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Parzinger Fourties Console/Cocktail Table
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful mohagany piece by Tommi Parzinger that can be used against a wall, in back of a sofa
Category
Vintage 1940s American Console Tables
GS195 daybed by Gianni Songia for Sormani, 1963
By Gianni Songia, Sormani
Located in ABCOUDE, UT
creates a floating look of this sofa. Lovely piece of Italian design in very good fully original condition
Category
Vintage 1960s Daybeds
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chevron Velvet Love Seat in the Style of Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, which gives a floating effect. Couch is in excellent vintage condition with a few age-appropriate marks
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Loveseats
Brown Lacquered Console with Brass Accents
By The Lacquer Company
Located in New York, NY
the Lacquer Company, this stylish table would be great as a sofa table floating in a room or in an
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Console Tables
Materials
Lacquer
French Game Table with Brass Top
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
to a sofa, or floating in a corner with chairs. Lovely detailed hand-tooled brass top with four built
Category
Antique 1890s French Moorish Game Tables
Early 20th Century Folk Art Carved Wood Deer Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
floor, but we think it would be striking on top of a sofa table floating in the center of a room or in a
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
c.1940 Spanish Hand-Carved Walnut Console w/ Drawers
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
feet, an iron stretcher, and two useful drawers. Awesome utilized in a foyer, or floating behind a sofa
Category
Vintage 1940s Spanish Console Tables
Materials
Iron
Briance Coffee Table, by Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
By Bourgeois Boheme Atelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
base gives the sensation that the top is floating next to the sofa. The combination of the brass and
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Carrara Marble, Brass
$4,200 / item
c.1780 Hand-Carved Spanish Oak Console Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
, or just happily floating behind a sofa in the family room, this is a phenomenal table. A console to
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Console Tables
Materials
Oak
c.1780 Hand-Carved Spanish Oak Console Table
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
, or just happily floating behind a sofa in the family room, this is a phenomenal table. A console to
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Spanish Console Tables
Materials
Oak
19th Century, French Solid Walnut Louis XVI Style Desk Side Table or Console
Located in Fayetteville, AR
all sides, this piece would make an excellent floating side table, desk or sofa table. A central lower
Category
Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
French 19th Century Mahogany Restauration Settee
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
visual interest when floating the sofa in a room, if desired. Please view the detailed images to see the
Category
Antique 19th Century French Restauration Settees
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Stunning Pair of Loveseats by Stendig
By Charles Stendig
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wooden beams that hold the seat and backrest in place which it gives the sofas a floating illusion making
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Loveseats
Materials
Chrome
Lehigh-Leopold Floating Sofa on Walnut Base
By Warren Platner, Jens Risom, Lehigh Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
1960's "floating sofa" on walnut base by Lehigh-Leopold. Fully restored and reupholstered. Down
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Milo Baughman Midcentury Gray Chesterfield Floating Sofa
By Milo Baughman
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning Milo Baughman Classic floating sofa. Custom with luxurious medium gray fabric.
The
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Chrome
Adrian Pearsall Floating Sofa with Marble End Tables
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in New York, NY
Stunning 1960's Mid-Century Modern beech wood frame floating sofa with Carrara marble end tables
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Carrara Marble
1950s Mason Art Custom Made Floating Sofa
Located in New Windsor, NY
Exceptional compact floating sofa custom made by Mason Art, NYC. Original yellow fabric and horse
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Iconic Jens Risom Modern Floating Sofa c1962
By Jens Risom
Located in Oakland, CA
Incredible modern “floating sofa” designed by Jens Risom, Model # U-150 c1964. Our expert
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Foam
Modernist Floating Sofa in the Style of Vladimir Kagan, 1950s
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Westport, CT
Modernist floating sofa in the style of the late Vladimir Kagan. Sculptural form ash legs newly
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Ash, Twill
Mid-Century Modern Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates Floating Sofa
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Incredible late 1960s floating sofa with attached parquet "Z" end tables.
Made by Craft Associates
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Mid-Century Modern Curved Floating Sofa Upholstered in White Bouclé
By Jens Risom, Harvey Probber, Vladimir Kagan, Milo Baughman, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-Century Modern curved floating sofa upholstered in white bouclé. Our stunning midcentury
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Bouclé, Wood
Mid Century Woven Wool 3 Seat Floating Sofa in Style of Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Mid Century woven wool 3 seat low floating sofa. Beautiful high quality soft woven tan off white
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Wool
Milo Baughman Floating Sofa
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Black leather straps on chome-plated frame, floating between acrylic side panels. Early production
Category
20th Century American Modern Sofas
Materials
Metal
Floating Sofa by Samson Berman
By Samson Berman
Located in South Charleston, WV
. Priced to allow a client to reupholster the piece.
A one of kind 10 foot modernist floating platform
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Walnut
Ralph Lauren Saddle Leather Floating Sofa
By Ralph Lauren
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
around entire sofa, creating a floating appearance, while hiding the ball feet supports.
Permeated with
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather, Wood
1970s Chromcraft Three-Seat Floating Sofa
By Chromcraft
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stylish and well-made midcentury industrial seating by Chromcraft Inc., Senatobia, Miss. Constructed from high quality materials for use in offices, this colorful stamped vinyl uphol...
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery
Vintage Rosewood Milo Baughman Style Floating Sofa
By Milo Baughman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautiful rosewood case sofa by Carlton in the style of Milo Baughman. New maharam upholstery and
Category
Vintage 1960s Unknown Scandinavian Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Rosewood
Floating Sofa Produced by Steelcase, circa 1960s
By Steelcase, William Andrus
Located in Chicago, IL
Fiberglass case sofa with Lucite base. This appears to float in a room. Fully restored. New black
Category
Vintage 1960s American Sofas
Materials
Lucite, Fiberglass, Mohair
Stunning Milo Baughman Tufted Floating Sofa Mid-Century Modern
By Milo Baughman
Located in Pemberton, NJ
THE APPEARANCE THAT THIS SOFA IS FLOATING. THIS PIECE LOOKS GREAT FROM BOTH FRONT AND BACK VIEWS -CAN
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Pacific Green Palmwood and Channeled Leather Floating Sofa Daybed
By Pacific Green
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Pacific Green's low profile channeled leather sofa. Constructed out of beautiful palmwood and
Category
20th Century Sofas
Materials
Leather, Palmwood
Craft Associates Floating Sofa with Geometric Fabric
Chrome Base
By Milo Baughman, Craft Associates
Located in Hudson, NY
**this listing includes the following pieces:
Three cushion section: 86" L x 35" D x 23.5" H.
Two cushion section: 59" L x 35" D x 23.5" H.
Corner p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Chrome
Jens Risom Floating Sofa in Walnut with Original Tweed Upholstery
By Jens Risom
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Handsome three-seat sofa designed by Jens Risom for Risom Design in the 1950s. Clean, sharp lines
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Thayer Coggin Attributed to Milo Baughman 1970s Floating Sofa Smaller Scale 73W
By Milo Baughman
Located in West Hartford, CT
Rare smaller scale Thayer Coggin, attributed to Milo Baughman sofa that measures just over six feet
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Curved Sofa Floating Sofa by Vladimir Kagan in White
Walnut
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and fully restored curved sofa designed and produced by Vladimir Kagan circa 1950's. It
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Floating Milo Baughman Sofa with Chrome Strap Frame
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
Very stylish and chic floating sofa by Milo Baughman. The upholstered body is suspended by chrome
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Chrome
Italian Design Floating Free Form Curved Sofa w Sculptural Copper Base
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Rare Postmodern modern Italian design floating free form curved 3 seat Sofa with Sculptural base
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Sofas
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Modern Warren Platner Style Steelcase Fiberglass Lucite Sofa
Table
By William Andrus, Steelcase
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a rare William Andrus for Steelcase, chic and cool, fiberglass floating
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather, Fiberglass, Lucite
Long Angle Arm Sofa by Edward Wormley for Dunbar, Off White, Completely Original
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Kansas City, MO
Completely original angle arm floating sofa designed by Edward Wormley for Dunbar. One owner
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Signed Harvey Probber Cubo Clusters Sectional Sofa
By Harvey Probber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
legs as well with ebonized plinth wood bases to give illusion of a floating sofa. It appears these wood
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Sectional Sofas
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Low Wood Screen
Located in New York, NY
ends of each panel, perfect for behind a floating sofa or bed, Italy, 1950s.
Dimensions: 31.5" H x 54
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Screens and Room Dividers
Materials
Brass
Green Velvet Lawson Style Three-Cushion Sofa Vintage, Mid-Century Modern
By Harvey Probber, Milo Baughman
Located in Topeka, KS
desired. This floating sofa has two brass-toned ball casters as front legs, making it easily movable, and
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Velvet
Antique Low Kang Chinese Chest with Drawers, Doors and Brass Hardware, 1800s
Located in Yonkers, NY
to store blankets or placed behind a floating couch as a place to display various accessories.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Antique Low Kang 1800s Chinese Cabinet with Drawers, Doors and Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
home, perhaps used in a bedroom or living room as a TV cabinet or placed behind a floating couch to
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Floating Curved Sofa
Located in Pasadena, CA
A biomorphic, walnut sofa with curved backrest and a floating platform seat set on sculptural
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Suede, Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-Century Floating Curved Walnut Sofa
Located in Pasadena, CA
A biomorphic walnut sofa with curved backrest and a floating platform seat set on sculptural carved
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Mid-Century Floating Curved Walnut Sofa
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Pasadena, CA
A biomorphic walnut sofa with curved backrest and a floating platform seat set on sculptural carved
Category
Vintage 1950s American Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Floating Curved Sofa by Vladimir Kagan
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Culver City, CA
Model - 176SC sofa, originally designed in 1952. Textured orange velvet upholstery on cherry frame
Category
Late 20th Century American Sofas
Materials
Velvet
Vladimir Kagan, Floating Seat and Back Sofa
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in San Francisco, CA
A sofa by Vladimir Kagan in a poppy colored upholstery and walnut frame.
Literature: "The Complete
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Floating Case Sofa
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration is a striking piece of 1970s design a floating case sofa by Milo Baughman
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Burl
Minotti Signed Floating Sectional Sofa Made in Italy
By Minotti
Located in West Hartford, CT
This signed two-piece floating sectional sofa is the quintessential modern-day sofa as Minotti sees
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Aluminum, Chrome
Adrian Pearsall Floating Platform Gondola Sofa for Craft Associates
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Dallas, TX
. Designed by Adrian Pearsall for Craft Associates, this floating gondola sofa
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Milo Baughman Style Mid Century Walnut Floating Case Sofa
By Milo Baughman
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman Style mid century walnut floating case sofa
Sofa measures: 94 wide x 35 deep x
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Stunning Milo Baughman Floating Burl and Chrome Tuxedo (case)Sofa
By Milo Baughman
Located in Buffalo, NY
Stunning Milo Baughman Floating Burl and Chrome Tuxedo (case)Sofa,,, In my opinion,,one of Milo's
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Burl, Fabric
Jack Cartwright for Founders Sling Sofa, Rosewood + Aluminum Floating Frame
By Milo Baughman, Founders Furniture Company, Jack Cartwright, Adrian Pearsall, Lawrence Peabody
Located in Decatur, GA
Rare open frame floating sling sofa by Jack Cartwright for Founders Furniture, circa 1960's
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Mid-Century Floating Back Sofa by Ed Wormley for Dunbar
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Brooklyn, NY
rare variation on his classic “La Gandola” sofa features an exquisite turfted wraparound floating back
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Wood, Hardwood, Walnut
Mid Century Modern Adrian Pearsall Marble Floating Long Gondola Sofa
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Gondola sofa / Daybed . This sofa has very sought after floating quality that his designs are famous for
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Carrara Marble
Vladimir Kagan, "Floating Curved Sofa" Walnut, Bouclé, Studio, circa 1980
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in High Point, NC
A hyper-modern and organic sofa designed by Vladimir Kagan in 1952. Produced by Vladimir Kagan
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Bouclé, Walnut
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Floating Couch For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the floating couch you’re looking for. A floating couch — often made from fabric, wood and upholstery — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a floating couch, we have 442 options in-stock, while there are 34 modern editions to choose from as well. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer floating couch, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. A floating couch, designed in the mid-century modern, modern or Scandinavian Modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one floating couch that is appealing in its simplicity, but Milo Baughman, Vladimir Kagan and Edward Wormley produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Floating Couch?
Prices for a floating couch start at $353 and top out at $260,000 with the average selling for $6,223.
Finding the Right Sofas for You
Black leather, silk velvet cushions, breathable bouclé fabric — when shopping for antique or vintage sofas, today’s couch connoisseurs have much to choose from in terms of style and shape. But it wasn’t always thus.
The sofa is typically defined as a long upholstered seat that features a back and arms and is intended for two or more people. While the term “couch” comes from the Old French couche, meaning to lie down, and sofa has Eastern origins, both are forms of divan, a Turkish word that means an elongated cushioned seat. Bench-like seating in Ancient Greece, which was padded with soft blankets, was called klinai. No matter how you spell it, sofa just means comfort, at least it does today.
In the early days of sofa design, upholstery consisted of horsehair or dried moss. Sofas that originated in countries such as France during the 17th century were more integral to decor than they were to comfort. Like most Baroque furnishings from the region, they frequently comprised heavy, gilded mahogany frames and were upholstered in floral Beauvais tapestry. Today, options abound when it comes to style and material, with authentic leather offerings and classy steel settees. Plush, velvet chesterfields represent the platonic ideal of coziness.
Vladimir Kagan’s iconic sofa designs, such as the Crescent and the Serpentine — which, like the sectional sofas of the 1960s created by furniture makers such as Harvey Probber, are quite popular among mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts — showcase the spectrum of style available to modern consumers. Those looking to make a statement can turn to Studio 65’s lip-shaped Bocca sofa, which was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí. Elsewhere, the furniture of the 1970s evokes an era when experimentation ruled, or at least provided a reason to break the rules. Just about every area of society felt a sudden urge to be wayward, to push boundaries — and buttons. Vintage leather sofas of that decade are characterized by a rare blending of the showy and organic.
With so many options, it’s important to explore and find the perfect furniture for your space. Paying attention to the lines of the cushions as well as the flow from the backrest into the arms is crucial to identifying a cohesive new piece for your home or office.
Fortunately, with styles from every era — and even round sofas — there’s a luxurious piece for every space. Deck out your living room with an Art Deco lounge or go retro with a nostalgic '80s design. No matter your sitting vision, the right piece is waiting for you in the expansive collection of unique sofas on 1stDibs.
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