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The Bum Chair

£570
 In Stock

Description

Awarded the prestigious Design Guild Mark in 2017 for excellence in British design.

A pretty little chair that may look dainty but is actually very sturdy and supremely comfortable. Following on from the success of the Bum Stool, this chair is contemporary and beautifully simple, making it the perfect choice for our discerning customers. The chair is machined from high-quality British timbers; ash is traditional for a seat pan due to its good impact strength and resistance to splitting, whilst the oak legs and backrest provide a solid and very durable frame.

Product Specification

Dimensions

Width Height Depth Seat Height
380 mm 910 mm 430 mm 470 mm

Care & Maintenance

This chair should only be cleaned with a damp lint free cloth. Harsh cleaners and abrasive pads may damage the surface and remove the finish.

Small scratches to the wood will settle in naturally over time, more extensive damage to the wood may require sanding and re-oiling. Please contact our customer service team for advice before attempting any repairs.

Sustainability

All of our furniture is made using responsibly sourced natural timbers. This item's packaging is fully recyclable.

Please recycle your packaging in accordance with local regulations.

Documents

The Bum Chair - Product Specification (pdf)

Delivery & Returns

Delivery

This item is subject to the following delivery charges:
 

UK Mainland£16 (per order)
1-2 business days
Highlands/Isles£37 (per order)
1-3 business days
Europe£60 (per pair)
2-4 business days
Rest of World£390 (per pair)
3-5 business days

 

You can view a full delivery quote for your basket and shipping address in the checkout. All charges shown include any applicable tax and duty.

All deliveries are made via a reliable tracked service. For UK orders, each item will be dispatched as soon as it is ready and should arrive within 1-3 working days.

International orders will be dispatched only when all items are ready and they should arrive within 3-5 working days. If you wish to receive individual items as soon as they are ready, please consider placing them as separate orders.

View our Delivery support page for more information.

Returns

This item is eligible for return within 28 days of delivery.

Any items returned to us in the condition in which they were sent will be refunded in full, excluding any delivery fees (and a 10% restocking fee if you are ordering from outside of the UK).

We are unable to cover any return postage costs, or any loss or breakages that occur during the return process. We therefore recommend that returns are made using the original packaging with a tracked, insured and signed for service.

View our Returns support page for more information.

designed for bums, by bums, by deVOL

The design for the Bum Chair took a little while longer to pin down than it did for the stool. We wanted it to be a clear companion piece, focusing on comfort above all else, so it had to use the same naturally shaped seat pan. You may have already noticed that the shape of the chair pan is actually quite different to the stool and this is because your natural sitting posture changes considerably once both of your feet are flat on the floor and you have a backrest to lean into. We made sure to recreate these conditions when we we're building our prototypes out of scraps and off-cuts in the workshops. Once we'd managed to get the height and angles right, we popped a slab of wet clay on top and took it in turns to get comfortable, sculpting here and there to soften any particularly noticeable niggles.
 

We also added a little shelf to the back of the pan for the legs to slot into. These legs extend up above the seat to form the backrest. We knew that the backrest needed to be really simple so that it wasn't at odds with the curvy seat pan so we opted for a traditional bar back design. The tall scallops at the top of the back legs are such a great finishing touch; they help to soften the corners so that there's nothing digging into your shoulders but they also mirror the scalloped legs on the Bum Stool really nicely. Overall, this comfortable little chair is great for if you have a big family or if you're often entertaining a full house and need to squeeze as many people around the table as possible. We still can't decide which is more comfortable to sit in, the Bum Stool or the Chair?