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Pair of Lawrence Peabody Walnut Frame Stilted Floating Lounge Bucket Chairs
By Lawrence Peabody
Located in Hudson, NY
Absolutely stunning all original condition chairs designed by Lawrence Peabody. Amazing stilted
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Cane, Walnut
Set of Three Mid Century Modern Floating Upholstered Barrel Back Chairs
Located in West Hartford, CT
Set of three matching mid or post modern barrel back upholstered chairs. Elegant neutral fabric
Category
Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Wood
Restored Rare Five-Strand
Double Triangle
Lounge Chair with Floating Seat
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Rare five-strand 'Double Triangle' lounge chair with a floating seat featuring large oversized arms
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Rattan
Lou Hodges Floating Seat Leather Lounge Chair for California Design Group
By Lou Hodges
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1970’s. This chair is comprised of a walnut-stained oak wood frame that supports the newly upholstered
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Oak
Pair of Modern Milo Baughman Floating Slipper Chairs Black Mohair and Chrome
By Milo Baughman
Located in Houston, TX
unusual floating look. Chairs are freshly upholstered in an ultra-plush black mohair velvet. There is a
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Milo Baughman Pair of Floating Cube Walnut Lounge Chairs
By Milo Baughman
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a fantastic pair of rare floating, cube, lounge chairs, made of walnut
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Danish Midcentury Floating Back Lounge Chair in the Style of Otto Schulz
By Otto Schulz, Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
the 1930s or 1940s. Schulz was know for his floating back designs as seen in this chair although the
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wool, Oak
1970s Matching Mid-Century Modern Floating Pagoda Chair by Carson’s of Highpoint
By Carsons
Located in Hartville, OH
Spectacular Floating Pagoda Club Chair by Carson’s of Highpoint. Matching sofa and loveseat in
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Floating Seat Dining Chairs
By Young Manufacturing Company
Located in Wilmington, DE
chairs. Features sculpted backs and floating seats that have been reupholstered. In very good condition
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Stunning Set 8 Danish Modern Walnut / Floating Seat Dining Chairs
By Finn Juhl
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning set of 8 mid-century Danish modern walnut dining chairs with floating seats. This set has
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
French Modern Galaxy Zig-Zag Floating Lounge Chair Varichon Space Age 1968
By Jacques Henri Varichon
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Exceedingly rare chair by Jacque Henri Varichon. 1968. 1st edition. Original black canvas. (The
Category
Mid-20th Century French Space Age Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair Milo Baugman for Thayer Coggin T-Back Cube Floating Lounge Chairs
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Sarasota, FL
Pair of Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin T-back lounge chairs in new rainbow upholstery. Very
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Ultra Chic Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Club Chairs with Floating Tripod Base
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
This luxe pair of chairs feature a floating tripod base design in ebonized walnut .They have been
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Pair Modern Open Frame Club Chairs with Floating Seat in Oak
Aubergine Fabric
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome pair of modern oak open frame club chairs with a floating seat upholstered in a beautiful
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Milo Baughman Style Mid Century Monarch Floating Club Cube Lounge Chairs, A Pai
By Milo Baughman
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman style mid century monarch floating club cube lounge chairs - a pair
Each chair
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Four Authentic Pierre Jeanneret Floating Back Arm Chairs, Mid-Century Modern
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Manhasset, NY
Four (4) authentic Pierre Jeanneret floating back arm chairs, Mid-Century Modern
Each with
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Linen, Cane, Teak
Pierre Jeanneret, French Mid-Century Modern, Floating Back Dining Chairs, Teak
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pierre Jeanneret, French Mid-Century Modern, Ten Floating Back Dining Chairs, Teak, Cane
Rare and
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Pierre Jeanneret, Teak, Cane, Six Floating Back Dining Chairs, Chandigarh, 1960s
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Manhasset, NY
Pierre Jeanneret, French Mid-Century Modern, Six Floating Back Dining Chairs, Chandigarh, India c
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Set of Six Mid-Century Modern Walnut Floating Seat Dining Chairs
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a Mid-Century Modern set of six dining chairs. This set includes six side chairs that
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Chairs by Harvey Probber on a Floating Wood Base, American, circa 1970
By Harvey Probber
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pair of club chairs by Harvey Probber in original fabric. The chairs float on a 2 1/2" tall square
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Textile, Wood
Danish Early Mid-Century Low Floating Back Lounge Chair in Oak New Fabric, 1940s
By Fritz Hansen
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Superb Danish late Art Deco early mid-century chair from the early 1940s with spring cushions and
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Oak
Thonet Iconic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 Floating Chairs Perfect
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Thonet
Located in Oirlo, LI
Thonet Iconic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 Floating Chairs – Perfect Condition
Four exceptional
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Pierre Jeanneret Black Floating Back Office Chair, Circa 1950s, Chandigarh
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Tokyo, Tokyo
Rare black floating back office chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret.
Provenance: Punjab
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Set of Four Romeo Rega Floating Cantilever Leather Dining Chairs, 1970, Italy
By Romeo Rega
Located in Antwerp, BE
Midcentury modernist chrome cantilever chairs by Romeo Rega, sculptural floating seat design, 1970s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Thonet Iconic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 Floating Chairs Perfect
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Thonet
Located in Oirlo, LI
Four exceptional and pristine Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 floating chairs.
Designed by Mies
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Set of 6 Mid-Century Modern Floating Seat Sculpted Walnut Dining Chairs
Located in Wilmington, DE
chairs are beautifully sculpted with the appearance of floating seats that have been reupholstered with
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Set of Eight Danish Modern Vodder Style Walnut Floating Seat Dining Chairs
By Niels Vodder
Located in Wilmington, DE
Offered is a set of eight dining chairs Danish Modern Vodder style walnut floating seat dining
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Modern Open Frame Club Chairs w/Floating Seat
Back in Oak
Teal Fabric a Pair
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome vintage modern oak open frame club chairs with a floating upholstered seat & back in teal
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Pair of Floating Lounges by Jens Risom
By Jens Risom
Located in Westport, CT
A phenomenal pair of mid-century lounge chairs design by Jens Risom for Jens Risom Inc. Newly
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood, Upholstery
Thonet Iconic Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 Floating Chairs Perfect Conditio
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Thonet
Located in Oirlo, LI
Get acquainted with the exceptional and pristine Ludwig Mies van der Rohe MR 533 floating chair
Category
Vintage 1920s German Bauhaus Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Jeanneret Floating Back Armchair
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A good authentic Chandigarh chairs. Artisanally and locally made with pegged solid teak and braided
Category
Vintage 1960s Indian Mid-Century Modern Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Rare Antique Adjustable Swivel Oak Desk Chair with Floating Back Rest c.1926
Located in San Francisco, CA
and new brass replica casters. The floating back rest tilts and the chair swivels, tilts back and the
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Brass, Iron
Guillerme et Chambron Chairs
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Guillerme & Chambron pair of chairs in oak with floating arms and spindle backs.
Newly upholstered
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Oak
$15,500
Guillerme et Chambron Chairs
By Guillerme et Chambron
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Guillerme & Chambron pair of chairs in oak with floating arms and spindle backs.
"Grand Repos
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Oak
$16,500
Pair of Stylish Club Chairs
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Great looking pair of chairs with open "floating" backs with the addition of button tufting on
Category
Vintage 1960s American Chairs
Materials
Bronze
Maurice Pre Beechwood And Upholstery Side Chair, France, 1950s
By Maurice Pré
Located in New York, NY
1950's French Maurice Pre chair.
Compass shaped legs.
Floating arms.
Beech wood.
Newly
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Vintage Plywood Chairs by Ola Kettunen
By Merva Merivaara., Ola Kettunen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage molded teak plywood chairs with floating seats and chrome frames. Designed in Finland by
Category
Vintage 1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
1940s French Oak Reclining Wingback Chairs
By Rene Gabriel
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Wonderful pair of French Oak chairs with wingback floating seats - newly upholstered in "Chanel
Category
Vintage 1940s French Chairs
Materials
Oak
$13,500 / set
Vintage S33 Mart Stam Cantilever Chairs 1970s
By Mart Stam
Located in Den Haag, NL
Chrome tubular cantilever chair steel frame floating chair black leather design classic, Dutch
Category
Vintage 1970s German Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Leather
$1,501 / set
Orange Velvet Milo Baughman Midcentury Armchairs, Set of Two
By Milo Baughman
Located in Basildon, London
generously sized cushions, while a set back chrome base gives the effect of the chairs floating above the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Percival Lafer Dining Chairs x4, Rosewood, Leather
By Percival Lafer
Located in Santa Fe, NM
The Brazilian furniture designer Percival Lafer, Rosewood frame dining chairs featuring floating
Category
Vintage 1960s Brazilian Brutalist Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Exceptional Pair of Sculptural French Walnut Chairs, Pair
Located in North Miami, FL
Very sleek and hard to find, this is a pair of floating arm-rest chairs with original faux leather
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Walnut
Parchment
Leather Chairs
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Pair of sculptural streamlined chairs with floating parchment sides and arms with newly
Category
20th Century American Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Parchment Paper, Walnut
$5,500
Pair of Chairs after James Mont Circa 1950 USA
By James Mont
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pair of chairs with floating seat that is supported by a black lacquered wooden base and brass feet.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Hans Wegner Molded Shell Chair Model CH07 "Smiling Chair"
By Hans J. Wegner, Carl Hansen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sometimes called the "Smiling Chair" Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen 1963 chair, Model CH07. Floating
Category
Early 2000s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Maurice Pre Pair Beechwood And Upholstery Side Chairs, France, 1950s
By Maurice Pré
Located in New York, NY
1950's French pair of Maurice Pre chairs.
Compass shaped legs.
Floating arms.
Beech wood.
Newly
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Pair of cube chairs
Located in North Miami, FL
Gret pair of cube shaped chairs on a floating fram
Category
Vintage 1960s Club Chairs
Materials
Wood
$1,250
Six Danish Rosewood Desk or Dining Chairs in Original Fabric
Located in Oakland, CA
Rosewood and aluminum office or dining chairs with floating solid rosewood arm rests, and recessed
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Thayer Coggin Cube Chairs
By Thayer Coggin
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
create a floating effect and chairs have been refinished and reupholstered in heather grey velvet.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Danish "X" Arm Chair
Located in Oakland, CA
1960's Scandinavian modern longe chair with X form frame, floating teak arms, newly upholstered in
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Lounge Chairs
Materials
Oak, Teak, Leather
$1,800
Cubist Italian Club Chairs
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Great pair of Italian Club Chairs with cubist shaped angles floating on walnut wood base
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$15,500
Katavolos, Kelley and Littell T-chairs ICF de Padova Italy 1952
By Douglas Kelly, Ross Littell and William Katavolos
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
three points only resulting in an elegant floating seat. These chairs have fantastic original natural
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
A Milo Baughman Swivel Chair
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pasadena, CA
A tufted back and floating seat chair of course very comfortable like all the Milo Baughman chairs!
Category
Vintage 1970s American Swivel Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Mid-Century Modern William Andrus for Steelcase Pair of Fiberglass Lucite Chairs
By William Andrus, Steelcase
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
We present this rare pair of by William Andrus for Steelcase, chic and cool, fiberglass floating
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Milo Baughman Chrome Barrel Chairs
By Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning Mid-Century Modern barrel back chairs with a floating style seat. Thick and heavy polished
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Set of Six Danish Teak Dining Chairs Designed by Erik Buch for O.D
By Erik Buch
Located in The Hague, NL
comfortable. The Classic stylish design gives these chairs the appearance of having floating seats. The chairs
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Teak
Ib Kofod Larsen Danish Lounge Chairs
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of wonderfully figured Danish lounge chairs with floating upholstered seats.
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
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Floating Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs
Find a variety of floating chairs available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of fabric, wood and metal, all floating chairs available were constructed with great care. We have 113 antique and vintage floating chairs in-stock, while there are 5 modern editions to choose from as well. Floating chairs have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Floating chairs are generally popular furniture pieces, but Mid-Century Modern, Modern and Scandinavian Modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. Some floating chairs are too large for some spaces — a variety of smaller floating chairs, measuring 17.72 inches across, are available at 1stDibs. Floating chairs have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Milo Baughman, Jens Risom and Pierre Jeanneret are consistently popular.
How Much are Floating Chairs?
Prices for floating chairs start at $1 and top out at $63,000 with the average selling for $4,587.
Finding the Right Seating for You
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.
Questions About Floating Chairs
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