C0660-1D Leather Safari Chair

The C0660-1D is a safari chair in the classic campaign tradition — a dark walnut-toned wooden frame slung with chestnut leather cushions, arms of stitched leather strap, and brass caps finishing the front legs. It is the chair of verandas and studies, expedition rooms and quiet corners: furniture with a passport, built the way travel gear used to be built.

Design & Character

Every element declares its function. The frame stands open and square, turned legs and straight rails joined without disguise; the seat and back are loose leather cushions resting in the sling; the arms are nothing but broad leather straps drawn taut between the posts, buckled at their ends like luggage. That strap arm — flexible, worn-in, faintly creaking — is the safari chair's signature, and the reason the design has survived a century of trends.

Materials & Finish

The leather is the richest in the chair family: a burnished chestnut with visible pull-up character, its tone deepening at the folds and edges the way good leather records its use. The dark timber frame anchors it, and the small brass ferrules at the feet add the campaign detail — a glint of expedition hardware at floor level. This is a chair that intends to look better in ten years than it does today.

Made for the Storied Corner

It belongs where character gathers: the study, the library wall, the corner with the globe and the good lamp, the shaded terrace with a view worth sitting for. Light and open-framed, it moves easily and pairs in twos across a small table. In modern interiors it plays the heritage note that keeps a clean room from feeling new-built.

Styling & Pairing

Surround it with its natural kin — the aviator metal pieces, dark timber consoles, woven rugs, aged brass. The chestnut leather converses with the collection's cognac ottomans and tan stools, while against pale plaster or linen it becomes the room's warmest object. Add nothing to the chair itself; safari style is complete when it is uncluttered.

Why This Piece

Most chairs are upholstered; this one is rigged. The visible frame, the strap arms, the buckles — construction as character, comfort earned through material rather than padding. Leather with this much life varies chair to chair: see the actual piece at a showroom, and buckle-check the arms yourself.