BH | Studio Romsey Barrel Counter Stool

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 counter stool takes the barrel chair up to kitchen height. A polished chrome frame forms the arms and back rail, then runs down to a sled base, a continuous runner on the floor instead of four feet. The seat and rounded back are padded and upholstered in a textured woven fabric certified free of harmful substances, in Stone, Cream, Fern or Navy. The 26-inch seat suits a standard kitchen island or counter-height table, the arms and back give proper support, it is rated to 300 lbs, adjustable glides keep it level and protect the floor, and it arrives fully assembled.

Pull it up to a kitchen island for morning coffee, with somewhere to rest your arms while you linger over the crossword, or set a row at a counter-height dining table. Soft fabric and chrome suit a warm, 1970s-tinged kitchen of travertine counters, smoked glass, globe pendants and a bowl of figs. This listing is for one stool.