Pr. Mid Century Corner Lounge Chairs by Ficks Reed
By Ficks Reed
Located in New York, NY
The dramatic hump back form make the chairs particularly effective, perfect for your sunroom , patio, or any casual interior, or covered space.
Bamboo
Sven Markelius Style Birch Stacking Chairs with Hump Backs
By Sven Markelius
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Sven Markelius style birch stacking chairs with flat seat backs. In original condition with visible wear and use. Lead time from time of order is 10 days.
Birch
Assembled Set of Eight 19th Century Carved Chinese Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare set of eight assembled Chinese chairs made of hardwood including some rosewood. Chairs feature bone inlay back splats and decorative aprons with hump back stretchers.
Bone, Hardwood
Sold
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in D 21.5 in
1950s Pair of Danish Hump Back Armchairs by Ole Wanscher for A.J. Iversen
By A. J. Iversen, Ole Wanscher
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A pair of rosewood hump back arm chairs with black leather upholstery.
Leather, Rosewood
Antique Chippendale Style Leather Wing Armchairs
Located in London, GB
The leather has been individually hand tacked onto the frames & the cushions have completely new feather innards. These chairs have hump backs, well shaped wings & arms &...
Leather, Mahogany
Faux Leopard Carved library chairs
Located in Oakland, CA
Love is funny thing (oh I mean design) and you can never turn your back on a great design. This is a large pair of Continental finely carved mahogany library chairs with hump backs,...
Wood, Fabric
Elm Wood Scholar Cap Arm Chair
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ming style scholar cap arm chair with hump back rest and stretcher rails. Elm wood with rattan seat.
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Fortunately, the design of side chairs, armchairs and other lounge furniture — since what were, quite literally, the early perches of our ancestors — has evolved considerably.
Among the earliest standard seating furniture were stools. Egyptian stools, for example, designed for one person with no seat back, were x-shaped and typically folded to be tucked away. These rudimentary chairs informed the design of Greek and Roman stools, all of which were a long way from Sori Yanagi's Butterfly stool or Alvar Aalto's Stool 60. In the 18th century and earlier, seats with backs and armrests were largely reserved for high nobility.
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