BH | Studio Ludlow Nailhead Dining Chairs, Set of 2

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.

Each chair in this pair has a tall back with lightly flared top edges and a deep seat built up with dense foam for a firm, comfortable sit that holds its shape. Silver-toned nailheads outline the base of the seat. The frame and legs are solid wood, the legs finished dark with non-marking glides to protect the floor, and the woven upholstery comes in Oyster, a warm, pale beige, or Malachite.

Use the pair as host chairs at either end of a long dining table, or tuck them into a kitchen bay around a round table where breakfast lasts as long as the coffee. They are just as at home flanking a hall console or at a partners desk in a study. Silver nailheads suit a classic, light-filled house, with oak floors, a sisal rug, blue and white ginger jars and a bowl of hydrangeas. This listing is for a set of two chairs.