Rush Corner Chair

Built low on purpose, this chair sat you down close to the fire, where the warmth was. Found in Montpellier and made mid-century, this rare corner version has its seat and both back panels woven in rush, the frame turned in close bobbin rings down the legs and across the stretchers. A low fireside chair like this is called a chauffeuse, from the French chauffer, to warm, made short so a person could sit near the hearth through a cold evening, and the corner shape let it tuck right into the angle beside the chimney. Sylvie sets it against the bare wall you never quite know what to do with, small and light enough to pick up and carry to a new corner of the house whenever the mood takes you.