Upholstered Armless Chair, Special Edition

This Special Edition of the Upholstered Armless Chair is upholstered in a wild silk fabric called Shekhpura, from the specialty textiles company, Zanav. Shekhpura is a rough, hardy silk fabric made of yarn spun from fibre left over after spinning the finer tussah and ghicha silks, typically used for saris and clothing. All three variants of the silk come from wild silkworms, and not the more commonly available yarn from cultivated silkworms. Being made of commercial textile waste, Shekhpura is a super upcycled fabric. It can only be woven manually, on handlooms.

The Shekhpura fabric used on our chairs has been put through rigorous testing for upholstery usage and is reinforced with a backing layer to give it stability. To match the fabric, we created a special wood finish known as the Z4 Walnut for this version of the Armless Chair. The Z4 Walnut finish is achieved by first hand-staining the wood with a water-based walnut stain, then hand-applying a coat of sealer.