Ficks Reed Style Rattan Lounge Chair and Ottoman With Floral Cushions

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The rattan lounge chair and ottoman set occupies a specific and well-earned place in the American furniture tradition, and this … Read more The rattan lounge chair and ottoman set occupies a specific and well-earned place in the American furniture tradition, and this example — in the manner of Ficks Reed, the Cincinnati manufacturer that defined quality American rattan production for much of the twentieth century — presents the form with characteristic warmth and craft. The barrel-form chair carries a continuous curved back and arm profile, the bentwood rattan sweeping from floor to crest rail in a single unbroken arc that gives the chair its generous, enveloping silhouette. The back splat is the most distinctive element — an elaborate composition of arched and diamond lattice rattan elements, the lower register carrying arched forms that transition to a repeating diamond and X pattern above, all joined at wrapped rattan intersections.
The chair frame is constructed from bundled rattan poles at the legs and principal structural members, with wrapped rattan joints at every intersection — the construction method that characterized quality American rattan production and that distinguishes pieces of this caliber from lesser import work. The ottoman shares the same design vocabulary, its rectangular frame with rounded corners carrying a reed-wrapped apron panel between the bundled rattan legs, the whole topped with a generous cushion. Both pieces carry their floral cushions — a large-scale rose and peony pattern in burgundy, rose, and green — which convey the set’s original decorative intent while offering a natural candidate for reupholstery in a buyer’s chosen fabric.
Rattan furniture of this quality and design complexity has found a renewed audience in interiors that value natural materials, craft construction, and the warm palette of American mid-to-late twentieth century decorative arts. The Ficks Reed tradition — of which this set is a clear inheritor — produced some of the most collectible American rattan furniture of the period, and sets with matching ottoman are increasingly difficult to source complete.
A set that anchors a sitting room, a sunroom, a bedroom, or any interior that responds to the warmth and tactile presence of quality rattan construction.

Dimensions: 34.5w 31.5d 33.25h 17.5sh 24.5ah (ottoman 28.5w 18d 17h)

Condition: age appropriate wear, vintage finish worn, scuffs/scratches, edge wear, discoloration, see photos. See less