Rush Seat Light Oak.

A classic rush-seat country dining chair — simple turned wooden frame with three slender horizontal back slats, a generous hand-woven natural rush seat showing visible braided pattern, turned tapered legs, double stretcher. Finish: light-oak, warm pale honey-gold, matte.

Hand-turned frame members, hand-shaped back slats, pegged mortise-and-tenon, hand-woven natural rush seat, no exposed metal. Editorial European interior — lime-washed plaster, stone floor, morning light. Dimensions: approximately 420 mm wide × 420 mm deep × 900 mm high. Seat height 450 mm. Solid oak, natural rush seat.

A chair is the hardest furniture to build well. We build sixteen of them, on purpose.

FormDining chair

MaterialOak

As photographedHoney Wax · Woodtech Transparent

JoineryMortise-and-tenon

WorkshopBasti, Uttar Pradesh

CatalogueNo. 48 of 50 · 2026

Choose the stain Every piece is finished at the bench to the stain you ask for — Asian Paints Woodtech and Aquadur ranges.

Honey Wax · as photographed Warm golden glow. The family-heirloom finish. Woodtech Transparent Bleached Bone Pale chalky ivory. Grain ghosts through the wash. Aquadur Limed Ebonised Near-black matte. Grain still legible. UK demand 14,500/mo. Woodtech Transparent Natural Oil Raw oak, clear oil. No pigment. Natural Oil Only Walnut Chocolate heartwood. Warm-dark editorial register. UK 7,600/mo. Woodtech Transparent Light Oak Pale honey-gold mid-tone. The most versatile finish. UK 4,800/mo. Woodtech Transparent Dark Oak Tobacco brown, warm red undertone. UK 3,800/mo. Woodtech Transparent Driftwood Grey Weathered silvery grey-brown. Coastal patina. UK 11,200/mo. Aquadur Grey Wash

Per-stain photography to follow. The image above shows the piece in Honey Wax; the swatch palette is accurate to the Asian Paints samples we mix from.

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Each piece leaves the bench once. Name the stain in your letter — we will finish the wood to your room and write again when it ships, with the name of the joiner who built it.

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