Chloé, under the stewardship of Gabriela Hearst, commissioned the studio to create various items of furniture for their showrooms and popups worldwide. The relationship was built on a mutual interest in, and respect for, the use of leather as a natural, durable and beautiful material. The pieces set out to fulfil a brief focussing on sustainability, character and texture. To that end, we sourced locally felled hardwood from British native trees such as elm, plane and ash. We matched it to traditionally tanned leathers, including oak bark bridle leather and pit-tanned leather cord from J&FJ Baker, one of the last remaining tanneries in the UK. The collaboration has now seen the studio produce over a hundred of these pieces in assorted designs, many of which are available for purchase, and which have been placed in over fifty showrooms around the world.
