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
Matinee Chair by Vladimir Kagan for American Leather
Located in Chicago, IL
c. 2000s. USA. Reupholstered in Knoll two tone velvet
Category
Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet
1960s Mid-Century Italian Wingback Chairs and Ottomans in Mohair
By Gio Ponti
Located in Roanoke, VA
Incredible pair of mid-century Italian wingback chairs originally purchased from Donzella and newly upholstered in deep blue mohair with matching ottomans. Chairs are as comfortable ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Six Mid Century Modern Bumerang Chairs, Light Creme White Jacquard, Poland 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
The “Bumerang Chair” is a characteristic piece of furniture from the Polish People’s Republic (PRL) era. Its name comes from the distinctive shape of the backrest, resembling a boome...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Textile, Wool, Beech
Mid Century Plum Purple 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 Industrial Stacking Chairs Molded Plywood Shell Set of 4
By Jean Prouvé
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Set of four Mid-Century industrial stacking chairs feature molded single-shell seats in rich dark brown tones paired with robust tubular metal frames finished in dark gray enamel. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
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
Pair of Eames Lounge Chair Metal
LCM
Located in New York, NY
Iconic pair of Eames for Herman Miller LCM's in later orange and black paint finish. These chairs are structurally sound and sturdy, both have a later, but not new, orange paint surf...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
$2,600 / set
Paco Muñoz
Riaza
Hunting Children
s Chairs in Patinated Leather
By Darro, Paco Muñoz
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
Eight Mid Century Heart Chairs in Blue Leopard by Pierre Frey, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Chair type A5828. Colloquially called "heart" in amazing jacquard fabric by Pierre Frey - one of the best french fabric company. The furniture was designed by Helena and Jerzy Kurman...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Organic Brutalist Chairs in Maple
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Brutalist chairs, maple, Europe 1960s
Beautiful and naturalistic chair made in Europe in the 1960s. The backrest of this piece consists of a large piece of maple wood. Another slab...
Category
1960s European Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Maple
$1,350 / item
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 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
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
$175 Sale Price
50% Off
Rare vintage mid century figural chair by John Risley, USA 1960s
By John Risley
Located in Hastings, GB
Rare whimsical mid century figural chair by John Risley, USA 1960s. Great as a sculptural accent.
Black steel in the form of a rather demure lady
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Jack Lenor Larsen Black Lacquer Cage Armchairs, a pair
Located in Wichita, KS
Black Lacquer Jack Lenor Larsen Cage Chairs upholstered in new animal print Scalamandre fabric. The chairs are from the 1970’s in the mid-century Hollywood Regency style and have an ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$1,680 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Set of 4 Model 72C Armless Chairs by Eero Saarinen for Knoll, USA, c. 1967
Located in Deland, FL
Introducing a rare set of four Model 72C armless executive chairs designed by the incomparable Eero Saarinen for Knoll. All four chairs are stamped "1967" making this set an early ex...
Category
1960s American Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Walnut
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Four Vintage Green Beech Dining Chairs, circa 1956, Austria
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern set of four vintage dining chairs executed by E. & A. Pollak, Austria, which were made of green stained and lacquered beechwood and plywood.
The dining chairs are ...
Category
1950s Austrian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech, Plywood
Arne Jacobsen Model 3107 Monochrome
Located in Berkeley, CA
The Series 7 in monochrome is made of pressure molded sliced veneer. The monochrome version of the 3107 chair has powder coated legs in selected colours. Series 7 comes in different ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
$673 / item
Mid-Century Modern Teak and Black Leather Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant mid-century modern chair crafted from rich teak and upholstered in smooth black leather. Combines sleek Scandinavian design with refined comfort—perfect as an accent, desk, o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
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
Pair of Art Deco Style Club Chairs with Wooden Arms
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair of Hungarian Mid-Century style arm chairs with walnut veneer and chenille upholstery. Hungarian furniture makers have been exceptionally skilled with wood veneers since the Bi...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
$5,800 Sale Price / set
40% Off
Set of Six Dining Chairs Made In Rosewood Model 79, Niels O. Møller From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
This set of six dining chairs, known as Model 79, embodies the elegant design aesthetic of Danish furniture designer Niels O. Møller. Crafted from rosewood in Denmark during the 1960...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rosewood
Pierre Jeanneret Committee Chair Model No. PJ-SI-30-A
Located in Ghent, BE
Originally designed in the 1950s for the civic buildings of Chandigarh, India’s first planned city, the Committee Chair by Pierre Jeanneret is a modernist icon that balances architec...
Category
1950s Indian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Paul McCobb Planner Group Dining Chairs Maple Spindle Back Chairs
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Set of 6 All original midcentury maple Paul McCobb Planner Group spindle back side chairs. Solid maple seat and curved back on tapered legs. Original vintage condition. Original blon...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Maple
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
Pair of Folding Slat Chairs by Aldo Jacober for Alberto Bazzani, Italy, 1960s
By Aldo Jacober
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A finely crafted pair of mid-century folding chairs designed by Aldo Jacober and produced by Alberto Bazzani in Italy, circa 1960s. Constructed from solid beechwood, each chair featu...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Beech
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
Set of 6 Unusual French 1960s Dining Chairs
Located in Long Island City, NY
With tapered mahogany legs, a cut-out back and brass details.
Category
1960s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
$3,800 / set
Lauritzen
VLA26 Vega
Chair in Oiled Oak Chrome
Fabric for Carl Hansen
Son
Located in Glendale, CA
Lauritzen 'VLA26 Vega' Chair in Oiled Oak Chrome & Fabric for Carl Hansen & Son
The story of Danish Modern begins in 1908 when Carl Hansen opened his first workshop. His firm commit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Friis and Moltke Mid Chair With Veneer For On Collection
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Friis and Moltke Mio Chair For On Collection.
The Mio Chair is a classic yet contemporary stackable chair with a low backrest. Crafted in collaboration with Friis & Moltke, it embod...
Category
2010s Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Oak
Pair of Vintage Danish Chairs by Ole Wanscher
By Ole Wanscher
Located in London, GB
An outstanding pair of vintage Danish chairs by Ole Wanscher, dating from the 1960’s.
They are of amazing quality and have a gorgeous design, with beautiful pierced lattice backs. T...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
$2,670 / set
Pair of Ole Wanscher Danish Rosewood
Leather
Colonial
Chairs, Circa 1960
s
Located in Norwalk, CT
The 'OW149' Colonial Chair was designed by Ole Wanscher in 1959 and produced for Carl Hansen and Son. Wanscher wished to create furniture that paid tribute to classic conservative tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
$11,520 Sale Price / set
20% Off
1 of the 4 of Italian Massive Brass Chairs by Chiavari, Upholstery Iceland Wool
By Chiavari
Located in Rijssen, NL
Pair of refined Italian Campanino Classic Chiavari chairs, circa 1950s.
Massive brass with upholstered with velvet and off-white Iceland wool.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Brass
Pair of Marcel Breuer Cesca Chairs, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two chairs, model Cesca, designed by Marcel Breuer circa 1960, by unknown manufacturer.
Metal pipe frame, wood seat and back structure and rattan.
In good condition, with ...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
$3,500 / set
Classic Arne Vodder Leather And Teak Chair For Mahjongg Holland 1964
By Arne Vodder
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A Classic and funky chair designed by Arne Voder (Denmark) and manufactured in Holland circa 1964. Sculptural teak frame newly reupholstered in brown leather. Perfect as a desk or o...
Category
1960s Danish Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
Ten Mid Century Butterfly Chairs, Camel Craft Linen by Pierre Frey, Europe, 1960
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Dining chair called "Butterfly" with walnut stained beech legs and fully upholstered seat and back in beautiful french fabric.
This chair can be customized to your specifications or...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Linen, Beech
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
By Gio Ponti
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Gio Ponti Leggera Outdoor Chair For Cassina
The wood chair par excellence, one of the flagship pieces in the partnership between Gio Ponti, Cesare Cassina and the company’s joinery ...
Category
2010s European Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
$3,239 / item
1970s Chrome Cantilever Chair, Postmodern, by Design Institute of America
Located in Basel, BS
A sleek and sexy pair chrome cantilevered chrome chairs in the style of Milo Baughman, made by Design Institute of America. Each chair is sold individually and there are two availabl...
Category
1970s Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$796 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Pair Italian Leather and Polished Steel Barcelona Lounge Chairs, 4 Available
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of iconic “Barcelona” chairs in the style of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Initially created for the German Pavilion at the Barcelona exposition, each chair features a sturdy poli...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather
$2,765 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Warren Planter for Knoll Wire Chairs (single)
By Knoll, Warren Platner
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Single Warren Platner Arm chair made by Knoll. Distinctive wire design with pedestal motif and rounded back. Comfort and design from the mid-century!
Please specify how many of 3 you...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal, Wire
$2,900 / item
1970s Flair Pair of Red
Pizzicato
Folding Chairs
By Flair
Located in London, GB
Flair: Pair of Red 'Pizzicato' Folding Chairs, c. 1970s
A pair of 'Pizzicato' folding chairs by Flair, made in Switzerland in the 1970s. Constructed from durable plastic with a bold...
Category
1970s Swiss Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic
Spanish Campaign Chairs, Spain 1950
s
Located in New York, NY
Elegant pair of folding campaign chairs in solid walnut imitating bamboo with solid brass hardware with original leather upholstery and nailhead details.
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
1960
s Danish Lounge Chair by Ole Gjerlov Knudssen for France
Søn
Located in Paris, FR
A Mid-Century Modern Danish collectible cool low lounge chair designed Ole Gjerløv-Knudsen for France & Søn. The sleek teak frame and upholstery are impeccably restored by our atelie...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Teak
Golem glossy lacquered chair by Vico Magistretti for Poggi, 1960s
Located in Padova, IT
The Golem chair, designed by Vico Magistretti for Poggi in 1973, is one of the most significant examples of Italian design from the 1970s. Magistretti, known for his ability to combi...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Wood
Set of Four Pierre Jeanneret 051 Capitol Complex Office 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
Set of Eight 20th Century Gray Boucle Chairs, 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. Seat and back is dressed in gray, durab...
Category
20th Century Polish Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Beech
Rudder back n°19 by Charlotte Perriand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Size : W420 D400 H820 SH450 mm
Vintage Bauche n°19 by Charlotte Perriand. Ladder back models are rare.
The seat is original. The wo...
Category
1940s French Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Rush, Wood
Charles
Ray Eames Set of 4 Off white "H-Base" Chairs for Herman Miller, 1960
Located in The Hague, NL
Set of 4 classic chairs the "H-Base" designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1961 produced by Herman Miller.
All the chairs are originally marked under seating.
The chairs have a Off Wh...
Category
1960s Virgin Islands Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Metal
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plastic, Rubber
Set of 6 Vintage Clear Lucite and Chrome Plia Chairs by Castelli
Located in Chicago, IL
When this chair debuted in 1967 it was an immediate international sensation. Designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli, the use of materials and the ground-breaking 3 disk pivot me...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Chrome
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
Afra
Tobia Scarpa Africa Chair for Maxalto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Afra & Tobia Scarpa design "Africa" chair for the Artona line by Maxalto, Italy. Elegant and sophisticated design combining form with function, beautiful to admire and comfortable to...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Chris Earl Ebonized Oak, Black Leather Moresby Armchair
By Chris Earl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Solid wood construction with hand-cut joinery and custom upholstered seat and seat back. This chair shown in ebonized oak and black leather.
In stock leather choice: black, olive, c...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak, Walnut
Pair of Mid 20th Century Cane
Rattan Chairs in Italian Riviera Style, 60s
Located in Roma, IT
We offer for sale a pair of chairs made in Italy during the mid-20th century.
They are handcrafted by bending cane and rattan into sinuous shapes.
Made between the 1950s and 1960s, t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
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 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Beech
$4,101 Sale Price / set
20% Off
"Superleggera" Chairs by Gio Ponti for Cassina, 1950s, Set of 6
Located in bruxelles, BE
Set of 6 black wood and wicker chairs designed by Gio Ponti for Cassina. Stamped Cassina. Seat height 46cm. Wear due to time and age.
FOR SHIPPING, REQUEST US FOR RECEIVE THE BEST PR...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Set Of Two Josef Hoffmann Prague 811 Chair 1950s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Josef Hoffmann Chairs Prague 811 Slovenia 1950s
Category
1950s Slovenian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Wood
$1,570 / set
Hannes Wettstein Hola 369 Chair For Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Hannes Wettstein Set of Five Hola 367 Chair For Cassina
Among Cassina’s best-sellers, Hola is a design chair also available without armrests, whose elegant, functional lines announc...
Category
2010s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Plywood
$2,765 / item
Sigurd Ressell Falcon Lounge Chair with Black Leather and Chrome Base 1970s
Located in Silkeborg, Silkeborg
Rare Falcon lounge chair with armrest and chrome steel base.
The cushions are upholstered with genuine black leather in very good and strong quality.
The chair is made by Swedish Vat...
Category
1970s Norwegian Vintage Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel, Chrome
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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