BH | Studio Biscay Cane-Back Dining Chair

Cane, split from the rattan palm and woven into an open mesh, reached Europe from Asia with the Dutch and English trading companies in the seventeenth century, their ships crossing the Bay of Biscay on the last leg home. Cane-backed chairs were soon the height of fashion in Restoration England, and the airy weave has stayed a favourite of cafés and sunny dining rooms ever since.

This single chair has an oval back panel of open woven cane, held in a rounded frame of solid hardwood in a pale, natural finish. The seat is a broad, gently dished piece of wood, and the legs splay outwards and taper towards the floor, with non-marking caps underneath to protect it. The open weave keeps the chair light to look at and easy to carry from room to room, and it is rated to hold 330 lbs.

At the dining table it joins a set or fills out a mixed run of chairs; on its own it is a hall chair beside a narrow table with the mail, a seat at a writing desk in a home office, or an accent chair in a living room corner with a basket of throws. Pale wood and cane sit well with white walls and woven baskets, and bring a summer cottage lightness to any room. This listing is for one chair.