BH | Studio Ledbury Waisted-Back Dining Chair

The waisted back, broad at the shoulders and drawn in just above the seat, goes back to the balloon-back dining chairs of early Victorian England, when chair makers began shaping backs to follow the body. Upholster that outline fully, add a row of nailheads, and it becomes the kind of chair found in good dining rooms ever since.

The back of this chair narrows gently at the waist and flares into low, rolled side panels that cradle you without getting in the way, and the deep seat is padded thickly with foam. Nailheads run along the seat edge and up the sides. It is upholstered in a woven polyester fabric in Oyster, a gentle beige, in Dove or in a soft white, on dark tapered wooden legs with non-marking caps.

Add it to a dining table as a carver, or set it at a desk in a home office where it looks like proper furniture, with a lamp and a framed print above. In a living room it is a ready extra seat, and in an entryway it gives guests somewhere to sit. Each colour suits a traditional room with mahogany and brass as well as a modern one with white oak and plaster walls. This listing is for one chair.