Saturn Chair, Red Coated Steel Frame and Red Wool by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The distinctive Saturn chair is a return to the split sphere concepts Bohinc originally created for her jewellery collections such as Sun and Moon (2007) and Solaris (2012).
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe Small, Brushed Brass Frame and Pink Wool by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The chair is made by hand in Portugal. With sustainability increasingly shaping the design world, at Bohinc Studio we rely on durable design solutions.
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe Small, Brushed Brass Frame and Petrol Blue Wool by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The chair is made by hand in Portugal. With sustainability increasingly shaping the design world, at Bohinc Studio we rely on durable design solutions.
Metal, Steel
Saturn Pouffe Small, Pink Coated Steel Frame and Pink Wool by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
In order to be environmentally friendly, pieces have to be either durable or made from materials that can be fully recycled and transformed completely into new products’, says Lara B...
Metal, Steel
Saturn Pouffe Small, Bronze Oxidized Steel Ivory Boucle, by Lara Bohinc in stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Please note that metal’s bronze colour is achieved with a natural oxide and not with galvanic process, which means that the final results may vary from lighter to darker bronze colou...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Chair, Occasional, Modern, Sculptural, Chrome Frame, Cream Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The distinctive Saturn chair is a return to the split sphere concepts Bohinc originally created for her jewelry collections such as Sun and Moon (2007) and Solaris (2012). This form ...
Metal
Saturn Chair, Occasional, Modern, Sculptural, Bronze frame, Furry Pink Fabric
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The distinctive Saturn chair is a return to the split sphere concepts. The lower semi sphere metal constructions cradle the soft upper spheres of Bohinc’s now trademark plump and dee...
Metal
Saturn Chair Bronze Metal Cream Boucle Wool, Modern, Sculptural, in Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The distinctive Saturn chair is a return to the split sphere concepts Bohinc originally created for her jewelry collections such as Sun and Moon (2007) and Solaris (2012). This form ...
Metal
Saturn Pouffe Large Ottoman, Bronze, Cream Boucle, Modern, Sculptural
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
‘In order to be environmentally friendly, pieces have to be either durable or made from materials that can be fully recycled and transformed completely into new products’, says Lara ...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe, ottoman, Brass Frame, Cream Boucle, modern, sculptural
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Saturn pouffe utilises gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The The Saturn pouffe utilises gathered bilboq...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Barstool, Modern, Sculptural, Bronze Frame and Cream Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The equally singular Saturn bar stool utilizes the same gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The sumptuously undul...
Metal, Steel
Saturn Pouffe Small, Ottoman, Red metal, Cream Boucle, Modern, Sculptural
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
In order to be environmentally friendly, pieces have to be either durable or made from materials that can be fully recycled and transformed completely into new products’, says Lara B...
Metal, Steel
Saturn Pouffe Small, Modern, Sculptural, Bronze Frame and Grey Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The small Saturn pouffe utilises the same gathered bilboquet seat construction as Saturn chair. The sumptuously undulating seat instantly appeals with its invitingly upholstered comf...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe Small, Ottoman, Oxidised Brass, Cream Boucle, Modern, Sculptural
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Saturn pouffe utilizes gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The sumptuously undulating seat instantly appeals ...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe Large, Ottoman, Modern, Sculptural, Brass Frame and Cream Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
Please note that metal’s bronze colour is achieved with a natural oxide and not with galvanic process, which means that the final results may vary from lighter to darker bronze colou...
Metal, Brass
Saturn Pouffe Large, Ottoman, Modern, Sculptural, Chrome Frame and Cream Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
No other material can be used over and over again to produce such long lasting usage.’ The chair is made by hand in Portugal. The Saturn Pouffe is available in sizes small (dia 44...
Metal
Saturn Barstool, Modern, Sculptural, Red Frame and Red Wool fabric
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The equally singular Saturn bar stool utilizes the same gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The sumptuously undul...
Metal, Steel
Saturn Pouffe Small, Ottoman, Modern, Sculptural, Chrome Frame and Ivory Boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Saturn pouffe utilises gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The The Saturn pouffe utilises gathered bilboque...
Metal, Chrome
Saturn Pouffe Small, Modern, Sculptural, Brass Frame and Black Boucle Wool
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Saturn pouffe utilises gathered bilboquet seat construction, to create a more simplified but still incredibly distinctive form. The sumptuously undulating seat instantly appeals ...
Metal, Brass
Sold
H 15.75 in W 29.14 in D 29.14 in
Saturn Pouffe Large, Dark Brass Frame and Blue Wool by Lara Bohinc, In Stock
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
‘In order to be environmentally friendly, pieces have to be either durable or made from materials that can be fully recycled and transformed completely into new products’, says Lara ...
Metal, Brass
$15,050 / item
H 25.6 in W 53.94 in D 19.69 in
Apollo Loveseat, Sofa, Daybed, Modern, Sculptural, Brass Frame and Cream boucle
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
The Apollo loveseat comprises of a series of playfully fine, elongated metal loops, which embrace the upholstered cushion rolls together to form its long, wavy floating seat. The two...
Metal, Brass
$1,190 / item
H 17.33 in Dm 24.41 in
Django • Sienna Earth • Sculptural Textured Velvet Ottoman by Odditi
By Odditi
Located in CAROOL, NSW, AU
The Django ottoman is a sculptural living object that brings its eclectic personality into any space. Exhibiting a sleek yet playful nature, Django also has a practical side and is a...
Fabric, Foam, Jacquard
$20,893
H 31.5 in W 157.49 in D 59.06 in
Verner Panton Cloverleaf Sofa 3 Parts in 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat for Verpan
By Verner Panton
Located in Tilburg, NL
Verner Panton cloverleaf sectional sofa. Current production. This listing shows a 3-piece Cloverleaf Sofa in dark green 'Harald 3 #982' by Kvadrat. Seats 5 people in a very interesti...
Fabric, Wood
$3,045 / item
H 59.06 in W 23.63 in D 1.58 in
Contemporary Ceramic Mirror 'Elo 2' by Pani Jurek, 150-60 Brown
By Pani Jurek
Located in Paris, IDF
ELO 2 Mirror Signed by Pani Jurek Dimensions: H150 x 60 x 4 cm Hand glazed ceramic Color shown on main image: Brown _________________________________ Pani Jurek is a Polish design...
Ceramic, Mirror
Anna Karlin Lantern Stack
By Anna Karlin
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural forms are stacked along a hand-finished tube running from floor to ceiling, with a central light source providing a soft, organic glow which accentuates the inherent textu...
Steel
$16,880 / item
H 13.78 in W 38.98 in D 72.84 in
Brutalist Verdigris Copper Sculptural Green Ceramic Coffee Table, Egg Designs
By Egg Designs
Located in Bothas Hill, KZN
A striking exploration of Brutalist form and material experimentation, this sculptural coffee table combines architectural weight with richly layered surface detail. Individually gla...
Copper, Steel
$3,943 / item
H 35.44 in W 24.41 in D 23.63 in
Lunar Chair in Cream Boucle Wool Fabric and Brushed Brass, by Lara Bohinc
By Lara Bohinc
Located in Holland, AMSTERDAM
With Lunar chair, Lara Bohinc develops her stellar themes, finding inspiration in planetary and lunar orbits, whose gravitationally curved trajectories drive the lines and shapes of ...
Brass
$14,373 / item
H 14.18 in W 46.07 in D 63.39 in
Slice Me Up Sculptural Coffee Table by Pietro Franceschini
Located in Geneve, CH
Slice me up sculptural coffee table by Pietro Franceschini. Manufacturer: We Do. Dimensions: W 161cm x L 117cm x H 36 cm Materials: Aluminium, Golden Leaf. Pietro Franceschini is ...
Gold Leaf
Clark Walnut Dressing Table
Located in Paris, FR
Dressing Table Clark Walnut with walnut wood vennered top with 5 drawers, with easy glide system, with a removable round mirror with mirror glass, diameter 60cm. Mirror frame in po...
Stainless Steel
Glas Italia BABAR Table by Patricia Urquiola
By Glas Italia, Patricia Urquiola
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Series of round high and low tables, made of a special conglomerate of 100% recycled glass grit and glass shards. Each piece is hand-made and characterized by an irregular surface ...
Glass
$19,850Sale Price / item|25% Off
H 29.53 in W 33.47 in D 26.38 in
Post-Future Surreal Vanity Set, Lacquered wood, Made in Portugal by Malabar
Located in RIO TINTO, PT
At the crossroads of art and design, where the ordinary dissolves into the extraordinary, the Surreal Vanity Set takes shape. This evocative piece transcends functionality to become ...
Stainless Steel
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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.