These beautifully crafted dining chairs date from the early sixties and are in just fantastic order. Designed by Richard Hornby for renowned British furniture makers, Fyne Ladye, they are solid afromosia. Fyne Ladye almost exclusively used afromosia, an African hardwood, that’s darker and less orange than teak but it became scarcer from 1962 as costs to import it made its use prohibitive. The chair frames carry only very minor marks and blemishes, quite remarkable really given their age and purpose, and a testament to how well made they are. The seat pads have been professionally reupholstered in a smart, mid-blue tweed from Camira’s Mainline Flax range, which is an all-natural blend of flax and wool. Of course, if this colour and fabric choice don’t suit, recovering them would be an easy, cost effective job with an upholsterer as the seat pads simply drop in. We love the thinner, dark lines of these chairs which adds subtle drama to their profiles. Very classy indeed.
