Europe - Lounge Chairs
Item Ships From: Europe
Color: Beige
Rare Pair of Swedish Rattan Chairs, 1960s
By Kerstin Horlin Holmquist
Located in Stockholm, SE
Produced in Sweden, 1960s.
Made from hand weaved wicker and black lacquered steel, original leather straps.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pli Dual Rotation Multi-Functional Leather Armchair by FSM
By De Sede, Stefan Heiliger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FSM Pli chair by De Sede. A miracle of rotation. The chair Pli consists of two armchair parts, each rotating about its own axis. Thanks to the option of Dual rotation the armchair can fulfill a variety of functions and surprises the person seated with unimagined flexibility. Depending on how the two chair parts are rotated relative to one another, the armchair can be used with an armrest, a footrest or an intelligent shelf. The needs and demands of the person seated are virtually limitless. Designer Stefan Heiliger’s basic IDEA was to create a functional armchair that can be operated differently. Previous functional armchairs had a footrest that could be pulled up or an armrest that could be folded up individually. Pli can do without all this. This smart swivel armchair revolutionarily fulfills the arm- or footrest functions with the correct pivot point. The design of the dynamic seating object looks stately. This is how Pli lends a tasteful touch of extravagance to the commercial and residential settings alike.
Details:
Standard configuration: Round base and column coated in matte black with a fine texture.
Upholstery and assembly: Seat, back and footrest: supporting metal structure, high bulk density molded foam. Seat and back with comfort upholstery, back with integrated lumbar support.
Seat comfort: Ergonomically designed seat with soft upholstery.
Function: Footrest and armchair can be rotated 360° independently of one another.
Substructure: Round base and column coated in matte black with a fine texture. Pearl-gloss chrome-plated or coated in different color on request for a surcharge. Double-shell steel structure with closed round base. Synthetic slide-on glides also supplied.
Note: The seat and back are loosely covered...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Beige Upholstered Vanity Chair
By S&L Interni
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted from solid beech, this vanity chair is fully upholstered in elegant beige fabric. Boasting a fixed seat cushion with soft padding, the design is enhanced with polished brass feet for a decorative touch. With its muted tones, the Upholstered Vanity chair...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile
De Sede DS-278 Lounge Chair in Sabbia Upholstery & Wood Legs by Christian Werner
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A relaxing miracle for all desires. Low- or high-backed chairs with a slender star base, as dining chairs or lounge chairs, for uplifting seating comfort with the highest esthetic st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
20th Century Beige Dante Armchair, H. Lis, 1960s
By Henryk Lis
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A beautiful, restored armchair designed by Henryk Lis. Furniture’s after full carpentry and upholstery renovation. The fabric, which is covered with a backrest and a seat, is a high-...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Rocking Chair Mama Baleri Italy Beige Leather Design by Denis Santachiara, 1995
By Denis Santachiara, Baleri Italia
Located in Vienna, AT
Rocking chair Mama by Baleri Italy in beige leather design by Denis Santachiara 1995. This marvellous and unusual rocking armchair impresses with ist high level comfort, excellent ma...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Eric Sigfrid Persson Sunbed / Lounge Chair Produced in Sweden
By Eric Sigfrid Persson
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare sunbed / lounge chair designed by Eric Sigfrid Persson. Produced in Sweden.
Category
1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Bamboo Rattan Brown Vintage Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chair, Italy, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
A bamboo rattan brown vintage Mid-Century Modern lounge chair, which was designed and manufactured in Italy, 1960s.
The openwork Riviera style bamboo seat shell and a black lacquere...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Lily Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
By Artefatto Design Studio, Secolo
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Wonderful French Boudoir Lounge Chair
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful size and shape. Professional re-upholstered in shimmering rose velvet.
Category
1930s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet
Lily Contemporary Pouf in Metal and Fabric
By Secolo, Artefatto Design Studio
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Ghidini 1961 Tarantino Armchair in Cream Cord Fabric with Brass by L. Bozzoli
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Soft and welcoming, this sofa is inspired by the 1970s; a decade that changed our culture forever through freedom and self-discovery. The Sofa invites you to a world of fantasy where...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Lounge Chair with Ottoman by Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma Brazil, Augusto Bozzi
Located in Berlin, DE
Lounge chair with ottoman by Carlo Hauner & Martin Eisler manufactured in Brasil.
The lounge chairs comes with a light metal frame and a rattan mesh in a very good condition. Ready ...
Category
20th Century Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
WH Gispen Lounge Chairs Model 414 TH Delft, 1961
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Very nice and rare pair of lounge chairs designed by WH Gispen for Gispen, Holland, 1937. These specific examples were specially made for T.H. Delft in 1961....
Category
1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
IVY Contemporary Pouf in Metal and fabric
By Secolo, Artefatto Design Studio
Located in London, GB
The 'Giardino Botanico' collection features five pouffes, each with a backrest inspired by a distinctive botanic shape. The backrest has some flexibility for added comfort and is gen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Egg, Model 3316, Arne Jacobsen and Fritz Hansen, 1970s
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Lejre, DK
"Egget", an iconic armchair designed by the legendary Arne Jacobsen and produced by Fritz Hansen, is a masterpiece of Danish furniture design.
The chair, also known as model 3316, i...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Italian Armchair by ISA Bergamo, 1950s in Holland&Sherry Boucle'
By ISA Bergamo
Located in Torino, Piemonte
Beautiful and very comfortable Armchair produced in Italy by ISA Bergamo in the 1950s.
Restored and reupholstered with a Holland&Sherry wool boucle', legs in brass.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Beige Armchairs, Edmund Homa, Type GFM-142, 1960s, Poland
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A pair of armchairs GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchairs were made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. They are made from solid beechwood. The GFM-142 armc...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Gregorio Vicente Cortes and Luis Onsurbe Rattan Lounge Chairs for Metz and Co
By Metz & Co.
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Very rare pair of black metal lounge chairs with rattan seatings, designed by the Spanish Gregorio Vicente Cortes and Luis Onsurbe. Sold in the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Ghidini 1961 Tarantino Armchair in Beige Cord Fabric with Brass by L. Bozzoli
By Ghidini 1961
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Soft and welcoming, this sofa is inspired by the 1970s; a decade that changed our culture forever through freedom and self-discovery. The Sofa invites you to a world of fantasy where...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Vienna Lounge Canaletto by Colé, Beige Upholstered Cushions Contemporary Design
By Emmanuel Gallina
Located in Milan, Lombardy
A living room armchair in wood and straw, that recalls the exclusive club atmosphere but in a contemporary key. Vienna is an extraordinarily comfortable and elegant lounge armchair designed by Emmanuel Gallina who loves to quote Brancusi when saying that “simplicity is complexity resolved”. Inspired by Vienna at the end of the 19th century, then up to the 1950s by Marcel Gascoin, through the visions of the American E.J. Brussel. A tribute to Alfred Sloan’s American pragmatism joined to European styling and, in this particular case, to the renowned Italian talent constantly aiming to harmonize beauty and functionality.
In solid beech and straw stained Canaletto walnut, Vienna is a perfect combination between digital machines and handcraft. The structure is in solid beech. The back and sides in hand-braided Vienna straw fixed in a milling. Cushions in polyurethane foam in different densities. Removable lining in different fabric categories: cotton, felt, linen, eco-leather, wool, velvet or can be coated with C.O.M. fabric. Optional 2nd cushion available.
Finishing is in natural beech or beech painted walnut Canaletto.
In the Vienna collection...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Pair of Beige Armchairs, Edmund Homa, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A pair of beige armchairs, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchairs were made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. They are made from solid beechwood. The GFM type armch...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
J-Chair Lounge Polished Beige Grey Color Carbon Steel Seating by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
J-chair is another FiDU manifesto with a strong and iconic visual character with a light and durable construction. J-chair was created at the special request for Museum Jerke located...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Set of Two 20th Century Beige Dante Armchairs, H. Lis, 1960s
By Henryk Lis
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A beautiful, restored armchairs designed by Henryk Lis. Furniture’s after full carpentry and upholstery renovation. The fabric, which is covered with a backrest and a seat, is a high...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
J-Chair Lounge Polished Beige Grey Color Aluminum Seating by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
J-Chair is another FiDU manifesto with a strong and iconic visual character with a light and durable costruction.J-Chair was created at the special request for Museum Jerke located i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
J-Chair Lounge Polished Beige Grey Color Carbon Steel and Leather Seating, Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
J-Chair is another FiDU manifesto with a strong and iconic visual character with a light and durable costruction.J-Chair was created at the special request for Museum Jerke located i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
J-Chair Lounge Polished Beige Grey Color Aluminuma and Leather Seating by Zieta
By Zieta
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
J-Chair is another FiDU manifesto with a strong and iconic visual character with a light and durable costruction. J-Chair was created at the special request for Museum Jerke located ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Rex Posture Support Leather Armchair by FSM
By De Sede
Located in Brooklyn, NY
FSM Rex chair by De Sede. The armchair Rex revolutionizes the act of sitting. Like the De Sede model DS-343, the armchair Rex is based on a patented seat study developed over the last two decades by seat expert and physical therapist Bart Van der Heyden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Reclining Lounge ‘Lotus’ Lounge Chair with Hocker by Augusto Bozzi for Saporiti
By Saporiti, Augusto Bozzi
Located in Rotterdam, NL
Stunning recliner lounge chair mod. ‘Lotus’ with hocker by Augusto Bozzi for Saporiti, Italy 1960s. Beautiful royal lotus shaped seating and backrest on a distinctive streamlined bla...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass, Steel
1st Edition Wire Cone Chair Model 'K2' by Verner Panton for Plus Linje
By Verner Panton
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
A very good original 1st Edition of Verner Panton's wire cone chair, model 'k2' with zinc plated finish. It has the original bolt and washer, which, by putting the washer the other w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel, Zinc
Erik Kolling Andersen Danish Sofa, circa 1950s
By Peder Pedersen, Erik Kolling Andersen
Located in London, GB
Sofa produced by master cabinetmaker Peder Pedersen with rosewood base. New upholstery in Kvadrat Divina wool fabric.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wool
Pair of Beige Armchairs, Edmund Homa, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A pair of beige armchairs, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchairs were made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. They are made from solid beechwood. The GFM type armch...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Set of Four Mid-Century Modern Beige Armchairs, Edmund Homa, 1960s, Poland
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Set of four armchairs GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchairs were made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. They are made from solid beechwood. The GFM-142 ar...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Italian Lady Chairs 1950's
Located in Antwerp, BE
Highly refined vintage lounge chairs,a sculptural set of 2 chairs, reupholstered in ecru velvet,standing on chromed legs terminating on small circular pads.1950`s.
Also available a w...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Bundle Lounge Center Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Chair bundle lounge center, made with
Steel structure and natural rattan. With seat
Cushion included ( the 2 smaller cushions
On pictures are not incl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Beige Armchairs, Edmund Homa, 1960s, Poland
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Set of six armchairs GFM-142, designed by Edmund Homa. The armchairs were made in the 1960s in the Gosciecinska Furniture Factory. They are made from solid beechwood. The GFM-142 arm...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Vintage Italian Lounge Chair, 1960
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
Elegant vintage wooden lounge chair with pillows upholstered with a beige cotton fabric.
Italy, 1960s.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
20th Century Pair of Lion Beige Dante Armchairs, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
A beautiful, restored armchairs designed by Henryk Lis. This is a limited edition and a part of "into the wild" collection of our restored products. Furniture after full carpentry an...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
1940s Lounge Chairs, Gio Ponti Designer Attributed, Just Richly New Upholstered
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Midcentury lounge chairs, Gio Ponti designer attributed, just richly new upholstered.
Golden brass legs. This is an icon of the armchairs recognized all over the world for its elegan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Chair, 20th Century, English, Modern, Upholstered, Mink
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
The back and seat fully upholstered in a fawn colored mink. Standing on turned ebonised front legs with brass cappings and tapering ebonised back legs.
Measures: Width 51 cm, 20 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fur
Sculptural Lounge Midcentury Lounge Chair in Bamboo, Made in Denmark, 1950
Located in Lejre, DK
Great looking bamboo chair. Designed and made in Denmark. Great original condition.
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Two Danish Scimitar Chairs by Preben Fabricius & Jørgen Kastholm for Bo-Ex
By Jørgen Kastholm & Preben Fabricius, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Shepperton, Surrey
A pair of striking "Scimitar" chairs by Preben Fabricius and Jørgen Kastholm for Danish makers Bo-Ex.
In pale tan leather with burgundy trim on curved steel "scimitar" bases, the...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of 'Elettra' Lounge Chairs by BBPR, Arflex, Italy 1953, Compasso D'Oro 1954
By Arflex, Studio BBPR
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Stunning and rare pair of original period 'Elettra' lounge chairs by the famous ground breaking architect studio partnership BBPR (Gianluigi Banfi (1910-1945), Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso (1909-2004), Enrico Peressutti (1908-1976) and Ernesto Nathan Rogers (1909-1969)).
The 'Elettra' lounge chair won the Gold Medal prize for design, the 'compasso d'oro', at the 1954 Triennale exhibition in Milan and was a big hit featuring on the cover pages of both the esteemed Italian design journals of the period 'Domus' and 'RIVISTA DELL' ARREDAMENTO'
BBPR's best known architectural project is the iconic 109 meter tall 'Torre Velasca...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Awaiting M Bench Printed Velvet and Brass
By Coralla Maiuri, Giorgia Zanellato
Located in Roma, IT
This bench is part of the awaiting collection, presented by Secondome during Milan Fuorisalone 2016. It's a series of items born from the encounter between the printed silk and cotto...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Hee Welling, HAY, 2x Swivel Chairs, Model AAC21, Rosé Wool Upholstering
By Hee Welling
Located in Hamburg, HH
Hee Welling, HAY, two swivel chairs, model AAC21
The distinctive curved shell provides a soft, unified silhouette and legs that fan out from the centred base
The chairs were lined ...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
1933, W.H. Gispen for Gispen Culemborg, Easy Chair 409 by Gispen Designed Fabric
By Willem H. Gispen, Gispen Culemborg
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
1930s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Metal
Steen Ostergaard Lounge Chair, Meteor for Cado
By Cado, Steen Ostergaard
Located in Munster, NRW
In good condition, this is one of the most Iconic pieces from the 1970s.
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Italian Design "Monique" Armchair, Midcentury Style
Located in Rome, IT
Large lounge armchair designed by Monica Ballesio. Inspired from the fifties, this armchair was created to complete a series of authentic pieces of furniture from that period.
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Europe - Lounge Chairs
Pair of Alba Lounge Chairs by Gustavo Pulitzer for Arflex, made in Italy, 1959
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Rare Alba lounge chairs by Gustavo Pulitzer.
Produced by Artflex in 1959, Italy.
White fabric and original brown leather shows signs of wear over time.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Leather
1970s Set of Three Spanish Bamboo and Lazed Rattan Armchairs
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s set of three Spanish bamboo and lazed rattan armchairs.
Category
1970s Spanish Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Bamboo
Pair of easy chairs in white and black lacquered wood produced in Denmark
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare pair of easy chairs designed by unknown designer. Produced in Denmark.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
Vico Magistretti & Per Skovholt, Elegant Comfi Senior Chair 'Mobi Chair, 2000
By Fredericia, Vico Magistretti
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
Late 20th Century Italian Organic Modern Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Art Nouveau 1890s Pair of Lounge Chairs, Hand-Carved Walnut , spring seat
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Italian Art Nouveau 1890s pair of bed room chairs, with hand-carved walnut legs, spring seat, newly upholstered with light dove gray fabric
Measures cm: H...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Art Nouveau Antique Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Wim Rietveld Polyester Chairs Model 416 Gispen, 1957
By Wim Rietveld, Gispen
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
A pair of light grey polyester lounge chairs model No. 416 designed by Wim Rietveld (son of Gerrit Thomas Rietveld) and Andre Cordemeyer for Gispen, Culemborg 1957. This first Dutch polyester armchair was made of on piece of molded polyester, a new technique for the Dutch furniture making market. This experimental chair...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Alky lounge chair by Giancario Piretti, Artifort, Anonima Castelli, 1960
By Anonima Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti, Artifort
Located in Basel, BS
A beautiful Alky chair in a perfect neutral beige oatmeal wool weave by Giancarlo Piretti for Anonima Castelli, Italy 1960s.
Dimensions:
Height: 27.5 in (69.85 cm)
Width: 26 in (66....
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Fritz Neth Lounge Chair for Correcta Sitzformbau, Germany, 1950s
By Fritz Neth
Located in Utrecht, NL
This rare and unique lounge chair or cocktail chair is - along with the Madame - Fritz Neth’s most sought after seating design.
The design language is entirely dedicated to the or...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Hans J. Wegner Flag Halyard Chair "Model Ge-225" for GETAMA, Denmark 1950s
By GETAMA, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Utrecht, NL
When this iconic model was released in 1950, the unusual combination of rope, white-varnished steel and sheepskin had never been seen before in the furniture industry. It was a way for Hans Wegner to demonstrate his ability to design innovative, practical and comfortable furniture with every possible material.
Unveiled in Copenhagen in 1950 at an exhibition at the Designmuseum Danmark, the design received mixed reviews. Kaare Klint famously likened it to something from a gynaecologist’s office. But from the jump, fashion people fawned. It was splashed across magazines, models posing on its tightly wound string seat.
The Flaglinestol or Flag Halyard string-wrapped lounge chair quickly became a 21st-century icon. The story goes that in 1949 Wegner was at the beach, digging himself into the sand when he found the perfect lean-back position for seaside repose, which inspired him to make it in something more sturdy. This gave birth to this chair with its famous steel frame wrapped in rope commonly used for flagpoles. The ergonomic, spaceship-like form still looks innovative despite being over 70 years old. The bottom frame is made of a white-varnished steel structure with beechwood leg caps. The legs are splayed with the front ones connected by a stretcher, establishing the firm base for the body. The top-frame is made of chrome-plated steel that serves as the frame for the stretched halyard. Halyard rope, or flagpole rope, is traditionally used to raise and lower a flag on most external halyard flagpoles. The unusual combination of materials is continued by the cognac leather head pillow secured to the back. The chair is cosied up with sheepskin that - along with the headrest - softens the industrial shape of the steel.
This iconic Wegner model was already presented at The Arts & Crafts Spring Exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark in 1950. For several decades it was manufactured by Danish brand Getama in small quantities. In the late ’80s it went out of production altogether. PP Møbler...
Category
1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
Joseph-André Motte, Set of 3 "743" Easy Chairs for Steiner, France, 1950
By Joseph-André Motte, Siege Steiner
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant set of 3 French Lounge Chairs model "743" designed by Joseph-André Motte in the 1950s and produced by Sièges Steiner, France.
Black lacquered metal feet.
Steiner label plat...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe - Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
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