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Set of Four Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Four X Frame Chairs by Pierre Jeanneret
Eulie Chowdhury, Chandigarh India 1959
By Pierre Jeanneret
Located in London, GB
Chandigarh a short history: Upon the request of Prime Minister Nehru at the end of the 1940’s, Le Corbusier
Category
Vintage 1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Cane, Teak
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Danish Oak
Blue Fabric Chair by Hans J. Wegner
By Hans J. Wegner, GETAMA
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
a result of this breakthrough, the company had to come up with a shorter and more international name
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Oak
$473 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 4 Vintage Midcentury Danish Modern Oak Chairs by Hans J Wegner for GETAMA
By Hans J. Wegner, GETAMA
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
company had to come up with a shorter and more international name, so in 1953 Gedsted Tang-og Madrasfabrik
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Faux Leather, Oak
$2,389 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
-known office chair, this armless chair also uses the “V” approach to sidebars, in this case shorter as
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Natural Oak Klee Chair 2 by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
, honing his keen eye for materials, colors, and textures. For a short time, he then worked for Stella
Category
2010s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Ash
$1,092 / item
Black Ash Klee Chair 2 by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
, honing his keen eye for materials, colors, and textures. For a short time, he then worked for Stella
Category
2010s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Ash
$1,092 / item
Set of 2 Black Ash Klee Chairs 2 by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
, honing his keen eye for materials, colors, and textures. For a short time, he then worked for Stella
Category
2010s French Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Ash
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair by Cassina
By Cassina, Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 055 Capitol Complex Chair by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion by Cassina
By Cassina, Pierre Jeanneret
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion by Cassina
By Pierre Jeanneret, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
shorter as they do not extend to the arms. Importance, instead, is given to the seating/ backrest sequence
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Superb Vladimir Kagan “Nautilus” Corkscrew Armchair and Footstool in Brown Ultra
Located in Barrowford, GB
that remains a joy forever.
Dressed in the most stunning and tactile short-pile Ultrasuede option in
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Ultrasuede
"Selby" by Lee Stanton Armchair Upholstered in Belgian Linen or Custom Fabric
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Selby by Lee Stanton Editions is a short winged armchair with rounded and beveled tapered wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Edwardian Chairs
Materials
Wood
Harry Bertoia Early and Rare
Pre-Production
Small Diamond Chair for Knoll
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Cincinnati, OH
the inside. Wired together to form a stronger unit this may have been a short run or prototype piece
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wire
Gufram Softcrete Central Seat by Ross Lovegrove
By Gufram Furniture, Ross Lovegrove
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
the visual and tactile short-circuit of this interior design item. Infinitely modular, the project is
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Foam
$4,900 / item
Niall O`Flynn for Spectrum Model Rascal Chair, 1997
By
t Spectrum Bergeijk, Niall O
Flynn
Located in Munich, Bavaria
the year 1997.
It was produced for a short period of 4 years.
The chair is rare and a unique piece
Category
1990s Dutch Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
19th Century Walnut Czech Biedermeier Chairs Set of 4 Pieces, 1840-1849
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
price is the same as for ship transport but delivery time is really shorter.
We create a special plywood
Category
Antique 1840s Czech Biedermeier Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Walnut, Lacquer, Upholstery
Antique 1830 William IV Flamed Hardwood Metamorphic Library Armchair Steps
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
transforms into a short set of steps for use with bookshelves, is close to a design for a ‘Library Chair
Category
Antique 1830s English William IV Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Midcentury Dutch Plywood Chair, the Netherlands, 1940s
Located in Utrecht, NL
historical purpose. In the 1940s, this model was known as a UKG (ultra-short wave) chair, as it was used in
Category
Vintage 1940s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Plywood
Longhorn Hide Chair and Ottoman
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
black and white speckled short haired longhorn hide with star brand in upper right hand corner on chair
Category
2010s American Chairs
Materials
Hide
$6,615 / set
Burr Walnut Brown Leather Regency Metamorphic Reading Armchair to Library Steps
By Gillows of Lancaster
London
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
‘patent’ or ‘metamorphic’ furniture This chair, which transforms into a short set of steps for use with
Category
Antique 18th Century English Regency Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Art Deco Vintage Walnut Armchair Cercle Josef Frank Walter Sobotka Vienna 1930
By Walter Sobotka
Located in Vienna, AT
and gave many presentations at the universities.
For a short time Walter Sobotka was envolved into the
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
"Stora Kraal" Easy Chair by Kerstin Hörlin-Holmquist, Sweden, 1950s
By Nordiska Kompaniet, Kerstin Horlin Holmquist
Located in Utrecht, NL
lines with organic materials and form. Without worrying about short-lived trends and what other people
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Eight Antique Howard
Son
s Brown Leather Carver Gainsborough Dining Armchairs
By Howard
Sons Ltd, Howard and Sons
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
St) before moving a short distance to 34 Great Alie St.
In 1844 the company made its first venture
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$24,023 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Chair Year :1865, Attributed to Shapland and Petter of Barnstaple, English
By Shapland
Petter
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Barnstaple, where he reconstructed the machine that he had seen in America. After a short while he moved to
Category
Antique 1860s English Arts and Crafts Chairs
Materials
Wood
Deco Style Slipper Chair with Wood Detail and Brass Painted Feet
Customizable
By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
About this piece
Deco inspired slipper chair with large broad seat and short back for lounge
Category
2010s American Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Faux Fur, Maple
19th Century American Walnut Childs Chair with Provenance
Located in Dallas, TX
Hall, was widely known early in the twentieth century for her short stories featuring an elderly
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century American American Craftsman Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Scandinavian Chair Model PP 68 by Hans Wegner
By Hans J. Wegner, PP Møbler
Located in Courbevoie, FR
incredible life work.
pp68 is optimized to be practical. The short armrests makes it easy to enter and
Category
Vintage 1980s Scandinavian Chairs
Materials
Teak
Franck Genser, Armchair from the Chance Series, France, 2018
By Franck Genser
Located in New York, NY
polished walnut bases with an evenly spaced series of short legs, each in the shape of slowly dripping
Category
2010s French Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Price Upon Request
Stacking Chairs « Juliette » by Baleri , Italy
By Hannes Wettstein
Located in PÉZENAS, FR
Modern style with short round back
Model is very elegant
Hannes Wettstein was one of the most
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Metal
$2,633 / set
Amorph Darcey Dining Chair, Ebony Stained
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
design.
Amir Habibabadi is nothing short of a visionary. He developed his perspective and unique
Category
2010s American Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$6,000 / item
Eye Chair 1 (Charlotte Colbert x Maison Colbert)
Located in London, GB
directed award-winning short films, including The Silent Man with Simon Amstell and Sophie Kennedy Clarke
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Amorph Gazelle Dining Chair, Solid Wood, Stained Graphite Walnut
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
colors, finishes, and modifying the furniture’s design.
Amir Habibabadi is nothing short of a visionary
Category
2010s American Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Ash
Amorph Darcey Dining Chair, Set of 4, Ebony Stained
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
colors, finishes, and modifying the furniture’s design.
Amir Habibabadi is nothing short of a visionary
Category
2010s American Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
$24,000 / item
Amorph Gazelle Dining Chair, Solid Wood, Stained Graphite Walnut
By Amorph Inc.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Habibabadi is nothing short of a visionary. He developed his perspective and unique expertise as an architect
Category
2010s American Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood, Ash
Eye Chair 1 (Charlotte Colbert x Maison Colbert)
Located in London, GB
directed award-winning short films, including The Silent Man with Simon Amstell and Sophie Kennedy Clarke
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Eye Chair 2 (Charlotte Colbert x Maison Colbert)
Located in London, GB
directed award-winning short films, including The Silent Man with Simon Amstell and Sophie Kennedy Clarke
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Eye Chair 3 (Charlotte Colbert x Maison Colbert)
Located in London, GB
directed award-winning short films, including The Silent Man with Simon Amstell and Sophie Kennedy Clarke
Category
2010s Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Early Thonet Child Chair Labeled
By Gebrüder Thonet Vienna GmbH
Located in Diest, Vlaams Brabant
Early Thonet child chair nr 1
1 leg must be repaired on the bottom ( 1 cm to short )
back and
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Chairs
Materials
Beech
Single Rattan Slipper Chair
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A charming low slung rattan slipper chair, with new cushions in Fanny Shorter's Fig/Agni printed
Category
20th Century Chairs
Materials
Rattan
Pair Victorian Carved Walnut Nursing Chair Upholstered Seat, Scotland 1890, H766
Located in Vancouver, BC
All standing on short cabriole legs
All joints are tight.
Chair seats need to be recovered.
H766
Category
Antique 1890s Scottish Chairs
Materials
Walnut
1970s Angelo Mangiarotti Dining Room Chairs
By La Sorgente Dei Mobili, Angelo Mangiarotti
Located in Madrid, ES
Politecnico di Milano and He opened his own Studio in Milan after a short stay in the United States where he
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Sisal white chair “Club 112” in woven woollen finish, Colour 100 Tonus
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Como Green chair Club 112 felt wool, Colour 937 Divina Melange 3, from Kvadrat
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Tawny Port Red chair Club 112 in felt wool finish, Colour 620 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Umber Red Club chair Club 112 in felt wool finish, Colour 557 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Ocher Yellow Club chair Club 112 in felt wool, Colour 457 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Light Copper Green Club chair Club 112 in a felt woollen finish, Colour 813 MD
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Kobalt Blue Club chair Club 112 in a felt woollen finish, Colour 747 MD
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Moss Green Club chair Club 112 felt wool, Colour 917 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Cape Palliser Orange Club chair Club 112 felt wool, Colour 527 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Sycamore Yellow Club chair Club 112 in felt wool, Colour 427 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Donkey Brown Sandstone Club chair Club 112 in felt wool, Colour 413 MD
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Bali Hai Light Blue Club chair Club 112 in a felt woollen finish, Colour 731 MD
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
Mine Black Grey Club chair Club 112 in felt wool, Colour 180 Divina Melange 3
By Max Jungblut
Located in Maastricht, NL
shorter people can easily touch the ground with their feet due to the low front of the seat.
Ideal for
Category
2010s European Modern Club Chairs
Materials
Wool
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Short Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a range of short chairs for sale on 1stDibs. The range of distinct short chairs — often made from wood, fabric and metal — can elevate any home. There are 435 antique and vintage short chairs for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 196 modern editions to choose from as well. Short chairs have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Short chairs made by mid-century modern designers — as well as those associated with modern — are very popular at 1stDibs. If space is limited, there are small short chairs measuring 5.5 inches across. Many short chairs are appealing in their simplicity, but Greenapple, Rute Martins and Pierre Jeanneret produced popular short chairs that are worth a look.
How Much are Short Chairs?
Short chairs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $3,831, while the lowest priced sells for $220 and the highest can go for as much as $486,675.
Finding the Right Chairs for You
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
Questions About Short Chairs
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021The key thing to look for in an office chair for a short person is adjustability. Everything from the seat depth and height to the seat pan width are important aspects to consider before investing in an office chair. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage office chairs.
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