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These are contemporary pressed back chairs (made in 2014), but wait, what’s a pressed back chair?

“…In the very late 1800s along came a process that could produce elaborate designs on chair parts for a cost of next to nothing. It even had a lot of people thinking it was hand carved. The process? The steel die stamp. A design with sharp edges was etched into a metal plate. That plate was mounted on a roller and under great pressure was passed over a waiting chair crest rail that had been precut to shape and steam-bent to match the curve on the roller. The result was a perfect impression of the etching that was literally pressed into the wood, giving the effect of a three-dimensional carving. Thus began the great era of the “press back” chair in American furniture”. Fred Taylor – Worth Point 

The process of pressing or debossing timber with pattern is an old technique now being revisited as an exciting opportunity to add some texture and style to an otherwise simple chair. Pressing wood is just begging to be given a new and contemporary image, an image that is far removed from traditional graphic design and instead adopting a contemporary asymmetric, geometric and colourful aesthetic. The really exciting part of the project is that, this method can now be applied to smaller custom batches of chairs thanks to the readily available access to CNC milling and laser etching. The potential for this practice is not limited to, but maybe best suited to café chairs with business logos/graphics and or limited edition runs of current trending prints and patterns.

SPECIFICATIONS

Length: 500 mm (customisable)

Width: 450 mm

Height: 850 mm

Price: This product is in development and will be available for sale soon

Options: Colour and debbossing of imagery are customisable

Lead times: Each Noddy Boffin piece is made to order and will incur a short to medium lead time prior to dispatch, Please contact our sales office for current lead time estimates.

To make a purchase, please use our contact form to request a product(s) and to receive an indication of delivery expenses and lead times. Collection is also available from Richmond, VIC.

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