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
Place of Origin: European
1 Set of 4 Danish Design Niels Otto Moller Model 75 Dining Chairs JL Molller
Located in Boven Leeuwen, NL
Beautiful, fully restored, Model 75 chairs designed by the Danish designer Niels Otto Møller, and manufactured by JL Møllers Møbelfabrik in the 1960s.
The frames are made of solid t...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Papercord, Teak
Gianni Vigorelli Set of Six Vintage Red Dining Chairs
Located in Milano, IT
The set of six extravagant dining room chairs are design by Gianni Vigorelli in the ‘50s and are of fine Italian manufacture.
The peculiar chairs have their original red fabric with a fun pattern of dark circles. The wooden structure is characterized by a triangular frame on which there’s the trapezoidal back rest. This frame points down to the seat where it is attached. Four legs with brass tips complete the structure of the eccentric chairs...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$4,263 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 6 Prouve Style Red Teak Toned Industrial Stacking Chairs w/ Compass Legs
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of 6 red teak toned stacking chairs with light gray enameled metal frames. One of our faves! Creative linking to make rows of seating. Good original condition. Similar chairs als...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Rare Verner Panton Wire Cone Chair, Model K2, First Year Production, 1959
Located in Kansas City, MO
This example is from the first year of production as noted by the rounded feet (later productions feature enlongated black feet). Chair retains original upholstery. Overall example h...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
French Leather Chairs attributed to Pascal Mourgue, Set of 2, 1970
s
Located in Antwerp, Antwerp
A set of two fantasticly shaped french chairs made in the 1970's. Attributed to french designer Pascal Morgue, these chairs feature natural leather seats supported by a sculptural me...
Category
1970s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Dining Chairs Style B32 by Marcel Breuer, Set of 6
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 6 chairs in wood, rattan and metal. Seat height: 46 cm. Wear due to time and age of the chairs.
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Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Kai Kristiansen Scandinavian Midcentury Dark Wood Dining Chair 1960s
By Shou Andersen, Kai Kristiansen
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Scandinavian model 31 chair designed by Kai Kristiansen for Schou Andersen with dark solid wood frame and new fabric seat and back, Denmark 1960s production
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$937 Sale Price
20% Off
DOOQ Mid-Century Modern Dining Chair Alma with Dark Green Velvet and Walnut Wood
By DOOQ
Located in Lisbon, PT
DOOQ Mid-Century Modern Dining Chair Alma with Dark Green Velvet and Walnut Wood
In a piece that combines classic and modern aesthetics we can...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Rattan, Walnut
Set of Six Mid Century Sea Blue Cado Chairs, Steen Østergaard, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Polish production chairs from Plastics Factory 'Krywald' in Knurow have embossed signatures. They come from the 70s. The author of this project is the Danish architect Steen Østergaa...
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20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Mid Century Blue Velvet, Walnut Wood, Heart Chair, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair type A5828. Colloquially called "heart". The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurmanowicz. They were produced in Radomsko Woodworking Factory and we thoroughly renova...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Mid Century Apple Green Wool Chair, Walnut Wood, Rajmund Halas, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair designed by Prof. Rajmund Halas. Made of beechwood. Chair is after a complete upholstery renovation, the woodwork has been refreshed. Seat is dressed in apple green wool, durab...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Pair of Mid Century Beige Checkered Fabric Armchairs, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Very comfortable armchair type 300-227, unusual model but captivating with its minimalism. Construction without armrests, turned legs made of beech wood.
These armchairs were manuf...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
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...
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1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery
BO46 Armchair Finn Juhl
Located in London, GB
This armchair is a later reissue of Juhl's original design, produced for a wider market. Retaining the beautiful angular details, this chair is more square than its earlier sibling. ...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
$8,296
Mario Bellini "CAB 412” Chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux Leather, Set of 2
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Mario Bellini "CAB 412" dining chairs for Cassina, Bordeaux leather, Italy, set of two
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
Mid-Century Erwine and Estelle Laverne Champagne Chairs, 1960
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Erwine & Estelle Laverne invisible series Lucite and polished aluminum Champagne swivel chair. New leather cushions. Rare, clean early examples.
Fully signed on bottom: Laverne, NY...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Mid Century Chrome and Upholstered Chairs, a pair
Located in Wichita, KS
This pair of fabulous Chrome and Leopard Slipper Chairs are show stoppers. Original Chrome with updated fabric, these nicely scaled chairs are ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Swing Chair by Peter Opsvik for Hag
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 1999. Edition 231/500. Full wood construction with reclining backrest. Rope provided is very long. Extremely rare chair. Original teepee included
Category
1990s Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Set of 6 SL58 Dining Chairs by Léon Stynen, 1950s
By Léon Stynen
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
The SL58 chair was designed by Belgian architect Léon Stynen in 1958. It was made in collaboration with Stynen his assistant; architect Paul de Meyer. The ...
Category
1950s Belgian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Marcel Breuer Cantilever Chair, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair model cantilever, designed by Marcel Breuer circa 1960, by unknown manufacturer.
Metal pipe frame, wood seat and back structure and rattan.
In original condition, with mino...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Roland Rainer Style Stacking Chairs in Bent Beech Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stacking chairs designed in the manner of Austrian architect Roland Rainer feature bent beech plywood seats and backrests paired with dark brown stained wood frames. The construction...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Beech
Set of 2 Vienna straw and metal chairs in “Cesca” style by M.Breuer for Gavina
By Gavina, Marcel Breuer
Located in Padova, IT
Chairs with armrests.
Chromed steel and brown Vienna straw. Very good condition consistent with time and use
In the Cesca chair by Marcel Lajos Breuer for Gavina you can find the t...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Early Edition of Meribel Chair by Charlotte Perriand, circa 1939
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Meribel chair by Charlotte Perriand, designed in the 1950s to furnish the ski resort of Meribel, in the French Alps. Iconic design by Charlotte Perriand, this chair was also to be f...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rush, Oak
E65 chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1950s
By Alvar Aalto
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
E65 chair by Alvar Aalto for Artek, Finland, 1950s
A Scandinavian (Finland) chair by Alvar Aalto model E65 designed in the 1930s. This chair dates from the 1950s and is in ORIGINAL ...
Category
1950s Finnish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Gastone Rinaldi set of 4 chairs for Rima 1970s
By RIMA, Gastone Rinaldi
Located in bari, IT
Set of 4 chairs with chromed steel frames and leather upholstery, designed by Gastone Rinaldi for Rima in the 1970s.
When you purchase vintage design products on our website, the c...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
$2,652 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Rare Pair of K. Schroder Fritz Hansen chairs Woven Seagrass, Denmark 1930s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
S. Scroder & Fritz Hansen
Scandinavian Modern Design,
A rare pair of beech chairs, seat and back with original woven sea grass. Model 1572. Designed by S. Scröder. Manufactured an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Seagrass, Beech
Set of Eight 20th Century Light Cream Boucle Butterfly Chairs, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chairs designed by Prof. Rajmund Halas. Made of beechwood. Chairs are after a complete upholstery renovation; the woodwork has been refreshed and painted in cherry lacquer. Seat and ...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Modern Mid-Century Blue Velvet Dining Chair Eclipse
By Moanne
Located in Almería, ES
Contemporary Curved Back Dining Chair – Eclipse by Moanne, Handmade in Spain
The Eclipse Dining Chair captures the quiet drama of rare celestial events—moments of alignment that shi...
Category
2010s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet
$1,062 / item
Mario Bellini Cab 412 cowhide chair for Cassina, Italy - new
By Cassina, Mario Bellini
Located in Berlin, DE
Prices are dependent on the chosen sizes and color. Available sizes:
1. 33cm width x 37cm depth x 57cm height x 30cm seat height
2. 52cm width x 49cm depth x 82cm height x 45cm sea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cowhide
A Vintage Hans Wegner Oak Valet Chair By Johannes Hansen
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A rare and highly sculptural original Hans Wegner valet chair. Manufactured by Johannes Hansen, Copenhagen, Denmark and imported and sold by Knoll. This version made entirely of soli...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
$1,894 / set
Luigi Caccia Dominioni Set of Ten Catilina Chairs with Leather Cushions Azucena
Located in Cascina, Pisa
Set of ten Catilina chairs with frame in painted steel, seat in black lacquered multi-layered wood, and polyurethane cushions covered with leather. This...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Vico Magistretti "122" Chair for Cassina, Red Leather, 1967
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Vico Magistretti "122" chair for Cassina, dark brown wood and red leather, Italy, 1967
The "122" chair designed by Vico Magistretti in 1967 has a sculptural design, created with a w...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Plywood
Oswald Haerdtl Set of Four Chairs, the 1950s
By Thonet, Oswald Haerdtl
Located in Almelo, NL
Oswald Haerdtl set of four chairs, the 1950s
A rare set of four chairs was designed by the Austrian designer Oswald Haerdtl and produced by Ton (Thonet) in the former Czechoslova...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Ash, Beech, Bentwood
$2,450 / set
Chiavari Ladder chairs, Italy 1950s
By Chiavari
Located in Ljubljana, SI
Pair of beautiful ladder high-back chairs by Chiavari in 1950s Italy.
Ebonized hard wood with slim cane seat. Chairs are extremly light and firm. Patina and condition is due to the ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Hardwood
$1,411 Sale Price / set
47% Off
Clean PAIR of Mid Century Hans Wegner Ash Peacock Chairs for Johannes Hansen
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very nice pair of Peacock chairs designed by Hans Wegner for Johannes Hansen of Denmark. These chairs were purchased from a designer's estate where everything was immaculat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Papercord, Ash
$7,800 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Charlotte Perriand Meribel chair
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Chaise dite Meribel par Charlotte Perriand.
Category
1950s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Ash
Mid-Century Italian Bar Stools, Brass, 1950s
By Gio Ponti
Located in Argelato, BO
Refined pair of midcentury Italian bar stools with structure in wood and brass, coming from an important villa on como lake.
The brass ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
$2,960 / set
Set of 4 Dining Room Chairs by C. Linneberg for B. Pedersen, Denmark, 1970
s
Located in Uithoorn, NL
Looking for some fresh and crisp Danish elements in your house? A set of 4 newly upholstered teak chairs in petrol blue wool that forms a good ...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Teak
$3,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Zig Zag Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gerrit Thomas Rietveld Zig Zag Chair For Cassina
Designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1934 and quickly deemed a design icon, th...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
$4,121 / item
20th Century Buffalo Black Wood and Velvet Armchair, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dark wood and black velvet combination. Armchair looks really amazing and very comfortable.
Armchair designed by prof. Rajmund Halas. Made of beechwood. The armchair had undergon...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Beech
Set of 6 Dining Chairs by R. Hofman for TON, Model 514, 1960s, Reupholstered
Located in Wrocław, Poland
This set of six vintage dining chairs was designed by Czech designer Radomir Hofman in the 1960s. Produced by TON. The chairs are very light in form and comfortable in use. This set ...
Category
1960s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
Paco Muñoz
Riaza
Hunting Children
s Chairs in Patinated Leather
By Paco Muñoz, Darro
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Paco Muñoz for Darro, 'Riaza' chairs for children, samara, leather, metal, Spain, 1960s
This robust and resilient low lounge chair, a creation of Paco Muñoz from the 1960s, epitomiz...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Chair by André Sornay, Lyon France
By Andre Sornay
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
A chair designed by André Sornay, a renowned cabinetmaker from Lyon, showcasing the designer's ingenuity as a pioneer of kit furniture in the late 1950s.
These elegant chair featur...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood
Dinning Chair Ava Brass Fittings natural Seat and Textured Blue Backrest
Located in Lisbon, PT
Comfortable and elegant, Ava chair is a versatile piece where creativity meets no boundaries: fabrics, solid wood, lacquered wood and brass fittings are chos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Set Of 10 Dining Room Chairs Made In Light Wood
Cognac Leather From 1940s
Located in Lejre, DK
This set of 10 dining room chairs, crafted from light wood and upholstered with cognac leather, dates back to the 1940s. These chairs are in grea...
Category
1940s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$4,737 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "Africa" Dining Chair for Maxalto, Cognac Leather, 1975
Located in Lonigo, Veneto
Afra
Tobia Scarpa "Africa" dining chair for Maxalto, cognac leather, walnut, burl and brass, Italy, 1975.
Originally hand finished and assembled one-by-one, "Africa" presents ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Marcel Breuer Cesca Chair, circa 1980
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair, model Cesca, designed by Marcel Breuer around 1970, manufactured in Italy.
Metal pipe frame, wood seat and back structure and rattan.
In good condition, with minor wear c...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Mid-Century Butterfly Dining Chair, Peony Cotton, Poland, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with medium light stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat and back in beautiful Ian Mankin fabric (70% Cotton, 20% Viscose, 10% Linen).
This...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Bouclé, Beech, Cotton, Linen
Pair of Martin Visser Style Armchairs with White Skai Seating and Black Frames
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-Century pair of Martin Visser style armchairs. These chairs have original white skai seating, black enameled metal frames and teak armrests. In original condition with normal vis...
Category
1960s Dutch Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Six Vintage Beech and Brass Dining Chairs with Goldenrod Fabric, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s - 1950s.
These chairs feature a beech frame with brass and bronze details.
Their frame is in very good original condition, but the upholstery is original and in...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass, Bronze
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...
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1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Giancarlo Piretti Alky Lounge Chair in Yellow Fabric for Anonima Castelli
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Iconic Alky lounge chair designed by Giancarlo Piretti in the sixties for Anonima Castelli, Italy. The shape of the chair is construct with foam printed direct on a metal frame with ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
8 Africa chairs designed by Afra
Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto 1980s Artona series
Located in Arezzo, Italy
Set of 8 chairs mod. Africa designed by Afra and Tobia Scarpa for Maxalto in 1974.
Walnut wood frame, brass, wood of different woods,
bent plywood seat, leather, excellent condition....
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Kartell Mademoiselle "A La Mode" Missoni Sketches Lucite Chair Philippe Starck
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Pair of Philippe Stark for Kartell ‘Mademoiselle’ Lucite Chairs in Missoni Floral Upholstered Fabric With Makers Marks
Made in Italy
Extra dime...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Lucite
Midcentury Oak Chair Produced in 1975
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage dining chair produced in oak wood. Label shows that the chair was produced in 1975. beautiful details and design feat...
Category
1970s Czech Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak, Plywood
$174 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid-Century Rare Pair 1950s "Farfalla" Designer Danish Bentwood Billund Chair
By Hans Olsen
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Rare pair 1950s " farfalla " designer Danish bentwood side chair are constructed using the traditional moulded plywood form technique.
This pair side chair are constructed using a b...
Category
1950s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Set of Four Steen Østergaard Model 291 Chairs
Located in Berkeley, CA
Origin: Denmark
Designer: Steen Østergaard
Manufacturer: Paul Cadovious
Era: 1966
Materials: Plastic, wool
Measurements: 33? wide x 37? deep x 36? tall
Condition: Original plastic frame in good condition
Restoration Includes:
• Polish plastic frame
• New custom upholstery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wool, Plastic
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Beech, Plywood
Pair of Mid-century Beech and Straw Armchairs Basque Spanish circa 1940
Located in Labrit, Landes
Mid-century pair of open armchairs
Spanish from the Basque area, made circa 1940.
Beech and straw, with few colored straw.
Atypical design with rounded armrests and straw on the sea...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Straw, Beech
Mid-century Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Mid-Century Modern chairs for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage chairs created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include seating, building and garden elements, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Mid-Century Modern chairs made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original chairs, popular names associated with this style include Cassina, Hans J. Wegner, GETAMA, and Fritz Hansen. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for chairs differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $84 and tops out at $244,500 while the average work can sell for $2,904.
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