Rattan Furniture
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
1990s German Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1980s German Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Rattan
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Rattan, Beech
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1950s Vintage Rattan Furniture
Rattan
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome, Stainless Steel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1930s Austrian Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1960s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1970s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal, Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Metal
1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1990s Italian Bauhaus Rattan Furniture
Chrome
1980s Italian Bauhaus Vintage Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Italian Rattan Furniture
Metal
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Lightweight, durable and versatile, antique and vintage rattan furniture is whatever one wants it to be: elegant or rustic, chic or workaday. Over time, rattan became the ultimate decorative-arts chameleon.
Few things inspire such extreme devotion as furnishings crafted from the versatile fibers of a tropical palm native to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Indeed, rattan furniture has found legions of devotees over the years. The long-lasting natural medium, made popular in Great Britain and the United States during the Victorian era, is a master of disguise, able to mingle with a wide range of styles — when done the right way.
The use of rattan stretches from prehistory to IKEA. To clarify, rattan is not bamboo, which is a rigid, hollow reed. Stalks of rattan (whose name derives from the Malay rotan) are dense, steamable and bendable, which is why it lends itself to curvaceous designs and infinite creative uses in a way bamboo does not. Nor is rattan synonymous with wicker, which is a broader term for woven items — often made of rattan fibers but also of willow, other pliable reeds or even synthetic materials.
“Furniture made out of woven materials has occurred since the beginning of time and in every culture,” says interior designer and rattan aficionado Amanda Lindroth, noting that in earlier times, rattan furnishings were most often found in semi-outdoor settings like sunrooms and porches. Rattan pieces were welcomed indoors in the mid-20th century, and over time the medium has been put to use by giants of modernism such as Josef Hoffmann, Thonet, Jean-Michel Frank and Donald Deskey.
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