Dining Room Chairs From the 1950s
- Danish furniture designer Arne Jacobsen is known for designing the innovative and comfortable Ant chair in 1952. Originally having only three legs and no arms, and resembling an ant's silhouette, the traditional design endures, but with four legs. The back and seat portray a one-piece wood design in the shape of a shell, providing a comfortable dining chair. Simplistic design, clean lines and chrome legs add a modern flair to this enduring dining chair.
- Charles and Ray Eames, furniture designers who married in 1941, designed the dining chair metal (also known as the DCM) during the early 1950s. Constructed of two pieces of plywood secured to a solid rod-chromed frame with rubber shock mounts, this dining room chair soon became a favorite in U.S. dining rooms. The Herman Miller Furniture Company sold about 2,000 DCM chairs per month during 1951. A few DCM chairs were constructed with wooden legs; however, the chrome-legged chairs were much more in demand.
- Five Heywood brothers began making chairs in 1826 in a small barn in Gardner, Massachusetts. The Heywood-Wakefield Company carries on the furniture-making business started by the Heywood brothers. One of the most recognizable dining room chairs in the world was created by the Heywood-Wakefield Company in the 1950s -- the "dog biscuit chair." A simple dining chair featuring a padded seat supported by solid birch wood legs, the wooden back of the Heywood-Wakefield dog-biscuit chair resembles the shape of a dog biscuit.
- Designer Kip Stewart's Cal Mode dining chairs reflect typical 1950s dining room chair design. Straight, simple lines and upholstered padded seats and backs provide comfortable seating. The chair legs, framed back and seat feature dark-walnut wood construction. Proportionate styling, quality construction and attention to detail provide the Cal Mode chair's aesthetic appeal and comfort.
