BH | Studio Ostuni Sculptural Accent Chair

In the 1960s and 1970s, designers in Italy and France began treating the upholstered chair as sculpture: one soft, continuous shape in which arms, back and legs flow out of a single form. Chairs like that are as much about the outline they cut in a room as about the seat.

Fully upholstered over a concealed metal frame, it is one continuous curve: the back wraps round to become the arms, and the arms fall straight down as two broad front legs, with a single leg behind. A gap between seat and back opens up the form, and the wrapping back and padded seat hold you comfortably for a long read or a long dinner. The woven fabric has a flecked, nubbly texture and is certified free of harmful substances, glides sit underneath, the chair holds 300 lbs and it arrives fully assembled.

In Charcoal, Fern or Dove, the flecked weave gives the curves depth. Put it in a study by a bookcase with a good lamp, taking a turn as a desk chair, at a kitchen table as the one sculptural seat, or in a living room against a pale wall where its outline shows. It looks superb with walnut, a cream bouclé cushion and a dark ceramic lamp. This listing is for one chair.