A remix of a traditional circular lounge chair, this oval beauty presents a flared back of padded fins. Upholstered in the customer’s own material, tailoring sees every seam matched. Welting detail can be specified to match the crisp lines. The elliptical back in beautifully finished white oak additionally forms the base.*All seating designs can be produced in custom finishes, fabrics & leathers. Upon receiving customer's own materials (COM/COL), production lead time is 10 weeks. *Trade Discount Available PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Height: 31"Width: 34"Depth: 26.5"Seat Height: 19"Seat Depth: 23"Arm Height: 23.5" DOWNLOADS PI Chair

The fearsome Scorpion Chair is a handcrafted wooden chair that is shaped like a scorpion. The chair measures in at six and a half feet and is available

I've noticed that furniture designers are obsessed with chairs, especially ones made out of atypical materials. Maybe it's the human scale or the infinite sitting possibilities, but I can see the strange allure of myriad chairs, all made from other human-scale objects.

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There are many different types of antique chairs, and each has a unique appearance. Use this guide to learn how to identify the different styles.

Bell Chair by Studio Sam Klemick Available in custom upholstery and stain options. Please email [email protected] for further information. Materials: bleached oak, canvas - custom finish + upholstery available Measurements: 29.5” H x 28.5” D x 28” W Seat Height: 15.5” Price with cushion: $5,400 Price without cushion: $5,700 Item is made to order, please allow 12 weeks before shipment. Shipping not included in price, please email [email protected] for a quote

QUESTION: I inherited this chair from my mom but have no information on it. The only markings on the chair are “AT2-232” written with a marker on the bottom of the seat and “678” stamped into the wood on the bottom of the seat. Can you provide any information on the chair? ANSWER: Your chair is made in the Art Nouveau style. It would have been a dining or desk chair in its day since it doesn’t have a padded seat. The number 678 on the bottom is probably the manufacturer’s model number. Many pieces of Art Nouveau furniture were mass-produced even though your chair looks as if it was handmade. Art Nouveau or Jugendstil is an international philosophy and style of art and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that was popular from about 1890 to 1910. Art nouveau literally means "new art" in French. Those two names came Gallerie Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris and the magazine Jugend in Munich, both of which popularized the style. Maison de l'Art Nouveau, or the House of New Art, was the name of the gallery opened in 1895 by German art dealer Siegfried Bing that featured exclusively modern art. In 1900, Bing produced an exhibition of color-coordinated modern furniture, tapestries, and objets d’art at the Exposition Universelle. Because his decorative displays became so strongly associated with this style, the style, itself, took on the name of his gallery, "Art Nouveau." Inspired by natural forms, such as flowers and plants, Art Nouveau was a reaction to academic art of the 19th century and artists used lots of curved lines in their designs. Though the Art Nouveau movement was innovative, it didn’t last long. It was important in American furniture history, however, because it heralded the end of the dismal darkness that was the close of the Victorian era. Rebelling against the overembellished furniture that flooded the furniture marketplace of the late 1890s, some European designers developed new ideas that found immediate approval with wealthy collectors. They began designing furniture and accessories with simple, flowing, fluid lines, taking their cues from nature, with its motion, curves, and endless cycling. Fairylike tendrils wove in, out, and around the leaves and stems of flowers, fruit, and nuts. The entire effect was one of delicate sensuality and naturalness, with faint overtones of sentimental decadence. The Art Nouveau years found their greatest expression in accessories, not furniture. This was the era that fostered the whirlwind careers of Louis Comfort Tiffany and others who worked in glass, china, pottery, and metal. Those substances were far easier to shape into the undulating styles of the time than was wood. Most wooden furniture during this period was custom-made and therefore usually of good quality and fine woods, featuring asymmetrical lines, as well as stylized animal and plant forms. Art Nouveau is a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts including jewelery, furniture, textiles, household silver and other utensils and lighting, as well as the fine arts. Artists desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects, such as tableware, cigarette cases, and silverware. Art historians consider it an important transition between the eclectic historic revival styles of the 19th-century and Modernism. Three international art exhibitions—the Barcelona Universal Exposition of 1888, the Exposition Universelle of 1900 in Paris, and the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna of 1902 in Turin, Italy— showcased an overview of this modern style in every medium. Like most design styles, Art Nouveau sought to harmonize and modernize forms of the Rococo style, such as flame and shell textures. Artists and designers also advocated the use of stylized organic forms as a source of inspiration, and expanded their use of natural forms with seaweed, grasses, and insects. But unlike the craftsman-oriented Arts and Crafts Movement, the artists of the Art Nouveau Movement used new materials, machined surfaces, and abstraction in their designs. The stylized nature of Art Nouveau design made it expensive to produce, therefore, only the wealthy could afford it. Unlike furniture handmade by the craftsmen of the Arts and Crafts Movement, that of the Art Nouveau Movement was produced in factories by normal manufacturing techniques. Finishes were highly polished or varnished, and designs in general were usually complex, with curving shapes. Several notable designers of Art Nouveau furniture were also architects who designed furniture for specific buildings they had also designed, a way of working inherited from the Arts and Crafts Movement. One such designer is Antoni Gaudí, who produced many notable buildings in and around Barcelona, Spain.

Designer Porky Hefer makes large chairs with whimsical animal designs. His latest collection features endangered species such as the polar bear, a blue

Witold Rybczynski’s new book tells the unexpected history of seating

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Designed by Stefan Borselius for the Swedish furniture company Blå Station, Wilmer T is a multitasking easy chair that lets you work or relax with two

Squishy Thonet is a continuation of the Hi!breed family, sculpted from an an old broken Thonet bentwood chair. The series explores the personification of old chair frames with a sense of a life before. The character of the old chair is drawn and reimagined using plump upholstery, sculpted and hand stitched directly round the frame. There is an anthropomorphic happening during this process, an awakening of a life before. The chair frame, named Chair Nr.14, was pioneering in its lightweight design with a groundbreaking technique using hot steam to bend wood. It was an iconic design and was the first chair to go into mass manufacture in 1859. This is an edition of 10 including one artist proof. Squishy Thonet III.

Branca-Lisboa is a new product and accessory label for the home that was inspired by the magic light of Lisbon city. Each piece is the result of an experimental

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Happy Trashy Tuesday! Well whatever day it is...in the Spirit of Trashy Tuesday.... Over the years I have found more of one type of furniture than any other. CHAIRS! Bonus! I recently updated this popular post and added a new project, 22 ways to upcycle an old chair! Enjoy. Triple Bonus! If you want more

From dinosaur office chairs to office nap chairs, here comes Soul Seat. This innovative office chair allows you to sit with your legs crossed.