C0283-1D Fluted Leather Tub Chair

The C0283-1D is a fluted leather tub chair — a barrel of chestnut hide channeled in vertical ribs that wrap the curved back from arm to arm, cut through at the base by a band of deep olive. Fully upholstered to the floor, with no frame or leg on show, it sits in a room like a turned vessel: one continuous curve, striped in leather.

Design & Character

The fluting is the architecture. Dozens of vertical channels radiate around the barrel back, each rib catching its own line of light, so the chair's surface moves as you walk past it. The form rolls outward into low, integrated arms and drops straight to the floor — a closed, grounded silhouette that reads as solid as joinery. The olive band across the front is the unexpected note: two leathers, one drum.

Materials & Finish

Chestnut-brown leather with warm burnishing covers the body, each flute individually seamed so the ribs stay crisp; the accent channels wear a muted olive green that deepens the palette rather than breaking it. Leather ages in its own favor in a design like this — the ridges take polish from use, the recesses keep their shadow.

Made for the Enclosed Seat

Tub chairs earn loyalty by geometry: the wrapping back supports from every angle, which makes this the chair for long sitting — the study, the lounge corner, the office that receives guests, either side of a fireplace. Its closed form also anchors visually, so a single one can finish a corner that open-legged chairs leave feeling unresolved. In pairs across a small table, it furnishes a conversation.

Styling & Pairing

The brown-olive pairing points its own way: botanical rooms, timber floors, brass lamps, deep greens in the textiles nearby. It sits naturally with the collection's walnut tables and cognac leather pieces, and the olive band gives styling its cue — one cushion or vase in that green ties the room to the chair. Keep its surroundings low; the barrel wants to be the tallest curve in its corner.

Why This Piece

Fluting is craft you can count — every rib a decision, every seam a line of work. The C0283-1D suits buyers who read furniture up close and rooms that reward it. Two leathers and that much stitching should be inspected by hand: circle it once at a showroom, and let the ribs make the argument.