System 1-2-3 chair by Verner Panton for VERPAN

Name: System 1-2-3 chair by Verner Panton for VERPAN
Price: 1200 USD
Availability: InStock

Used🪑 Chairs · 1940s–70s

The edit · Chairs

A used set of three Panton chairs. A mid-century chair is the fastest way to change a room, and the originals were built from solid timber and honest joinery rather than flat-pack.

This listing is a set of three, not a single chair. Matching pieces from the same workshop sit together the way a lone example never can.

One continuous curve, no legs bolted on.

Verner Panton's 1960 chair was the first single-piece moulded plastic chair, one continuous S-curve. It took years of development with Vitra before it could be mass-produced.

The Panton chair is the icon of 1960s space-age design. Early fibreglass examples are the most prized, and original vivid colours are far rarer than the black reissues.

Why it's called that

Panton Chair

Verner Panton's 1960 chair was the first single-piece moulded plastic chair: one continuous S-curve, no legs bolted on.

What to look for

The moulding and the underside. Early fibreglass chairs show a rough, woven texture, while later polypropylene is smooth. Check for a Vitra or Herman Miller mark.

Sit in it, then look underneath. Loose joints are fixable, but a cracked shell or bent frame isn't worth the trouble.