What is a custom-made chair manufactured in France?
A custom-made chair is a seat made to individual specifications by professionals, artisans or cabinetmakers. "Custom-made" allows you to define, among other things:
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Color: unique or whimsical, just let your creative spirit speak;
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Style: traditional or contemporary, you are free to combine two or three models;
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Type of material: wood, synthetic or recycled products, rattan, etc.;
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Design: you have a wide choice of artistic and original shapes, from classic to ultra-chic.
Custom-made chairs are generally handcrafted. They can be fully customizable or particularized with at least two details, according to the user's taste.
A custom-made chair manufactured in France is a seat designed, made and assembled in France, generally by French professionals. The client has the option to choose to stick to traditional style or to take advantage of constantly renewed innovation.
What are the advantages of a custom-made chair manufactured in France?
A custom-made chair can be part of an office, a living room, or a kitchen. It all depends on what the user intends to do. It has several advantages, including:
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Quality: artisans take the time to build and assemble your seat with its own characteristics;
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Customization: you can choose the colors, shapes, textures, and designs that suit you best;
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Uniqueness: your custom-made chair will stand out and make a bold statement about your creative choices for a remarkable dining room;
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Long-term value: "custom-made" tends to be more durable;
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Dimensions: they are respected to protect the user's back. However, conventional measurements can be reduced or increased according to the desired size and shape.
Furthermore, a custom-made chair manufactured in France helps reduce your environmental impact. Indeed, it is traditionally built with biodegradable materials.
The custom-made Drucker chair manufactured in France!
Maison Louis Drucker is a family business founded in 1885. It is considered the oldest establishment for the artisanal manufacture of rattan seats, including the famous Parisian bistro chair.
Labeled
Entreprise du patrimoine vivant (Living Heritage Company), our artisans use traditional know-how spanning nearly two centuries. Moreover, they use a unique plant fiber: rattan. This is the material par excellence of Maison Louis Drucker.
What is rattan?
Rattan is a spiny climbing vine, 80% of the world's production of which comes from Indonesia. It also grows in the tropical forests of Africa and other Southeast Asian countries.
Of the 600 species of rattan that exist in the world, Maison Louis Drucker experts use the best, namely
Malacca rattan and
Manila rattan.
This vine is one of the fastest-growing natural materials. It is strong, light, and flexible.
What is the manufacturing process for a custom-made Drucker chair?
Maison Louis Drucker professionals handcraft custom chairs using traditional methods. They follow a specific process, including:
- The first step is to remove the thorns from the natural vine;
- The second is cutting, following the rings or nodes of the rattan;
- The calibration of the rattan poles is the third phase. It depends on the architecture of each piece to be produced;
- The fourth step involves heating the rattan canes inside a steam box, which allows them to be bent.
- The fifth phase is bending the steamed rattan poles or canes onto the mold of the seat to be made.
The sixth step is caning, which will cover the structure of the rattan chair. You will have chosen the caning and its colors. Maison Louis Drucker offers a very wide choice of caning and colors. Then come the finishes.
Which custom-made chair to choose?
Our experts design high-end seating. We can distinguish, among others:
Maison Louis Drucker also thinks of children with the
Carrousel baby high chair and the children's
Fouquet's chair.
The main asset of a custom-made chair manufactured in France is that it is a local product. It is elegant and unique thanks to the know-how of our artisans, probably the best in the world.
Contact us now to design your French chair!
