BH | Studio Marblehead Tufted Bar Stool

The club chair took its name from the gentlemen's clubs of nineteenth-century London, where deep, rounded seats were made for long conversations and late nights. New England had clubs of its own, among them the yacht clubs of Marblehead harbor, where sailors have gathered after a race since the late nineteenth century. Raised up on slender legs and given a tufted, curving back, the same club seat makes a bar stool that feels like a proper chair.

This stool has a curved, wraparound back and arms with button tufting on the inside, over a seat padded with dense foam, so it sits like a small club chair rather than a perch and stays comfortable through a long dinner. It is upholstered in a stain-resistant performance velvet in Alabaster or Charcoal, which keeps velvet's softness while letting everyday spills be cleaned away, and it sits on a slim, polished brass-tone tubular steel frame with a footrest ring. The 29-inch seat suits a bar-height counter or pub table, and it is rated to hold 300 lbs.

Use it at a bar-height kitchen island for breakfast and long conversations while someone cooks, at a pub table in the dining room, or at a home bar with mirrored shelves and good glasses. Velvet on a gold frame looks glamorous against marble and pale cabinets, perfect for a Hollywood Regency kitchen with a crystal pendant and blush accents. This listing is for one bar stool.