Fjoon Captain's Chair

The Fjoon (pr. fyoon) collection rose out of a multi-year obsession with high end upholstery as well as an infatuation with wood joinery and principles of chair strength from the broader chair making community, especially windsor chair makers. My musings led me to include what are now a few of my favorite aspects of fjoon.  With the fjoon captain's chair we wanted to add robust curvature with an arm that would elevate the aesthetic but still keep a svelte profile.  The elbow of the arm, our favorite aspect, is a complex organic shape which adds drama and still maintains the class of the original fjoon chair.  The fjoon occasional/dining chair features a vacuum-laminated upholstered seat with a sweeping compound curve, stepped mortise-and-tenon joinery with a friction wedge, and a patented wood plug system which allows for re-upholstery down the line without having to destroy / re-fabricate any chair parts. We meticulously selected ten offerings of upholstery leathers and textiles of th