Located in Kaštel Sućurac, HR
French workshop, set of four ladder back chairs, solid oak with rush seats, France, 1950s. The back posts are turned in a close bobbin sequence and finish in a plain ball at the top, and the same turning runs down the front legs and across the H stretchers, so the whole frame reads as one continuous rhythm. Two shaped horizontal rails cross the back, wide and lightly curved. The seats are woven in rush, laid in four triangles from the rails inward, and have taken on a warm straw colour. The oak is stained a deep brown with a matt finish. The seats sit high, which suits a table on the taller side or a kitchen counter. Bobbin turning with ball finials over a rush seat is the standing vocabulary of French country chair...
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1950s French Brutalist Vintage Topform Dining Room Chairs