Bramley House
BH | Studio Castleton Barrel-Back Velvet Dining Armchair
- Regular price
- $299.00
- Sale price
- $299.00
- Regular price
The barrel-back chair takes its name from its outline: a back that curves round the sitter in one continuous sweep, like the staves of a cask. Makers drew the shape up to tables and desks in the eighteenth century, and the deep, rounded tub chair carried it into the 1920s and 1930s.
Its back sweeps round in a continuous curve, open beneath the top rail, and its broad, angular arms fall to the floor as solid sides. Over a bentwood frame, the chair is covered in a stain-resistant performance velvet, which has velvet's soft pile and depth of colour but shrugs off the spills of a dinner party. The seat is thickly padded for long evenings. It sits at a 19-inch dining height, is rated to 300 lbs, has foot pins to protect the floor, and arrives fully built.
Set it round a walnut table in a dining room painted cream, with candles and a bowl of pears, or at a dressing table in a bedroom, where a velvet chair feels like a small luxury. It also makes a handsome accent chair in a living room or at a desk in a home office. Velvet in Moss, Truffle, Claret, Cream or Fawn glows under lamplight and looks wonderful with brass and old oak. This listing is for one chair.
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