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Objects of Design #288: Industrial Leather Dining Chair

industrial leather dining chair from rockett st george for £120
industrial leather dining chair from rockett st george for £120

I love this chair! Given that I shall never be able to afford, or probably even find, a set of Charlotte Perriand Les Arcs dining chairs, this is the next best thing.

charlotte perriand les arcs chair
vintage charlotte perriand les arcs chair come up at auction for around $1000 each

The Perriand ones come up at auction occasionally and cost around $1000 each, so it’s unlikely that they will be accompanying my kitchen  table any time soon. But then I saw these from Rockett St George. For £120. *Does little dance of excitement*.

the industrial style dining chair is made from tan leather with copper colour rivets
the industrial style dining chair is made from tan leather with copper colour rivets

Actually, I think I only need three of these as they would go brilliantly with my Eames DSW chairs wouldn’t they?

vitra eames DSW side chair from john lewis £230
vitra eames DSW side chair from john lewis £320

In fact, this is now a page of my favourite dining chairs. And I think they all go brilliantly together. Maybe I’ll just save up for one Perriand …

rear view of the industrial leather chair from rockett st george
rear view of the industrial leather chair from rockett st george

By the way, the point, before I got carried away, was that what with all the guests that tend to turn up at this time of year, extra chairs can be a necessity. These are good. But hurry as I may buy them all for myself.

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.

2 Comments

  1. Hei, Im intresting to buy/order your desing leather dining chair (number 288) we would like to buy 6 chairs, but we live in finland. Do you think that its ok?
    My e-mail is [email protected]

    Tuija

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