Initially known as Spanish Metal Arts — a supplier of fencing for stately homes on Long Island — the principals at New York furniture manufacturer Brueton were artistically minded from the start, ensuring that their furniture company would become a major player in the world of stylish, modern stainless steel-based design. The company’s sculptural glass-topped dining tables and vintage mid-century modern chrome-framed armchairs are welcome additions to any contemporary interior.
Brueton got its start with the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building in Manhattan. When award-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft of engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) was designing what would become a modernist marvel in the 1950s — a structure that traded sleek glass facades for the stone columns typically associated with banks — SOM worked with Spanish Metal Arts’s Bruno Saudino and Tony Vitale to furnish the property.
For Bruno and Tony, it marked the start of the aptly named Brueton — the pair produced understated side tables and seating made of glass and aluminum for SOM’s project. Revolutionary for its time, instead of traditional narrow windows, the Manufacturers Hanover Trust building was practically transparent — allowing passers-by to see the vault from the outside. (Celebrated photographer Ezra Stoller, who chronicled iconic New York buildings like Mies van der Rohe’s Seagram Building and the soaring silhouette of Eero Saarinen’s TWA Terminal, shot the building in 1954.)
Much like the material associated with so many of its offerings, Brueton built a reputation of being a strong, dependable and polished manufacturer. The brand worked with designers such as J. Wade Beam, who created cylindrical tables of polished chrome and exquisite marble mirrors during the 1970s, as well as Massimo and Lella Vignelli, a pair of innovative polymaths who left a profound mark on design and wider visual culture.
On 1stDibs, find vintage Brueton case pieces and storage cabinets, tables and seating on 1stDibs.
Stanley J Friedman Moon Chair on Casters for Brueton
By Stanley Jay Friedman, Brueton
Located in Miami, FL
Original Moon chair on casters designed by Stanley J Friedman for Brueton circa 1980s. The chair maintains the original teal fabric and the frame is polish...
Chrome
$4,320Sale Price|20% Off
Set of 6 Brueton Brno Chairs
By Brueton, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Pasadena, TX
Set of 6 Brueton Industries Brno Tubular Chairs Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Stainless steel tubular frames. MFG label underneath. Seat...
Stainless Steel
$2,000 / set
Sleek Midcentury Leather Chrome Chairs
By Brueton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pair of polished chrome chairs with cantilever base. Made by Brueton, featuring handsome lines and comfortable cushioned seat and back. (Please confirm item location - NY or NJ - ...
Leather
Pair of White Bent Rattan Side or Club Chairs on Casters
By Distinctive Furniture By Stanley
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Elegant and traditional pair of Stanley Furniture Hampton Preserve white bent rattan dining, side or club chairs. Each chair is super comfortable and sturdy with mortise and tenon c...
Upholstery, Rattan
$9,995 / set
H 32.5 in W 23 in D 24 in
1970s Flat-Bar Brass Plated Set of Six Dining Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Dallas, TX
Inspired by the iconic Brno chairs, these hefty flat bar cantilevered chairs by Brueton. Distinguished by its flowing lines, featuring stainless steel frames in a rare brass plated f...
Brass
Mid century vintage Mies Van Der Rohe Brno chairs by Knoll
By Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Allentown, PA
Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe in the 1930s for his renowned Tugendhat house in Brno Czechoslovakia, the Brno chair reflects the simplicity of its original environment. He is consider...
Metal
Aldo Rossi 'Teatro' Chairs for Molteni, Italy c 1983
By Aldo Rossi, Molteni & C
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Post-Modern 'Teatro' side chairs in solid beech wood designed by architect Aldo Rossi and Luca Meda and manufactured by Italian furniture company Molteni circa 1980s. These beautiful...
Beech, Wood, Leather
543 Broadway Chair, Gaetano Pesce for Bernini S.p.A. 1993
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Designed in 1993 by Gaetano Pesce, the 543 Broadway Chair is a rejection of hyper-rational industrial design. A master of resin and color, the Broadway chair features molded resin se...
Chrome
Italian Midcentury Beechwood Armchair, 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
A 20th century vintage Italian armchair designed with curved armrests and splayed and tapered front legs with stretchers. This design piece is fully restored with yellow velvet uphol...
Velvet, Beech
$12,600
H 27.45 in W 25.79 in D 28.67 in
Vintage Rosewood Armchair by Celina Decorações, Brazilian Midcentury, 1960s
By Celina Decoracoes
Located in New York, NY
This armchair is made of solid Brazilian Rosewood, with new upholstery in gorgeous suede leather. The armrests have a rectangular design with a back of vertical slats. This model features a delicate and still well-constructed use of this precious wood, which became very scarce with the passage of the years. This piece received new upholstery in soft nubuck leather, but its structure in solid Rosewood remais in original condition. Based in Rio de Janeiro, the Celina Decorações factory imposed high-quality standards, maintaining handcrafted characteristics. The company was created in 1951 when Munis Zilberberg takes over the family business - a small upholstery workshop that worked on refurbishing sofa beds and antique furniture. The name is a tribute to her mother, Celina Zilberberg...
Rosewood, Leather
543 Broadway Chair, Gaetano Pesce for Bernini S.p.A. 1993
By Gaetano Pesce
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Designed in 1993 by Gaetano Pesce, the 543 Broadway Chair is a rejection of hyper-rational industrial design. A master of resin and color, the Broadway chair features molded resin se...
Chrome
Black Leather Alma Chair by Roberto Barbieri for B&B Italia
By B&B Italia, Barbieri e Marianelli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Similar to his classic Lia chair for Zanotta, Roberto Barbieri’s late 1990s-early 2000s design for the Alma chair is perfect in its simplicity: polished aluminum metal frame, black l...
Metal
$25,200Sale Price / set|21% Off
H 37.5 in W 25 in D 24 in
Robert Venturi Post-Modern 'Chippendale' Chairs for Knoll International, c. 1985
By Robert Venturi, Knoll, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This rare and sought after set of collectors chairs is called the 'Chippendale' chair by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown for Knoll International, circa 1985 featuring a black c...
Leather, Laminate, Plywood
Mies Van Der Rohe Calfskin Brno Chairs Set of 4
By Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Saint Louis, US
A set of 4 Mies Van der Rohe Brno chairs fully reupholstered in a California alabaster cowhide. The intelligent creative eye of Van der Rohe makes the chairs appear as if they are floating in thin air...
Stainless Steel
$7,600Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 32.5 in W 22.5 in D 27.5 in
Four Bert England for Brueton Polished Steel & Cadet Blue Leather Lounge Chairs
By Brueton, Bert England
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of four cantilevered lounge chairs by Bert England for Brueton. Polished steel frames with low slung arms and biscuit tufted cadet blue leather. Can be sold as pairs for 5750.00 ...
Steel
Mark Mascheroni for Brueton Cantilevered Chairs - A Pair
By Mark Mascheroni, Brueton
Located in Chicago, IL
A pair occasional chairs by Mark Mascheroni for Brueton, first designed in 1985. The two chairs have fully cantilevered seats, solid bar frames and compound bends as the metal twist...
Metal
Set of Four White Suede Cantilever Chrome Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Redding, CT
Set of four white Suede Cantilever chrome chairs by Brueton circa 1970. Heavy and extremely well made chairs. Sleek, sexy and very clean. Seat depth is 17.50".
Chrome
Brueton Postmodern Tripod Chairs, 1980s
By Brueton
Located in Chicago, IL
Brueton Post Modern Tripod Chairs, 1980’s. Stainless steel 3 leg frames with original black checkered postmodern upholstery.
Stainless Steel
Pair of Rams Head Dining Side Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in Pasadena, TX
Pair of ram’s head dining side chairs by Brueton, 1990s Rare pair of Brueton side/dining chairs in grey ultrasuede. Dramatic back with detailing in black piping.
Ultrasuede
Sold
H 31.5 in W 25.75 in D 22.5 in
Pair of Modern Mies Van Der Rohe for Brueton Chrome Brno Chairs in Blue Velvet
By Brueton, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of sleek modern chrome flat bar "Brno" chair by Mies Van Der Rohe for Brueton. Freshly upholstered in a lush deep blue velvet with partially upholstered arms.
Chrome
Sold
H 32.5 in W 24 in D 16 in
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Klismos Form Occasional Chairs by Brueton
By Brueton
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Mid-Century Modernist Klismos form occasional chairs by Brueton. This exquisite pair of occasional chairs by Brueton have an ebonized walnut frame with saber legs that splay...