Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
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Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970
Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970

Set of Three Mid-Century Children’s Design Chairs, circa 1970

A charming set of three children’s chairs in a mid-century design idiom, circa 1970. Small-scale proportions with period character. W. 31 cm × D. 32 cm × H. 52 cm each.

Réf : S-1739

DETAILS DU PRODUIT

Period 1970–1980
Dimensions (cm) 31 x 32 x 52 cm
Dimensions (in) 12.20 x 12.60 x 20.47 inch
Style Mid-Century Modern

DESCRIPTION DU PRODUIT

This delightful set of three children’s design chairs, dating to circa 1970, represents a category of object that occupies a singular place in the history of postwar decorative arts: small-scale furniture conceived with the same aesthetic seriousness that designers of the period brought to objects for adults. From the 1950s onwards, leading European designers applied their creative energies to the domestic world of childhood, producing chairs, tables, and storage objects that were genuinely designed—rather than merely diminished—expressions of contemporary form.

Each chair, with its compact proportions scaled to a young child, possesses a sculptural confidence that suggests the hand of a designer with a clear formal intention. The small scale is handled without condescension: these are complete, resolved objects whose integrity of form rewards careful attention. As a set of three, they offer a cohesion and presence that individual examples rarely achieve.

The appeal of such pieces in the contemporary market lies in their rarity and versatility: presented as a group in an interior, they function simultaneously as practical seating and as a composed still life of vintage design. Their modest dimensions allow them to occupy any number of positions—nursery, study, entrance hall, studio—without imposing, while their period character lends depth and narrative to the spaces they inhabit.

A charming and cohesive set of three in good vintage condition. W. 31 × D. 32 × H. 52 cm each.

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