Velvet Dining Chair – White Oak or Walnut Frame, Four Colorways

Velvet in four colorways, Ebony, Cognac, Caramel and Balsam, over a frame in White Oak or Walnut chosen independently of the fabric. That yields eight combinations from two short lists, which is a practical way to specify a set of six chairs without the ordering getting complicated.

Velvet's pile lies in a direction, and on a dining chair the seat gets brushed both ways every time someone slides in. That is why velvet seats develop a soft variation in tone rather than a hard wear line. The wood frame is what actually takes the load. White Oak and Walnut differ in grain openness and density, and the difference is most visible at the leg, where the finish meets end grain.

Balsam is the green of the four and the one that commits a room to a color. Ebony reads as near-black against Walnut and as a sharp contrast against White Oak.

• Upholstery: Velvet
• Colorways: Ebony, Cognac, Caramel, Balsam
• Frame: White Oak or Walnut