Dessin Fournir Ellington Wing Chair #5004

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Brand/Maker: Dessin Fournir
Piece Name: Ellington Wing Chair (Model #5004)
Style: Regency-influenced / Traditional
Materials: Solid wood frame; … Read more Quick Hits:
Brand/Maker: Dessin Fournir
Piece Name: Ellington Wing Chair (Model #5004)
Style: Regency-influenced / Traditional
Materials: Solid wood frame; cushioned fabric upholstery; decorative nailhead trim
Original Retail: $4,800
Why We Love It: Nailhead trim. Regency bones. Custom upholstery. This is the wing chair that makes a room look like someone with actual taste lives there.

More About This Item:
The Dessin Fournir Ellington isn't just a wing chair — it's a position statement. This model (#5004) was custom ordered and produced through Dessin Fournir's bespoke process, and the result shows: the nailhead trim is even and deliberate, the cushioning on both seat and back is properly substantial, and the solid wood frame has the weight and rigidity that separates genuinely well-made upholstered furniture from everything else that calls itself a wing chair.
The Regency influence manifests in the clean architectural lines of the piece — the wings are decisive rather than billowy, the back has a confident verticality, and the overall silhouette has the kind of composed authority that reads across a room before you've gotten close enough to appreciate the nailhead detail. As a reading chair it's exceptional: the proportions invite actual use, not just admiration. As an accent piece anchoring a corner of a library, study, or sitting room, it's even better.

At an original retail of $4,800, this is the kind of chair that arrives in a room and elevates everything around it. On Chairish at a fraction of that, it's the kind of find that makes you wish you'd been looking earlier. There's a touch of old-money library energy here — the kind of chair you'd find in a well-appointed study off the main hall of a house that takes its rooms seriously.

Design Style:
Regency-influenced Traditional — the design lineage that connects the clean architectural furniture of the early 19th-century English Regency period to the American high-end upholstery market of the late 20th century. Dessin Fournir's genius was in taking historically grounded forms and building them to a standard that could credibly sit alongside genuine antiques in a well-composed interior.

The Ellington specifically reads as mid-century modern in its restraint — not the fussiness of Victorian interpretation, not the spareness of Scandinavian minimalism, but something in between: a wing chair with classical bones and contemporary proportion. The nailhead trim is the one traditional flourish that grounds it firmly in the upholstered furniture canon.

This chair works in formal sitting rooms, home libraries, executive offices, and any bedroom with the ceiling height and floor space to let a serious piece of furniture breathe.

Brand Legacy:
Dessin Fournir was among the most respected names in American high-end residential furniture — a San Francisco-based company whose portfolio included storied brands like Gerard, Therien, and Quatrain. Operating at the top of the to-the-trade market, Dessin Fournir pieces were specified by A-list interior designers into significant residential projects for decades. Their custom upholstery program, through which this Ellington was produced, allowed for the kind of considered, bespoke approach to chair-making that the broader furniture market rarely offers. Finding a Dessin Fournir piece on resale — confirmed by manufacturer's labels, produced to spec at full retail — is a designer-level discovery at resale prices. See less