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Traverse Dining Bench
Outdoor dining bench with a die-cast aluminium frame and heat-treated ash seat by Erwan Bouroullec
1140 × 805 × 525 mm
China
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Overview
The Traverse Dining Bench comes from the Traverse collection that Erwan Bouroullec designed for HAY. Heat-treated ash forms its slatted seat, a die-cast aluminium frame carries it, and it can be used with Traverse tables.
Construction
- Frame: die-cast aluminium, shot-blasted, with a lacquer meant for outdoors
- Slats: solid ash, heat treated, with outdoor wood wax oil
- Seat: 38.5 cm deep and 46 cm high
- Variants: 1
Specifications
- Overall size: 114 x 52.5 x 80.5 cm (AE459-E227)
Story
A bench for the Traverse table
Erwan Bouroullec designed the Traverse Dining Bench for HAY as part of an outdoor collection that blends in wherever it is placed. It can be used with Traverse Tables to create atmospheric dining set-ups.
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Ash that changes colour
The bench joins a die-cast aluminium frame to a seat of heat-treated ash. Over time UV radiation changes the colour of the wood surface, turning it silvery grey across a period of months to years.
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Collection
Traverse
Traverse by Erwan Bouroullec for HAY: outdoor chairs, benches, a stool and a table with a die-cast aluminium frame and slats in heat-treated ash (2025).




