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Blonde Plywood Industrial Stacking Chairs with Enameled Metal Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Blonde plywood and tubular enameled metal stacking School chairs. In original condition with visible signs of scratching and wear consistent with age and use. Individually priced.
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Black Set of 6 Plycraft Norman Cherner Pretzel Plywood Arm and Side Chair
By Norman Cherner
Located in Loughborough, Leicester
Some beautifully reconditioned set of original Plycraft 'Pretzel' chairs by Norman Cherner. This amazing looking set comprises of 4 side and 2 armchairs. Perfect for any dining table...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Armin Wirth Stackable Chair in Black Plywood and Aluminum for Aluflex, 1951
By Aluflex, Armin Wirth
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Large set available of Armin Wirth stacking chairs for Aluflex Switzerland designed in 1951. Smart constructed lightweight frame of aluminum and black dyed plywood seats all in good ...
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Vintage 1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Pair of Black Fabric and Chromed Metal Visitors Chairs by P.Fancelli
By Paolo Fancelli
Located in Brussels, BE
Pair of visitors chairs designed by Paolo Fancelli for Stoll Giroflex (Switzerland). Exclusive seating furniture for the office and living quarters. Plywood backseat.  
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Early 2000s Swiss Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Pair of Original Mid-Century Modern Black and Grey Chair, Carl Sasse for Casala
By Casala, Carl Sasse
Located in München, DE
Pair of very rare and beautiful original Mid-Century Modern black and grey chairs by Carl Sasse for Casala reupholstered. X legs made of black lacquered wood. Curved backrest made o...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Wood, Plywood

Black LCM Chairs by Charles Ray Eames for Herman Miller
By Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
The LCM, Lounge Chair Metal legs, was designed by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller in 1946. The LCM is a design Classic with its elegant chromed legs and its beautiful curved...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Odd Knutsen "Luna" Sling Chairs in New Black Leather and Suede
By Odd Knutsen
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage Scandinavian Mid-Century Luna chairs designed by Odd Knutsen and produced in Norway for Hjellegjerde. Sling buttoned seats rests in a teak frame for great lounging comfort. N...
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Vintage 1970s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Leather, Plywood

1949 Klaus Grabe Plywood Chair in Black Webbing
By Klaus Grabe
Located in Berlin, DE
Hand built chair with new black strapping and pitch pine frame, 1949. Klaus Grabe was a German designer and architect who emigrated to the United States with fellow Bauhaus members i...
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Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Cotton, Plywood

Stock of 1970s Industrial School Chairs by Eromes Wijchen NL
By Eromes Wijchen
Located in Beek en Donk, NL
Very nice stock of 20 Industrial stacking chairs produced by school furniture company Eromes Wijchen in the 1970s in the Netherlands. Like Galvanitas, Pagholz and Thur-Op also Ero...
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Vintage 1970s Dutch Industrial Chairs

Materials

Metal

Stock of Industrial Chairs S22 by Galvanitas Holland with Pyramid Frame, 1967
By Galvanitas, Pagholz Flötotto
Located in Beek en Donk, NL
Industrial Dutch Galvanitas design, model S 22. School chairs with pyramid frame, designed in 1967 by Galvanitas inspired by the pyramid chairs of Wim Rietveld. The chairs are co...
Category

Vintage 1970s Dutch Chairs

Materials

Metal

Rick Owens Curial Chair
By Rick Owens
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Curial chair designed by Rick Owens, made in black stained plywood. This chair is number 24 of the limited edition of 25. Please note: This item is located in our New York City Studi...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Set of Six Thonet Chairs No. 644 Designed by Josef Hoffmann
By Josef Hoffmann, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Vienna, AT
Set of 6 Thonet dining room chairs no. 644 designed by Josef Hoffmann later version from the 1920s. Good vintage condition with patina painted with clear lacquer. Chairs can be res...
Category

Vintage 1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Chairs

Materials

Beech, Bentwood, Plywood

A Pair Of Rare Italian Mid Century Medea Variante Chairs, Vittorio Nobili
By Vittorio Nobili
Located in Hem, NL
A rare pair of Variante chairs. The famous Medea Chair of Vittorio Nobili which was designed in 1955 and won the prestigious Compasso D'oro award in the following year has a sister c...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass

Pair of Anziano Chairs by John Hutton for Donghia
By Donghia, John Hutton
Located in New York, NY
Iconic Anziano chairs by John Hutton for Donghia. The chairs have been refinished and are in mint condition.
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Chairs

Materials

Steel

Vintage Gerrit Rietveld Chair Produced under License by Cassina
By Cassina, Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Gerrit Rietveld chair produced under license by Cassina. Stamped and numbered to underside of chair. From the estate of a prominent local architect. A beautiful example that ...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Bauhaus Chairs

Materials

Plywood, Paint

Set of Three 1960s Danish Stools with Teak Plywood Seats on Black Metal Legs
Located in Astoria, NY
A set of vintage stacking stools, produced circa 1960s in Denmark, designed in the Scandinavian Modern style, each with a round and bent plywood seat in teak, affixed to black enamel...
Category

Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Stools

Materials

Metal

Early Black Eames LCW Chair
By Charles Eames, Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Houston, TX
Early Black Eames LCW chair by Herman Miller. Chairs is from circa 1955. Original Black Dye at some point has be cover with a clear coat giving it a bit of shine.
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Set of Eight Philippe Starck "Costes" Chairs
By Philippe Starck
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of eight three-legged black chairs. Designed by Philippe Starck in 1982 for the Cafe Costes in Paris these chairs were produced by Driade/Aleph an Italian company in the late 1...
Category

20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

Plywood Chair "Pantonic" by Verner Panton
Located in Castenray, NL
Very special plywood chair, designed by Verner Panton in 1992, called the pantonic chair. The chair remains in a very good condition, with some minor faults at the base and top but t...
Category

1990s Danish Organic Modern Chairs

Materials

Plywood

Kho Liang Le Stackable and Linkable Chairs Model 305 for CAR, 1957
By Kho Liang Ie, CAR Katwijk
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
These Model 305 chairs where designed in 1957 by important Dutch pioneer designer Kho Liang Ie for CAR industry Katwijk The Netherlands This version was purchased in 1963 and has ...
Category

Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Enamel

Beautiful Set of Six Pellicano Chairs by Luigi Saccardo, Published Casa Vogue
By Luigi Saccardo
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Beautiful and extremely rare set of six sculptural form 'Pellicano' dining chairs by Luigi Saccardo, manufactured by Arrmet, Udine, Italy, circa 1972. These chairs were also sold...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Minimalist Dining Room Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Thonet nr. 414 chairs Marcel Kammerer for Thonet
By Marcel Kammerer
Located in Vienna, AT
Thonet no. 414 an inlaid stained bentwood chairs MARCEL KAMMERER FOR THONET 97 cm. high Branded mark THONET and remnants of paper label
Category

Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Chairs

Materials

Beech, Bentwood, Plywood

Thonet Plywood Armchair Stackable
By Thonet
Located in Vienna, AT
Thonet Vienna chairs one of last models made in Austria in the 1990s. Beech blackened chair legs and seat with turquise back and arms.
Category

1990s Austrian Modern Chairs

Materials

Beech, Plywood

Oxford Chairs by Arne Jacobsen
By Arne Jacobsen, Fritz Hansen
Located in Miami, FL
Set of six Oxford Chairs by Arne Jacobsen for Fritz Hansen High back series 3172 in production since 1965. Four armless and two armchairs mounted on swiveling cast aluminum bases. R...
Category

Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Sculptural Vertebrae Chaise + Ottoman attributed to Gregg Fleishman
Located in Pasadena, CA
This prototype chaise lounge with matching ottoman is artfully rendered in walnut plywood with a pierced base that supports numerous slats resembling vertebrae.The artist is unfortun...
Category

20th Century American Chaise Longues

Materials

Plywood, Walnut

Canadian Mid-Century Set of Four Bent Plywood Swivel Chairs by PlyDesign.
Located in Port Hope, ON
This beautiful, architecturally formed, Mid-Century Modern set of four swivel base chairs were manufactured by the small Canadian company PlyDesign of Orono, Ontario. They are constr...
Category

20th Century Canadian Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Metal

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Black Plywood Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of black plywood chairs is available at 1stDibs. We have 35 antique and vintage black plywood chairs in-stock, while there are 13 modern editions to choose from as well. Black plywood chairs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Black plywood chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Cappellini, Jasper Morrison and Charles and Ray Eames each produced beautiful black plywood chairs that are worth considering.

How Much are Black Plywood Chairs?

Black plywood chairs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,297, while the lowest priced sells for $125 and the highest can go for as much as $11,644.

Finding the Right Chairs for You

Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?

With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.

“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.

Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.

“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames

Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.

The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office. 

A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today. 

Questions About Black Plywood Chairs
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To clean an Eames molded plywood chair, wipe it down with a soft cloth dampened with warm water and a mild dish soap. Then, use a second cloth moistened with water to wipe off the soap. Finally, use a soft towel to dry. On 1stDibs, shop a selection of Eames chairs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 5, 2021
    There are multiple chair colors that can be matched with a black table, it’s really a matter of preference. You could choose to go with black or a contrasting color or even think outside the box in order to add unlikely pops of color to a space. Visit 1stDibs for a wide selection of chairs and tables available in different colors.