This is one Sylvie brought back thinking about kitchens that never really sat still. Found in Montpellier and dating to the 1940s, this French rush bench follows a long tradition of ladderback seating made across the countryside, where woven seats were done by hand using natural fibers and replaced over time as they wore through. The frame is turned wood with simple stretchers, built low and steady, while the seat is tightly woven in a geometric pattern that would have been done strand by strand. Pieces like this were often used at long farm tables or kept along a wall, pulled in when more seating was needed. Sylvie loves it where people actually gather - tucked under a table, dragged out when the room fills up, or left along a wall with a jacket thrown over the side.
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