BH | Studio Colmar Curved-Back Dining Chairs, Set of 2

The upholstered dining chair arrived in the eighteenth century, when padded seats moved to the dining table and made long dinners a pleasure. The stretcher, a rail that ties one leg to another, is the joiner's oldest way to make a frame both strong and light.

Each chair has a padded seat and a gently curved, cushioned back, both upholstered in a soft woven fabric in Charcoal or Mushroom, with the curve of the back cradling you through a long dinner or an afternoon of work at the table. The legs are wood in a warm hazel brown, the back pair solid hardwood joined by a centre rail, so from the side the chair seems to stand on three legs, and the build is strong: each chair is rated to hold 500 lbs. Non-marking pins under the feet protect the floor, and assembly is simple.

They are made for everyday meals and dinner parties alike, and double as desk chairs when the dining table becomes an afternoon workspace. The woven fabric hides the marks of daily use at a busy family table. Style them round a scrubbed oak table with linen napkins, pewter candlesticks and a big bowl of apples, or pull one into a bedroom as a vanity seat. This listing is for a set of two chairs.