Vintage chairs, the iconic seats that have defied the laws of time. A model for every style, to furnish with a unique and original design piece. Choose your favorite: here are the 6 vintage chairs you will want to have at home.
Those who believe that chairs are only a secondary detail in furniture are making a big mistake. Chairs represent one of the cornerstones of the furniture and they are essential to define the style of the house. After all, even the poet May Sarton argued that “a house where there is no comfortable chair to sit in is without a soul”.
In the kitchen, in the living room or in any corner of the house you decide to insert them, you have to make sure that the chosen typology integrates perfectly with the surrounding furnishings. If in the past the chairs were mainly made of wood, over time they have undergone a transformation, both in terms of conformation and material.
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Some models they defied the laws of time and, today again, they are very current and sought after not only by designer enthusiasts, but also by those who want to add a touch of style to their furniture. Here it is, then, 6 vintage seats become a legend that you will want to have at home. Choose your favorite: we propose it to you one for each style of furniture!
1. Pagholz
Of this example of chair exist many versions all different inspired by the design of the first, which appeared in the 1960s under the name of Pagholz. This revolutionary session united one curved wooden shell to chromed metal legs. Versatile and light, it was the first chair to enter also in school classrooms.
Pagholz it’s perfect in any area, from home to office. By virtue of its essential and linear appearance, it is the most suitable piece of furniture for environments in an industrial chic and minimal style.
2. Verner Panton chair
This chair was born in 1960 by the creative genius of Verner Panton, that has the idea of obtain from a single piece of plastic the famous S-shaped seat. This chair still represents the most famous example in the world, as well as the first to be made of colored fiberglass.
Panton is a stackable cantilever chair with a sinuous and seductive shape. The glossy and intense color makes it extremely modern and futuristic, while the fluid and continuous lines are inspired by more classic models. A chair, therefore, perfect for styles more traditional, but which finds its place ideal mostly in modern environments and contemporary design.
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3. Bertoia of Knoll
In 1952 Harry Bertoia draws the prototype of this chair, which at the time appeared as a real engineering project. A design masterpiece, which still dominates today undisputed in industrial-style homes.
There are many re-proposals of this template iconic, consisting of a steel mesh, which characterizes the enveloping perforated backrest, and from metal rods for the legs, which stand out seamlessly.
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4. 214 by Micheal Thonet
214 is the chair longest-lived in the world, so famous that it has become the so-called “Viennese”. Indeed, was born in 1814 from the creative flair of Micheal Thonet, which realizes a seat in curved wood and with a comfortable Vienna straw seat, which has become a timeless classic for homes across Europe.
In Austria it is very popular, to the point of finding it everywhere, from private homes to public places. The lightness of the structure also corresponds to the lightness of the design, elements that make it the complement ideal to enhance the trends of furniture classic or vintage.
5. Louis Ghost by Kartell
The Louis Ghost pays homage to the Louis XV armchair only in the lines, because it is a Plexiglas chair reinterpreted in a modern way by the designer French Philippe Starck.
Everything is brought back to the figures of plane geometry: the broad round backrest contrasts with the square seat, which stands out on the thin rectangular legs. The armrests, on the other hand, join the geometric structure through a curved and continuous line.
But the revolutionary idea is the use of transparent Plexiglas: the grandeur of the structure seems to disappear under the eyes of the beholder. A ghost chair, therefore, that since his first appearance on the market (occurred in 2002) continues to win the hearts of many design enthusiasts.
The Louis Ghost is a versatile chair, which enriches the furnishings of the dining room, but also of the entrance and bedroom. In the kitchen, it reveals all its modernity when placed next to a large wooden table with a transparent shelf. In short, a vintage chair that unites in an imperishable way tradition and modernity.
6. Ladder back chair
With this model of chair we take a trip overseas, precisely in Puritan America. The ladder back chair is, indeed, the symbolic chair of Shaker furniture, a trend that in recent years has also been conquering Italy.
The seat is the heart of this trend, marked by the essentiality and simplicity of the forms. Not surprisingly, the Shaker style can be defined as the trend that anticipated the philosophy of minimalism.
Among the vintage chairs, the ladder back chair deserves a place of honor: the wide high back is reminiscent of a ladder, Why the chair was born to be hung on nails of the wall as a support system (a shelf, to be honest). The numerous subsequent reinterpretations are all inspired by this typical piece of furniture, which has become a must in Shaker furniture.
The ladder back chair can be inserted into any context of decor, but find yours perfect collocation in the kitchen, better if in classic style. However, it also lends personality to more modern environments, such as it Scandinavian style e the strict minimal style.
Vintage chairs: images and photos
Which of these iconic seats is the one you prefer? If you haven’t found the model that suits your needs, browse the image gallery: here you will find many other photos dedicated to the most famous vintage chair models in the history of design.
