French Ladderback Chair, Rush Seat - 1

French Ladderback Chair, Rush Seat

$420.00
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KOBK.26.FUR.003
French Ladderback Chair, Rush Seat
$420.00

Specifications

France, 19th century

Timber frame, hand-woven rush seat

86 x 44 x 35 cm (H x W x D)

Wear consistent with age and use

Every KOBK object is one of one and carries its age honestly. Expect marks, wear and patina as part of the piece; any specific fault is noted above. Where an object is photographed on a stand, the stand is included.

Notes

A provincial chair with nothing extra. The ladderback, turned uprights and woven rush seat keep it honest, and the slight irregularity in the frame is exactly what separates a real country chair from a later factory copy: it was made by hand, one at a time, to be sat on rather than admired.

Rush seats were woven from twisted reed or rush over a timber frame, a craft of its own that wears in rather than out. Built for everyday use, which is why it still has the right kind of gravity now. Good singly, without needing a set around it.