The Most Iconic Wicker Chairs of All Time

From the early days of the British Raj and the streets of belle epoque Paris to mid-20th century modernist homes and the front porches of America's heartland, the wicker chair has long held a noteworthy — and stylish! — front-row seat to design history.

Although the origins of woven furnishings trace back to ancient Egypt, wicker furniture as we know it today was popularized during the 19th century, when the British colonists, drawn to the furniture's exotic appeal, brought pieces back to Europe from far-flung locales around the world. Today, wicker seating can be found in urban apartments, beach cottages, bucolic gardens, waterfront terraces, and everywhere in between — proving that any space can benefit from a little bit of wicker.

Whether your penchant for wicker lies with the flamboyant peacock chair that reached its pinnacle of fame in the 1970s or the clean lines of Mies van der Rohe's MR chair from 1925, there's most certainly a seat out there for you — and, luckily, many of these chairs are still in production today. Here, we present a look back through history at the iconic wicker chairs that have left their indelible marks.