BH | Studio Dunkeld Spindle-Back Dining Chair

The spindle-back chair, its back made of slim turned rods rising to a curved rail, has furnished country kitchens since the Windsor chairs of the eighteenth century. Twentieth-century Scandinavian makers gave the form a lighter line and paired it with woven cord seats, and it has stayed a favourite at the kitchen table.

This one has a deep, curving top rail that sweeps down at each end and supports the back, held up by a fan of slim spindles. The seat is woven from paper cord, a strong twisted paper twine that is soft to sit on, does not build up static and stands up to daily use. The frame, tapered legs and stretchers are solid hardwood, the stretchers bracing the legs for strength, and the chair is rated to hold 286 lbs. In Chestnut, Jet or Honey, the frame sets off the pale straw tone of the seat.

Set a run of them at a scrubbed farmhouse table with bread on the board and Sunday lunch underway, at the kitchen table for every day, or one in a living room corner as a light occasional chair. The chair sits happily with terracotta tiles, copper pans and a dresser full of plates, and it bridges country and mid-century rooms with ease. This listing is for one chair.