BH | Studio Bellagio Curved-Back Dining Armchair

Setting a soft, rounded seat inside a hard-edged metal frame is an idea from the 1920s and 1930s, when designers in Germany and France first bent steel into chairs and fitted them with simple upholstered pads. Italian architects of the same years took up steel furniture with enthusiasm, and the country between Lake Como and Milan, home to the Brianza workshops, remains the heart of Italian furniture making.

This one has an angular frame of black powder-coated metal, its arms running straight from the back and turning down into the front legs. Within it sit a padded seat and a rounded barrel back that wraps around you, upholstered in a nubbly woven fabric certified free of harmful substances. The back is open below, which keeps the chair light to look at. The glides under each foot are adjustable, so it can be levelled on an uneven floor without marking it, the chair is rated to 300 lbs, and it comes fully assembled.

Cream, Dove or Cobalt against black is crisp and graphic, handsome around a glass or marble table in a dining room, and comfortable enough to serve as a desk chair in a workspace or an accent chair in a living room. Bring a pair to a breakfast nook with a pendant hung low above. The barrel back looks wonderfully Deco with brass, a mirrored tray and a pot of white orchids. This listing is for one chair.