Mid-Century Modern Chairs
MID-CENTURY MODERN STYLE
Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern furniture. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living.
ORIGINS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Emerged during the mid-20th century
- Informed by European modernism, Bauhaus, International style, Scandinavian modernism and Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture
- A heyday of innovation in postwar America
- Experimentation with new ideas, new materials and new forms flourished in Scandinavia, Italy, the former Czechoslovakia and elsewhere in Europe
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
- Simplicity, organic forms, clean lines
- A blend of neutral and bold Pop art colors
- Use of natural and man-made materials — alluring woods such as teak, rosewood and oak; steel, fiberglass and molded plywood
- Light-filled spaces with colorful upholstery
- Glass walls and an emphasis on the outdoors
- Promotion of functionality
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
- Charles and Ray Eames
- Eero Saarinen
- Milo Baughman
- Florence Knoll
- Harry Bertoia
- Isamu Noguchi
- George Nelson
- Danish modernists Hans Wegner and Arne Jacobsen, whose emphasis on natural materials and craftsmanship influenced American designers and vice versa
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
- Eames lounge chair
- Nelson daybed
- Florence Knoll sofa
- Egg chair
- Womb chair
- Noguchi coffee table
- Barcelona chair
VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE ON 1STDIBS
The mid-century modern era saw leagues of postwar American architects and designers animated by new ideas and new technology. The lean, functionalist International-style architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the 1930s by Philip Johnson and others. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale in open-plan houses with long walls of glass.
Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair, respectively.
Architect, writer and designer George Nelson created with his team shades for the Bubble lamp using a new translucent polymer skin and, as design director at Herman Miller, recruited the Eameses, Alexander Girard and others for projects at the legendary Michigan furniture manufacturer.
Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. Materials were repurposed too: The Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs using surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests.
The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by celebrated manufacturer Knoll, a chief influencer in the rise of modern design in the United States, thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field. The seating that Knoll created for office spaces — as well as pieces designed by Florence initially for commercial clients — soon became desirable for the home.
As the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century furniture designers caught the spirit.
Classically oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise; the British expatriate T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb, who designed holistic groups of sleek, blond wood furniture, and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in minimalist teak dining tables and lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.
Generations turn over, and mid-century modern remains arguably the most popular style going. As the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture for the living room, dining room, bedroom and elsewhere on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history.
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Style: Mid-Century Modern
Creator: Cassina
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Natural Leather, 1977, Set of 16
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Natural leather, Italy, 1977, set of sixteen.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the r...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Tobia
Afra Scarpa Set of Eight 121 Chairs in Wood and Leather by Cassina 1970s
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Set of eight 121 chairs with structure in black lacquered wood, seat and back in Bulgarian red leather designed by Tobia and Afra Scarpa in 1965 and manufactured by Cassina in the 19...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 4
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set of four.
The Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs, d...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "925" Easy Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1966, Set of 2
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "925" easy chairs for Cassina, plywood and black leather, Italy, 1966, set of two.
In 1966 Afra & Tobia Scarpa designed the "925" chair, realized in walnut and l...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Plywood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Black Lacquered, 1965, Set of 6
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered, Italy, 1965, set of six.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Scarp...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Red Leather, 1965, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, red leather, Italy, 1965, set of eight.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Scarpa'...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Charlotte Perriand “LC7” Chairs for Cassina, 1927, Brown Leather, Set of 12
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier “LC7” dining chairs for Cassina, brown leather and black metal, Italy, 1927, set of twelve
An icon with a versatile and functio...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "122" Chairs for Cassina, Red Leather, 1967, Set of 6
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "122" chairs for Cassina, dark brown wood and red leather, Italy, 1967, set of six.
The "122" chairs designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 have a sculptural design, ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Plywood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413”Chairs for Cassina, Hazelnut Leather, 1977, Set of 10
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, hazelnut leather, Italy, 1977, set of ten.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the rela...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "122" Chairs for Cassina, 1967, Set of 12
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "122" chairs for Cassina, black structure, Italy, 1967 set of twelve.
The "122" chairs designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 have a sculptural design, created with a...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Plywood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chair for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, 1977
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, bordeaux leather, Italy, 1977.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the relationship bet...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, China Red Leather, 1978, Set of 10
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, China Red leather, Italy, 1978, set of ten.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the rel...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Mustard Leather, 1977, Set of 12
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Mustard yellow leather, Italy, 1977, set of twelve.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Dining Chairs for Cassina, Total Black, 1965, Set of 4
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, total black, Italy, 1965, set of four.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Scarpa's...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Hazelnut Leather, 1977, Set of 14
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, hazelnut leather, Italy, 1977, set of fourteen.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, 1977, Set of 8
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, 1977, set of eight.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the re...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Mustard Leather 1977, Set of 10
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Mustard yellow leather, Italy, 1977, set of ten.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by th...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather, 1978, Set of 12
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, tobacco brown leather, Italy, 1978, set of twelve.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Mustard Leather, 1977, Set of 8
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Mustard yellow leather, Italy, 1977, set of eight.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, China Red Leather, 1978, Set of 12
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, China Red leather, Italy, 1978, set of twelve.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413”Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather. 1977, Set of 4
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Tobacco dark brown leather, Italy, 1977, set of four.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, red lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of eight.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous ch...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, 1977, Set of 4
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, 1977, set of four.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the rel...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Gerrit Rietveld Zeilmaker Version of Black Red and Blue Chair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1920. Relaunched in 2015.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
One of the versions of the iconic model dated 1918. The structure is in black-stained beechwood with white contrasting parts. Seat and back in green lacquered multiplywood.
The black red and blue (Zeilmaker version) born from Rietveld’s chromatic experimentation
While researching the origins of the red and blue model in collaboration with the Rietveld heirs, it emerged that the key idea of the first prototypes was based on the concept of spatial organization expressed through the monochrome tones of its elements. The first version was in fact produced in 1918 in completely unpainted wood.
In the following years Rietveld proposed various examples, either monochrome or painted in different colors, depending on the requirements of his customers and the interiors for which the chairs were intended. As such, it comes as no surprise to find this 1920s version, presented as part of Cassina’s MutAzioni selection, created for the school teacher Wicher Zeilmaker with a black frame with white ends and a dark green painted seat and backrest.
It was Rietveld’s ever-increasing involvement in the De Stijl movement that led him to also use primary colors on this model in 1923, and as such the chair became a veritable manifesto for the emerging neoplastic movement. Initially dubbed slat chair, Rietveld only gave it the name red and blue in the 1950s following its chromatic evolution.
The various owners of the different examples used the chair as an abstract-realist sculpture in their interiors and, in some cases, as a simple tool for sitting on, adding cushions to make it more comfortable, just like Cassina offers for the black red and blue today.
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About the designer:
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, born in Utrecht on 24 June 1888, seems possessed of two personalities, each so distinct that one might take his work to be that of more than one artist. The first personality is that seen in the craftsman cabinet-maker working in a primordial idiom, re-inventing chairs and other furniture as if no one had ever built them before him and following a structural code all of his own; the second is that of the architect working with elegant formulas, determined to drive home the rationalist and neoplastic message in the context of European architecture. The two activities alternate, overlap, and fuse in a perfect osmosis unfolding then into a logical sequence. In 1918 Rietveld joined the “De Stijl” movement which had sprung up around the review of that name founded the year before by Theo van Doesburg. The group assimilated and translated into ideology certain laws on the dynamic breakdown of compositions (carrying them to an extreme) that had already been expressed in painting by the cubists: the “De Stijl” artists also carefully studied the architectonic lesson taught by the great Frank Lloyd Wright, whose influence was widely felt in Europe at that time.
Collaborating first with Robert van’t Hoff and Vilmos Huszar, then with Theo van Doesburg and Cornelius van Eesteren, Rietveld soon became one of the most distinguished interpreters of the neoplastic message.
Among his most important works are:
the Schröder house at Utrecht (1924); the “Row Houses” at Utrecht (1931-1934); the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Biennial (1954); the sculpture pavilion in the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller at Otterloo and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (1955). Out of his equally important furniture, Cassina has chosen for its own production: the “Red and Blue” (1918), the “Zig-Zag” (1934), the “Schröder 1...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$6,005 Sale Price / item
22% Off
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 4
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, green lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of four.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1965, Set of 4
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, black leather, Italy, 1965, set of four.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra
Tobia Scarpa shows once again th...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Black Lacquered, 1965, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered, Italy, 1965, set of eight.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Sca...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 4
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, red lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of four.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous c...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, 1977, Set of 16
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, 1977, set of sixteen.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Total black, 1965, Set of 12
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, total black, Italy, 1965, set of twelve.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Scarpa...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather, 1977, Set of 16
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Tobacco dark brown leather, Italy, 1977, set of sixteen.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, inform...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Afra
Tobia Scarpa Red Leather 121 Dining Chair for Cassina, 1967, Set of 10
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of ten Model 121 dining chairs, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1967.
They feature English red leather upholstery and a walnut structure.
Fully restored in Italy.
Afra and Tobia Scarpa designed the 121 chair in 1965.
A sketch from 1943 made by Carlo Scarpa (Tobia’s father) inspired its shape. Two thin plywood “petals” compose the seat and the backrest. They are available with leather upholstery or aniline-dyed.
The back has cut in the lower part, required due to a reinforcement that reacts to torsion stress, which is strongest at this point. Furthermore, the basis is a solid wood double trestle. Eight screws link...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather, 1977, Set of 8
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, dark brown tobacco leather, Italy, 1977, set of eight.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 10
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, green lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of ten.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Total Black, 1965, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra & Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, total black, Italy, 1965, set of eight.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra & Tobia Scarpa shows once again the Scarpa'...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Black Lacquered, 1965, Set of 10
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered, Italy, 1965, set of ten.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra
Tobia Scarpa shows once again t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut, Plywood
Afra
Tobia Scarpa Black Leather 121 Dining Chair for Cassina, 1967, Set of 10
Located in Vicenza, IT
Set of ten Model 121 dining chairs, designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa and produced by the Italian manufacturer Cassina in 1967.
They feature black leather upholstery and a walnut structure.
Fully restored in Italy.
Afra and Tobia Scarpa designed the 121 chair in 1965.
A sketch from 1943 made by Carlo Scarpa (Tobia’s father) inspired its shape. Two thin plywood “petals” compose the seat and the backrest. They are available with leather upholstery or aniline-dyed.
The back has cut in the lower part, required due to a reinforcement that reacts to torsion stress, which is strongest at this point. Furthermore, the basis is a solid wood double trestle. Eight screws link...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Midcentury Gio Ponti Set of Twelve Leggera by Cassina Wood Linen Italian Chairs
Located in Madrid, ES
Set of twelve chairs model "Leggera 646" designed by Gio Ponti. This is the first "Leggera" edition that was edited by Cassina in 1951.
Made of solid ashwood structure, the seat and ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, China Red Leather, 1978, Set of 4
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, China Red leather, Italy, 1978, set of four.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the re...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Super Leggera chair designed by Gio Ponti in 1957 and produced by Cassina.
Located in Ravenna, IT
Superleggera 699 chair designed by Gio Ponti in 1957 and produced by Cassina. Its black lacquered ash wood frame and guinea cane seat make this seat one of the most famous design ico...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Ash
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, 1977, Set of 12
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, 1977, set of twelve.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the r...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 6
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, red lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of six.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous ch...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Le Corbusier, P. Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand LC2 Poltrona Armchair by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Armchair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
Timeless, unique, and profoundly authentic, the LC2 armchair ha...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
$9,317 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Ombra Lounge Chair by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina, Italy, 2004
Located in Antwerp, BE
Ombra lounge chair, designed by Charlotte Perriand in 1953 and relaunched by Cassina in 2004. Cassina lounge chair, featuring a steel frame and leather upholstery. The interplay betw...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather, 1977, Set of 3
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina in dark brown tobacco leather, Italy, 1977, set of three.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, inform...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion 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, foun...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
$4,757 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Set of 4 "Carimate" Chairs
Located in Forest, BE
An icon of Italian design, the Carimate chair combines a lacquered solid wood frame with a handwoven straw seat. Designed by Vico Magistretti for Cassina in the 1960s, it stands out ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood, Lacquer
$9,694 / set
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1977, Set of 6
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, black leather, Italy, 1977, set of six.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the relatio...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 12
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, black lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of twelve.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Gio Ponti Set of four Mid-century Blue Italian Dining Chairs Model "Leggera"
Located in Barcelona, ES
Gio Ponti (1891-1979)
Set of four dining chairs, model "leggera"
Manufactured by Cassina
Italy, 1951
Measurements
82.55 cm x 44.45cm x 45.72 cm.
32.55 in x 17.5 in x 18 in.
Litera...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Charlotte Perriand “LC7” Chairs for Cassina, 1927, Sand Beige Leather, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Charlotte Perriand, Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier “LC7” dining chairs for Cassina, sand beige leather and black metal, Italy, 1927, set of eight.
...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1977, Set of 12
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, black leather, Italy, 1977, set of twelve.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the rela...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Mario Bellini "CAB 413” Chairs for Cassina, Tobacco Leather, 1977, Set of 14
By Mario Bellini, Cassina
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 413" dining chairs for Cassina, Tobacco dark brown leather, Italy, 1977, set of fourteen.
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, infor...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" Chairs for Cassina, Black Leather, 1965, Set of 12
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "121" dining chairs for Cassina, black leather, Italy, 1965, set of twelve.
Iconic and charming, the model "121" by Afra
Tobia Scarpa shows once again ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut, Plywood
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, Set of 6
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, set of six
The "CAB" is the world's first free-standing cowhide design chair, informed by the relationshi...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1960, Set of 6
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "Carimate" dining chairs for Cassina, green lacquered wood and straw seat, Italy, 1960, set of six.
The "Carimate" chair is one of Vico Magistretti’s most famous ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Wood
Set of Two LC1 Chairs by Le Corbusier, Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand by Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand in 1928. Relaunched in 1965.
Manufactured by Cassina in Italy.
A light, compact chair designed and presented ...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
$6,911 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Set of Four Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office 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, foun...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
$17,557 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" Dining Chairs for Cassina, 1952, Set of 8
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Gio Ponti 646 "Leggera" dining chairs for Cassina, black ash-wood and rope seat, Italy, 1952, set of eight.
The model 646 "Leggera" is an icon of chair...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office Chair with Cushion 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, foun...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
$4,757 Sale Price / item
25% Off
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