Granada Butterfly Occasional Chair - Sunkiss

The Granada Butterfly Occasional Chair in Sunkiss is 66cm wide, 70cm deep and 77cm high, with a woven seat slung on a steel frame. The weave carries the sitter rather than a cushion, so there is nothing to store. It suits a covered terrace or a sunroom.

A slung seat works on a principle upholstery does not: it gives where your weight is and holds where it is not. That makes a chair with no cushion genuinely comfortable, which is why the shape has survived since the 1930s.

At 66cm wide this is a compact single chair, and at 70cm deep it is a reading chair rather than a dining one. Nothing about it needs covering or bringing in when it rains.

The caveat is the weave under load. A slung seat stretches slightly over years and cannot be re-tensioned at home, so it will sit a little lower in five years than it does new.