The Marchmont Workshop The Canopy chair

A grounded and ethereal work of craft and design, the Canopy chair is practical and sculptural, useful and beautiful. Perfect around a dining table or boardroom, at a desk or by itself, the generous curve of the ash back cradles its sitter protectively. The woven rush seat is a joy to be seated upon for hours at a time. The bosky back support echoes the ash trees from which they are hand-carved, lending the model its wonderful name.

In Sam and Richard’s own words: ‘The Canopy chair takes inspiration from the woodlands surrounding our workshop on The Marchmont House estate in the Scottish Borders, much of which has been affected by ash dieback in recent years. The turned rear legs of the chair flow up into hand-carved winding branches emulating the ash tree and joining into a sweeping split crest, representing canopy ‘shyness’ – the phenomenon whereby the leaves and branches of two adjacent trees never quite touch. The crest wraps around the sitter, offering support above a hand-woven seat made from common river rush, which we harvest each summer.’

Height 75cm