Brussels Chair

Wings at the top, scrolls at the arms and a pillow that means business.

The Brussels Chair is a tall wing chair with sweeping, outward-scrolled arms. The wing chair began in the late 17th century as a way to keep drafts off the sitter's head. Here the high back flares into soft wings, and slender wooden arm supports curl into scrolls at the front. The seat rail is reeded, and four square tapered legs angle gently outward. It is shown in two upholsteries: a deep crimson velvet over pale wood, and a sage fabric with a pastel Union Jack pillow over dark wood. It is 28 inches long, 34 deep and 43.75 high.

Formal in outline, relaxed about the cushions.