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A Chair Outside the Cage
Time & Style's 2020 beech dining chair with a woven natural cane backrest, made in Japan.
500 × 760 × 520 mm
2020
Japan
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Description
Overview
Minimalist lines and a woven backrest for utmost lightness define this 2020 design by Time & Style. Craftspeople of Japan's Hida-Takayama region, renowned for centuries for their woodworking, make it. Light, easy to move and elegant, it adds a typically Japanese decorative style to the living room.
Construction
- Frame: solid beech, dyed snow white or charcoal grey, finished with transparent water- or solvent-based varnish
- Backrest: straw weave of natural cane bark
- Seat: padded seat on a structural fabric base, filled with polyurethane foam
- Seat cover: fixed, in a grey fabric or a leather of dark brown
Specifications
Overall size 50 cm wide × 52 cm deep × 76 cm high.
Story
Made where wood is a craft
The manufacture of A Chair Outside the Cage was entrusted to the craftspeople of Japan's Hida-Takayama region, where woodworking skills have been renowned for centuries. Time & Style designed it in 2020 as an upholstered beech chair with minimalist lines.
Lightness through the backrest
For utmost lightness the backrest is a classic weave. The chair is lightweight, easy to move and elegant, and it comes in a bleached or a charcoal grey version.
