BELLINI DINING CHAIR

Bellini is the narrow one with the tall back: 50 cm wide, 56 cm deep, 90 cm high, with no arms — which is exactly why it fits more people around a table than anything else we make.

50 cm wide: one more seat

Chair width decides how many people sit at the table, and this is the whole case for Bellini. Allow about 55 cm of table edge per person at a 50 cm chair against 65 cm at a 60 cm chair: a 280 cm table takes five down each side where a generous armchair-style seat takes four. If you host, that difference is the difference between two tables and one.

No arms, and a 56 cm depth

Arms are what usually stop a chair sliding fully under a table — they catch on the apron. Bellini has none, and at 56 cm deep it tucks right in, so the room reads as a table rather than a table surrounded by chairs. It also means it needs less clear floor behind: about 70 cm to pull out and sit, against 80 for a deeper chair.

A 90 cm back with no arms to lean on

The back is tall and curved, and with no arms it is doing all the supporting on its own — which is why the curve matters more here than on a chair with arms. The honest trade-off: for a two-hour dinner an armless chair asks more of your own posture than an armed one does. If people linger at your table, Rory or Cameron is the kinder choice.

Materials and sizes

50 × 56 × 90 cm. Solid wood legs in a choice of finish; upholstered seat and back in fabric or leather, with your own fabric (COM) accepted. Genuine leather only. Handcrafted in our Istanbul workshop.

Where it belongs

A dining room that has to seat more people than it looks like it can, a boutique restaurant, a hotel, an office. It is also the chair to use when the table itself is the thing worth looking at.