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Gio Ponti low table made of African walnut wood and glass, Italy, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
work, from the Superleggera chair, an archetype of all chairs, to the dynamic lines and convex shapes
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Archetype Chair, Counter Height, Contemporary Modern, Steel and Wood
By Studio Cidra
Located in Philadelphia, PA
We took our Archetype chair, brought it up to counter height and added a footrest for comfort. Our
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Archetype Chair, Side Chair, Contemporary Modern, Steel and Wood
By Studio Cidra
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A chair distilled, the Archetype chair embodies the fundamental characteristics of a chair by
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Chair Art 024-IN Beechwood Painted Green and Back in Color Rope by Emilio Nanni
By EMILIO NANNI
Located in MARANO VICENTINO, IT
Julie constitutes the expert revisitation of the archetypal chair, in which memory and modernity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
"Dragonfruit" Multicolor Contemporary Chinese Wooden Chair
By Atelier Duyi Han
Located in Shanghai, CN
"Dragonfruit" chair is a contemporary and extravagant take of the Classical Chinese archetypal
Category
2010s Chinese Chairs
Materials
Wood
Signed Set of Six George Nakashima Walnut New Chairs Circa 1981
By George Nakashima
Located in New York, NY
Walnut. The 'New' chair was designed by Mr. Nakashima in 1955 and has become the archetypal chair of the
Category
Late 20th Century American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Hickory
Chair Art, 0020-LE in Beechwood Painted and Wood Seat by Emilio Nanni
By EMILIO NANNI
Located in MARANO VICENTINO, IT
twist: Julie constitutes the expert revisitation of the archetypal chair, in which memory, tradition and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
Chair Art, 0024-IN-AR in Beechwood Natural and Color Rope Back by Emilio Nanni
By EMILIO NANNI
Located in MARANO VICENTINO, IT
Julie constitutes the expert revisitation of the archetypal chair, in which memory and modernity
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Beech
Willard Side Table, End Table, Contemporary Modern, Wood and Steel
By Studio Cidra
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Taking a design cue from our Archetype chair, The Willard table is created with a steel base and
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Side Tables
Materials
Steel
Please Hold Up Chair
Located in Milano, Lombardia
single material.
Among the various prototypes, the right proportions between the archetype of a chair
Category
2010s Italian Minimalist Chairs
Materials
Plastic
$772 / item
Italian Countryside Wooden Chair "A signurina - Corallo"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope, Wood
Traditional Italian Wooden Chair "A signurina Marzamemi"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Rope
Traditional Italian Wooden Chair "A Signurina - Sole"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Rope
Traditional Italian Wooden Chair "A signurina - Nuda 00"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Rope
Italian Hand Painted Ashwood Chair "A Signurina - Palermo"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope, Wood
Traditional Italian Ashwood Chair "A signurina - Nuda 01"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Rope
Italian Ashwood Chair "A signurina - Nuda 02" by MYOP
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Papercord
Italian Countryside Hand Painted Wooden Chair "A Signurina - Pupara"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope, Wood
Traditional Countryside Italian Walnut Wood Chair "A Signurina - mora"
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Rope, Walnut
Traditional Italian Ashwood Chair "A signurina - Nira" by MYOP
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Ash, Papercord
Italian Hand Painted Ashwood Chair "A signurina - Sciacca" by MYOP
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope, Wood
Italian Hand Painted Ashwood Chair "a Signurina - Taormina" by MYOP
By Antonio Aricò, MYOP
Located in Palermo, IT
The vernacular archetype of the countryside chair has been redesigned by the Italian designer
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Rope, Wood
1950s Danish Lounge Chair in Green Velvet
Located in ŚWINOUJŚCIE, 32
Lounge chair, stained beech, green velvet, Denmark, 1950s.
This archetypical wingback chair of
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet
MŪ61 Solid Oak Lounge Chair with Leather Upholstery by MŪVEK
By MŪVEK
Located in Cape Town, Western Cape
The MŪ61 lounge chair takes its cue from the archetype of traditional timber reading chairs such as
Category
2010s South African Brutalist Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
MŪ61 Solid Walnut Lounge Chair with Leather Upholstery by MŪVEK
By MŪVEK
Located in Cape Town, Western Cape
The MŪ61 lounge chair takes its cue from the archetype of traditional timber reading chairs such as
Category
2010s South African Brutalist Lounge Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Leather
Ben Soleimani Benton Dining Chair
By Ben Soleimani
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Benton leather sling back chair takes its cues from the archetypal director chair, offering a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$1,577 / item
Pair of Felt Chairs by Reed and Delphine Krakoff for Established and Sons
By Established
Sons
Located in New York, NY
and Sons. The chair features an archetypal furniture form reinvented in soft felt with beautiful
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Side Chairs
Materials
Felt, Beech, Wood
Ben Soleimani Benton Dining Chair in Matte Saddle - Carbon
By Ben Soleimani
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Benton leather sling back chair takes its cues from the archetypal director chair, offering a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Solid Wood Ramona Dining Chair in Natural Walnut by Withers Studio
By Withers Studio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
simple archetype of a dining chair,
the piece is carefully shaped beginning with
the legs and extending
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pierre Paulin Model F560 Mushroom Chair for Artifort, Set of Six
By Pierre Paulin, Artifort
Located in Los Angeles, CA
upholstery and retain the manufacturer's label underneath the base. These archetypal chairs are part of the
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Foam
Baker Archetype Round Tufted Club Chair Barrel Back Tub Maple Swivel Seat Modern
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
"Sink into the comforting baker archetype round tufted club chair that will add style to any
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Maple
2 Baker Archetype Maple
Brown Leather Round Tufted Barrel Back Club Tub Chairs
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
A gorgeous pair of library or club chairs by Baker Furniture. The Archetype Round Tufted Club
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Leather, Maple
Gio Ponti Superleggera chairs Cassina Italy 1957
By Gio Ponti, Cassina
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
archetype: a ‘chair of always. But he found that the Leggera chair was not light enough and developed an
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Ash
$11,887 / set
Frama Scandinavian Design Chair 01 Warm Brown Wood
Located in Copenhagen, DK
simplicity. This is a direct consequence of the chair's archetypical sledge construction, which has not only
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Birch
N2 Light Chair
POF 1
by Christian Deuber After Horgen Glarus, 1997–2000
By Hidden, Christian Deuber
Located in Berlin, DE
has been produced since 1918. It represents the archetype of a chair, and the IDEA behind it is that
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Chairs
Materials
Acrylic, Beech
PK22 Cognac Leather Kold Christensen Lounge Chairs
By E. Kold Christensen, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Antwerp, BE
archetypical lounge chair in the most beautiful cognac leather.
Designed in 1956, these chairs are early
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
$12,200 / set
PK22 Cognac Leather Kold Christensen Lounge Chairs
By E. Kold Christensen, Poul Kjærholm
Located in Antwerp, BE
archetypical lounge chair in the most beautiful cognac leather.
Designed in 1956, these chairs are early
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
$12,000 / set
Pompidou Centre Beaubourg Chairs by Georges Laurent
Michel Cadestin
By Harry Bertoia, Michel Cadestin, Georges Laurent, Knoll
Located in Chattanooga, TN
today as an exemplary archetype. These historic chairs feature their original cedar color leather
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Danish Modern Lounge Chair by Lawrence Peabody for Selig
By Selig, Lawrence Peabody
Located in Kalamazoo, MI
This is an archetypal Danish Modern lounge chair designed by Lawrence Peabody for Selig. Crafted in
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Beech
Black Non Chair Designed by Komplot for Kallemo Ab, Sweden 2000
By Boris Berlin and Poul Christiansen, Komplot Design
Located in Miami, FL
both indoors and outdoors due to the properties of rubber. The rubber chair is an archetype for a chair
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel
Charcoal Gray NON Chairs by Komplot for Kallemo Ab, Sweden 2000, Set of Three
By Komplot Design
Located in Miami, FL
archetype for a chair, not a designed chair, just a chair. NON is to be used anywhere you choose
to use it.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel
Baker Furniture Oval Dining Table
Chairs "Archetype" Designed by M. Vanderdyl
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Toledo, OH
Art Deco inspired oval dining table and eight chairs. Designed by Michael Vanderbyl "Archetype" for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Dining Room Tables
Materials
Fabric
Charles
Ray Eames Leather High Back Soft Pad Executive Chair for Herman Miller
By Herman Miller, Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
.
This archetypal management chairs with graceful figuration and clean lines make it appropriate for a
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Rare Pair of 2007 George Smith Kilim Tom Dixon Wing Back Armchairs
By Tom Dixon, George Smith
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
mismatching archetypical club chairs, full size silhouettes were sketched on oversize bits of wallpaper and
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Wingback Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech, Oak
2 Baker Archetype Wingback Traditional Armchairs Mahogany Scalamandre Fabric
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in Dayton, OH
Baker Furniture Archetype Collection wingback club arm chairs. Features bright scalamandre floral
Category
Late 20th Century Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Jens Risom
Playboy
Armchairs, Set of Three
By Jens Risom
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These quintessential chairs were popularized by a 1961 publication of Playboy Magazine featuring
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Wool, Walnut
$3,600 / set
Rasmus B Fex 9, 5° Chair for Frama, Sweden
By Rasmus B. Fex
Located in London, GB
right and wrong in design. Using the characteristics of an archetypal chair framework, Fex lifted one
Category
Early 2000s Swedish Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Wassily Chairs by Marcel Breuer for Knoll International, circa 1970
By Marcel Breuer, Knoll
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(2) archetypal chairs would be a perfect addition to any design lovers interior concept. The neutral
Category
Vintage 1970s American Bauhaus Club Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Set of 20 Danish Chairs from the Forties
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Set of 20 chairs, beech, Denmark, 1940s.
This set of archetypical chairs date from the 1940s
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech
Marcel Breuer Wassily Styled Chrome and Black Leather Sling Chairs, Pair
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
slings.
This set of two (2) archetypal chairs would be a perfect addition to any design lovers
Category
Late 20th Century American Bauhaus Club Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Marcel Breuer Wassily Styled Chrome and Black Leather Sling Chair, c. 1980
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
tubular chrome and leather slings.
This archetypal chair would be a perfect addition to any design
Category
Vintage 1980s American Bauhaus Club Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Ten Danish Chairs in Original Leather and Teak
Located in Waalwijk, NL
have the archetypical form of a chair has wonderful details. Take a look at the slight curved backrest
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
Danish Lounge Chair in Light Brown Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Easy chair, fabric, wood, Denmark, 1950s.
This archetypical wingback chair of the 1950s is both
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Danish Wingback Chair in Brown Checkered Upholstery
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Wingback chair, wood, fabric, Denmark, 1950s
This archetypical wingback chair of the 1950s is
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Bensen U Turn Swivel Chair in Stock
By Bensen
Located in New York, NY
familiar club chair archetype. Its sophisticated form allows it to be used in a wide variety of aesthetic
Category
2010s Italian Swivel Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Giovanni Offredi
Wave
Lounge Chair in Night Blue Leather
By Giovanni Offredi, Saporiti
Located in Waalwijk, NL
is dynamic, sculptural and figurative. The chair is archetypical for Italian design of the 1970s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Wassily
Marcel Breuer for Knoll, Rare Black on Black Leather Lounge Chair
By Knoll, Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
sparked his design.
This archetypal 'Wassily' club chair by Knoll International would work great in a
Category
Late 20th Century American Bauhaus Club Chairs
Materials
Steel
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the archetype chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. A archetype chair — often made from wood, fabric and walnut — can elevate any home. Find 27 options for an antique or vintage archetype chair now, or shop our selection of 523 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a archetype chair — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right archetype chair, those designed in modern, mid-century modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one archetype chair that is appealing in its simplicity, but Driade, SIMONINI and Cassina produced versions that are worth a look.
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