Bramley House
BH | Studio Oundle Nailhead Dining Chair
- Regular price
- $199.00
- Sale price
- $199.00
- Regular price
Brass-headed nails have finished good upholstery since the seventeenth century, when upholsterers drove them in close rows along a chair's edges to hold the cover and draw its outline. A dining chair dressed that way still looks properly made, as at home in a Georgian dining room as in a modern one.
The back flares out at the shoulders and narrows at the waist into an hourglass, then sweeps down into a broad, generous seat. A single row of nailheads traces the whole outline. Beneath the woven fabric sits thick, dense foam, and under that a sprung base of webbing and zigzag springs, the traditional way of giving a seat bounce while keeping it from sagging over years of use. It stands on tapered dark wood legs with non-marking caps that look after the floor.
It looks rich by candlelight: set it at the head of a dark oak table in a dining room lined with books, or mix it with wooden chairs round a farmhouse table as the one upholstered seat. It works at a writing desk in a study with a brass lamp, or in a bedroom as a dressing chair. Nailhead trim suits pewter, blue and white china, and a wall of framed etchings. This listing is for one chair.
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