Category: Homeware

The Driade Pavo Lounge Chair looks just like the wicker chair my mother owned in the 1970s, but this is actually a more recent design.

The other difference is that whereas my mother’s chair was made solely from woven wicker, this chair has been made with the all together more sturdy steel, then covered with wicker. The chair is finished off with a leather-covered cushion.

The chair costs just of £1400 from Nest, which I presume is considerably more than my mother paid for her version.

Hardly able to go a week without finding another retro cushion, this week I came across these London Underground Map Cushions.

The underground map itself is not essentially retro (after all is still very much in use) but the design has been printed here in black & white on a natural linen material and given a deliberately aged look. The reverse of the cushion features the logo of Coach Line, along with the date 1955, which adds to the vintage style.

The cushions are available with a choice of either green or mustard reverse, both costing just under £35 and available to buy from Horsefall and Wright.