Rattan Furniture
2010s Indian Industrial Rattan Furniture
Rattan
Mid-20th Century Austrian Industrial Rattan Furniture
Brass
1960s Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Vintage Rattan Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Brass
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Chrome
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Rattan Furniture
Brass
1950s French Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Stainless Steel
20th Century Rattan Furniture
Metal
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rattan Furniture
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Brass
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Rattan Furniture
Brass
1950s German Vintage Rattan Furniture
Silver Plate
1970s European Industrial Vintage Rattan Furniture
Steel
Mid-20th Century German Industrial Rattan Furniture
Iron
1940s Swedish Industrial Vintage Rattan Furniture
Metal, Brass
20th Century Austrian Industrial Rattan Furniture
Rattan, Fruitwood
20th Century American Industrial Rattan Furniture
Linen, Rattan, Wood, Wicker
1920s North American Industrial Vintage Rattan Furniture
Steel, Iron
1950s French Industrial Vintage Rattan Furniture
Rattan
Early 20th Century British Industrial Rattan Furniture
Steel
Early 20th Century French Industrial Rattan Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century European Industrial Rattan Furniture
Iron
Early 20th Century English Industrial Rattan Furniture
Metal
1920s North American Industrial Vintage Rattan Furniture
Steel, Iron
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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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