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George III Walnut and Sycamore Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Museum labelled Richard Hewett and a further by Pitt and Hewett in the Wycombe chair museum, both chairs
Category
Antique 1760s English Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Viennese Chair by Josef Neyger Nr.11, 1860-1870
By Michael Thonet, Josef Neyger
Located in Praha, CZ
A very rare museum piece. Chair from a Viennese competitor, which copied Gebrüder Thonet products
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Chairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
Vico Magistretti Set of Six
Carimate
chairs, c 1959
By Vico Magistretti
Located in London, GB
world including MoMA, New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. These timeless chairs feature
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Seagrass, Wood
Red 4875 Chair by Carlo Bartoli for Kartell, Italy 1972
By Carlo Bartoli, Kartell
Located in Steenwijk, NL
), and of the Kartell Museum (Milano). A great chair that can be used both indoor and outdoor. We have 3
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
Rare Avant Garde 1930s Bauhaus Germany School Desk Chair, Signed
By Bauhaus
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Ultra rare, museum piece.
Bauhaus era desk chair from Germany.
Signed as pictured with ink
Category
Vintage 1930s German Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Wood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa in the Manner Set of Four Chairs
By Afra
Tobia Scarpa
Located in bari, IT
Set of number four chairs in walnut wood seat in leather designer Afra & Tobia Scarpa from the 70s
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Kartell Chair Model 4875 by Carlo Bartoli - Glossy White - Italy, 1970s
By Kartell, Carlo Bartoli
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
– Center Pompidou – Paris and of course of the Kartell museum.
A rare vintage chair, witness of innovation
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Industrial Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Pierre Paulin Organic Flower Shape 8810 Chair for Boro Belgium, 1973
By BORO Belgium, Pierre Paulin
Located in The Hague, NL
, 1970's period.
Not many of these chairs survived and therefore this chair is rare museum quality piece
Category
Vintage 1970s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Sculptural curved chairs in Plexiglass by artist Esther Hess, France 1967
Located in Rotterdam, ZH
museums and galleries. The chairs are made in a limited number, both chairs signed and numbered: Esther
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Mohair, Plexiglass
chair
sedile del museo bagatti valsecchi
by alessandro mendini for mastrangelo
By Alessandro Mendini
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
public.
twenty years later mendini designed a chair for the museum, to stand out from the antique
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
Vintage German Bauhaus Icon Black Leather
Chrome S33 Chair by Mart Stam, 1960s
By Thonet, Mart Stam
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
include: rocking chair No. 1 (1860), cafe chair No. 14 (c. 1859), chair of the Adolf Loos cafe museum
Category
Vintage 1960s German Bauhaus Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Space Age Yellow Lucite Plia Pair of Folding Chairs Giancarlo Piretti 1969 Italy
By Giancarlo Piretti, Anonima Castelli
Located in Vienna, AT
was launched in 1967 in Milan. The Plia chair belongs to many international museum collections.
This
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Chairs
Materials
Metal
William Katavolos, Ross Littell and Douglas Kelly, Series of 4 T Chairs, 1952
By Laverne International, Douglas Kelly, Ross Littell and William Katavolos
Located in Catonvielle, FR
matt black lacquered.
Present in major international museums (MOMA, Louvre), this chair is one of the
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Italian Chairs Alias 201 Green PVC, set of six, by Giandomenico Belotti, 2012
By Alias, Giandomenico Belotti
Located in Traversetolo, IT
1979. Having entered the collections of the MoMA in New York and the Triennale Design Museum in Milan
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Danish Oak Easy Chairs with Carved Arm Supports, Denmark ca 1950s
Located in Utrecht, NL
1950s to 1960s - a period of furniture-making that was unprecedented - like these easy chairs, are
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
Non-Serial Model 275 S-Chair by Verner Panton in Bent Fineer, Denmark, 1956
By Verner Panton
Located in Hellouw, NL
collections of museums around the world.
The chair has traces of usage, however in our view that
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pieter Kortekaas fiberglass chair Holland 1976
By Pieter Kortekaas
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
manufactured which makes this a rare museum piece. The chair is made in black gloss fiberglass and is in
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Pair of 1932 Dutch Avant Garde, Model 32 Chairs by Paul Schuitema for D3
By Paul Schuitema
Located in bergen op zoom, NL
Model 32 designed in 1932 and manufactured by D3 in the Netherlands
These are museum worthy chairs
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch De Stijl Chairs
Materials
Metal
6 Danish chairs in Teak, Cane and Leather, model FD 187 by Arne Vodder 1957.
By Arne Vodder, France
Søn
Located in JOINVILLE-LE-PONT, FR
Elysées Paris) and listed in the archives of the Design Museum Denmark. These extremely graceful chairs
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Cane, Teak
Pair of Paul Laszlo Cane Lounge Chairs
By Glenn of California, Paul Laszlo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of rare, museum grade lounge chairs by Paul Laszlo for Glenn of California, circa 1950s. The
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Cane, Mahogany
$22,000 / set
Ib Kofod-Larsen Wingback Rosewood Easy Lounge Chair
By Ib Kofod-Larsen
Located in Antwerp, BE
.
This is a museum-quality chair in excellent original condition with a most desirable patina.
Category
Vintage 1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Wingback Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Vladimir Kagan Bilbao Swivel Lounge Chair for Weiman
By Vladimir Kagan
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Weiman. The Bilbao series was inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. This chair has a return
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Latjes Chair by Ruud-Jan Kokke, Netherlands, 1984
By Ruud-Jan Kokke
Located in London, GB
Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Stedelijk Museum.
This dark Latjes chair, in original dark
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Oak
Gerald Summers Plywood Chair Italian Re-Edition, 1998
By Gerald Summers
Located in London, GB
like plywood and pushed their boundaries. As the V&A Museum notes of this chair – its construction
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Plywood
Pair Of Mid-Century Modern Sling Chairs By Clement Meadmore
By Leif Wessman Associates, Clement Meadmore
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This pair of Mid-Century Modern 'Sling' chairs, model '248' was designed by Australian-American
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Steel
Saporiti Italia Chrome Lounge Chairs and Ottomans by Giovanni Offredi
By Fratelli Saporiti, Saporiti, Giovanni Offredi
Located in Chattanooga, TN
and at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Measures: 2x chairs 39.5” wide x 29” deep x 32.5
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Exceptional American Federal Mahogany Side Chair, New York, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
form identified over the last century now reside mostly in museum and private collections. One chair is
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Ash, Fabric, Mahogany, Pine
Rare American Federal Mahogany Antique Side Chair, New York, 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
form identified over the last century now reside mostly in museum and private collections. One chair
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Carved Mahogany Side Chair, New York, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
identified over the last century now reside mostly in museum and private collections. One chair is held in
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Rare American Federal Carved Side Chair, New York, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
now reside mostly in museum and private collections. One chair is held in the permanent collection at
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Kho Liang Ie 416 lounge chairs for Artifort, Holland, 1959
By Artifort, Kho Liang Ie
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
condition. Could be reupholstered in another fabric or leather upon request. These chairs are museum pieces
Category
Vintage 1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno
Canada
Lounge Chair in Cognac Leather
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Trienalle di Milano Museum.
Kindly note that this chair is in good, used condition. The mahogany type used
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Plywood, Mahogany
Pair of ABCD Lounge Chairs by Pierre Paulin for Artifort 1968
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
chairs in museum quality.
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal
18th C. Antique French Louis XIII "Reclining" Chair w/Aubusson
Located in BENSENVILLE, IL
extremely comfortable. Wherever you find to display this museum quality antique chair, you'd better be sure
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Lounge Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Exceedingly Fine American Federal Antique Side Chair, New York, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
the last century now reside mostly in museum and private collections. One chair is held in the
Category
Antique 1790s American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Vintage Eames Vitra La Chaise Chair, Original, Fiberglass First Generation, 1993
By Vitra, Charles and Ray Eames
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charles and Ray designed the iconic "La Chaise" lounge chair for The Museum of Modern Art’s 1948
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Slat Chair by Ruud Jan Kokke
By Ruud-Jan Kokke
Located in Dronten, NL
construction techniques.
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has the chair in its collection.
Two available
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Ash
$495 / item
Magenta red Pierre Paulin tongue side chair by Pierre Paulin for Artifort 1967
By Artifort, Pierre Paulin
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Playful Pierre Paulin tongue chair covered in a bright red fabric with a magenta touch. It was
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Metal
18th Century George III Yew and Elm Thames Valley Comb-Back Windsor Chair
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Museum labelled Richard Hewett and a further by Pitt and Hewett in the Wycombe chair museum. Both of the
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Windsor Chairs
Materials
Elm, Yew
Mid Century Modern Wink Lounge Chair by Toshiyuki Kita for Cassina Italy 1980s
By Toshiyuki Kita, Cassina
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
Paris, and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany. This particular chair features a clean tan fabric
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Lounge Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Barcelona Lounge Chairs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Original Cognac Leather
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Antwerp, BE
Knoll International produced Barcelona chairs designed by Mies van der Rohe, USA — 1960’s.
The
Category
Vintage 1960s Central American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Fine American Federal Period Side Chair on Splayed Legs, New York, circa 1790
Located in Shippensburg, PA
mostly in museum and private collections. One chair is held in the permanent collection at the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century American Federal Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
1964, Joe Colombo, Super Comfort Chair in Red Leather and Black Base for B-Line
By Joe Colombo
Located in Amsterdam IJMuiden, NL
Superleggera armchair by Joe Colombo is exhibited at the Vitra Design Museum in Berlin.
This chair is in red
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Metal
Pierre Mennen, Pastoe, Chair 4 Model FP 3007
By Pastoe
Located in Den Haag, NL
Dutch Central Museum Utrecht.
Four chairs. All in the same condition. Technical 100% OK. Upholstery
Category
Vintage 1970s Dutch Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Plastic
$1,741 / set
Classic Bent Plywood Side Chairs Body Form by Peter Danko
By Peter Danko
Located in Buffalo, NY
permanent collections of many museums including the Museum of Modern Art. Chairs in great condition with
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Plywood
Milano
Dining Chair Set by Aldo Rossi for Molteni, Italy, 1987
By Aldo Rossi
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
are also in the Molteni Museum. Black stained wood constructed chairs. Lightweight and very sturdy
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Post-Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Eight "Poem" Dining Chairs by Erik Chambert, Sweden, 1950s
Located in Stockholm, SE
coined by the art critic and then director of Norrköping’s art museum Aron Borelius. The chair was
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood
Set Of 6 Omk T5 Stacking Chairs, Designed By Rodney Kinsman, 1969
By OMK, Rodney Kinsman
Located in London, GB
A design classic, featured in the V&A Museum's archives, these chairs are a rare find.
T5 stacking
Category
Vintage 1960s British Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Set of 5 Gaudi Chairs by Vico Magistretti for Artemide, Italy 1970
By Artemide, Vico Magistretti
Located in Munster, NRW
major design museums.
Set of 5 gauidi chairs, repainted with car paint in azure blue.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass
20 early Seven Series chairs, model 3107, Arne Jacobsen For Fritz Hansen
By Fritz Hansen, Arne Jacobsen
Located in Dronten, NL
These chairs where used from 1967 until very recently in the Wedding Hall of a Dutch Town Hall
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Italian modern beige fabric wood Chairs Monk by Afra Tobia Scarpa Molteni, 1970s
By Molteni
C, Afra
Tobia Scarpa
Located in MIlano, IT
preserved at the Italian chair museum.
Good conditions. The fabric has age-related marks. Light marks on the
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Set of 6 1952 Katavolos Kelley
Littell for Laverne "T" Chairs in Black Leather
By Laverne International, Douglas Kelly, Ross Littell and William Katavolos
Located in Hudson, NY
Museum of Modern Art and many other museums worldwide. These chairs are in very good pre-owned condition
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Rare set of 8
Regina
chairs by Paolo Deganello for Zanotta, Italy 1991
By Paolo Deganello, Zanotta
Located in Sittard, LI
cushion.
Part of the collection of the 'Museo della Sedia' (Museum of chairs) located in Milan, Italy
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Metal
Arts
Crafts Armchair No.1, France, Circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Arts & Crafts armchair no.1
France Circa 1900
Museum quality carved wooden chair with rush
Category
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Rush, Wood
Arts
Crafts Armchair No.2, France, Circa 1900
Located in Culver City, CA
Arts & Crafts armchair no.2
France Circa 1900
Museum quality carved wooden chair with rush
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Rush, Wood
1800s Museum Quality Dental Chair
By S. S. White
Located in Peekskill, NY
dental inventor of the 19th century. Among his inventions was the first hydraulic dental chair.
In
Category
Antique 19th Century American Industrial More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Iron
Set of Four 19th Century French Walnut Carved Neoclassical Dining Armchairs
Located in Hopewell, NJ
first quarter of the 19th century, each of this set of four museum quality chairs features an open back
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the museum chair you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and animal skin, every museum chair was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a museum chair, we have 35 options in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a museum chair — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A museum chair made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. A well-made museum chair has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Adolf Loos, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are consistently popular.
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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.
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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.
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