BH | Studio Ribe Rope-Woven Dining Chairs, Set of 2

Woven seats are among the oldest ways of making a chair: rush, cord and leather laced across a simple wooden frame. Danish makers of the mid-twentieth century made the technique their own, weaving cord and strips of leather into seats and backs that were light, springy and built to be used every day.

Each chair has a solid hardwood frame in Blonde or Chestnut, with four straight legs braced by crossbar stretchers, the rails that tie the legs together low down for strength. Seat and back are woven in a chequered basket pattern of rope in Jet or Flax, which gives slightly as you sit and shapes itself to you, so the chairs are comfortable for a whole meal. Non-marking pads under the feet keep them steady and protect the floor. Each chair is rated to hold 331 lbs, and the pair needs some assembly.

Set them round a pale oak table in a bright kitchen, with a bowl of apples and the morning coffee, or at a desk in a white-walled home office. They work well in a living room too, as extra seats beside a bookcase, and in a bedroom as a place to sit and pull on shoes. Jet or Flax cord on a Blonde or Chestnut frame looks crisp with white walls, black lamps and Scandinavian simplicity. This listing is for a set of two chairs.