Alps Chair

In the alpine villages chairs were made one at a time, each back cut to a slightly different shape by whoever was holding the saw. Found in Montpellier and dating to the late 19th century, this Alpine board chair sets a silhouette back, pierced with a cloverleaf hole, over a solid plank seat on four splayed peg legs. The cut-out in the back was both a handhold and a flourish, a way to lift the chair and to give a flat board a bit of character, which is why no two of these are ever quite alike. Sylvie sets it at a writing desk, a sculptural little chair that earns its keep as much by being looked at as sat on. Four available, sold separately. 

 

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