Les Abbesses Dining Chair.

A CHAIR DRAWN AS A FLOWER. Les Abbesses is built around one gesture: a scalloped back, cut as a soft cloud form and echoed a second time by an outer contour, so the silhouette reads twice. The piping traces both lines by hand. From behind, which is how a dining chair is seen most of the evening, it is the outline that carries the piece. The seat is a full circle rather than a square, which is what lets a chair b...