A Bar Stool the Posts Shape

The Bandol bar height stool set is the version of this silhouette built around its frame rather than its upholstery. Black steel posts taper from a point at the floor out to their widest around seat level and back to a point above it, four of them standing clear above the seat so the frame reads from every side. A gold-tone metal rail leaves the top of each front post, turns back along the seat as an armrest and crosses the face of the arched back pad, screwed through where the two meet. Below the seat the same posts splay out to a footrest that closes on all four sides, the front and back rails set a little lower than the two at the sides. Upholstery arrives as a flat woven fabric or a looped boucle over foam, on the seat and the back pad alike.

Features

• Arms at Elbow Height give the forearms somewhere to land through a long sit and something to push against on the way down from a seat this tall
• Arched Back Pad stands away from the rear posts with air behind it, so the back gets a defined place to rest without a panel closing in around the shoulders
• Woven or Boucle Upholstery covers the seat and back pad in either a flat textured weave or a looped boucle, one reading crisp under the hand and the other reading soft
• Wide Seat Between Arms leaves room to shift and cross a leg without the arms closing in at the hips, so the frame reads as a surround rather than a pair of walls
• Two-Level Four-Sided Footrest rings the base with the front and back rails set below the side rails, giving the feet two heights to move between across a long evening
• Tapered Spindle Posts keep the frame slim where it meets the floor and where it meets the arm, so a stool this tall stays a line in the room rather than a block of black metal
• Open Under the Seat leaves nothing boxed in beneath the cushion, so a broom passes straight through and the base shows the floor rather than hiding it
• Rated to 260 Pounds per stool, so the pair carries two adults through a long evening at the bar without the frame being the thing anyone thinks about
• Bar-Height Standing Footprint suits 40" to 42" pub counters, home bars and tall island overhangs, where the pair sits alongside the counter rather than tucking beneath it

Materials

• Upholstery: Woven Fabric or Boucle
• Seat and Back Fill: High-Density Foam
• Frame and Legs: Steel
• Frame Finish: Powder-Coated
• Arms: Steel
• Footrest: Steel
• Floor Tips: Protective Caps
• Hardware: Metal

Care Instructions

• Vacuum the woven upholstery weekly with a soft brush attachment, drawing along the direction of the weave
• Vacuum the boucle on a low setting without a beater bar, since the loops can pull if the brush catches them
• Snip any loop that lifts on the boucle rather than pulling it, which keeps the neighboring loops in place
• Blot spills straight away with a clean dry cloth rather than rubbing, so nothing works down into the weave or between the loops
• Spot clean with a fabric-safe cleaner on a barely damp cloth, testing on a hidden area first, and let the pad dry fully before sitting
• Keep the upholstery out of long hours of direct sunlight, which lifts color from woven and looped surfaces alike
• Wipe the black frame with a soft damp cloth and dry it straight after, since standing water marks a powder-coated finish
• Wipe the gold-tone arms with a soft dry cloth only, and keep abrasive pads and metal polishes off them, since the color sits in a surface finish
• Retighten the arm screws, the back pad screws and the footrest hardware by hand every few months, without a power driver
• Lift rather than drag the stools when repositioning them, and keep the floor tips clear of debris