Aswan Arm Chair

The Aswan Arm Chair combines a mahogany frame finished in a natural wash with black fabric and leather peel detailing, its 54 by 62 centimetre proportions and 80-centimetre height bringing a genuinely distinctive material combination into the wider seating collection.

Pairing a naturally-washed mahogany frame with black fabric and leather peel elements requires careful construction to integrate the different materials at considered junctions throughout the chair, Balinese furniture makers combining structural woodworking with upholstery techniques in a single considered piece.

The natural wash finish on the mahogany allows the timber's grain to remain visible while softening its colour slightly, providing a considered visual base for the black fabric and leather peel detailing to stand out as a deliberate accent rather than competing for attention.

This combination of materials gives the chair a more tailored, considered presence than the collection's typically all-natural woven or solid-wood seating, suited to interiors wanting a single more refined statement chair among more traditionally crafted pieces.

Within a bali furniture living room or study, the Aswan brings genuine material variety and considered detailing into a single armchair, its mixed construction offering a refined alternative to the collection's more rustic seating.

The leather peel detailing specifically refers to a finishing technique where leather is applied and worked to develop a naturally distressed, characterful surface from the outset, rather than waiting years for genuine wear to develop that same quality organically. This gives the chair an immediately lived-in, considered appearance that pairs particularly well with other furniture in a room that already carries some age or natural patina of its own.

Its mixed-material construction also means the chair works particularly well as a transitional piece for households gradually updating an interior from a more conventional Western furniture scheme toward a fuller bali furniture aesthetic, offering familiar upholstered comfort alongside genuine handcrafted wood detailing as a considered first step. This considered, layered approach to material and finish tends to reward closer inspection, revealing new details each time the chair is looked at freshly after some time apart.

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Each piece is individually handcrafted using natural materials. Subtle variations in shape, proportions, color tones, and weaving details are inherent to artisanal production and part of the uniqueness of every creation.