A Fluted Frame That Holds a Pillow

The Pukaki dining chairs arrive as a coordinated pair, each built on a solid wood frame where the backrest is split into two separate pieces. Two uprights stand from the rear of the seat frame, each turning outward at the top into a flat bracket that reaches sideways, leaving an open channel between them down the center of the back. A loose pillow rests against those brackets rather than fastening to them, so it moves with a shoulder and lifts out when the chair goes somewhere else. Fine parallel grooves are milled into the face of both brackets and down the outer face of all four legs, catching light in narrow vertical lines across every standing surface. Boucle covers the seat cushion and the pillow in a looped nubbed weave. The seat sits inside the frame on a rounded front edge, with no arms at either side.

Features

• T-Shaped Backrest Brackets stand from the seat frame and turn outward at the top into flat arms of wood, splitting the back into two pieces with an open channel between them
• Loose Pillow Back rests against the brackets rather than fastening to them, moving with a shoulder through a long meal and lifting out when the chair moves rooms
• Fluted Wood Surfaces carry fine parallel grooves down every leg and across both brackets, catching light in narrow vertical lines on each standing face
• Solid Wood Frame shapes the legs, seat rail and backrest brackets in solid hardwood, holding square through years of a chair being pulled out and pushed back
• Boucle Upholstery wraps the seat cushion and the pillow in a looped nubbed weave that reads soft against the milled grooves of the frame
• Rounded Seat Front eases the front edge across its full width so nothing presses at the back of the knee through a second helping
• Squared Leg Stance sets four legs at the corners of the frame with no splay, giving each chair a straight architectural footprint underneath
• Armless Slim Profile keeps each chair narrow so it tucks close under the table and pulls out without knocking the chair beside it
• Coordinated Set of Two drops a matching pair into dining rooms, eat-in kitchens and home office corners in one purchase, matched for grain across both frames

Materials

• Seat Cushion Upholstery: Boucle
• Pillow Upholstery: Boucle
• Cushion Fill: Foam
• Frame, Legs and Backrest Brackets: Solid Rubberwood
• Floor Glides: Non-Slip Caps
• Hardware: Metal

Care Instructions

• Vacuum the boucle regularly with a soft brush attachment to lift dust before it settles into the loops
• Spot-clean marks with a cloth dampened in mild upholstery cleaner, blotting rather than rubbing so the boucle loops are not pulled
• Avoid catching the boucle loops on sharp objects, which can snag the woven surface
• Test any cleaner on a hidden section of the seat first, and let the fabric dry fully before use
• Lift the pillow out and plump it by hand every few weeks to keep the fill even
• Keep the chairs out of prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the boucle across both variants
• Dust the fluted grooves with a soft dry brush to lift debris from between the channels
• Wipe the solid rubberwood frame with a soft dry cloth, then apply a wood-safe polish a few times a year
• Check and retighten the frame hardware every few months to keep each chair steady