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Lost Warhols: American Flag
- Large
By Karen Bystedt
Located in New York, NY
in 1987) back to life. Characteristically nonplussed yet intense, he sits in a director's chair
Category
1980s Pop Art Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Photographic Paper
Lost Warhols: American Flag
- Medium
By Karen Bystedt
Located in New York, NY
in 1987) back to life. Characteristically nonplussed yet intense, he sits in a director's chair
Category
1980s Pop Art Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Photographic Paper
Børge Mogensen for Fredericia
Spanish
Dining Chair in Oak
By Fredericia Stolefabrik, Børge Mogensen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
This dining chair reminds of the classical foldable 'director-chairs', yet this design by Danish
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Vintage Hollywood Regency X-Frame Blue Iron Curule Directors Arm Chairs B - Pair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Hollywood Regency X-Frame Blue Iron Curule Directors Arm Chairs (B) - Pair. Item features X
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Metal
Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Pair of Armchairs in Oak and Leather
By Fredericia Stolefabrik, Børge Mogensen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
, 1964
This pair of armchairs reminds of the classical foldable 'director-chairs', yet this design by
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Leather, Oak
Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Armchair in Oak and Black Leather
By Fredericia Stolefabrik, Børge Mogensen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
, 1964.
This armchair reminds of the classical foldable 'director-chairs', yet this design by Danish
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Metal
Rare Børge Mogensen for Fredericia ‘Safari’ Armchair Cognac Leather Oak
By Børge Mogensen, Fredericia Stolefabrik
Located in Waalwijk, NL
, Denmark, 1960s
This rare armchair reminds of the classical foldable 'director-chairs', yet this design by
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Sophia Loren, 21st Century, Contemporary, Celebrity, Photography
By Greg Gorman
Located in München, BY
the Italian actress Sophia Loren waring sunglasses and sits in a director's chair.
From personality
Category
1990s Contemporary Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Archival Pigment
Rare Børge Mogensen for Fredericia Pair of ‘Safari’ Armchairs Cognac Leather Oak
By Fredericia Stolefabrik, Børge Mogensen
Located in Waalwijk, NL
, oak, brass, Denmark, 1960s
This rare pair of armchairs reminds of the classical foldable 'director
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Chanel Fall 1994 Size 42 / 8 Vintage Army Olive Military Green Brown Skirt Suit
By Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in San Diego, CA
framed, Vogue reported, by a set that included “a director’s chair, a mock movie camera, and klieg lights
Category
1990s French Retro Directors Chair
$3,916 Sale Price
20% Off
"Metamorphosis, " Original Watercolor Abstract signed by Jeanne Spicuzza
By Jeanne Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Raleigh Studios, Wisconsin Film Festival and Women in the Directors' Chair. Jeanne Marie is listed in
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Watercolor
Scottish Abstract Contemporary Minimalist Art Bronze Sculpture Alan Johnston 2/2
Located in Surfside, FL
, Beat Zoderer
2004 The Director’s Chair, Open Eye Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Künstlerbücher, With
Category
1980s Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Bronze
Brutalist black armchair by Boris Krstulović, Yugoslavia, Croatia, 1970s
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Director's office (Vladimir Žanić). Currently, only one surviving chair is known!
Good vintage condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Croatian Brutalist Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Leather
View of San Francisco
, SFMoMA, Modernism, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Associations:
National Board Director, Women’s Caucus for Art
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee, Nat’l Board
Category
1980s Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
$8,800 Sale Price
29% Off
Pair of Mid Century Leather Armchairs by Branko Ursic for Stol Kamnik
By Stol Kamnik
Located in Beograd, RS
Kamnik and designed by its creative director Branko Ursic. The chairs were originally upholstered in
Category
1960s Slovenian Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Steel
Naval Director Chair of the 1980s
Located in Manzano, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Naval director's chair with 1980s mahogany folding backrest, washable fabric seat and backrest.
Category
1980s Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany
Set of 2 director
s chairs in bamboo
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Set of 2 director's chairs in bamboo in good structural condition with signs of use.
Dimensions
Category
1970s Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Fabric, Bamboo
$957 / set
McGuire Pair of Wood and Leather Director
s Chairs, USA, 1950s
By John and Elinor McGuire
Located in Dusseldorf, NRW
A pair of director's chairs made of stained ash and leather seating.
This model was designed in
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Directors Chairs from Telescope Chair, Leopard Print Fabric, Midcentury, Pair
By Telescope Chair Company
Located in Madison, WI
Directors chairs, pair, upholstered in leopard print design fabric. Made by Telescope Chair Company
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Pair of Intricate Directors Chairs by Pace
By Pace Collection
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An incredibly well-engineered and comfortable pair of black vinyl directors chairs with multiple
Category
1970s Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome, Steel
$1,800 / set
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out
Category
1950s Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out
Category
1950s Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Giclée
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina, 1953
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
Audrey Hepburn in Directors Chair on Set of Sabrina -- Audrey Hepburn on the set of Sabrina. Out
Category
1950s Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Giclée
Alfred Hitchcock Leaning on Director
s Chair Fine Art Print
By Bud Fraker
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Presents". The director is pictured here in a half length portrait, leaning on a directors chair bearing
Category
1950s Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment
Three Modern Directors Chairs Produced by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy, circa 1970
By Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Vienna, AT
Three modern Directors chairs produced by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy, 1970s-1980s.
A folding
Category
1970s Italian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
Folding Safari / Directors Chair Mogens Koch MK-16 Interna, Denmark, 1960s
By Mogens Koch
Located in Munster, DE
Beautifully patinated safari chair by Mogens Koch, manufactured in the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Canvas
Director
s Chair in Brass and Purple Calf Leather, France, Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The original seat and back rest have been changed with new ones in purple pony-skin-like calf leather.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Pair of Directors Chairs Manufactured by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy, circa 1970
Located in Vienna, AT
Manufactured by Fratelli Reguitti, Italy, 1970s-1980s.
A folding construction with lacquered wood, the seating and backrest covered with high quality fabric in colorful geometric pat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Fabric, Hardwood
McGuire Director
s Chairs X-Chair, Set of 4
By McGuire
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Rare set of 4 late 1950s McGuire X-Chairs in beautiful tinted oak wood, black leather and silver
Category
1950s North American Campaign Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Leather, Oak
$4,787 / set
Folding Director Chairs by Peter Karpf for Skagerak Trip Trap Denmark, Set of 4
By Trip Trap, Peter Karpf
Located in Ely, GB
A Set of 4, Late 20th Century Folding Chairs Designed by Peter Karpf for Skagerak / Trip Trap
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Canvas, Oak
McGuire Director
s Chairs X-Chair, Set of 4, 1950s
By McGuire
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Rare set of 4 late 1950s McGuire X-Chairs in beautiful honey-colored wood, black leather and gold
Category
1950s North American Campaign Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
$10,056 / set
Danish Safari Directors Chair by Mogens Koch for Interna, 1960
By Interna, Mogens Koch
Located in Stuttgart, DE
High quality build folding safari chair from around the 1960s.
These rare to find chairs were
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
20th Century Folding Chrome Chair with Goat Leather
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
Stylish director chair with goat leather seat. We have two of them in stock.
Category
Late 20th Century Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome
Child Director Leaflets Chairs Fratelli Reguitti, Italia, 1969
By Fratelli Reguitti
Located in Manzano, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Child director leaflets chairs Fratelli Reguitti, Italia 1969 in beechwood natural color.
Category
1960s Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Beech
Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler for Forma Lounge Chair, 1950
s
By Carlo Hauner and Martin Eisler, Forma
Located in Sao Paulo, BR
directors.
The chair is in great original vintage condition, some minor paint loss to steel legs. It is
Category
1950s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Iron
Clint Eastwood
By Jack Robinson
Located in Memphis, TN
his first role from the director’s chair, Play Misty for Me (1971), as well as his first portrayal of
Category
1960s Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper
Walter Gropius Cubist Steel and Chrome Armchairs
By Walter Gropius
Located in New York, NY
Monumental 1930s Walter Gropius cubist steel and chrome armchairs modeled after Gropius Director
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome, Steel
Sharon Tate Up-Close Exceptional Portrait Fine Art Print
By Jim Silke
Located in Las Vegas, NV
, where she could be seen seated in a canvas director's chair, in front of an oversize W.C. Fields image
Category
1960s Contemporary Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Cleo Baldon Director
s Chairs
By Cleo Baldon
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Cleo Baldon's design elevates the ubiquitous director's chair by contrasting oak and iron to create
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Iron
1970s Italian Leather Director
s Chairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of Italian leather Director's chairs with square and rectangular chrome legs and cross members
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Pace Director
s Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Pace Director's chairs with chrome frame with brass finials, upholstered with beige/putty
Category
1970s American Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome, Brass
Pair 1970
s Italian Lucite Directors Chairs
Located in New York, NY
1970's Italian Lucite Directors Chairs
Category
1970s Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Lucite
Chrome Directors Chair needlepoint Andy Warhol Poppies
Located in Westport, CT
Polished Chrome Directors Chair,seat and back Hand made vintage, Andy Warhol Famous serigraph
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
1970s Lucite Director Chair
Located in New York, NY
1970' Lucite Director Chair only 1 available
Category
1970s American Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Lucite
Orange Suede Director
s Chair
Located in Stamford, CT
1970s Director's chair with original orange suede upholstery. 17.5 inches seat height.
Category
1970s Retro Directors Chair
Set of Three Midcentury "Directors Chair" Chairs
Located in Van Nuys, CA
"Directors Chair" is in the style of Cleo Baldon for Terra in the early 1960s.
The chairs feature a
Category
1960s Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Iron
$4,400 / item
Pair of Italian Steel and Leather Director Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare pair of vintage Italian steel and leather director chairs. Made of a pretty creme colored
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Steel
Director
s Chair with Pony Skin
Located in New York, NY
Director's chair with pony skin seat and back, American 1970's
Category
1970s American Retro Directors Chair
1960s Director
s Chair by McGuire Wood and Black Leather
Located in IT
Director's chair by McGuire from 1960s with black leather seat and brass details.
Great conditions
Category
1960s Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Leather, Wood
Mid Century Wood and Chrome Directors Chair
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Mid Century wood and chrome directors chair
Chair measures: 22.5 wide x 22 deep x 33 high, with a
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome
Chrome and Lucite Directors Chair
Located in Miami, FL
Great chrome and lucite chair fabricated in the 70's in the style of a directors chair.
Category
1970s American Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome
Sarreid Black Leather and Walnut Folding Campaign / Director
s Chair
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century folding campaign / director's chair with walnut frames and black stitched
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Leather
Set of Four Chrome and Leather Folding Directors Chairs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning set of four chrome and natural leather folding directors chairs. Leather in good original
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Chrome
McGuire Furniture of San Francisco Director Chairs in Oak, Pair
By McGuire
Located in Miami, FL
McGuire San Francisco oak director's chairs, leather and brass, pair
Offered for sale is a pair
Category
Late 20th Century Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Oak
Pair Of Stylized Brass "director
s Chairs"
Located in New York, NY
Pair of stylized brass "director's chairs" with ball finial details.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Retro Directors Chair
Materials
Brass
Pair of Smokey Lucite Director
s Chairs
Located in New York, NY
Pair of smokey lucite and chrome Director's chairs, American 1970's
Category
1970s American Retro Directors Chair
Pair of Directors Chairs in Burl with Brass Accents by Widdicomb
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Directors Chairs in burl with brass stretchers and accents by Widdicomb, American 1950's
Category
1950s American Retro Directors Chair
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Retro Directors Chair For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic retro directors chair available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, animal skin and wood, every retro directors chair was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect retro directors chair — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. Each retro directors chair bearing Mid-Century Modern, Hollywood Regency or Modern hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made retro directors chair over the years, but those crafted by John and Elinor McGuire, McGuire Furniture Company and Alessandro Albrizzi are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
How Much is a Retro Directors Chair?
Prices for a retro directors chair start at $200 and top out at $18,900 with the average selling for $2,083.
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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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Questions About Retro Directors Chair
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A director’s chair is stereotypically associated with movie directors. The lightweight chair has scissored legs, can often be folded for ease of transport or storage and is a popular silhouette for camping chairs. Shop an assortment of director chair styles on 1stDibs.
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