Modern Interior Design Blog – Just Seen

Cross two Brits: one edgy modern designer, the other a furniture maker with a rich 200 year history and what do you get? The partnership between Tom Dixon and George Smith has yielded some pretty rich fruit. Case in point, Wing Chair.

I think almost eveyone has some sort of a Wing Chair memory - for me, it was the two Wing Chairs in the living room of my childhood home. They were the focal point of the large, but sparsely furnished room. They started out in some heavy dark green fabric, lightened up a little when my mother reupholstered them in some kind of a medium blue and green paisley pattern. Later, the upholstery was a big all over floral in gold, orange and avocado – guess what decade that was. Those chairs still stand in my parent’s much smaller living room and they are still the best seat in the house.

That little story proves a few points – there is something to be said for a quality piece of furniture. Those chairs have lasted my parents over 40 years – talk about sustainability. It also proves that a chair is more than a chair when it does its job extremely well.

Tom Dixon’s Wingback Chair and Footstool is big and cozy with soft curves and exaggerated wings. Generously proportioned at over 51″ tall, 27″ wide and 34″ deep, it comes upholstered in one of 15 colors of mohair velvet. The solid turned leg is in a black lacquer or natural finish. The chair is expensive, but I’m guessing it is quite capable of dutifully providing many years of service.