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Very Rare Hans Wegner Oak Flag Halyard Chair JH719 for Johannes Hansen
By Johannes Hansen, Hans J. Wegner
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This chair is in museum condition, untouched from the day it was made! It is a very rare chair
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Lounge Chairs
Set of 8 Finnish Cranbrook Dining Chairs by Eliel Saarinen
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
a museum, with these chairs featuring in the dining room.
Beautifully shaped shell backs with
Category
Late 20th Century Finnish Art Deco Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Birch
Eight Antique Chinese Thomas Chippendale Style Victorian Carved Dining Chairs
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
important private or prestigious museum collections. These chairs are Victorian examples, made using the
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
Kaare Klint for Rud. Rasmussens Snedkerier Set of Ten
3758A
Dining Chairs
By Rud Rasmussen, Kaare Klint
Located in Waalwijk, NL
1750-1760. In September, the museum borrowed the "finest" chair from Falck's collection, that Ole
Category
Vintage 1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Four circa 1850 T H Filmer
Sons Antique Victorian Brown Leather Dining Chairs
By Thomas H. Filmer
Sons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
leather upholstered dining chairs
This listing is for the four chairs mentioned above.
The firmo f T
Category
Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Six circa 1850 T H Filmer
Sons Antique Victorian Brown Leather Dining Chairs
By Thomas H. Filmer
Sons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Victoria & Albert Museum London
The chairs complete with the original manufactures plate under the back
Category
Antique 1850s English Early Victorian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
One Pipo Armchair by Alejandro Estrada in Neutral
By Piegatto
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
chair, produced by Guatemalan cabinetmaker Piegatto. A museum worthy chair showing movement and material
Category
2010s Guatemalan Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of Six Claud Bunyard American Windsor Dining Armchairs
By Claud Bunyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
they are featured in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. The chairs feature a continuous bow back design
Category
20th Century American American Classical Windsor Chairs
Materials
Ash
Antique Original William Morris Sussex Rope Seat Armchair Seen in the V&A Museum
By William Morris (English)
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Sussex armchair circa 1870-1880 as seen in the Victorian and Albert museum
The History This chair was
Category
Antique 1870s English High Victorian Armchairs
Materials
Rope, Beech
Original Hans Wegner Papa Bear Chair and Ottoman
By Hans J. Wegner
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare find-all original Hans Wegner papa bear chair and ottoman. Museum quality-original fabric
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Armchairs
Materials
Teak, Upholstery
Well Proportioned Georgian Mahogany Reading or Cockfighting Chair
Located in Essex, MA
example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, this "Cockfighting Chair" has a broad yoked armrest with
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Georgian Armchairs
Materials
Mahogany
Original "Madox Chair" with Rush Seats by William Morris
Company; a pair
By William Morris (English)
Located in Malibu, CA
to its value.
This chair has been exhibited in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
The chair is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Arts and Crafts Armchairs
Materials
Rush, Hardwood
Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen Set of twelve
Red Chairs
in Original Leather
By Rud Rasmussen, Kaare Klint
Located in grand Lancy, CH
, the museum borrowed the "finest" chair from Falck's collection, that Ole Wanscher would examine. This
Category
Vintage 1940s Danish Living Room Sets
Materials
Brass
Jindrich Halabala Art Deco Czech Armchairs in Walnut
Located in Houston, TX
important museums.
The chair is upholstered in a light velvety fabric. The arm handles are made from highly
Category
Vintage 1930s Czech Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
Charles and Ray Eames La Chaise
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
Charles and Ray Eames designed this lounge chair for The Museum of Modern Art’s 1948 “International
Category
Early 2000s German Chaise Longues
Materials
Steel
Mahogany Dutch Art Deco Reading / Armchair with Mint Upholstery
Cocobolo Feet
Located in Lisse, NL
cherish this work of furniture art, but not by putting it on display in a museum. This Art Deco chair was
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Cocobolo, Upholstery, Mahogany
Sterling Silver Gilt Kiddush Cup Lidded Sculpture, Artist Designed Fine Judaica
By Richard Fishman
Located in Surfside, FL
1995 “Artists’ chairs,” Museum of Art, RISD, Providence, RI
1992 Body Sculpture, Boston, MA
1990 Body
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Gold, Silver
Tobia Scarpa Midcentury "Andre" Glass and Steel Coffee Table for Gavina, Italy
By Gavina, Afra
Tobia Scarpa
Located in Roma, IT
found on show in some of the world’s key museums, including his ‘Libertà’ chair on show at the Louvre
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Early 1930s Bauhaus Swing-Arm Floor Lamp by Walter Von Nessen for Nessen Studios
By Walter Von Nessen
Located in Buffalo, NY
museum heads were beginning to refer to him as an industrial design trailblazer and champion of modern
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Floor Lamps
Two Blue Central Museum Chairs from the Royal Wedding Guest by Richard Hutten
By Richard Hutten
Located in
s Heer Arendskerke, NL
Limited edition of The Centraal Museum Chair in blue rotation moulded propylene.
These two chairs
Category
Early 2000s Dutch Modern Dining Room Chairs
Boomerang Chair by Christoph Siebrasse, prototype
By Christoph R. Siebrasse
Located in Cologne, DE
.
Christoph R. Siebrasse get famous in the 1980ths for the design of the so called Museum Chair Sensilla as a
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Chairs
Josef Hoffmann Sitzmaschine Chair circa 1905 Austrian Rare Museum Quality
By Josef Hoffmann
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
A very rare 20th century 'Sitzmaschine' chair designed by Josef Hoffmann circa 1905, manufactured
Category
Antique Early 1900s Austrian Bauhaus Lounge Chairs
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Rare Museum Quality 18th Century of the Period Louis XVI French Childs Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century of the Period Louis XVI French Childs Chair 29''h X 15''w
Category
Antique 19th Century French Neoclassical Chairs
Pair of Florence Knoll Parallel Bar Lounge Chairs Museum Edition
By Knoll, Florence Knoll
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Produced by Knoll for Lincoln upholstered in spinneybeck leather and only 50 made
these are marked and numbered
it also comes with the original pamphlet
these are in great conditi...
Category
Vintage 1950s Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Rare Design Icon Rocking Sun Chair by Metz
Co. Vitra Design Museum, 1930
By Metz
Co.
Located in Vienna, AT
the chair is part of the design history: ATLAS Of FURNITURE, published by Vitra Design Museum.
Category
Vintage 1930s Dutch Bauhaus Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Three Seater Pod Chair by Sylvan
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charcoal lacquer over parchment, contemporary interpretation of a traditional three seater museum
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Settees
Museum quality example of an Eames 1st edition rocker
Located in New York, NY
This gray Eames rocker on 1st edition base, runners and shell is as good as it gets. Mfg. Herman Miller/Zenith-original labels attached.
Category
20th Century American Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
Three Chairs By Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Paris, FR
was held in Milan's Triennale Museum. A similar chair is pictured in the catalog.
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
A Hammered Brass Chair by Philip Hiquily
By Philippe Hiquily
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hirschorn Museum , D.C., Centre George Pompidou, Paris, and the Guggenheim Museum, NY.
Chair is stamped 1
Category
Vintage 1970s French Chairs
Materials
Brass
Ironrite Health Chair
By Herman A. Sperlich
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Ironrite Health chair was designed in 1938 by Herman Sperlich for the Ironrite Ironer Co., a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Side Chairs
Materials
Steel
“Knotted” Chair by Marcel Wanders for Droog Design, Netherlands, 1990
By Droog, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in Wilnis, UT
piece with an iconic design ahead of it’s time! Shown in several museums, this beautiful chair is a much
Category
1990s Dutch Chairs
Materials
Cord, Carbon Fiber
Pair of Lounge Chairs by Ray and Charles Eames/Evans Production
Located in Chicago, IL
these chairs is in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The chairs are sold as
Category
20th Century American Chairs
Materials
Plywood, Rubber
Rare 1960
s Charles Eames DSR Chair with "La Fonda" base
By Charles and Ray Eames, Herman Miller
Located in Paris, FR
the fiberglass shelled DSR (Dining Side Chair) for the Museum of Modern Art contest, that will become
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Ruud Jan Kokke Pair of Easy Chairs in Oak and Ash, Holland, 1984
By Ruud-Jan Kokke
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
The chairs are in very good condition with minor wear consistent with age
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Oak
Ruud Jan Kokke Pair of Easy Chairs in Oak and Ash, Holland, 1984
By Ruud-Jan Kokke
Located in Woudrichem, NL
Elegant and light pair of easy chairs designed by Ruud Jan Kokke for Metaform in 1984. The 'Kokke
Category
Vintage 1980s Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Oak
19thC French Napoleon III Tuffted Slipper Chairs
Located in Palm Springs, CA
chair a museum version, blue/white/red silk buttons as details.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Slipper Chairs
Six Mahogany Neoclassical Klismos Chairs Attributed to Phyfe
By Duncan Phyfe
Located in Providence, RI
, 19th century America at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These chairs are of the Klismos form and have a
Category
Antique 19th Century American Empire Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Harry Bertoia Bird Chair and Ottoman for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia, Knoll
Located in New Jersey City, NJ
Museum of Modern Art
Both chair and ottoman are recovered by an Italian wood fabric making them suitable
Category
Vintage 1970s American Lounge Chairs
Rare Prototype"Easy Edges" Chairs by Frank Gehry
Located in Los Angeles, CA
his chairs.
These museum-quality nesting chairs are pre-production protoypes
Category
Vintage 1960s American Lounge Chairs
1930s Silver Aluminium Swivel Chair by Gio Ponti
By Montecatini S.A., Gio Ponti
Located in Frankfurt, Hessen, DE
, a pure upright cuboid.
In 1971 Gio Ponti also builds the Denver Art Museum. Legendary are his chair
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Swivel Chairs
Materials
Aluminum, Steel
Set of Eleven Neoclassical Gondola Side Chairs, New York
Located in Providence, RI
Museum.
These chairs are of small scale, yet of the best quality in its dense, dark
Category
Antique 19th Century American Side Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Peter Ghyczy 20th Century Space Age Polyurethane Garden Egg Chair
By Peter Ghyczy, Ghyczy
Located in Swalmen, NL
This 20th century Space Age chair is one of Peter Ghyczy's most acclaimed design from 1968. It is
Category
Vintage 1960s Dutch Space Age Lounge Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Plastic
Anthony Baratta Exclusive
D.R.DIMES Comb-Back Windsor Chairs
Located in New York City, NY
with permission from the museum. The chair is an excellent example of the Philadelphia style during the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Windsor Chairs
De Sede Ds 2030 Leather Lounge Chair by Hans Eichenberger
By Hans Eichenberger
Located in Ludwigslust, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Vitra design museum, Weil.
This lounge chair in
Category
Vintage 1970s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather
Foldable D4 Chair by Marcel Breuer for Tecta, Germany, 1980
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Wilnis, UT
to the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. A unique copy of the first chair
Category
Early 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Metal, Nickel
18th Century CT Windsor Continuous Arm Chair with Comb Extension (EB TRACY)
By E.B. Tracy
Located in Woodbury, CT
if his best work between 1785-1800. His Windsor chairs are sought after by museums and collectors
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Country Windsor Chairs
Aesthetic Movement Ebonized Side Chair in the Manner of E.W. Godwin
By Edward William Godwin
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
-1885.
The chair has signs of wear to the ebonized finish as you would expect to the extremities
Category
Antique 1870s English Aesthetic Movement Side Chairs
Materials
Beech
10 New York City Federal - Slover
Taylor Dining Chairs
Located in Woodbury, CT
A matched, fully period set (2 armchairs and 8 side chairs) in hand-carved dense mahogany, bow
Category
Antique 19th Century Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Pair of Dark Wood Carimate Carver Chairs by Vico Magistretti
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 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Beech
Mid-Century Danish Dining Chairs Teak Set of Eight Gustav Bertelsen
By Gustav Bertelsen
Located in Asheville, NC
Mid-century dining chairs, set of eight, Danish. These Scandinavian Modern dining chairs, in their
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Set of 12 Classical Klismos Dining Chairs, circa 1815, Probably Philadelphia
Located in Alexandria, VA
-known museum house. The arm chairs vary slightly in size and detail from the side chairs but appear to
Category
Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Mahogany
Single Glossy Red Carimate Carver Chair by Vico Magistretti for Habitat
By Vico Magistretti
Located in London, GB
Victoria & Albert Museum in London. These timeless chairs feature green glossy painted wood with sea grass
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rush, Beech
Pair of Red Carimate Carver Chairs by Vico Magistretti for Habitat
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 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Rush, Beech
Midcentury Ernest Race Set of Four BA3 Dining Chairs White Cherry Red Leather
Located in Longdon, Tewkesbury
collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the V&A Museum, London. A stunning chair that has lost
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Early Set of 10 Teak and Nigerian Goatskin “Red Chairs” by Kaare Klint
By Kaare Klint, Rud Rasmussen
Located in New York, NY
. Another variant was made for the Thorvaldsen Museum in Copenhagen. The chair was a revolution when it
Category
Vintage 1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Goatskin, Leather, Teak
Antique Green Leather Model 519F Armchair by Adolf Loos for Thonet Wien.
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH, Adolf Loos
Located in Budapest, HU
Catalog No. 519 F
Adolf Loos was the designer of the iconic Cafe Museum chairs in Vienna, and his work in
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Armchairs
Materials
Beech, Bentwood
18th Century Connecticut Bowback Windsor (EB TRACY)
By E.B. Tracy
Located in Woodbury, CT
-1800. His Windsor chairs are sought after by museums and collectors alike. Chairs produced by him and
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier American Country Windsor Chairs
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Museum Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
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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Prices for a museum chair can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $441 and can go as high as $65,000, while the average can fetch as much as $3,858.
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.
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