They were once used to keep warm around a fire, and the drafts away from your shoulders and back. I love the silhouette of a sideway glance of one in the chair. Picture a fine hotel in London, a roaring fire, a black pair of stockings and heels, crossed legs and glancing around to see your man walking towards you, as your face glows of the fire. Oh, and add a glass of a warm liqueur.
They are just so sexy, with their wide shoulders and big arms which you can perfectly position your elbow on to balance your brandy glass. I'm speaking of the chair, of course...pheew...I'm heated.
So many modern versions have hit the market recently, so I thought I would put together a few I am lusting over.
The granddaddy of them all...the Wainscott Chair by Victoria Hagan
Eric Brand Right Band Club Chair-this one is barely a wing, but the small returns on the top hint of wing
Victoria Hagan Emma Small Wing Chair
Victoria Hagan James Wing Chair
Ralph Lauren Barrel Back Wing
Ralph Lauren Hudson River Valley Wing Chair
Colie and Harris
Ralph Lauren Kerry Chair
Ralph Lauren Irish Coast Wing Chair
Mitchell Gold Perry Chair
Mitchell Gold Sloane Chair
Mitchell Gold Gustave Chair
Mitchell Gold Delia Chair
Mitchell Gold Carter Wing
Mitchell Gold Ashton Wing
Wyland Wing Barclay Butera
River Wing Chair by Stylus; this chair retails for under 1000. cdn dollars...great for lots of budgets
McCartney Chair by John Charles Designs via 2Modern
Regina Chair by Poltrona Frau
This slipcovered monogrammed wing from the Windsor/Smith Home Collection comes via Joni at Cote de Texas.
14 comments:
What a great collection, I have a client that wants wing chairs for her living room and now I don't need to look any further! What a great and thorough post!
Thanks.
Your too funny. Love this post. So many beauties.
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Quite a range of wings. I could fly anywhere sitting in one of those chairs.
Thank you for saving me search time on google as Iam on the hunt for a classic wing that can be casual.
I am thinking the Wyland or the Mitchell gold gustav in ticking or a broad stripe.
and now you got me confused Michelle. Which one do I like more, they are all beautiful designs I really like the Mitchell Gold Ashton Wing & the McCartney Chair & the Hans J Wegner & the Laura Kirar and..... :)
Oh what an aweseome post!!!!! Will have to bookmark it for referencing. I have been craving Thomas Pheasan't Modern Wingchair for a couple of years now.
It's so rare to find such inspired words for...chairs! I like it!
What a great round up of Wing Back chairs. Of course I am partial to the Regina Chair. Great post!!
I really like your blog, it's so interesting and different. Will definitly add you to my roll. And that winged chair through Merchandise Mart is just stunning!
Thank you for your comment on Beautiful Living! :)
Great line up on Wing Chairs! They're classic :)
I'm a survivor in the battle to find the perfect wing chair for me (5'5") and my husband (6'5") that was smallish in scale, firm seated, not down (allergic) and able to go upstairs, past a narrow turn and inside a 30" wide door. My husband refused to buy a chair he didn't "test drive" and that narrowed the search a bit. We finally ended up with Hancock & Moore's editor chair in leather. The craftsmandship is lovely.
Love those chairs,great inspirations
I missed this post first time around! I went to the design center today, and sat in the Victoria Hagan Wainscott chair as well as the Lewis Mittman wing chair, and it was divine - I know this sounds weird, but it felt like being hugged when I was in the chairs, their wings surrounded me and it felt to cozy!
Typo - felt SO cozy.
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