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Place of Origin: Italian
Executive Desk Chair, Terni series, Designed by Ico & Louisa Parisi for MIM
By MIM Roma, Ico Parisi
Located in Antwerp, BE
Beautiful and very comfortable executive desk chair from the Terni series designed by Ico e Louisa Parisi and manufactured by MIM Roma, Italy 1970s. This chair has an aluminium star ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Wood

Italian Leather Office Chair Set by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno Milano, 1960s
By Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Paris, FR
Presenting an expertly restored set of three Osvaldo Borsani office chairs, including an executive model and two visitor chairs. Each chair has been meticulously refurbished with new...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Chrome

Vintage 50s Boomerang Desk Chair by Carlo Ratti
By Carlo Ratti
Located in Rome, IT
Italian-designed '' Boomerang '' Desk Chair by Carlo Ratti. This modern and playful chair exudes joy with its colorful and cheerful Skai upholstery in or...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Brass, Iron

Vintage 1950s Studio BBPR Design Chairs for Arflex with Iron Frame
By Arflex, Studio BBPR
Located in Rome, IT
Presenting iconic vintage chair designed by the renowned studio BBPR for Arflex, originating from the enchanting 1950s. These timeless classics radiate a unique charm that promises t...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Iron

Armadillo 5 Dark Brown Office Armchair by Rainer Bachschmid
By Altek Italia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Well-balanced and superbly built, this office armchair of the Armadillo line is an exclusive design by Rainer Bachshmid available also without armrests and in the high back lounge ve...
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2010s Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather

Italian Swivel Chairs by Ico & Luisa Parisi for Mim, 1960 s
By Vico Magistretti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian Husband-and-wife team Ico and Luisa Parisi designed together and alongside each other in their studio La Ruota in Como, Italy. With a look that epitomized the modern Italian ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Armadillo 1 Dark Brown High Back Swivel Office Armchair by Rainer Bachschmid
By Altek Italia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Designed by Rainer Bachshmid as part of the Armadillo series of executive office seating, this elegant swivel armchair has it all. Equipped with a 5-spoked, cast-aluminum base that c...
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2010s Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum, Stainless Steel

Pair of Office Chairs by André Vandenbeuck for Arflex, Italy, 1960's
By Andre Vandenbeuck, Arflex
Located in Barcelona, ES
Pair of office armchairs designed by André Vandenbeuck in 1960's and produced by Arflex, Italy. Rare swivel desk version in original tan leather, wood arms and polished steel bases.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel

Guido Faleschini for Mariani MCM Big Italian Leather Executive Desk Chair
By Guido Faleschini, i4 Mariani
Located in Countryside, IL
Guido Faleschini for Mariani Mid Century "Big" Italian Leather Executive Desk Chair This chair measures: 30.5 wide x 29 deep x 46.5 inches high, with a seat height of 20.5 and arm h...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Chrome

Frenchkiss Low-Backed Trestle-Based Chair by Stefano Bigi
By Enrico Pellizzoni
Located in Milan, IT
This sled-style, low-backed chair features a steel structure painted in matte white with dash-colored, soft-leather covering over polyurethane foam padding. The chair's barely-there ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel

Black Leather Incisa Office Chair by Vico Magistretti for De Padova, 1992
By ICF De Padova, Vico Magistretti
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy in 1992 and designed by Vico Magistretti for De Padova. This revolving office chair features a metal frame and its original high-quality leather upholstery. This chair ...
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1990s Post-Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Glass, PVC

Ico Parisi for MIM Roma Swiwel Chair, Italy 1950s
By MIM Roma, Ico Parisi
Located in Naples, IT
Office chair by Ico Parisi for MIM Roma, a timeless masterpiece of mid-century Italian design. This office chair from Ico Parisi's renowned Terni series was made in 1958. Made of wal...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Pair of Swivel Desk Chairs "Terni" by Ico Parisi for MIM Rome Italy
By Mobili Italiani Moderni (MIM), Ico Parisi
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
This elegant and incredibly comfortable pair of executive desk chairs from the Terni series was designed by Ico and Louisa Parisi and manufactured by MIM Roma, Italy, in 1960. Each c...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Vintage Plona Folding Chair in Smoked Acrylic by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli
By Castelli, Giancarlo Piretti
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Early Plona desk/accent chair composed of a molded smoked acrylic seat and foldable aluminum frame designed by Giancarlo Piretti for Castelli (ca. 1970, Italy). Collapsible/stackable...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Ico Parisi Rosewood and Suede Desk Chair, 1950s Italy
By Ico Parisi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful blend of Italian vintage and modern functionality, this Rosewood & suede desk chair by MIM Roma is an elegant addition to any space. Creat...
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1950s Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Suede, Rosewood

21st Century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison Brown Velvet Elite Dining Chair, Italy
By Carlo Colombo, Elie Saab
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
21st century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison brown velvet elite dining chair, Italy Rich and powerful, The Elite Dining Chair is a timeless ...
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2010s Art Deco Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Velvet

1970s Italian Bordeaux Leather & Wood Open Arm Turning Office Desk Chair
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and elegant Italian Mid-Century Modern leather and solid wood office desk chair.
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Wood

Italian Black Leather Side Dining Desk Chairs Postmodern Pair, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A pair of '70s Italian Postmodern black leather and high-gloss metal chairs, circa 1970s, Italy. With label marking, "Made in Italy", as shown in last image. Great as dining or side ...
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1970s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Rare Office Chair, early 1900s
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Rare Office chair, Made in Italy, early 1900s.  The frame of this chair is stained beech while the seat is ORIGINAL cracchè leather of the time. The seat is supported by a CONTINUOUS...
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Early 1900s Mid-Century Modern Antique Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Beech

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno Green "Modus" Office Chair, Italy 1970s
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Naples, IT
Designed by Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno in the 1970s, this swivel office chair consists of a green plastic shell covered in green fabric on the seat and back, together with an aluminiu...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum, Steel

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Glass, PVC

Emerald Green 'Big' by Guido Faleschini for Mariani Leather Executive Desk Chair
By Guido Faleschini, Pace Collection, i4 Mariani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This incredible executives chair is named 'Big', designed by Guido Faleschini by i4 Mariani originally designed in the 1970s, this example newly produced in a gorgeous emerald green ...
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2010s Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Chrome

Vintage Italian Brown Leather and Chrome Armchairs, 1980s, Set of Five
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Italian brown leather and chrome armchairs, 1980s, set of five.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

"Ginger" by Roberto Lazzeroni for Poltrona Frau in Leather W/Swivel Base
By Poltrona Frau, Roberto Lazzeroni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Chair offered here is "Ginger" designed by Roberto Lazzeroni for Poltrona Frau, in Italy. Outside shell is covered in 5mm dark brown saddle leather, inside is covered in soft leathe...
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2010s Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Ash

Set of 5 Cantilever Armchairs in Leather by Matteo Grassi, Model MG15, Italy 70s
By Marcel Breuer, Matteo Grassi
Located in Odense, DK
Set of 5 Vintage cantilever armchairs in patinated red / cognac colored leather by Matteo Grassi, made in Italy, 1970s. Stamped. The chairs are strongly reminiscent of bauhaus works ...
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Mid-20th Century Bauhaus Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Steel

Philippe Starck for Kartell Clear Lucite Eros Swivel Italian Chairs, Set of 3
By Philippe Starck, Kartell
Located in Miami, FL
Set of 3 transparent Lucite Eros swivel chairs designed by Philippe Starck for Kartell and made in Italy. The seat is made out of acrylic and the base is aluminum. Marked at the se...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Aluminum

Libellula Chairs by Giovanni Carini
By Giovanni Carini
Located in Milano, IT
Discover the timeless elegance of the 1970s with the Giovanni Carini 'Libellula' chairs, designed by renowned Italian designer Giovanni Carini and manufactured by Planula. These chai...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel

Midcentury Jano Chairs by Kazuhide Takahama Cassina
By Simon Gavina Editions, Kazuhide Takahama
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For your consideration are these wonderful Jano chairs designed by Kazuhide Takahama. Featuring original upholstery on chrome steel frame. These are original and produced by Simon Gavina and now Cassina. Fits perfectly in any midcentury or Postmodern home...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Neptunia chair 20th century metal legs by Arflex B.B.P.R. studio from 1953
By Studio BBPR, Arflex
Located in Palermo, IT
Directly from the University of Palermo, with the collaboration of the 'Office of the President of the Region of Palermo. Sofas Armchairs Chairs. Arflex chair. Belgiojoso, Peresutti,...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal, Iron

Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno "Modus" Office Chair, Italy 1970s
By Tecno, Osvaldo Borsani
Located in Naples, IT
Rare yellow Modus office chair with armrests and adjustable height, designed by Osvaldo Borsani and produced for Tecno 1970.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum, Steel

1960s Italian Modern Office Chair in Faux Leather and Black Iron
Located in Rome, IT
This elegant office chair, designed and produced in Italy during the 1960s, showcases the clean lines and functional aesthetics of mid-century modern design. Attributed to renowned d...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Iron

Osvaldo Borsani Tecno Modus Desk Chair
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Red Osvaldo Borsani Revolving Office Chair Produced by Tecno in Italy circa 1970 Plastic seat on aluminum frame with caster wheels. Perfect for a small desk.  
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

MIM Roma Executive Swiwel Chair, Italy 1960s
By MIM Roma
Located in Naples, IT
Office armchair with armrests and five-spoke aluminium base with castors, seat and backrest shell made of curved plywood, original foam and skai upholstery. A rare piece of iconic de...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Penelope Chair by Charles Pollock for Anonima Castelli
By Charles Pollock, Anonima Castelli
Located in Athens, Attiki
Penelope chair designed in 1982 by Charles Pollock for Anonima Castelli. Steel-wire sled base supports a seat permeable to air which consists in a steel...
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1980s Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Metal

Executive office chair by Charles Pollock, Knoll, 1960s
By Charles Pollock
Located in Argelato, BO
Charles Pollock, executive chairs for Knoll, 1963 It is one of the most iconic and representative office armchairs, created by the American artist and designer Charles Pollock. Here...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Blue Lacquered Chiavari Side Chair with Peacock Feathers in Cut Velvet
By Chiavari
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Grab it before it's gone! Sculptural, luxurious, joyous and chic, circa 1960. Our one-of-a-kind Chiavari chair was professionally lacquered in the most perfect hue of blue and its seat expertly reupholstered in a rich cut velvet fabric that features a peacock feather pattern of blue, green and gold. One of our favorite features of this show stopper chair is how the Chiavari curves and spindles are echoed in the shapes of the cut velvet peacock feathers, which have such a novel and inviting texture. If you were to move your hand across the top of the seat, it feels like embossed/raised velvet peacock feathers. Chiavari chairs are absolutely timeless. Yet the finishes on this particular chair add a modern and contemporary style (color and texture) that's fresh and current. A perfect desk chair, dressing room chair...
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1960s Hollywood Regency Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Lacquer, Velvet

Office Chair In Leatherette By Vaghi, Italy, 1960s
By Vaghi
Located in Bunnik, NL
Leatherette armchair designed by Vaghi, Italian manufacturer of high-end office chairs since 1964. This office chair is in black leatherette of excellent quality.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Faux Leather

Vico Magistretti, Set of 4 "Carimate" Chairs for Cassina, Italian Modern, 1970s
By Vico Magistretti, Cassina
Located in Odense, DK
Set of 4 iconic "Carimate" armchairs in solid beech wood and straw. Designed by Italian designer Vico Magistretti, made at Cassina in 1970s. This model was designed for "Carimate G...
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Straw, Beech

Sedia Da Collezione Desk Chair Olivetti Synthesis Design Ettore Sottsass 1975
By Ettore Sottsass, Olivetti
Located in taranto, IT
Stunning collectible "desk chair," production Olivetti synthesis , design Ettore Sottsass, italy, 1975. Made on brown metal frame, yellow plastic seat and back. It measures cm 80 i...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Vintage Black Leather Desk Office Chairs, Anonima Castelli
By Anonima Castelli
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Vintage Black Leather Desk Office Chairs, Anonima Castelli A sophisticated set of two vintage office armchairs from 1960s attributed to Anonima Castelli, Italy, company specialised ...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Beech

Pair of Office Chairs by Ettore Sottsass & Hans Von Klier, 1969
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Berlin, Berlin
Pair of office chairs designed by Ettore Sottsass and Hans von Klier. Italy, Design Centre (Poltronova), 1969. An original set of the 'PROGRESS...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Aluminum

Kartell Maui Soft Trevira Armchair in Beige by Vico Magistretti
By Vico Magistretti, Kartell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Maui chairs form a family with a rich variety of colours and shapes, both hard and soft, capable of satisfying specific needs, at home or in professiona...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel

Office chair and desk vintage MIM
By MIM Roma
Located in Bastia Umbra, IT
Beautiful vintage desk chair dating from the 1980s last century. Manufactured in Italy by the company MIM mim mobili spa, this chair has a chrome-plated metal frame with integrated s...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Glass chair in the Manner of Louis Dierra
By Louis Dierra
Located in London, GB
This striking curved glass chair, inspired by the iconic designs of Louis Dierra for the Glass Centre Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, represents a masterful blend of a...
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Glass, PVC

Armadillo 6 Dark Brown Office Chair by Rainer Bachschmid
By Altek Italia Design
Located in Milan, IT
Intrinsically modern, this sleek and elegant office chair is the epitome of comfort. This exclusive design by Rainer Bachshmid features two curved elements on the back and a larger o...
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2010s Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather

Luna Office Presidential Chair
By Giorgio Collection
Located in New York, NY
Presidential desk chair on rollers with adjustable height seat and back, all in first quality brown leather. Back in caramel British sycamore in high gloss polyester. Size: cm 78W...
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2010s Art Deco Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Sycamore

"P128" Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno 1970 Italian Design Black Leather Office Chair
By Osvaldo Borsani, Tecno
Located in Brescia, IT
"P128" Osvalo Borsani desk swivel chair Tecno, 1970 Black leather and cast aluminum Excellent condition. Leather and Upholstery in excellent condiction.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Set of Six Swivel Luta Chairs designed by Antonio Citterio for B&B Italia c 2016
By Antonio Citterio, B&B Italia
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional set of six B&B Italia Luta chairs, having chrome metal mesh bucket seats, with purple upholstered seats, on sculptural five star bases, with ori...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Metal

Ico Parisi Office Chair, Yellow Leather
By Ico Parisi
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Office chair by Ico Parisi for MIM, circa 1960s. Aluminum base with curved plywood back and newly upholstered leather seat. Multiple quantity available - Priced individually.
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1960s Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Wood

Midcentury Pelle Stacking Stools by ICF (5 Available)
By Toyoda Hiroyuki, ICF Group
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
Beautiful and sleek set of 9 stackable stools designed by Toyoda Hiroyuki for ICF. Thick black leather covering a heavily chromed base. Wonderful details of stitched and laced leathe...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Chrome

Lanceolata neon yellow Platt and Young Y2K style design space age
By Marc Newson, Karim Rashid, Driade
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Eye catching neon yellow chair. Platt and Young designed it in the early 2000s for Driade. Neon Yellow is so outstanding and pop for the space. It's the style in Y2K interior and ...
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Early 2000s Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Steel

Italian Design : Fully Restored 1950s Desk Chair with Armrests
Located in Rome, IT
Introducing a rare find from the 1950s, this desk chair embodies iconic Italian design. Crafted with a black lacquered iron frame and tapered legs featuring a unique compass opening,...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Iron

Mid-Century Swivel Green Office Chair by Umberto Mascagni, Italy, 1950s
By Umberto Mascagni
Located in Miklavž Pri Taboru, SI
Midcentury swivel green office chair by Umberto Mascagni made in Italy in the 1950s. The vinyl used to create this armchair by Umberto Mascagni was ...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Faux Leather

21st Century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison Bronzed Velvet Elite Dining Chair, Italy
By Elie Saab, Carlo Colombo
Located in Mariano Comense, CO
21st century Art Deco Elie Saab Maison bronzed velvet elite dining chair, Italy Rich and powerful, The Elite Dining Chair is a timeless classic able to distinguish itself through ex...
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2010s Art Deco Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Leather, Velvet

6 Pierre Cardin Roche Bobois Italian Black Lacquer Dining Room Conference Chairs
By Pierre Cardin, Roche Bobois
Located in Wayne, NJ
Set 6 Pierre Cardin Roche Bobois Italian black lacquer dining conference chairs. If you are in the New Jersey , New York City Metro Area , please contact us with your delivery zip co...
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1970s Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Wood

Mid-Century Modern Pair of Italian Chiavari Opéra Chairs in Solid Polished Brass
By Fratelli Levaggi/Guiseppe Gaetano Descalzi
Located in Miami, FL
A pair of polished brass Chiavari Opéra chairs. First designed by Giuseppe Gaëtan Descalzi produced since the early 19th century in Chiavari, Ligurian Town in Italie. This solid bra...
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

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Brass

Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine pair of palatial Venetian walnut carved mid-19th century Baroque figural throne armchairs, attributed to Valentino Panciera Besarel (Venice, 1829-1902) in the manner of Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732). The ornately carved thrones, each flanked with figures of standing males supporting a branch-carved armrests with vines. Raised on cabriolet scrolled legs. Provenance: The Castello di Giove in Umbria, Italy, circa 1870-1880. Height: 54 1/4 inches (137.8 cm.) Width: 37 1/4 inches (94.6 cm.) Depth: 32 inches (81.3 cm.) Andrea Brustolon (20 July 1662 – 25 October 1732) was an Italian sculptor in wood. He is known for his furnishings in the Baroque style and devotional sculptures. Biography He was trained in a vigorous local tradition of sculpture in his native Belluno, in the Venetian terraferma, and in the studio of the Genoese sculptor Filippo Parodi, who was carrying out commissions at Padua and at Venice (1677). He spent the years 1678-80 at Rome, where the High Baroque sculpture of Bernini and his contemporaries polished his style. Apart from that, the first phase of Brustolon's working career was spent in Venice, 1680–1685. Brustolon is documented at several Venetian churches where he executed decorative carving in such profusion that he must have quickly assembled a large studio of assistants. As with his contemporary in London, Grinling Gibbons almost all the high quality robust Baroque carving in Venice has been attributed to Brustolon at one time or another. In the Venetian Ghetto, at the Scola Levantina, Brustolon provided the woodwork for the synagogue on the piano nobile, where the carved, canopied bimah is supported on Solomonic columns, which Brustolon had seen in Bernini's baldacchino in the Basilica of St Peter's. His furniture included armchairs with figural sculptures that take the place of front legs and armrest supports, inspired by his experience of Bernini's Cathedra Petri. The gueridon, a tall stand for a candelabrum, offered Brustolon unhampered possibilities for variations of the idea of a caryatid or atlas: the familiar Baroque painted and ebonized figural gueridons, endlessly reproduced since the eighteenth century, found their models in Brustolon's work. His secular commissions from Pietro Venier, of the Venier di San Vio family (a suite of forty sculptural pieces that can be seen in the Sala di Brustolon of the Ca' Rezzonico, Venice), from the Pisani of Strà, and from the Correr di San Simeone families encourage the attribution to him of some extravagantly rich undocumented moveable furniture. Andrea Brustolon's elaborate carved furniture aspired towards the condition of sculpture, such as the Dutch bases for console tables which look like enlargements of the work of the two Van Vianens, Paulus and Adam, perhaps the greatest Dutch silversmiths of the period. These carved pieces display the baroque tendency to develop a form three-dimensionally in space. Brustolon's walnut, boxwood and ebony pieces transcend ordinary functional limitations of furniture; they are constructed of elaborately carved figures. The framework of Brustolon's chairs, side tables and gueridons were carved as gnarled tree branches, with further supports of putti and male figures carved in ebony. Backrests of the chairs, which were never touched in the rigidly upright posture that contemporary etiquette demanded, were carved with allegories of vanity, fire and music, etc. The most extravagant piece delivered for Pietro Venier was a large side table and vase-stand of box and ebony, designed as a single ensemble to display rare imported Japanese porcelain vases. The eclectic allegories include Hercules with the Hydra and Cerberus, males and reclining river-gods (see ref.). For the Correr, less extrovert chairs bear female nudes extended along the armrests. For the Pisani, he carved a suite of twelve chairs (now at the Palazzo Quirinale) with flowers, fruit, leaves and branches to symbolize the twelve months of the year. Work by Brustolon is at the Villa Pisani at Stra. In 1685 Brustolon returned to the house where he was born at Belluno, and from that time devoted himself mainly to tabernacles and devotional sculptures in walnut, boxwood or ivory. His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood sculptures, The Sacrifice of Abraham and Jacob Wrestling with the Angel...
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19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Office Chairs and Desk Chairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

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