Industrial Mocha chair DUV Cocoa leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural beauty. The seat...
Iron
Industrial chair DUV with arm Coral leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's chair with arm DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural b...
Iron
Industrial chair DUV Coral leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural beauty. The seat...
Iron
Industrial chair DUV Cocoa leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural beauty. The seat...
Iron
Industrial chair DUV with arm Cream leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's chair with arm DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural b...
Iron
Industrial chair DUV half arm Cream leather handcrafted by Murmurio
By Murmurio
Located in Lordelo, PT
Murmurio's half arm DUV sturdy iron structure provides a solid foundation, while the intricately woven rattan backrest, supported by an ashwood frame, adds a touch of natural beauty....
Iron
Set of Two Original Armchairs, by Robert Slezak, Beech, Rattan, Czech, 1930s
Located in Brandys nad Labem, Středočeský kraj
Set of two restored beech Bauhaus Armchairs. Style: Bauhaus Maker: Robert Slezak Period: 1930-1939 Source: Czechia Material: Beech, Chrome-plated Steel, Rattan. In pristine origina...
Chrome, Steel
$5,203 / item
Livingston Dining Chair by Egg Designs
Located in Geneve, CH
Livingston dining chair by Egg Designs Dimensions: 62 L x 49 D x 69 H cm Materials: Walnut timber, synthetic rattan, brass, linen upholstery Founded by South Africans and life p...
Brass
$2,919 / item
Indoor Matilda Easy Chair by Kenneth Cobonpue
Located in Geneve, CH
Indoor matilda easy chair by Kenneth Cobonpue. Materials: Rattan. Also available in other colors and for outdoors. Dimensions: 100cm x 81cm x H 63cm. The same principle of a wo...
Rattan
1940's dutch easy chair
Located in BE
This unique 1940s Dutch easy chair was likely crafted by a local woodworker rather than produced commercially. Its exceptionally high back and woven rattan seat give it a charming, n...
Rattan, Wood
Shopping for vintage rattan chairs? Lightweight, durable and versatile, rattan furniture is whatever one wants it to be: elegant or rustic, chic or workaday.
For rattan dining chairs, armchairs, lounge chairs and other rattan seating, there is no shortage of popular search terms for interested parties — suggestions include Bielecky Brothers, New York–based makers of handcrafted rattan furniture since 1903; Milanese artist-designer Gabriella Crespi, who blended rattan with brass in sexy, sculptural pieces during the 1970s; and Peacock chairs, a catchall term for the numberless iterations of the beloved high-backed seat.
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, antique and vintage 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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