BH | Studio Ludlow Nailhead Dining Chair

The Parsons chair, a fully upholstered dining chair on straight legs, borrows its name and its clean lines from the Parsons table, a design that came out of the Paris branch of the Parsons School of Design in the 1930s. Nailheads, round-headed upholstery tacks set close together along an edge, have finished good chairs since the seventeenth century, when English chairmakers studded leather-covered seats with rows of brass nails, and they give this one a more stately bearing.

This updated Parsons chair has a tall back that flares slightly at the top edges, like a small wing, over a deep seat padded in dense foam for a supportive, upright sit. A line of silver-toned nailheads runs around the base of the seat. The solid wood and engineered wood frame is upholstered in a woven fabric, offered in a choice of shades, and the dark legs are tipped with non-marking glides. It is rated to hold 500 lbs.

It is a natural choice for a dining room with cream walls and an oak table set for six, and just as useful at a home office desk with shelves of family photographs. A pair either side of a console dresses an entryway, and one in a living room is ready when guests arrive. Woven fabric with silver nailheads suits a classic house: pale oak floors, a seagrass rug, blue and white porcelain and a mirror in a gilt frame. This listing is for one chair.