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Spin your dreams on the classic hanging chair

  Spin your dreams on the classic hanging chair The lilting sway of the classic hanging chair has a charm of its own. It is the perfect lullaby that will make you want to forget all your worries and feel a sense of pervading calm. It is a paradise tucked away in its corner waiting for you to come home. It is another timeless creation of Rupert Oliver. It is another dream converted into fantasy during the creative revolution of the 1960s. Such is the genius of the man that this chair still manages to charm anyone who sees it.    The design It consists of a leaf chair hung from a stand. This enhances the leaf-chair’s beauty and comfort to make it more appealing and alluring. It sways with an elegance rarely visible in a swinging chair. Yet it is safe too. The stand is made up of materials that can withstand your weight. It is durable, weather-resistant and unaffected by impacts. That is not all. Even the suspension of the chair is beautifully carved. It can...

The Leaf Chair Story: The Fantasy That Became A Reality

  The Leaf Chair Story: The Fantasy That Became A Reality Creativity knows no medium. It can elevate everything from being simple and mundane to becoming superlative and rare. The leaf chair is a perfect example of how creativity elevates a chair to becoming a prized possession. It all started with a dream. In the 1960s, with the creative revolution in full bloom in London, a man, Rupert Oliver, dared to dream of infusing creativity with practicality, of fantasy with utility. He wanted to capture nature, as it had never been before, in a rare and unique way. This dream led to the conceptualization of the leaf-chair. The design of this chair developed to capture nature’s minimalistic curves. The gentle sway of the wind was transcribed into the gentle swaying of the chair as it hangs from the stand. The seductive elegance of the leaf took on the shape of the chair. The serenity that nature imparts was translated into the peace that sitting on this chair would bring to you. S...