This bench is joinery first. A solid walnut frame of square legs, a seat rail and an open ladder back of two horizontal rails forms the structure. The back cushions are not fixed to it: each one hangs from a tan leather strap looped over the top rail, so they can be lifted off for cleaning or swapped in seconds. The seat is a single long cushion in the same oatmeal tweed with a pale piping.
In the room shown, two of these benches run along a fluted walnut wall with stone-niche detailing, facing a line of tables with dark stone tops and fluted pedestals, with tweed-upholstered horseshoe armchairs on the aisle side.
Construction. Solid walnut or walnut-stained hardwood, mortice-and-tenon joints, bolted through for strength; seat cushion on a slatted deck; leather straps stitched and riveted.
Where it works. Wine bars, bistros, hotel restaurants and the long wall of a modern pub dining room. It suits rooms where the fixed seating should feel like furniture rather than built-in upholstery.
Options. Timber species and stain, strap leather colour, cushion fabric or leather, length up to about 2,400 mm per bench, and matching end-to-end runs. Foams and fabrics specified to BS 7176 medium hazard on request.
