Memphis Milano Palace Chair by George Sowden, Post-Modern Design
By George Sowden, Memphis Milano
Located in Toronto, ON
The solemnity and essentiality of Palace by George J. Sowden make this chair a true icon of the silent transformation of Memphis. Palace reinterprets the rationalist forms of design ...
Wood, Lacquer
1980ies Palace chair designed by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
By George Sowden, Memphis Milano
Located in Offenburg, Baden Wurthemberg
1980ies Memphis Milano Palace chair in colored lacquered wood designed by George Sowden, 1983.
Plywood
Memphis Milano "Palace" Postmodern Luxury Chair by George J. Sowden
By Memphis Milano, George Sowden
Located in Varedo, Lombardia
Sowden in 1983, the "Palace" chair represents a profound moment in the evolution of the Memphis Milano movement.
Wood
Palace Wood Chair, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Milano, George Sowden, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Palace chair in colored lacquered wood, designed in 1983, by George Sowden.
Wood
Palace Chair by George Sowden for Memphis, Milano, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black
By George Sowden, Memphis Milano
Located in Kansas City, MO
George Sowden for Memphis "Palace Chair", 1983. Multicolor form with arms. Completely original with very few signs of use.
Wood
PALACE Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
By George Sowden
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Designed for the 3rd Memphis exhibition by George Sowden (UK), it is a melding of his memories of British Arts & Guilds (Macintosh, etc.) and a rectilinear homage to Gerrit Rietveld ...
Lacquer
Palace Chair by George J. Sowden for Memphis Group, Milano, 1983
By George Sowden, Memphis Group
Located in Hyères, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
fit for a king. this „palace“ chair doesn’t really feel royal – but very „memphis“. no wonder, because its designer, george j. sowden, was a founding member of the famous memphis gro...
Wood
Sold
H 33 in W 19.25 in D 19.5 in
George Sowden follow artist Palace chair Memphis United Kingdom / Italy, 1983
By George Sowden, Memphis Milano
Located in Skokie, IL
George Sowden follow artist Palace chair Memphis United Kingdom / Italy, 1983 Dimensions: 34 1/2” h × 19 1/4” w × 19 1/2” d Materials: lacquered wood Condition: Very good vintage ...
Wood
Palace Chair by George Sowden for Memphis Milano
By George Sowden
Located in Denton, MD
Designed in 1983 for Memphis Milano. Every element of the palace chair intensifies its rectilinear layout, with intense color and simple forms.
Wood
$4,700 / set
H 35.5 in W 19.5 in D 17.75 in
"Palace" Chair by George Sowden, Memphis Design, Painted Wood, 1983
By George Sowden
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
Designed for the 3rd Memphis exhibition by George Sowden (UK), it is a melding of his memories of British Arts & Guilds (Macintosh, etc.) and a rectilinear homage to Gerrit Rietv...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Robert Venturi Sheraton chair for Knoll Postmodern 80s
By Robert Venturi, Knoll
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Robert Venturi chair for knoll Model: Sheraton Silkscreen printed pattern on black plywood. Rare model in famous Venturi's chairs in Knoll collection.
Plywood
$3,987 / item
H 29.14 in W 14.57 in D 16.93 in
Gerrit Rietveld Zig Zag Chair by Cassina, Mid-Century Modern Design
By Gerrit Rietveld, Cassina
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1934. Relaunched in 1973/ 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Gerrit Rietveld, this chair provided an early example of...
Wood
Memphis First Chair by Michele de Lucchi circa 1983
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Oakland, CA
Early production Memphis First chair designed by Michele de Lucchi this chair that was purchased by the original owner who was working at the de Lucchi design studio in the 1980s in ...
Metal
$3,987 / item
H 29.14 in W 14.57 in D 16.93 in
Gerrit Rietveld Zig Zag Chair by Cassina, Mid-Century Modern Design
By Cassina, Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Chair designed by Gerrit Thomas Rietveld in 1934. Relaunched in 1973/ 2011. Manufactured by Cassina in Italy. Designed by Gerrit Rietveld, this chair provided an early example of...
Wood
1990s Pascal Mourgue 'Rio' Chair For Artelano
By Pascal Mourgue
Located in London, GB
Designed by Pascal Mourgue for the French manufacturer Artelano in the 1990s, the 'Rio' chair embodies a refined balance of industrial materials and minimalist design. Featuring a sl...
Metal
Martin Visser Modernist Prototype Chair SE20 Spectrum, 1988
By Martin Visser
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare prototype side chair designed by Martin Visser and manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk 1988. This chair is the pre production of model number SE20 and was eventually made in sev...
Plywood
Michele De Lucchi Memphis 'First' Chair, Lacquered Wood, 1983
By Michele de Lucchi
Located in Tinton Falls, NJ
The Most Popular MEMPHIS Chair!!! FIRST is an iconic and sculptural creation conceived by Michele De Lucchi. The designer seems to be paying homage to Alexander Calder in the lightn...
Metal
$458Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.37 in W 20.08 in D 20.87 in
Postmodern Design Chair by Pierantonio Bonacina, Italy, 1990's
By Pierantonio Bonacina
Located in Oud-Turnhout, VAN
Postmodern Modern Italian Design dining chair by Pierantonio Bonacina, made in Italy 1990's. Steer head bend bentwood pressed wood back with rattan woven seat on chrome metal base. C...
Metal, Chrome
$2,400 / item
H 35.44 in W 23.23 in D 19.69 in
First Wood and Metal Chair, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, Michele de Lucchi
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The First chair in enameled wood and metal, was originally designed in 1983 by Michele De Lucchi. Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and graduated in architecture in Flor...
Metal
Martin Visser Modernist Chair SE20 Spectrum, 1988
By Martin Visser
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
Rare modernist side chair designed by Martin Visser and manufactured by ’t Spectrum Bergeyk, 1988. This chair is model number SE20 and was made in several color combinations. This is...
Plywood
American Modern Cove Single Chair by Artist Roy McMakin
By Roy McMakin
Located in San Diego, CA
Single chair by American artist Roy Mcmakin. solid wood construction, Roy McMakin is an American artist, designer, and furniture maker known for his unique fusion of fine art, archit...
Wood
Verner Panton Vilbert Chair, 1993
By Verner Panton, IKEA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
wonderful colorful postmodern accent chair "Vilbert" by Verner Panton for Ikea 1993, in blue, purple, green, red and black formica with black edges. The structure follows geometric a...
Formica
$2,119
H 30.71 in W 20.87 in D 18.12 in
Peregalli and Calatroni Post Modern Armchair, circa 1985, Italy
By Maurizio Peregalli
Located in Brussels, BE
Post-modern Maurizio Peregalli and Sergio Calatroni chair, edited by Zeus circa 1985, Italy. Poltrona model. Black powder-coated square steel tube, black self-skinning polyurethane s...
Metal
$2,500
H 32.29 in W 14.97 in D 22.84 in
Kim Steel and Plywood Chair Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Original 1980s
By Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Group
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Kim chair designed by Michele De Lucchi in 1987. Made of unique shaped black steel frame and bent plywood for back and seat. Memphis logo mark is on the back of the seat. This logo i...
Steel
Chair "Dallas" Design Paolo Favaretto for Kinetics, Talin, 1970s
By Favaretto & Partners, Kinetics
Located in taranto, IT
Industrial design chair by paolo favaretto, designed for the canadian kinetics and distributed in Italy by Talin. Bright yellow metal structure, stackable. It measures 84 cm in...
Metal
$7,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.13 in W 12 in D 6.13 in
Feliciano Bejar Caja De Jano Bubble Box Magiscope Refraction Sculpture Op Art
By Feliciano Béjar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Feliciano Béjar Ruiz Magiscopic red perforated glass aluminum box. Bejar was a Mexican artist, best known for a style of sculpture called Magiscopios which involved various material...
Aluminum
$2,720 / item
H 35.44 in W 13.78 in D 19.69 in
Flamingo Bedside Table, by Michele De Lucchi for Memphis Milano Collection
By Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Milano, Memphis Group
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Flamingo bedside table in laminated wood and plastic, designed in 1984 by Michele De Lucchi. Michele De Lucchi was born in 1951 in Ferrara and graduated in architecture in Florence....
Wood, Plastic
$1,306Sale Price|40% Off
H 14.38 in W 42.92 in D 28.94 in
Italian Design Wooden Coffee Table with Bar Compartment, 1970s
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
This is a stunning and sophisticated piece of mid-century furniture. 1970s Italian design often combines elegance and practicality, making this coffee table truly unique. Its rectan...
Glass, Plywood
$3,414
H 37.8 in W 59.06 in D 16.93 in
French Modernist Sideboard in Oak and Raffia, 1950s, Two Sliding Doors
By Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Elegant French modernist sideboard from the 1950s, crafted in oak and oak veneer, embodying the restrained sophistication of postwar French design. Clean architectural lines are soft...
Raffia, Oak
Squash Gold Ashtray, by Maria Sanchez from Memphis Milano
By Maria Sanchez, Memphis Group, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
The Squash Gold Ashtray in ceramic was originally designed in 1985 by Maria Sanchez for Memphis Milano. The Squash ashtray is one of the smallest objects in the Memphis Milano collec...
Ceramic
Arts and Crafts Style Mahogany Metamorphic Library Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome solid mahogany metamorphic library chair that converts into a step ladder made in the English Arts and Crafts style. The chair is sturdy and solid with brass hardware and lo...
Brass
$2,420 / item
H 27.56 in W 14.97 in D 3.94 in
Tahiti Table Lamp 'EU VERSION 220v', by Ettore Sottsass from Memphis, Milano
By Ettore Sottsass, Memphis Group, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Here you are shown the EU wired 220v 'Tahiti' table lamp, designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1981. The light fixture is of a polychrome enameled metal "duck" with a pivoting-like head mo...
Metal
$16,970 / item
H 63 in W 23.63 in D 15.75 in
D'Antibes Wooden Storage Cabinet, by George Sowden for Memphis Milano Collection
By Memphis Group, Memphis Milano, George Sowden
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Designed in 1981 by George Sowden, The "D'Antibes" is a piece of storage furniture with long legs. Cabinet in lacquered wood silkscreened on the two sides. George Sowden was born in...
Wood
$8,900 / set
H 29.18 in W 21.37 in D 21.62 in
Frank Lloyd Wright, Slipper Chairs, Mahogany, Fabric, Heritage Henredon, c. 1955
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in High Point, NC
A pair of mahogany and fabric slipper chairs, line "Taliesin", designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and produced by Heritage Henredon, United States, c. 1955. Wear consistent with age and...
Fabric, Mahogany
$11,915Sale Price|20% Off
H 31.11 in W 76.38 in D 42.13 in
Ettore Sottsass Flying Carpet Armchair by Bedding Brevetti 1970s Italy
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Cascina, Pisa
The Flying Carpet or Tappeto Volante armchair is an iconic seat with a base and an armrest in beech wood, the seat, and the back are made with polyurethane foam padding with multicol...
Fabric, Wood, Velvet
$510 / item
H 3.15 in W 9.85 in D 11.82 in
Onion Ceramic Fruit Bowl by Nathalie du Pasquier for Memphis Milano Collection
By Nathalie du Pasquier, Memphis Milano
Located in La Morra, Cuneo
Onion ceramic fruit bowl by Nathalie Du Pasquier for Memphis Milano collection Additional information: Ceramic fruit-bowl. Collection: Memphis Milano Designer: Nathalie Du Pasq...
Ceramic
Paul Frankl Telechron American Moderne Deco Clock, 1928
By Paul Frankl
Located in Sharon, CT
The iconic American Deco Frankl 'Skyscraper' mantel clock. Polished silver over brass with black bakelite base. This rare 'top of line' deco item retains the original bevelled glass ...
Glass
96" Art Deco Style Hand-Painted Four Panel Screen
Located in Water Mill, NY
Art Deco style hand-painted wood four panel screen with cutouts...different design on each side
Wood
$1,950Sale Price|40% Off
H 29 in W 66 in D 20 in
Post Modern artistic funky Painted 2 Drawer narrow Desk or console table
By Memphis Milano
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Mid-Century Post Modern artistic funky painted yellow orange green splatters with 2 drawers wood narrow desk or console table. Would make a great entry way or hallway table. Beautifu...
Wood, Paint
$2,978
H 67.72 in W 42.52 in D 17.72 in
Mid-Century Modern Memphis Style Dressing Table/ Vanity in Lacquered Wood, 1960s
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Memphis Style Dressing Table/ Vanity in Lacquered wood, 1960s This dressing table is in fair condition. Damages are seen in the pictures. Measures: Height : 72 -...
Wood
Pair of Mid 20th Century French Parisian Club Armchairs
Located in Benington, Herts
A Pair of Fine Parisian Club Armchairs, Mid 20th Century In the Style of Jean Royère and Jean-Michel Frank. French most definitely Parisian circa 1940-50. The chairs of deep and c...
Upholstery, Wood
With entire areas of our homes reserved for “sitting rooms,” the value of quality antique and vintage seating cannot be overstated.
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.
The seating of today is more inclusive but the style and placement of chairs can still make a statement. Antique desk chairs and armchairs designed in the style of Louis XV, which eventually included painted furniture and were often made of rare woods, feature prominently curved legs as well as Chinese themes and varied ornaments. Much like the thrones of fairy tales and the regency, elegant lounges crafted in the Louis XV style convey wealth and prestige. In the kitchen, the dining chair placed at the head of the table is typically reserved for the head of the household or a revered guest.
Of course, with luxurious vintage or antique furnishings, every chair can seem like the best seat in the house. Whether your preference is stretching out on a plush sofa, such as the Serpentine, designed by Vladimir Kagan, or cozying up in a vintage wingback chair, there is likely to be a comfy classic or contemporary gem for you on 1stDibs.
With respect to the latest obsessions in design, cane seating has been cropping up everywhere, from sleek armchairs to lounge chairs, while bouclé fabric, a staple of modern furniture design, can be seen in mid-century modern, Scandinavian modern and Hollywood Regency furniture styles.
Admirers of the sophisticated craftsmanship and dark woods frequently associated with mid-century modern seating can find timeless furnishings in our expansive collection of lounge chairs, dining chairs and other items — whether they’re vintage editions or alluring official reproductions of iconic designs from the likes of Hans Wegner or from Charles and Ray Eames. Shop our inventory of Egg chairs, designed in 1958 by Arne Jacobsen, the Florence Knoll lounge chair and more.
No matter your style, the collection of unique chairs, sofas and other seating on 1stDibs is surely worthy of a standing ovation.