Slipper Chairs in New York City

Ward Bennett for Brickel Assoc. black Ash Scissor Lounge Chair, Red Wool Bouclé, 1984, New York. Black lacquered ash, red wool upholstery, metal tags to each. Ward Bennett’s story is a remarkable one. His career began at age 13, when he quit school to work in the garment district in New York City. At 15, he designed his first clothing collection; at 16 he left for Europe, where he continued working on fashion design. While in Europe, he attended art schools in Florence and Paris, but he was mostly self-taught, with skills that ranged from illustrating, sculpting, and jewelry-making to furniture, interior, and home design. “I learn from people,” he once said, referencing a long line of influences, including Hattie Carnegie, Hans Hoffman, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Bennett eventually settled back in New York, where his reputation earned him some of the day’s most affluent clients: David Rockefeller and Chase Manhattan Bank, Tiffany & Co., Sasaki, Italian industrialist Gianni Agnelli, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner. Another—former President Lyndon Baines Johnson—asked Bennett to design a chair for his presidential library that would be “a cross between a barroom chair and a courtroom chair...

Pair of Tufted Cerused Lounge Slipper Chairs upholstered in a velvet fabric. The chairs have cerused oak legs with the front legs having casters.

Sleek and sturdy side chairs with polished chrome base, newly recovered in a tufted white Naugahyde. Simple and handsome in style, great for home or office. (Please confirm item l...

With a plush, comfortable design and pink upholstery complemented by metal legs, this pair of lounge chairs styled after the designs of Gio Ponti is a great way to add flair and comf...

French Mid-Century Modern Neoclassical black leather strap lounge / slipper chair and ottoman / stool attributed to Pierre Lottier featuring a solid hard wood frame constructed in a ...

chic pair of estate slipper chairs in a cool stretch matte black fabric with a waterfall skirt and inset pleats. Fully refurbished.

A Rare and Iconic Pair of Italian Mid-Century Modern armchairs or lounge / slipper chairs by ISA Bergamo in walnut and shown with its original silk upholstery. This elegant pair of c...

Beautiful French walnut chair from the 17th century, with twisted legs and cushioned seats. The chairback is nicely done and openly worked in three parts. The cushioned seats are in ...

ISA Bergamo rare exquisite pair of channel back lounge or slipper chairs with gilt metal legs in ivory bouclé, Italy, 1950s. These elegant chairs have gentle curves throughout including its channel back, seat, and signature cutout gilt metal front legs and saber back legs which exude luxury and playfulness. This unique pair of lounge chairs exhibits the the soft organic lines and the sculptural form of ISA Bergamo's 1950s designs, both classical yet modernist, and unequivocally timeless. Fully restored and newly upholstered in a luxurious Holland & Sherry Melissani White bouclé. Available is a matching curved settee (LU2917331335092), or to complete a set (LU2917331145492). I.S.A. (Industria Salotti e Arredamenti) also known as ISA Bergamo was an Italian furniture manufacturer...

A pair of Edward Wormley for Dunbar slipper chairs with tufted upholstery and matching lumbar pillow. The seat issuing square front legs and splayed back legs. Upholstery as is.

Elegant pair of midcentury Italian design, small lounge or slipper chairs attributed to Marco Zanuso. The chairs feature delicately tapered backs and front and rear sabered legs in s...

Limited edition of twenty. With this wholly modern lounge chair, interior designer Thomas Pheasant evokes the elegance and delicacy of the Japanese art of paper folding. The base,...

Equipoise, Thomas Pheasant's visually striking lounge chair, possesses the elegant balance suggested by its name, resting upon three perfectly placed planes of polished wood which cr...