Bank of England chair
Old modern. The sloping setback arms are continuous with
the curved tight pullover back, an
enticing shell or cocoon of a chair,
set off by welting and nail-head trim
and tapered legs with square cupcaster shoes. A Rat Pack chair par
excellence: Sinatra, Dean Martin,
Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis,
Jr. knew this chair.
A bench is a cross between a
chair and a couch, the couch's
more hard-hearted cousin.
Jean-Michel Frank Style
Tuxedo Bench
This bench is so beautifully
severe, I only imagine Greta
Garbo sitting on it. But a bench
implies two sitters, so she would
be accompanied by best friend
and sometime paramour Cecil
Beaton.
HYLAND
