BH | Studio Malton Woven-Seat Dining Chair

Rush-seated chairs with plain, square-legged frames stood in farmhouse kitchens across Europe for centuries, Yorkshire's among them, made by country chair makers for daily use rather than show. In the mid-twentieth century Scandinavian makers refined the type, swapping rush for tightly woven paper cord and keeping the frame honest and spare.

This side chair has a broad back panel set high on square-section uprights, curved slightly to meet your back, and a seat of tightly woven paper cord in a natural straw tone, supportive with a gentle spring. An X-shaped stretcher, two crossed rails, braces the legs below for a rigid frame. The 100% solid hardwood frame is finished in Honey, a warm golden wood colour, or Jet, non-marking glides protect the floor, and it comes fully assembled, rated to hold 497 lbs.

Line several down both sides of a long kitchen table, with a bench along the wall and a jar of sunflowers in the middle. It also makes a useful extra chair in a bedroom or hall, or a simple desk chair in a study. Honey or Jet wood and woven cord sit naturally with cream plaster, open shelves of stoneware and a jute rug, the relaxed farmhouse kitchen made modern. This listing is for one chair.