Found in Avignon, this bobbin corner chair follows a form that dates all the way back to 17th-century Northern Europe, where craftsmen began turning wood on a lathe to create those repeated rounded spindles you see across the frame. The entire structure is built from those turned elements, each one like a bead threaded into place, from the arms to the backrest to the stretchers below. By the late 19th and early 20th century, this style carried into provincial French homes, where it showed up in smaller seating like this, often tucked into corners or dressing rooms. Sylvie would place this in a bedroom corner with a small stack of books and a soft throw draped over one arm, or pulled up beside a desk where it becomes the chair you actually use.
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