Ferris Dining Chair

The Ferris Dining Chair from Four Hands is a mixed-material side chair with a solid wood frame, a squared upholstered seat, and a banded top-grain leather back. The frame is joined with mortise and tenon and reinforced with corner blocks, and the seat rides on S-spring construction over foam, so it keeps its shape through years of dinners. Frame woods and seat covers change from version to version, running from performance polyester blends to wool and linen blends to all-leather, and the grain in the wood and the hide varies from one chair to the next.

The lines are slight and simple, a squared seat and a leather band set into a lean frame, with no arms to interrupt the silhouette. It draws on postwar design and mid-century Danish-American styling, which shows in the airy proportions and the way the leather back contrasts with the softer seat. The chair sits comfortably beside oak and walnut tables, plaster or painted walls, and the warm metals and woven textures of a maximalist dining room.

Pull a set up to the dining table and let the leather back darken and soften with use. The performance-fabric versions are built for spills, stains, and heavy traffic, which suits a table that doubles as homework space or a Friday night card game. A single chair also works at a desk, in an entry, or at the end of a bed.