BH | Studio Romsey Barrel Accent Chair

Bent steel furniture arrived in the late 1920s, when European designers realised that the tubing used for bicycle frames could be shaped into a chair with one continuous, springy line. Polished chrome came back with great confidence in the 1970s, when rounded barrel shapes and gleaming frames filled fashionable living rooms.

This small chair is drawn in a single line of polished chrome that rises into slim arms and wraps round the back, then curves down to the floor as a sled base, a runner that rests on the floor instead of four separate feet. A padded seat and a rounded back cushion are upholstered in a textured woven fabric certified free of harmful substances, offered in Stone, Cream, Fern or Navy. The arms give real support when you sit back, adjustable glides level it on uneven floors and protect them, it is rated to 300 lbs, and it comes fully assembled.

It is compact enough for a bedroom corner or beside a bookcase, with a floor lamp and a small drinks table close by, and it works hard elsewhere too: as a desk chair in a home office, a vanity seat, or a chair at a small dining table. Woven fabric and chrome have an easy 1970s glamour; pair it with a smoked-glass coffee table, a shaggy wool rug, a travertine lamp and a big leafy monstera. This listing is for one chair.