Set 6 Paul Evans for Directional Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs, 1960
By Directional, Paul Evans
Located in Chicago, IL
6 Paul Evans for Directional Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs, 1960. 2 captain chairs and 4 side chairs. Original upholstery in good vintage condition. You can send your own COM pl...
Chrome
Set of Six 1970s Matteograssi Style Cantilevered Chrome & White Leather Chairs
By Matteograssi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Six Italian cantilevered dining chairs embodying the sleek modernist aesthetic of 1970s design, crafted in the distinctive Matteograssi style. Each chair features the signature tubul...
Chrome
Set of Six 1980s Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs with Gray Velvet
Located in Rancho Cucamonga, CA
A sculptural set of six chrome cantilever dining chairs upholstered in gray velvet. The tubular steel construction forms a continuous frame that supports the seat and back in a suspe...
Chrome
Art Deco Cantilever Chairs Newly Reupholstered - Pair
By lloyd manufacturing co., Kem Weber
Located in Chicago, IL
Art Deco Cantilever Chairs Attributed to Kem Weber for Lloyd’s Manufacturing Newly Reupholstered in Holly Hunt Teal Metallic Full Grain Leather with White Trim - Pair Enhance your ...
Chrome
Mariani For Pace Collection Cantilever Chrome Dining Chairs - Set of Three
By Pace Collection
Located in Miami, FL
Set of three Pace Collection cantilevered chrome base dining chairs with fabric seats by Frank Mariani, 1970s. Ready for new upholstery.
Chrome
Black Leather Chrome Cantilever Mies Van Der Rohe MR10 Chairs For Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a set of 8 cantilever dining chairs by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe produced for Knoll circa the 1970s. An icon of Bauhaus design, these chairs feature seamless tubular chrome ca...
Chrome
Mid Century Modern Miles Van Der Rohe Brno Cantilever Dining Chairs Set of 4
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid century modern Brno style cantilever dining chairs, set of 4 with chrome frames and upholstered seats.
Metal
Mid Century Modern Miles Van Der Rohe Brno Cantilever Dining Chairs Set of 4
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid century modern Brno style cantilever dining chairs, set of 4 with chrome frames and upholstered seats.
Metal
Mid Century Modern Miles Van Der Rohe Brno Cantilever Dining Chairs Set of 8
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Mid century modern Brno style cantilever dining chairs, set of 8 with chrome frames and sleek profile.
Metal
$4,196Sale Price / set|20% Off
Rare set of six cantilever chairs, vienna straw and chrome 1960s Italy
Located in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District
This rare set of six cantilever chairs from 1960s Italy epitomizes mid-century modern design with a sophisticated blend of materials and form.
Chrome
$2,000 / set
Set of 4 MR 10 Style Cantilever Chairs
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A striking set of four MR 10 style cantilever chairs, inspired by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic 1927 design. Featuring tubular chrome frames and handwoven cane seats and backs, t...
Steel
Milo Baughman Style DIA Mid Century Cantilever Z Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Milo Baughman Style DIA Mid Century Chrome Cantilever Z Dining Chairs - Set of 6 Each armless chair measures: 21 wide x 21 deep x 36 high, with a seat height of 18 inches Each capta...
Chrome
Fabulous Pair of Chrome Barrel Back Chairs, Mid-Century Modern
By Flair
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fabulous pair of chrome cantilevered barrel back chairs. This pair is super clean and have shiny mirrored finish chrome and original upholstery in nice vintage condition. The seat is...
Chrome
Giotto Stoppino for Kartell Italian Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Giotto Stoppino, Kartell
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Giotto Stoppino for Kartell Mid Century Italian Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs - Set of 6 Each chair measures: 20.5 wide x 24 deep x 33 inches high, with a seat height of 19 and ar...
Chrome
Set of 4 Mid-Century Modern Cesca Style Chrome and Cane Dining Chairs
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A stylish set of four Mid-Century Modern dining chairs in the style of the iconic Cesca chair originally designed by Marcel Breuer.
Chrome
Vintage Mies Van Der Rohe For Knoll Cantilevered Chrome And Rattan MR Chair
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This iconic vintage MR chair, designed by Mies van der Rohe for Knoll, is a masterful expression of Bauhaus modernism and timeless design innovation. The cantilevered tubular chrome ...
Chrome
Cantilevered Vintage Club Chair attributed to Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in Chicago, IL
Cantilevered Vintage club chair attributed to Milo Baughman comes with a seat pillow not shown. Need to confirm dimensions. estimated on listing.
Chrome
$3,080Sale Price / set|20% Off
Fantastic Set 4 Pace Collection Laguna Chrome Cantilevered Dining Chair
By Pace Collection, Leon Rosen
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Fantastic set of 4 Mariani Laguna Pace Collection cantilevered chrome dining chairs. These Italian mid-century modern chairs retain their original upholstery, which is in good condit...
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Italian Set of Chrome and Black Cesca Chair by Marcel Breuer
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Prato, IT
Mid-Century Modern Italian set of 3 chrome cantilever Cesca chair with black lacquered wood profiles by Marcel Breuer.
Chrome
Brno Style Flat Bar Chrome Cantilever Armchairs, Pair
Located in Trenton, NJ
A compelling pair of flat bar chrome cantilever armchairs in the manner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's iconic Brno chair — one of the most architecturally significant and enduringly c...
Metal
$3,500Sale Price / set|22% Off
Set of Four Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Cantilever Chrome Dining Chairs
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Peabody, MA
Set of four Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin cantilever arm chairs in bright polished flatbar chrome. Due to their generous size, these could serve equally well as dining chairs or a...
Chrome
Set of 10 Mid-century Chrome Chairs with Double Tubular
Located in Miami, FL
Set of ten vintage modern dining chairs with flat bar polished chrome frames. Seats are suspended in a cantilever spring frame. Very comfortable and stable armchairs Height from the...
Chrome
Paul Evans for Directional MCM Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs – Set of 8
By Paul Evans, Directional
Located in Franklin Park, IL
Paul Evans for Directional Mid Century Chrome Cantilever Dining Chairs – Set of 8 Each chair measures: 19.75 wide x 23 deep x 33.5 inches high, with a seat height/chair clearance of...
Chrome
Vintage Italy Cognac Chrom Leather Chair Armchair Cantilever
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This Cantilever vintage chair are an Italian classic. In the manner of Marcel Breuer this chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement. It is the thick saddle vegetal tanned ...
Steel, Chrome
Milo Baughman For Thayer Coggin Cantilever T Back Lounge Chair
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin cantilever T-back lounge chair exemplifies the designer’s refined approach to Mid-Century Modern seating, balancing comfort with clean architectu...
Metal
Mid-Century Chrome Rocking Lounge Chairs w/ Button Detailing by Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman
Located in New York, NY
These chairs seamlessly marry form and function, featuring streamlined chrome frames with a distinctive cantilevered rocking design.
Chrome
Harvey Probber Pair of Leather & Chrome Slipper Lounge Chairs Cantilevered Seats
By Harvey Probber
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This elegant pair of Probber lounge chairs has a dynamic profile acheived by the use of a cantalievered seat supported by polished stainless steel frames. The origina chocolate-brown...
Stainless Steel
Fasem Vintage Italy black Leather Dining Chairs Armchairs Cantilever
By Fasem International
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Cantilever vintage chairs are Italian classics and produced by Fasem. In the manner of Marcel Breuer this chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement. It can be used i...
Steel, Chrome
Fasem Cantilever Leather Chair By Mart Stam Italy 1980s
Located in Čelinac, BA
Leather Cantilever Chair by FASEM Italy 1980s
Chrome
Titi Agnoli Cantilever Leather Chair for UNIFOR Italy 1970s
By Tito Agnoli
Located in Čelinac, BA
Titi Agnili Cantilever Leather Chair for Unifor Italy 1970s
Chrome
$5,200Sale Price / set|20% Off
Mid-Century Chrome Scoop Lounge Chairs After Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin
By Milo Baughman, Thayer Coggin
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Striking and effortlessly architectural, this pair of chrome scoop lounge chairs captures the essence of 1970s modern design inspired by Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin. The sculptur...
Chrome
Thonet Bauhaus Brno Style Chairs Chrome & Cognac Leather Cantilever Set of 12
By Lilly Reich, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Thonet
Located in Topeka, KS
Phenomenal Bauhaus style Thonet chrome tube cantilever frame & cognac leather armchairs in the style of Brno chair by Mies van der Rohe, & Lilly Reich, set of 12.
Chrome
$1,600Sale Price|50% Off
Mid Century Modern Chrome Club Chair in Faux Alligator Hide
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Very large floating cantilever tub chair with chromed steel frame dressed in faux vinyl albino alligator hide upholstery. This fabulous chair is newly upholstered and extra clean.
Steel
Pair of Tubular Cantilever Lounge Chairs with Brook Perdigon Textiles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Chrome tubular cantilever lounge chairs c.1970s, feature textiles by Brook Perdigon. Each tufted lounge chair showcases Perdigon's Retazo cotton velvet — “inspired by the remnant of ...
Chrome
Mies Van Der Rohe Brno Style Mid-Century Modern Chrome Club Chairs, Set of Ten
By Keilhauer, Knoll, Patty Johnson
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional set of ten Mid-Century Modern "Brno" style tubular cantilever lounge chairs or club chairs In the manner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll By Patty Johnson for K...
Chrome
Mies Van Der Rohe Brno Style Mid-Century Modern Chrome Club Chairs, Set of 12
By Knoll, Patty Johnson, Keilhauer
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional set of twelve Mid-Century Modern "Brno" style tubular cantilever lounge chairs or club chairs In the manner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll By Patty Johnson fo...
Chrome
Mies Van Der Rohe Brno Style Mid-Century Modern Chrome Club Chairs, Set of Eight
By Knoll
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional set of eight Mid-Century Modern "Brno" style tubular cantilever lounge chairs or club chairs In the manner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll By Patty Johnson for...
Chrome
Tubular Chrome and Blue Fabric Cantilever Lounge Chair with Arms Set of 7
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Topeka, KS
Awesome vintage cantilever tubular chrome and blue hopsack fabric upholstered lounge chairs in the manner of Thonet.
Chrome
Mies Van Der Rohe Brno Style Mid-Century Modern Chrome Club Chairs, Set of Four
By Knoll
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional set of four Mid-Century Modern "Brno" style tubular cantilever lounge chairs or club chairs In the manner of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Knoll By Patty Johnson for ...
Chrome
$3,000Sale Price / set|20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Chrome Dining Chairs by Design Institute of America
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Each chair features a sleek cantilevered frame constructed from chrome-plated steel, creating a beautiful floating silhouette that feels both light and architectural.
Stainless Steel, Chrome
Milo Baughman for Thayer Coggin Cantilevered Scoop Lounge Chair
By Thayer Coggin, Milo Baughman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Step into the world of mid-century modern sophistication with the Milo Baughman Cantilevered Lounge Chair, expertly crafted and manufactured by Thayer Coggin.
Metal
Vintage Chrome & Black Caned Cantilever Armchair Set of 4
By Marcel Breuer, Gavina, Knoll
Located in Bensalem, PA
4 original vintage, canned cesca chairs with black trim and chrome frames. Please look at pictures and video for overall detail. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
Chrome
Set of Six Black and Chrome Cantilever Dining Armchairs
By Contemporary Shells Inc. 1
Located in Dallas, TX
Featured here is an amazing set of cantilevered chrome dining chairs armchairs by Contemporary Shells Inc. Contemporary Shell Inc. was based in Hempstead NY and produced works for ma...
Chrome
Cantilevered Lounge Chair by Carson's of High Point
By Carson's Furniture
Located in San Francisco, CA
A cantilever chrome framed arm chair reupholstered in a grey wool velvet.
Chrome
$2,500 / set
Cantilever Z Dining Chairs- Set of 4
By Design Institute America, Milo Baughman
Located in Denton, TX
Set of 4 Z Chairs in the style of Milo Baughman by DIA. Featuring sculptural cantilever frames and sleek modern lines. These iconic chairs will make a great additional to any modern ...
Chrome
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Craft Associates Chrome Barrel Back Club Chairs
By Craft Associates, Adrian Pearsall
Located in Wilmington, DE
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Craft Associates Chrome Barrel Back Club Chairs Offered is a pair of beautifully restored vintage Mid-Century Modern chairs by Craft Associates.
Steel
Mid-Century Modern Daystrom White Vinyl Tubular Chrome Dining Chairs - Set of 6
By Daystrom Furniture
Located in Clarksboro, NJ
Bring iconic 1970s style to your dining room with this exceptional set of Mid-Century Modern Daystrom chrome tubular dining chairs.
Chrome
Iconic Mies van der Rohe for Thonet Mid-Century Bauhaus Cantilever Armchair
Located in Nottingham, GB
An iconic expression of Bauhaus design, this elegant lounge chair was conceived by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe for Thonet and remains one of the most celebrated cantilever chair designs...
Stainless Steel
$158Sale Price|68% Off
Mid Century Modern Cesca Style Chair with Caned Seat
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Freehold, NJ
This mid century modern accent chair in the style of Marcel Breuer features beautifully caned seat and back atop a chrome finished cantilever base.
Chrome
Three Black Leather Cantilever Chairs After Clement Meadmore
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Classic Mid Century lounge chairs with cantilever form and having heavy chromed steel bases.
Steel
Cantilever Lounge Chair attributed to Milo Baughman
By Milo Baughman, Pace Furniture Company
Located in Chicago, IL
Cantilever Lounge Chair attributed to Milo Baughman. One of the best forms in solid bar chromed steel.
Upholstery
Gordon International Marcel Breuer B64 Cantilever Upholstered Chairs, Set of 4
By Marcel Breuer
Located in Germantown, MD
Iconic set of four Marcel Breuer Cesca S64 cantilever armchairs featuring an ebonized lacquered beech frame finish. Beautifully crafted from tubular chrome-plated steel frames and or...
Metal, Chrome
Mid Century Modern “CH66" Dining Chair by Nicos Zographos
By Nicos Zographos
Located in Shippensburg, PA
MID-CENTURY MODERN DOUBLE-CANTILEVER BLACK LEATHER "CH66" DINING CHAIR BY NICOS ZOGRAPHOS United States, circa 1970s Item # 307GYP27X-1 A "CH66" dining chair by Nicos Zographos, fea...
Steel, Chrome
$796Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage MR10/S533L Cantilever chair by Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich
By Lilly Reich, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Tucson, AZ
This graceful, elegant, and beautifully proportioned "MR10" chair, developed from a 1924 design for a cantilevered chair by Mart Stam, was introduced by Mies van der Rohe at the 1927...
Chrome
Fasem Vintage Italy brown Leather Dining Chairs Armchairs Cantilever Set of 2
By Fasem International
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Cantilever vintage chairs are Italian classics and produced by Fasem. In the manner of Marcel Breuer this chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement. It can be used...
Steel, Chrome
Vintage Italy Light Grey Leather Dining Chairs Armchairs Cantilever Set of 4
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These Cantilever vintage chairs are Italian classics. In the manner of Marcel Breuer this chairs are strongly inspired by the Bauhaus Movement. It is the thick smooth saddle anilin...
Steel, Chrome
$800Sale Price / item|20% Off
S 32 Cantilever Thonet Side Chair
By Thonet, Mart Stam
Located in Pasadena, TX
S 32 Cantilever Thonet side chair S 32 Cantilever chair combines the tubular steel frame with leather upholstered seat and backrest for comfort. Price for 1 6 available.
Chrome
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
CHARACTERISTICS OF MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGN
MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNERS TO KNOW
ICONIC MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE DESIGNS
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.
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.
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