Bramley House
BH | Studio Vienna Bentwood Armchair
- Regular price
- $699.00
- Sale price
- $699.00
- Regular price
In the 1850s a cabinetmaker in the Habsburg capital perfected a way of steaming solid beech and bending it around iron moulds, and the bentwood chair went on to furnish cafés across Europe. Bent and laminated wood has stayed a favourite of chair makers since, because a single curved length can do the work of several joints and look like one stroke of a pen.
Here the bentwood is given the starring role. Each arm is a long ribbon of kiln-dried wood that rises from the floor, curls over and rolls forward, framing a deep upholstered body. The seat cushion runs down the front to the floor, so the chair sits low and grounded rather than on legs. It is padded generously with foam and covered in a textured lattice bouclé, and arrives fully assembled.
This is a chair to be looked at as much as sat in, so give it a place where its shape can be appreciated: a reading corner, a bedroom, or an entry where the curl of the bentwood arms and the lattice texture of the back are seen from across the room. Add a lamp and a good novel, and let it stand on its own.
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