterpiece of modern design, created by Herman Miller in the 1970s. This emblematic piece embodies the innovative vision of Charles...
Category
1970s Central American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue Teka For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Charlotte Perriand Tokyo Chaise Longue Teka For Cassina
A piece of design history that conveys Cassina’s exceptionally fine wood craft...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bamboo
$11,864 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Piero Lissoni 8 Cube Sofa, Three Seaters by Cassina
By Cassina, Piero Lissoni
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Piero Lissoni in 2017. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
An evolution of the iconic 8 sofa, 8 cube collection revisits and softens up the...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
$13,459 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Set of 2 Mid-Century Wooden Trieste Folding Chairs by Aldo Jacober, 1960s
By Aldo Jacober
Located in Hamburg, DE
Two Mid-Century Trieste folding chairs after a design by Aldo Jacober.
Simple wooden folding chairs. The design convinces with its clear shape a...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
Restoration Hardware Leather Library or Lounge Chair Black Leather Brass Studs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Reminiscent of chairs found in the great reading rooms of Europe, this pair of lounge chairs features a sleek curved design with thick arms, backs, and seat cushions. Reinforced from...
Category
1980s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brazilian Midcentury Modern Armchairs, Unknown Designer, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Hidden among Brazil's modern furniture heritage are pieces whose origins remain a mystery. These designs, beautifully crafted and steeped in the aesthetics of their time, are yet to ...
Category
1660s Brazilian Antique Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Hardwood
De Sede DS-44 two seat sofa in Tan Buffalo leather – Switzerland, 1970s
By De Sede
Located in Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland
Introducing the De Sede DS44 Sofa in Buffalo leather – Where Luxury Meets Comfort
The seat of this sofa is extractable for extra comfort when wanted.
Designer: De Sede design team
M...
Category
1970s German Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather
$2,645 Sale Price
30% Off
Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Chaise Longue LC4 for Cassina
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand chaise lounge LC4 created in 1928's.
Manufactured by Cassina edition circa 1970's.
Signed on chrome: Le Corbusier, LC4, 98...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome, Metal
$4,871 Sale Price
25% Off
Armchair by Arnestad Bruck for hotel Parco Dei Principi , made by Cassina 1960
Located in Čelinac, BA
Arnestad Bruk Longue Chair for Cassina Made for Hotel Parco Dei Principi Sorrento 1960.Chair is in original condition.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Danish Loveseat by Domino Mobler Denmark
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well crafted casual Danish loveseat with solid teak wood frame and legs making for sturdy and super comfortable seating . Upholstered in a medium beige toned diagonal patterne...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Polar Bear Style Sofa
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
Polar bear style sofa, covered in white bouclé fabric on a cream background.
Very good condition / tiny traces of use
Height 78cm, seat 42cm.
248 x 114 cm approximately.
Category
Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
$17,679 / item
3x Leather Bar Stool for Les Arc Ski Resort, Selected by Charlotte Perriand
Located in The Hague, NL
Bar stools designed by Charlotte Perriand for the renowned Les Arcs Ski Resort in France during the 1960s. Each stool features a chrome-plated tubular metal frame and seats crafted f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
KENA lounge, Rough Black Monkey Pod Wood
By Moonler
Located in Chiangmai, TH
Ambiguity between the two forms of creativity, art and design, was a popular conversation during Mid-20th century.
Dedicated to the design language of that era, the Kena Collection ...
Category
2010s Thai Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood, Polyester
$5,120 / item
Vintage Romanian Wood Slats Ladder Back Folding Chairs
Located in Germantown, MD
Vintage wood slat seat mid century modern folding dining game chairs. Item features wood slat seats, folding chairs, solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, very nice vintage ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Romanian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Hardwood
Raphaël Raffel croissant sofa in Mohair velvet 1970s
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful sofa by Raphaël Raffel for Maison Honoré Paris produced in the mid-1970s. The sofa has been fully restored and newly upholstered with a beautiful light beige mohair velvet ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Velvet
Adrian Pearsall Wave Lounge Chair Circa 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Wonderful and very comfortable mid century modern wave chair designed by Adrian Pearsall.
Very sexy sculptural form with tapered walnut legs. Wide enough for two. The fabric is a bl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Set of Mario Bellini Amanta Lounge Chair C&B Italia B&B Italia Modular Sofa
Located in Berlin, BE
The AMANTA sofa range by Bellini, using Fiberlite (fibreglass-reinforced polyester). The flexibility was made possible by the strategically placed vertical slit in the backrest. The ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass
$2,781 Sale Price / set
20% Off
French Metal Heart Chairs by Mathieu Matégot, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
A set of four iconic chairs designed by the renowned Mathieu Matégot. These chairs are characterized by heart-shaped tubular steel frames, the famous perforated seat, and elegantly c...
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
$1,417 / item
Kartell Mademoiselle "A La Mode" Missoni Sketches Lucite Chair Philippe Starck
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Pair of Philippe Stark for Kartell ‘Mademoiselle’ Lucite Chairs in Missoni Floral Upholstered Fabric With Makers Marks
Made in Italy
Extra dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Lucite
De Sede DS 600 'Snake' Sectional Sofa 25 Elements in Full-grain Nappa Leather
By Ueli Berger, De Sede
Located in Tilburg, NL
De Sede DS 600 'Snake' Sectional Sofa with 25 Elements in High Quality Full-grain Nappa Leather, Zwitserland. New, current production.
The De Sede DS 600 alias 'Tatzelwurm' or 'Sna...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of Eight Mid Century Butterfly Dining Chairs, Gray Boucle, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with dark walnut brown stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat and back in beautiful boucle italian fabric (color number 06).
This chair can b...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Beech
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Italian Velvet Armchairs, 1950s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Pair of 1950s armchairs, velvet upholstery, kept in good condition.
The price is for the couple.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
$2,314 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Walnut Moreno Ottoman by Lawson-Fenning
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Walnut Moreno ottoman by Lawson-Fenning. The Moreno Ottoman features a round solid wood base with four cylindrical legs and an upholstered top. Available in American walnut or white ...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Walnut
$2,297 / item
Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm, Lounge Chairs, Leather, Steel, Denmark 1960s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of steel and red leather lounge or slipper chairs designed by Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm and produced by Bo-Ex, Denmark, 1960.
12” seat height
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Steel
Lawrence Peabody Wicker Lounge Chair for Craft Associates Furniture
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Lawrence Peabody
Manufacturer: Craft Associates® Furniture
Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern
Specs: Walnut, leather
Lawrence Peabody wicker lounge chair...
Category
2010s North American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Teak
Set of 7 Mid Century Modern Leather and Oak Dining Chairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Rich patina in this set of 7 elegant Spanish MCM high-back leather chairs attributed to Pierre Lottier for Valenti. The chairs are not marked but we were ...
Category
1950s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Five Harry Bertoia Chrome Wire Dining Chairs by Knoll
By Knoll, Harry Bertoia
Located in San Mateo, CA
Set of five Harry Bertoia side chairs manufactured by Knoll. These chairs date to around 1970. They have a chrome finish. The chairs have black vinyl seat pads. The pads are Knoll re...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome
60s Michel Arnoult Brazilian Roxinho Leather + Wood Sling Lounge Chair, EX Cond!
Located in Basel, BS
Extremely comfortable, rare and beautiful Brazilian beautiful "Roxinho" 1960s designer by chair by Michel Arnoult in excellent vintage condition.
Category
1960s Brazilian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Leather, Faux Leather, Hardwood
$1,960 Sale Price
20% Off
George Nelson for Herman Miller Mid Century Leather and Chrome Sling Sofa
Located in Countryside, IL
George Nelson for Herman Miller Mid Century Leather and Chrome Sling Sofa
This sofa measures: 87 wide x 32 deep x 29 inches high, with a seat height of 17.5 and arm height of 23 inc...
Category
1970s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome
A rare Original Pierre Jeanneret Teak Swinging Lounge Chair, circa 1955, India
Located in London, Fitzrovia
An extremely rare Pierre Jeanneret swinging lounge chair, circa1955.
From Chandigarh.
Similar examples illustrated p 278, 323, 557 « Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, l’aventure i...
Category
20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Teak
Set of Six Josef Hoffmann for Stendig Bentwood and Cane Model 811 Prague Chairs
Located in Germantown, MD
Original Set of Six Josef Hoffmann for Stendig Bentwood and Cane Model 811 Prague Chairs.
Four side chairs and two armchairs.
Measures 18"W x 20" D and 32" height for the side chairs...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Cane, Bentwood, Plywood
25th Anniversary "Siesta" Chair By Ingmar Relling For Westnofa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Discover the essence of Scandinavian design with this iconic Siesta lounge chair by Ingmar Relling, a celebrated piece of Norwegian modernism. Designed in 1965 and produced in Norway...
Category
Mid-20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Bentwood
Pair of Eames Herman Miller Dining Chairs in Elephant Gray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of Elephant Gray Eames dining chairs by Herman Miller. These side chairs have excellent fiberglass texture and even color throughout. Herman Miller embossed logo visible and par...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fiberglass
$959 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Dining Chairs - Set of 6
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
This listing is for a set of six Mid-Century Danish Modern Teak Dining Chairs. Featuring a straight line design, solid wood frames, new upholstery on the seats / backrest, and a beau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Pair of Iconic Runar Engblom Vaakuna Chairs in Chocolate brown Sheepskin, 1950s
Located in Helsinki, FI
A stunning pair of the Iconic Runar Engblom arm chairs that were designed for the Vaakuna Hotel next to the central railway station in Helsinki. The same hotel that houses some of th...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Sheepskin, Elm
Gianfranco Frattini, Lounge Chairs, Plywood, Fabric, Italy, 1950s
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of plywood, brass and white fabric lounge chairs designed by Gianfranco Frattini and produced by Cassina, Italy, c. 1950s.
Seat Height: 16"
Provenance: Enrico Giordano, Gior...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Brass
Paul McCobb Planner Group Solid Maple Spindle Back Armchairs, Set of Eight
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional set of eight iconic Mid-Century Modern spindle back dining chairs or armchairs
By Paul McCobb for Winchendon Furniture, "Planner Group"
USA, 1950s
Each measures: 22...
Category
1950s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Maple
Daybed by Jacques Adnet Black Stitched Leather and Brass, France 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Daybed by Jacques Adnet black stitched leather and brass
France circa 1950
Excellent condition, wear consistent with wear and use
Upholstered with black leather
Available to view in...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Brass
Set of 10 Multicolored Original Production Eames Dining Chairs by Herman Miller
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of ten different color Herman Miller fiberglass dining chairs. Original production, not the new ersatz ones. All in good condition with all screws and feet intact. All signed and...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Pair Mid-Century Wingback Chairs Upholstered in a Parzinger-Inspired Fabric
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a pair of slim-profile wingback chairs from the mid-century that have been refinished and meticulously reuholstered in a heavy-weight French linen printed fabric by Matt Murphy Studio...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Linen, Wood
Erik Worts Safari chair 1960s Denmark
By Erik Worts
Located in Den Haag, NL
Beautiful. bright Orange Red color ,Safari chair ,comes with a Natural color
Canvas . very nice details . good condition . 1960s Denmark
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Canvas
Cini Boeri for Arflex 'Strips' Two-Seater Element in Beige Fabric
By Arflex, Cini Boeri
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Cini Boeri for Arflex, 'Strips' sofa or lounge chair, chrome, fabric, Italy, 1970s
The iconic Strips seating element, designed by Italian designer Cini Boeri for Arflex, offers both...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Chrome
Cleopatra Daybed with Block Shop x Amsterdam Modern Collab Mattress and Bolster
By Auping
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Part of our special limited edition collaboration with Los Angeles Textile Studio Block Shop. 1960's Cleopatra style daybed by A.R. Cordemeyer for Auping with painted teak ends and o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
Piero Lissoni 8 Modular Sofa For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Piero Lissoni 8 Modular Sofa For Cassina
Refined minimalist shapes characterize the timeless elegance of this modular sofa that combines masterful construction and fine tailoring in...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Aluminum
$25,116 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Rodolfo Dordoni ''Sail Out' Outdoor Sofa, by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Rodolfo Dordoni in 2020. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Inspired by the spirit of 1950s seaside resorts, Sail Out is an outdoor modular...
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2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Metal
$17,869 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Aldo Bakker 'Bon' Wood Stool by Karakter
By Aldo Bakker
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Stool designed by Aldo Bakker in 2015.
A rework of Dutch artist and designer, Aldo Bakker’s wondrous Pink Stool in urushi lacquer from 2015, Bon in stained ash exudes Bakker’s acco...
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2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Wood
$3,306 Sale Price / item
30% Off
Pair of Paul Frankl Style Bamboo & Rattan Lounge Chairs by Tochiku
By Tochiku, Paul Frankl
Located in Bainbridge, NY
Pair of Tochiku Industry LTD for Paul Frankl Six Strand Bamboo and Rattan Lounge Chairs. Featuring square steam bent stacked Bamboo strand frame, wrapped Rattan, wide seats, support...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Mid-Century Modern Seating
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo, Rattan
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