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Gaetano Pesce "Nobody's Perfect" Chair, Zerodisegno, 2003
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in PARIS, FR
Nobody's perfect chair Gaetano Pesce, Zerodisegno / Italy, 2003.
Mark: Zerodisegno / Gaetano Pesce, 2003
Signed and dated: 22 01 03
UNIQUE PIECE.
Excellent condition
Category
Early 2000s Italian Chairs
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Gaetano Pesce "Nobody's Perfect" Chair, Zerodisegno, 2002
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in PARIS, FR
Nobody's perfect chair Gaetano Pesce, Zerodisegno / Italy, 2002.
Mark: Zerodisegno / Gaetano Pesce, 2002
Signed and dated: 03 06 2002 .
UNIQUE PIECE.
Excellent condition
Category
Early 2000s Italian Chairs
Materials
Epoxy Resin
Pouf Floreale by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Pouf Floreale by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D100 x W100 x H40 cm
Material: Venetian color glasses, Natural stones, Antique ceramic tiles, Marble
(Nero Belgio, etc) Iron base, Struct...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Cement, Marble, Stone, Iron
Kartell Model 4854 Chairs by Gae Aulenti, 1960s - Set of 4 - Emerald Green Resin
By Gae Aulenti, Kartell
Located in San Benedetto Del Tronto, IT
Elevate your space with a rare and exceptional set of four Kartell Model 4854 Chairs, designed by the legendary Gae Aulenti in 1968. Crafted from green lacquered thick resin, these c...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
H 28.35 in W 19.69 in D 19.3 in
Set of 6 Foemina Chairs by Augusto Betti
By Augusto Betti
Located in Ozzano Dell'emilia, IT
Set of 6 Foemina chairs designed by Augusto Betti.
The Foemina chair is Betti’s first design object.
“These chairs were made to give my students an example of how new shapes can be...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Vintage Coastal Fendi Casa Resin Rattan Arm Chairs - a Pair
By Fendi Casa
Located in west palm beach, FL
A fabulous pair of vintage Coastal arm chairs. Made by the exclusive Fendi Casa and tagged on the back. Beautiful resin rattan in a clean and modern design. Acquired from a Palm Beac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Resin
Santorini Green Chairs
By Medaarch
Located in Milan, IT
Santorini is a chair that combines lightness and aesthetics. Made by Medaarch in 2020, it conforms like a body of continuous material. The 3D printed seat in PETG or PLA is well suit...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Gaetano Pesce Broadway Chairs 543 Made in Italy by Bernini 1993 Green
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Vancouver, BC
A set of 4 extremely uncommon Broadway Chairs produced by Bernini.
Each chair is unique and both seat and back are casted in a green/yellow resin.
A frozen fluidity - portrait of a...
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
H 29.93 in W 23.63 in D 19.69 in
Half-Round Pod Chair with Chrome Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This playful 1970s pod chair swivels on a polished chrome base. The back of the pod is made from resin and the seating surface is soft synthetic leather. The leather is in overall go...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Chrome
MDF Italia Outdoor or Indoor SIGN MATT chair by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga
By MDF Italia
Located in New York, NY
INDOOR/OUTDOOR
Sign by Piergiorgio Cazzaniga, with its sinuous and ergonomic lines, is a chair and armchair project, representing a turning point for MDF Italia collection since 2006...
Category
2010s Italian Chairs
Materials
Resin
H 29.34 in W 18.9 in D 20.28 in
Knotted Chair by Marcel Wanders for Cappellini
By MARCEL WANDERS, Cappellini
Located in Vancouver, BC
The iconic Knotted Chair is a brilliant adult interpretation of the tiny chairs used to decorate a doll’s house, a visionary creation by designer Marcel Wanders. This project has bee...
Category
2010s Italian Organic Modern Chairs
Materials
Rope, Epoxy Resin, Carbon Fiber
Half-Round Pod Chair with Chrome Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This playful 1970s pod chair swivels on a polished chrome base. The back of the pod is made from resin and the seating surface is soft synthetic leather. It's a good example of futu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Gaetano Pesce La Smorfia Chair Meritalia, 2003
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Postmodern chair designed by Gaetano Pesce and manufactured by Meritalia, Italy 2003. This unique shaped chair is more of a sculpture and fits perfectly in the oeuvre from Pesce, wit...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Metal
Molteni Chairs Set of Five Model Alfa by Hannes Wettstein
By Hannes Wettstein, Molteni & C
Located in Milano, IT
Set of five Alfa model chairs produced by Molteni in 2001 based on a design by Hannes Wettstein for the Italian manufacturer Molteni.
Alfa was created from the combination of only ...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Pau Silver V1 Armchair by Edizione Limitata
By Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Pau silver V1 armchair by Edizione Limitata
Limited Edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered.
Dimensions: D 71 x W 81 x H 72 cm.
Materials: Resin-coated polistyrene with metalli...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Resin, Polystyrene
Pau V1 Armchair by Edizione Limitata
By Edizione Limitata
Located in Geneve, CH
Pau V1 armchair by Edizione Limitata
Limited Edition of 150 pieces. Signed and numbered.
Dimensions: D 71 x W 81 x H 72 cm.
Materials: Resin-coated polistyrene.
Edizione Limita...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Resin, Polystyrene
Garden Pouf by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Garden Pouf by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D75 x W90 x H40 cm
Material: Venetian color glasses, Natural stones, Antique
ceramic tiles, Marble (Biancone, Nero belgio, etc...) Iron bas...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Ottomans and Poufs
Materials
Cement, Marble, Iron
Sgabello Pois Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Pois Antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D33 x W33 x H50 cm
Material: Wood, Marble, Nero, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber, Resin, Cement, Stucco
Weight: ...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Stools
Materials
Cement, Marble, Stone
Poltrona Bouquet Antique Armchair by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Poltrona Bouquet Antique armchair by Yukiko Nagai.
Dimensions: D65 x W61 x H98 cm.
Material: Marble(Biancone etc.), Natural stone, Venetian color glass, Styrofoam,
Glass fiber, Re...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stone, Cement, Marble
Sgabello Rombi Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Rombi antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D 40 x W 53 x H 40 cm
Material: Antique wood stool, Marble, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber,
Resin, Cement, Stu...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Stools
Materials
Stone, Cement, Marble
Dragon Black Chair
By Giulia Ligresti
Located in Milan, IT
Deftly crafted of black PMMA by the hands of skilled artisans, this dynamic and lightweight chair is an ode to dragons actualized in a sophisticated contemporary design. Spines progr...
Category
2010s Italian Chairs
Materials
Resin
Sgabello Camouflage Antique Wood Stool by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Sgabello Camouflage Antique wood stool by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D40 x W40 x H45 cm
Material: Chestnut wood, Marble, Natural stone, Styrofoam, Glass fiber,
Resin, Cement, Stucco...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Stools
Materials
Stone, Cement, Marble
Poltrone Gemelle Armchair by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Poltrone Gemelle armchair by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D57 x W80 x H60 cm
Material: (Chestnut wood), Marble(Biancone etc..), Natural stone, Venetian
color glass, Styrofoam, Glass f...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stone, Cement, Marble
Set of 2 Poltrone Gemelle Armchairs by Yukiko Nagai
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Poltrone Gemelle armchairs by Yukiko Nagai
Dimensions: D57 x W80 x H60 cm
Material: (Chestnut wood), Marble(Biancone etc..), Natural stone, Venetian
color glass, Styrofoa...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Armchairs
Materials
Stone, Cement, Marble
Shark Black Chair
By Giulia Ligresti
Located in Milan, IT
Clean lines arranged in a sculptural ensemble lend this handmade black PMMA chair its unmistakable contemporary feel. Distinguished by a pair of shark fin-like elements protruding fr...
Category
2010s Italian Chairs
Materials
Resin
Gervasoni Straw Armchair in Light Grey Aluminium Frame with Woven Resin Fiber
By Gervasoni, Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple and refined, the Straw 23/24 chair family, with and without armrests, is characterised by the structure in tubular aluminium painted light grey. A slender and light product co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Resin
H 32.68 in W 22.84 in D 25.2 in
Jade Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel.
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm.
Materials: resin and bronze.
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coff...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Jade Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Golia Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia Stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm
Materials: Resin and concrete
The GOLIA stools are featured by sculptural, almost monumental forms, and by an ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Jade Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Golia Bench by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia bench by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 67 x D 33 x H 44 cm
top Ø 50 x 96 cm
Materials: Resin top, concrete
The Golia benches are featured by sculptural, almost monumental forms...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Benches
Materials
Concrete
Golia Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm
Materials: Resin and concrete
Customized colors needs can be considered.
The GOLIA stools are featured ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Jade Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coffee tabl...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Jade Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coffee ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Golia Bench by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia bench by Draga & Aurel.
Dimensions: W 67 x D 33 x H 44 cm.
Top Ø 50 x 96 cm.
Materials: resin top, concrete.
The Golia benches are featured by sculptural, almost monumen...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Benches
Materials
Concrete
Golia Stool by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia stool by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm
Materials: Resin and concrete
Customized colors needs can be considered
The GOLIA stools are featured by scul...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Golia Bench by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Golia bench by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 67 x D 33 x H 44 cm
top Ø 50 x 96 cm
Materials: Resin top, concrete
The Golia benches are featured by sculptural, almost monumental forms...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Benches
Materials
Concrete
Set of 2 Golia Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Golia stools by Draga & Aurel.
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm.
Materials: resin and concrete.
Customized colors needs can be considered.
The Golia stools ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Set of 2 Golia Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Golia stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm
Materials: Resin and concrete
The GOLIA stools are featured by sculptural, almost monumental for...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Set of 2 Golia Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 golia stools by Draga & Aurel.
Dimensions: W 50, D 50, H 45, top Ø 50 cm.
Materials: resin and concrete.
Customized colors needs can be considered.
The Golia stools ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Concrete
Set of 2 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 jade stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade c...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Jade stool by Draga & Aurel.
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm.
Materials: resin and bronze.
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Jade coff...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 jade stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Ja...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 jade stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Ja...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Set of 2 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 2 Jade stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Ja...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Set of 4 Jade Stools by Draga & Aurel
By Draga & Aurel
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Jade stools by Draga & Aurel
Dimensions: W 40, D 40, H 46, top Ø 40 cm
Materials: Resin and bronze
Formed from a combination of reflective resin and solid brass, the Ja...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Stools
Materials
Bronze
Marble Chair by Jonathan Hansen
Located in Geneve, CH
Marble low table by Jonathan Hansen
12 Editions + 1 AP
Dimensions: 40.6 x 50.8 x 71 cm
Materials: Calacatta marble, architectural bronze, resin
SERIES I CAPTUM BIOMORFE is a ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Gervasoni Straw Lounge Chair in Light Grey Aluminium Frame and Woven Resin Fiber
By Gervasoni, Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple and refined, the Straw 25 lounge chair is characterised by the structure in tubular aluminium painted light grey. A slender and light product covered with a handwoven weave wi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Resin
H 27.96 in W 27.17 in D 29.53 in
Santorini Yellow Chair
By Medaarch
Located in Milan, IT
Santorini is a chair that combines lightness and aesthetics. Made by Medaarch in 2020, it conforms like a body of continuous material. The 3D printed seat in PETG or PLA is well suit...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Pantelleria Purple Chair
By Medaarch
Located in Milan, IT
The Pantelleria armchair is inspired by the slender structures of nature with flexibility and lightness. Like stems and branches that fold in on themselves, so the profile of the sea...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Marcel Wanders Knotted Armchair in Carbon with Aramid Fiber Cord for Cappellini
By Cappellini, MARCEL WANDERS
Located in New York, NY
The iconic knotted chair is a brilliant adult interpretation of the tiny chairs used to decorate a doll’s house, a visionary creation by designer Marcel Wanders. This project has bee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Rope, Epoxy Resin
H 27.17 in W 20.87 in D 25.2 in
Pantelleria Brown Chair
By Medaarch
Located in Milan, IT
Sinuous and essential, the Pantelleria chair is made from two strips of continuous material that rest on each other. The backrest and seat move with the same harmony, conforming to d...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
Raw Teak Chair
Located in Paris, FR
Chair raw teak with all structure in natural teak
in washed finish. Seat and back rest in HDPE
woven resin cord made for outdoor use.
With cushion seat in light grey outdoor fab...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Resin, Teak
Gervasoni Straw Chair in Light Grey Aluminium Frame with Woven Resin Fiber Seat
By Gervasoni, Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simple and refined, the Straw 23/24 chair family, with and without armrests, is characterised by the structure in tubular aluminium painted light grey. A slender and light product co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin
H 32.68 in W 19.3 in D 25.2 in
Gervasoni Panda Bergere Armchair in Aspen 03 Upholstery & White/Gray Resin Fiber
By Gervasoni, Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Important proportions characterise the Bergere Panda 19 chair, with armrests and an oversized backrest that develops with a considerable height. It is made with a structure and feet ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Bergere Chairs
Materials
Resin
H 55.52 in W 31.5 in D 34.65 in
Patrick Norguet Rainbow Chair in Acrylic Resin for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Patrick Norguet
Located in New York, NY
Made entirely of acrylic resin, the Rainbow chair by Patrick Norguet is contains bands of different colors and widths which are fused together with ultrasound. The contrast between t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Resin, Acrylic
Gervasoni Panda 05 Armchair in Capri 04 Upholstery & White/Gray Resin Fiber
By Gervasoni, Paola Navone
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft and welcoming shapes and consistent volumes characterise the Panda 05 armchair; it has a structure and feet in aluminium and weave in white or grey Panda Resin synthetic polyeth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Armchairs
Materials
Resin
H 24.41 in W 42.92 in D 36.62 in
Multicolor Adjustable Fiberglass Chairs, Italy, 1950
Located in Milan, IT
A multicolor adjustable swiveling fiberglass chairs. The legs are made out of light gray color painted iron. Used in a canteen-cafeteria or bistrot. Italy 1950. The seat of the chair...
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Armchairs
Materials
Metal, Iron
GUFRAM Detecma Lounge in Blue by Tullio Regge
By Tullio Regge, Gufram Furniture
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Detecma is an acronym for Design, Technique and Mathematics. These three values were united for the first time in 1967, the year when the Physicist Professor Tullio Regge, renown as ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Resin
GUFRAM Mozza Stool & Chair by Giuseppe Raimondi
By Gufram Furniture, Giuseppe Raimondi
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Designed in 1968 by Giuseppe Raimondi, Mozza maintains the same vibrant revolutionary appeal and ability to adapt to countless living needs. Rendered in its present edition in a sexi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Resin
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Find a variety of italian organic material chairs available on 1stDibs. We have 11 antique and vintage italian organic material chairs in-stock, while there are 37 modern editions to choose from as well. Italian organic material chairs have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 20th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. Modern and Mid-Century Modern italian organic material chairs are consistently popular styles. Many italian organic material chairs are appealing in their simplicity, but Draga & Aurel, Gufram Furniture and Gaetano Pesce produced popular italian organic material chairs that are worth a look.
How Much are Italian Organic Material Chairs?
Italian organic material chairs can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $4,080, while the lowest priced sells for $840 and the highest can go for as much as $15,400.
Finding the Right Chairs for You
Chairs are an indispensable component of your home and office. Can you imagine your life without the vintage, new or antique chairs you love?
With the exception of rocking chairs, the majority of the seating in our homes today — Windsor chairs, chaise longues, wingback chairs — originated in either England or France. Art Nouveau chairs, the style of which also originated in those regions, embraced the inherent magnificence of the natural world with decorative flourishes and refined designs that blended both curved and geometric contour lines. While craftsmanship and styles have evolved in the past century, chairs have had a singular significance in our lives, no matter what your favorite chair looks like.
“The chair is the piece of furniture that is closest to human beings,” said Hans Wegner. The revered Danish cabinetmaker and furniture designer was prolific, having designed nearly 500 chairs over the course of his lifetime. His beloved designs include the Wishbone chair, the wingback Papa Bear chair and many more.
Other designers of Scandinavian modernist chairs introduced new dynamics to this staple with sculptural flowing lines, curvaceous shapes and efficient functionality. The Paimio armchair, Swan chair and Panton chair are vintage works of Finnish and Danish seating that left an indelible mark on the history of good furniture design.
“What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts,” said Ray Eames.
Visionary polymaths Ray and Charles Eames experimented with bent plywood and fiberglass with the goal of producing affordable furniture for a mass market. Like other celebrated mid-century modern furniture designers of elegant low-profile furnishings — among them Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Finn Juhl — the Eameses considered ergonomic support, durability and cost, all of which should be top of mind when shopping for the perfect chair. The mid-century years yielded many popular chairs.
The Eameses introduced numerous icons for manufacturer Herman Miller, such as the Eames lounge chair and ottoman, molded plywood dining chairs the DCM and DCW (which can be artfully mismatched around your dining table) and a wealth of other treasured pieces for the home and office.
A good chair anchors us to a place and can become an object of timeless appeal. Take a seat and browse the rich variety of vintage, new and antique chairs on 1stDibs today.
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