BH | Studio Cassis Cane-Back Dining Armchairs, Set of 2

Woven cane has long been at home in the south of France, on café chairs set out on shaded terraces where an open weave stays cool through a long Mediterranean lunch. In the 1950s architects working from Paris carried that light, airy sensibility to the new Indian city of Chandigarh, where chairs of local timber and cane, with angled, splayed legs, were made in their thousands for its offices, courts and colleges. The shape has been loved ever since.

These are the armed chairs of the family. Hardwood arms run back from the front legs, broad at the rear and narrowing toward the hand, an angled shape that supports your forearms where you need it and makes the chair easy to sit back in. The legs splay out in an A-shape for a steady stance, a woven cane panel forms an open, breathable back, and the faux leather seat cushion wipes clean. Each chair is rated to hold 507 lbs, and assembly is required.

Put them at the two ends of a dining or kitchen table with side chairs between, or set the pair as reading chairs in a living room corner with a floor lamp and a basket of magazines. Warm wood and cane bring texture to a plain room; add a rattan pendant, a terracotta pot of geraniums and plates in cobalt and white for a holiday-villa feel. This listing is for a set of two chairs.