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Chairs For Sale
Place of Origin: Italian
Place of Origin: African
Antique African Wooden Chair or Side Table
Located in New York, NY
Hand carved wooden chair from the Ivory Coast of Africa. This can also be used as a low side table. A piece of art.
This chair was sourced in the spirit of wabi-sabi, a Japanese ...
Category
19th Century Ivorian Primitive Antique Chairs
Materials
Wood, Reclaimed Wood
Pair of Italian Art Deco Slipper Chairs with Macassar Ebony Veneer
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely pair of Art Deco side chairs perfectly embodies the timeless appeal of Deco period furniture. Ideal in a bedroom or parlor, the chairs have a modern silhouette of round u...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Chairs
Materials
Silk, Wood, Ebony
Pair of Thonet Style Bentwood Dining Chairs, Italy 60s
Located in Lucija, SI
Pair of dining chairs in the style of Thonet bentwood chair. The chairs were made in Italy in the 60s. Both in good vintage condition. With minor traces of use and age.
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Casa e Giardino chairs gin Ponti style 1950s
Located in bari, IT
Set of two chiars in wrought iron and brown velvet seat produced by Casa e Giardino 1950s, it is possible to purchase the set with the two related chairs and the complete set with ce...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
$1,911 / set
Pair of
Alky
chairs
Located in London, GB
A pair of Alky chairs by Giancarlo Piretti in excellent original condition.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wool, Upholstery
$3,685 / set
Set of 2 Green / Brass Cactus Chair by Marcantonio, Made in Italy
By MARCANTONIO
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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This set includes 2 x Cactus chairs.
This cactus chair is suitable f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Polished Brass Chiavari Chair with Red Velvet, Italy, 1960s
By Chiavari
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Stunning Italian polished brass Chiavari chair with bat motif and red velvet upholstery, circa 1960s.
Designed by Giuseppe Gaetano Descalzi and produced since the early 19th century...
Category
1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Chairs
Materials
Brass
Frank Lloyd Wright "Barrel" Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1937, Set of 2
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Frank Lloyd Wright "Barrel" chairs for Cassina, patinated wood and black leather seat, Italy, 1937, set of 2
A timeless design informed by exceptional constructive complexity, the ...
Category
1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Alias 210 Bookchair Bookcase with Chair in White Lacquered MDF by Sou Fujimoto
By Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 210 Bookchair Bookcase with Chair in White Lacquered MDF by Sou Fujimoto
Bookcase with structure and tops made of white (V001) lacquered MDF. Extractable seat in the same finish.
One of the best-known Japanese architects today, Sou Fujimoto (1971) graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Tokyo University with a degree in architecture. Fujimoto rose to fame a few years later after winning the Architectural Review Awards prize for emerging personalities in the world of architecture for three years in a row.
Fujimoto says that, into the complexity of the natural environment, “we inject our human sense of order (and vice versa), carrying forward a new definition of space which responds to the changing times”.
In 2012 Fujimoto was a member of the team winning the Golden Lion at the Architecture Exhibition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Kartell A.I. Bar Stool in Black by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kartell continues its ongoing commitment to sustainability with eco-friendly products which are part of the broader project expressed by the industrial manifesto Kartell loves the pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Les Arcs Chair Chosen by Charlotte Perriand 60s by Dal Vera, italy
Located in Lucija, SI
Leather and chrome chair selected by Charlotte Perriand for Les Arcs c1960.
Great patina
This is a must have chair
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Italian 1950s Sculptural Single Chair
By Paolo Buffa
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1950s beautifully sculpted single chair.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
"Quinta" Dining Chairs by Mario Botta for Alias, 1980s, set of 8
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 8 black metal chairs designed by Mario Botta for Alias. Quinta model. Stamped Alias. Seat height: 43 cm Wear due to time and age.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
Cucus chair by Andrea Branzi
By Andrea Branzi, Zabro
Located in Uccle, BE
“Cucus”, chair from the “Domestic Animals” series by Andrea Branzi.
Chair in painted MDF (dark gray).
The backrest made of tree branches.
From a limited edition of 9 copies.
Our copy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
$19,712
Kartell Uncle Jim Armchair in Clear by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Uncle collection designed by Philippe Starck adds the Uncle Jim armchair. The armchair echoes the lines and sinuosity of Uncle Jack and lends itself to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Corolla 270 White Armchair by Cristina Celestino
Located in Milan, IT
Exuding a sophisticated and delicate flair, this armchair is exquisitely fashioned of refined materials. A unique design by Cristina Celestino, it features a structure in white-lacqu...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
$2,645 / item
Alias 301 Laleggera Chair in Black Color Stained Wood by Riccardo Blumer
By Riccardo Blumer, Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 301 Laleggera Chair in Black Color Stained Wood by Riccardo Blumer
Stacking chair with structure in solid maple or ash. Maple veneer or oak veneer. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Wood
Monk Dining Chairs by Afra
Tobia Scarpa for Molteni, 1970s, set of 6
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 6 canvas and wood chairs by Afra and Tobia Scarpa. Model: Monk. Seat height: 45 cm. Wear due to time and age of the chairs.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PRICE
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Ghanaian wood, iron, and cowhide chair, early 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A stunning Ghanaian throne chair, early 20th century. Wood (potentially mahogany) with iron studs and original cowhide seat. Curiously, part of the metal on the backrest reads «made...
Category
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Chairs
Materials
Iron
$752 Sale Price
20% Off
Studio Made Sedia Chair by Enzo Mari
By Enzo Mari
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1970s. This is a studio made self-assembly chair originally published in Enzo Mari’s 1974 project called Autoprogettazione.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 4 Cesca chairs, Gavina, 1960
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Set of 4 chairs mod. Cesca, Marcel Breuer, Gavina, Italy, 1960. Bent chrome-plated tubular steel frame.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
$4,874 / set
Set 4 sedie vintage anni 70 in legno e pelle design Pietro Costantini per Ello
Located in None, IT
Set di quattro sedie con struttura in legno laccato nero e seduta in pelle nera, disegnate da Pietro Costantini per Ello, anni '70.
CONDIZIONE:
In buone condizioni, presenta segni d...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$1,806 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Maya" chairs designed by Giotto Stoppino for Bernini in the 1970s, Set of four
Located in Milano, IT
A collection of four Maya chairs crafted by Giotto Stoppino for Bernini during the 1970s, these chairs have undergone recent reupholstering with a luscious,...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pierre Jeanneret Commitee Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Committee Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950 , relaunched in 2022.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The Committee Chair is introduced in the original version and in a fr...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
$6,104 / item
Vittorio Nobili for Fratelli Tagliabue Medea Desk Chairs, Italy, 1950s
Located in Lewes, East Sussex
A pair of original Vittorio Nobili Medea office or desk chairs with swivel base, for Fratelli Tagliabue, Italy, 1950s. Price per chair. Fast shipping worldwide.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Gae Aulenti
April
Canvas Folding Chairs, Zanotta, 1972
By Gae Aulenti
Located in Corby, GB
A pair of elegant 'April' folding chairs, designed by the trail-blazing female Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti. Designed in 1972 for Zanotta and inspired by a classic dire...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Customizable Tacchini Paola Chair by Vico Magistretti
Located in New York, NY
Price listed for leather.
Fabric is less expensive.
Solidity and lightness go together. Rigidity and sweetness meet. Paola is a chair that speaks of tradition and modernity, it is ...
Category
2010s Italian Chairs
Materials
Ash
Kartell Madame Chair in Shanghai Print by Philippe Starck
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Thanks to its neutral colour palette, this chair makes the ideal furniture piece for inserting in sophisticated residential interiors or the most refin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric
Yellow Paper Pulp Sculptural #21.1c Tubes Chair by Zaven
By Zaven
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Tubes series was initiated during lockdown in the spring of 2020, when the Italian studio Zaven's married co-founders were stuck at home. "We decided to build a new piece of furn...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Paper
Lierna Chair in Black Ash by Achille
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni for Meritalia
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Lierna dining chair by Achille
Pier Giacomo Castiglioni combines a solid wood frame with a lightweight design. Its distinctive curved backrest offers ergonomic support whil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Ash
Set of Two Pierre Jeanneret 055 Capitol Complex Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Pierre Jeanneret circa 1950, relaunched in 2019.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
This chair is one of the most recognisable in Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex, f...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
Frag Italy 6 Stitched Leather Side Chairs Style of Mario Bellini Post-Modern
By Mario Bellini, Frag
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Italian set of four six (6) off-white stitched leather side or dining chairs by design company Frag. Made in Italy as marked. 100% leather. Similar in style to the Cassina leather...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Contemporary Italian 543 Broadway Chair
Ottoman by Gaetano Pesce Bernini, 1993
By Bernini, Gaetano Pesce
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare Italian contemporary "543 Broadway" chair with a matching ottoman in red and yellow moulded resin seat and back, patinated steel base and feet in plastic with springs by Geata...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Vico Magistretti Set of Two Red Selene Chairs by Artemide 1970s
Located in Cascina, Pisa
A set of two Selene stackable chairs in red resin reinforced with fiberglass, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 and produced by Artemide Milano in the 1970s.
The Selene chair was designed in 1967 by Magistretti to be produced in a plastic material, as he affirmed: "The seat and the back are simple curved surfaces. For me, the legs represented the real image of the piece, with as small a volume as that of any common wooden chair. I solved it by exploiting the molding of a plastic material formed by a simple 3-millimeter-thick sheet with a simple but very resistant "S" cross-section which inter-related the object with ordinary chairs without however the elephant legs so untypical of chairs. It was fun working with the model maker on the wood model." When produced in series, "a unit comes out of the machine every five minutes": Selene is the fruit of a single compression molding process on a pre-impregnated sheet (Ottagono 15 / 1969). Magistretti solves the problem of leg resistance by adopting an "S-shaped" configuration that confers resistance to a sheet only 3 millimeters thick. The formal and structural solution had already been previously adopted for the Chimera lamp (a self-supporting methacrylate sheet) and in developing the legs of the Demetrio table...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Located in Buchanan, NY
A sophisticated pair of 1950s Italian sidechairs in green leather with wicker backs and brass detailing. Add some classic mid-century modern elegance to your home with this gorgeous pair of 1950s Italian side chairs...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
Pair of Zavanella Wood and Black Velvet Chairs
Located in Milano, IT
Immerse yourself in the luxury of these beautifully restored Zavanella chairs, renowned for their striking angular design and exceptional comfort. Crafted with attention to detail, t...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood
$17,203 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brown Beech Six Gio Ponti Style Dining Chairs, 1960s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid-Century Modern vintage six dining chairs or chairs from beech in the style of Gio Ponti 1960s Italy.
A wonderful set of six dining chairs in stained dark brown color with newly ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
Vintage 1970s chair model "Jano" design K. Takahama for Simon Gavina
Located in None, IT
Chair with chrome metal frame and blue velvet upholstery, model "Jano" design Kazuhide Takahama for Simon Gavina, 1970s.
CONDITION:
In good condition, may show signs of wear given b...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Metal
$688 Sale Price
20% Off
Modern Chocolate Brown Leather Eight Dining Chairs Tito Agnoli , 1979
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Vienna, AT
Modern 8 cognac or chocolate brown vintage dining chairs or chairs designed by Tito Agnoli for Matteo Grassi 1979, Italy.
A special feature from the model of chair Korium is high-qua...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Unopiu
Conrad Foldable Chairs Outdoor Collection
By Unopiù
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Essential lines and the stability of iron represent the compositional qualities that make Conrad the best choice for furnishing contract environments and smaller spaces.
The texture ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Iron
Art Deco Set of 6 Chairs, Italy, 1940
Located in Split, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija
A composition of sculptural clarity, this suite of six Italian high-back chairs embodies a language of refined austerity and measured grace. Evoking the spirit of Gio Ponti, René Pro...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Brass
$15,530 / set
Pr. Midcentury Dining Side Chairs Att. to Ico Parisi, circa 1950s
By Ico Parisi
Located in New York, NY
Chic sophisticated design mid century side chairs, in newly reupholstered ecru leather with sculptural wood frames. Italian made, attributed to Ice Parisi, circa 1940- 1950's. Both c...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Latonda chair designed by Mario Botta for Alias, Italy 1987
By Mario Botta, Alias
Located in Milano, IT
Latonda chair designed by Mario Botta for Alias, Italy 1987
The bent steel tube traces a fluid curve that gracefully moves through space. The two inclined circles, broken at the cen...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Chair For Cassina
An icon of chair design and of Cassina’s masterful artisan craftsmanship. A tasteful and versatile piece remin...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
$3,524 / item
Maui Armchair Terry Dwan Contemporary Natural Cedar Made in Italy Riva 1920
By Terry Dwan
Located in Cantù, IT
Armchair made from a single block of scented cedar. A sculptured monolith with a curvy and sinuous design. It has an ergonomic seat in a continuous line with the back. Available with...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Customizable Tacchini Isola Lounge Chair by Claesson Koivisto Rune
Located in New York, NY
In waiting spaces, people naturally tend to assume a relaxed posture, particularly while using their computer, laptop or smartphone for work or to pass the time. This consideration w...
Category
2010s Italian Chairs
Materials
Leather, Fabric
Mario Botta, 4
Seconda
Black Metal Chairs, Alias Mod. 602, 1980s
By Mario Botta
Located in Argelato, BO
Three 'Seconda' chairs designed by the famous architect Mario Botta for the Italian firm Alias, model 602.
All 4 are painted black both in the structure and in the seat, they bear ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Steel
Franco Albini Luisa Chair, Wood and Fabric by Cassina
By Franco Albini, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Franco Albini in 1953. Relaunched in 2013.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
The small armchair, dubbed Luisa, is the fruit of a fifteen-year process of exploratio...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Space Age Red Plastic Vintage Chair Selene by Vico Magistretti, Italy
Located in Vienna, AT
Space Age red vintage plastic chair model Selene designed by Vico Magistretti 1968 for Artemide Milano, Italy.
The chair shows a very good vintag...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Space Age Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Roly Poly Polyethylene Armchair with Cushions, 1stdibs Gallery Showroom Sample
By Faye Toogood, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The distinctive, reassuringly chunky lines of Faye Toogood’s Roly-Poly furniture collection become even more inviting in her new collaboration with Driade. The latest line for the It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Plastic
Set of 4 Italian Rush Seat Chairs in the Style of Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 4 Italian rush seat chairs in the style of Gio Ponti.
Sleek and stylish ladder back dining chairs.
Newly refinished.
Minor imperfecti...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Chairs
Materials
Rush, Wood
Gaetano Pesce Armchair - Nobody
s Perfect - Collection , Zerodisegno, 2000
s
Located in PARIS, FR
Nobody's perfect chair by Gaetano Pesce, Zerodisegno / Italy, 2003
Mark: Zerodisegno / Gaetano Pesce, 2003
Signed and dated 19 05 03
UNIQUE PIECE.
Category
Early 2000s Italian Chairs
Materials
Resin
Antique Italian Besarel Walnut Arm Chair Baroque Upholstered Mid-19th C Rare
By Valentino Panciera Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Tyler, TX
Stunning & rare Italian venetian highly carved walnut Baroque upholstered arm chair~~ Besarel~~mid-19th century
We recently had the good fortune to obtain this rare work of art~~an antique carved walnut arm chair...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Heart Chair
Located in Milan, IT
Featuring a stylish design that makes it both aesthetically pleasing and functional, this chair from the Imperfect Love Collection will make a statement in a contemporary and eclecti...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Iron
$6,610 / item
Set of 6 Chairs Clack Model Design Lucci
Orlandini for Lamm, 70
s
Located in taranto, IT
Set of 6 fonding chairs "clack" model, designed by Lucci& orlandini for italian Lamm.
Sold with their original base with wheels, they are made with an iron structure and plastic sea...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Iron
Four Sabrina Chairs By Gastone Rinaldi for Rima Italy 1970s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Sabrina Chairs by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima 1970s
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Napoleon III Style Gold Rope Twist Framed Tub Chairs 3 available
Located in New York, NY
Chic, voguish rope twist framed upholstered tub chairs, executed in gold paint finished carved wood rope twist frames, with upholstered seats.
These chairs were made in Italy, circ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Vico Magistretti "122" Chairs for Cassina, Red Leather, 1967, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "122" chairs for Cassina, dark brown wood and red leather, Italy, 1967, set of eight.
The "122" chairs designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 have a sculptural design...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Plywood
Inlaid Moroccan Chair
Located in Atlanta, GA
Inlaid Moroccan chair, in the manner of Carlo Bugatti, Moroccan, circa 1950s. Completely hand made with intricate inlay throughout. Retains warm original...
Category
1950s Moroccan Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chairs
Materials
Bone, Shell, Wood
$1,800
Bauhaus mg5, S34 Mart Stam Marcel Breuer tubular leather chair, 1980s
Located in Zevenaar, NL
Iconic mg5 "S34" Mart Stam/ Marcel Breuer tubular frame chair, Fasem Italy, 1980s
How timeless something can be! This design by Mart Stam/ Marcel Breuer is originally from the 1920s...
Category
1920s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel, Chrome
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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.
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“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.
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