Timber Vintique

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Contemporary Sculptural Lounge Chair For Living Room

$2,480.00

Timber Vintique


Color: Black
Size: 25"W x 28"D x 26"H
Custom dimensions on request

Every piece is built to order — send us your target size and we confirm feasibility and price before you pay.

In stock

Made to order — about 4 weeks from payment to delivery, sometimes 6.

  1. Order placed
  2. Details confirmed
  3. Built by hand
  4. Shipped & delivered

We keep you updated at every step

From the moment your order comes in, we stay in touch — order confirmation and detail check first, then build updates and photos from the workshop, then tracking and a scheduled delivery window. From payment to your doorstep, you always know where your piece is.

We send photos of your finished piece before it ships.

White-glove delivery, included

Room-of-choice placement and full unboxing, on us.

Made to order in solid wood

Free US shipping — fully insured

Returns within 30 days of payment, freight arranged for you

Details
Available sizes
25"W x 28"D x 26"H30"W x 28"D x 26"H35"W x 30"D x 28"H
Material
Solid oak
Custom sizes
On request
Lead time
About 4 weeks — sometimes 6

Natural grain. Finished by hand.

Natural grain and the individual contours of this chair remain visible after its wood surfaces are refined and finished by hand.

What is included

Only the wooden chair is sold.

Not included: cushions, pillows, upholstery, seat pads, throws, mattresses, bedding, and hanging ropes; loose mounting or installation hardware; other non-wood accessories; decorative objects and styling props.

Details at a glance

  • What's sold: wooden chair
  • Available wood: Oak
  • Available sizes: 25"W x 28"D x 26"H
    30"W x 28"D x 26"H
    35"W x 30"D x 28"H
  • Not included: cushions, pillows, upholstery, seat pads, throws, mattresses, bedding, and hanging ropes; loose mounting or installation hardware; other non-wood accessories; decorative objects and styling props

Natural wood, one piece at a time

Wood grain, knots, edge contours, and color naturally vary from piece to piece. Product images show the expected character rather than an identical grain pattern.

General care

These products are not waterproof. Their durable wood-and-finish construction is designed to handle ordinary accidental spills when liquid is wiped up promptly. Avoid standing water, soaking, submersion, and harsh cleaners.

SKU: MPK-C-00995-01

Dimensions & assembly

Exact dimensions for each size are listed on the option you select above. Most pieces arrive fully assembled; wall-mounted designs include hardware and a template. Measure doorways and stair turns before ordering — most pieces pass a standard 32-inch doorway.

Care: wipe with a soft, dry cloth and oil the grain once or twice a year to keep the surface nourished.

Shipping & returns

Your piece ships free in a protective wooden crate. Freight delivery comes with a scheduled window and tracking; white-glove service — carried inside, placed, packaging removed — is available at checkout.

Returns: 30 days from payment. Pieces need to be unused and in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup and walk you through repacking. Damaged or defective on arrival? We repair, replace or refund at no cost. Made-to-order pieces can be changed or cancelled while the build has not started.

Solid oak · Lounge chair

Carved to hold an hour.

The piece

Plate I
Plate II

A lounge chair carved to hold an hour, not a minute.

The frame flows in open, sculpted curves that leave the white oak grain in full view — solid stock with mortise-and-tenon joints at the stress points, no plywood hiding under the upholstery. Our designers tuned the recline and arm height around real reading posture; the artisan shapes each member by hand and finishes it in oil you can renew yourself.

A chair tells the truth around year three, when lesser joints start answering every shift of weight. These stay silent: the oak spends twenty days in a temperature-controlled kiln before the first cut, so the tenons hold snug in their mortises through furnace winters. The corner becomes a destination — and whoever claimed the chair first never quite gives it up.

  • Padded seat and back hold an hour of reading comfortably
  • Arm height set for a book, a phone, a cup
  • Mortise-and-tenon joints stay silent under nightly use
  • Sculpted frame reads finished from every angle
  • Anchors a corner alone — no matching set required

It fits real homes.

The 3 a.m. feed

The 3 a.m. feed

Nursery duty, 3 a.m., the streetlamp the only light. The chair takes the half-asleep weight without one creak, and the arm holds the bottle at exactly the right height. The silence is the feature.

Sunday reading hour

Sunday reading hour

Sunday, 4 p.m., lamp warm, phone left in the other room. Tea lands on the side table at the arm's exact height, the recline holds the last hundred pages, and nobody calls your name for an hour.

First coffee

First coffee

Saturday, 6:50 a.m., first cup before anyone else wakes, feet up, low autumn sun tracing the grain along the oak arm. Twenty unhurried minutes — the chair is the whole plan, and it has been all week.

Available sizes
25"W x 28"D x 26"H30"W x 28"D x 26"H35"W x 30"D x 28"H
Material
Solid oak
Doorway fit
Fits standard 32-inch doorways
Lead time
Made to order

Every piece is made to order, and dimensions vary from one to the next. Need a different size for your space? Tell us your measurements and we'll build it to fit.

Teak, up close.

Cathedral and fleck

Plain-sawn faces on the arms show bold cathedral arches; quarter-sawn stock throws ray fleck that shimmers under the evening lamp — the figure behind a century of American Arts and Crafts furniture.

Cathedral and fleck

Finishes without fuss

Oak's even, tannin-rich grain takes oil cleanly, without blotching — so the curves read in one honest tone, and the arm feels like wood under a resting palm, never like a coating.

Finishes without fuss

Barrel-grade structure

Janka hardness near 1,350 and tyloses-plugged pores — the closed-cell structure of whiskey barrels and ship hulls — carrying you nightly, unbothered when August humidity swings the whole house.

Barrel-grade structure

Deepens with the decades

Oak ages by gaining color, not wear. The armrests where hands land every evening will read a shade warmer at year ten — and a winter of forced-air heat will not open a joint that was dried right.

Deepens with the decades

From plank to piece.

The wood selection

The wood selection

Boards are pulled one at a time and matched by tone and grain across arms, legs, and rails — read by selectors with thirty years at the lumber stacks. Twisted or dull stock never makes the cut.

The shaping process

The shaping process

Each curve is traced from templates, then bandsawn a pencil width proud of the line, leaving material for the handwork that gives the frame its final flow.

The hand refinement

The hand refinement

Arms and contours are sanded by hand through five grits until they feel right under a resting forearm, not merely look right across the room.

The final inspection

The final inspection

Oil goes on in thin coats, buffed between each. The maker racks the frame on a flat bench, checks every joint, and sits in the chair before it is signed out.

One maker follows each piece from rough plank to the final coat of oil, and signs off before it is crated.

The Timber Vintique workshop

No two boards alike

The grain that arrives is yours alone.

  1. Every board is cut from a different tree — the photos here are a reference, not a promise.
  2. Your piece is photographed in the workshop before it ships, so you see your exact grain.
  3. Small knots and mineral streaks come with real wood. We leave them in.

Delivery, done properly.

White-glove option

Choose white-glove and the crew brings the piece inside, places it in the room, and removes every bit of packaging.

Crated for freight

Each piece travels in its own wooden crate with corner protection, built to cross the country without a scuff.

Scheduled window

You get a delivery appointment and tracking — not a truck that shows up unannounced.

Honest returns

30 days from payment. If it isn't right — unused, in original condition — we arrange the freight pickup. Made-to-order terms are stated up front.

Questions customers usually ask

How are the chairs built to last?
Solid hardwood with mortise-and-tenon joinery at the seat-to-leg and back-to-seat joints — the points that decide whether a chair lasts five years or fifty. The stock does its twenty days in the kiln before any joint is cut, so the fit it leaves with is the fit it keeps.
Can seat height or finish be customized?
Seat height and finish tone can be tailored when you order. If your reading corner runs tight or your table sits tall, send the measurements and we will build the chair to the spot instead of asking the spot to adapt.
Do the chairs require assembly?
Chairs ship fully assembled — glued, clamped, and cured at the workshop. No cam locks, no wordless diagrams, and no wobble that starts its life in a hardware bag.
What upkeep does a wooden chair need?
Wipe with a soft damp cloth and dry. Refresh the oil on arms and seat edges once a year where hands rest most — a ten-minute job — and give heat vents and radiators a two-foot berth. Forced-air winters, not nightly use, are what age a chair.
How are chairs and sets shipped?
Each chair is made to order, wrapped at every edge, and double-boxed. Photograph the carton if it arrives crushed and note it with the carrier — if anything is wrong, we make it right. Tracking is sent at dispatch.
Is the seat upholstered, and can the fabric be chosen?
Yes — this design pairs the sculpted oak frame with a padded, upholstered seat and backrest built for long stays, not perching. Fabric tone can be discussed when you order, so the cushion sits well with the room it is joining.

Made to order

Built for you. Signed by the maker.

From $2,480.00

Just-opened wooden crate revealing the corner of a natural-wood piece

A letter from the workshop

The Workshop Journal

Wood care notes, new pieces, and rooms we've delivered — a short letter, once a month.

Read the journal