By Rita St. Clair
The chair may be the most designed and redesigned piece in the entire lexicon of furniture.
Although historically not all cultures used chairs as seating, today they are virtually universal. Yet the most interesting thing about seating is that seldom do two people agree on the comfort of a specific chair.
Question:
I am looking for a comfortable chair for occasional use in our family room; currently the room has contemporary upholstered seating.
We would like to add a wooden or "un-upholstered" chair, and everything that we have seen is either too small or uncomfortable.
Answer:
The so-called occasional chair is usually small and not used for lounging; however, uncomfortable is not a good definition for any chair.
Since I do not know what, if any, specific task the chair is to serve why not look at a rocking chair? They are usually wooden and comfortable. There are not many contemporary or modern designed rocking chairs, but every now and then we see one in a designer showroom. And I must say they attract a lot of attention.
You may be interested in the chair pictured, which is made by Thom. Moser.
This company offers a number of interesting lines of wooden furniture, which appears more crafted than manufactured. It has recently introduced this new contemporary rocking chair as part of the Edo collection inspired by Japanese design.
It's quite an interpretation of the classic rocking chair.
You might even consider a more traditional ladder-back design rocking chair.
Those of us who remember the Kennedy years saw the president comfortably seated in the Cape Cod version in ceremonial rooms and the Oval Office, and somehow it never looked strange. But if I were to use a traditional design, I would paint it a shiny black or even a bolder lacquered color to complement and accent the color of my room.
© DESIGN LINE, Rita St. Clair
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