Wicker
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 9, 2006
Art & Frame Direct
CTT 95, 200, 210
Expanded product line in wicker/rattan category includes the Solaris living room collection, which integrates careful weaving with a hardwood framework.
David Francis Furniture
200 N. Hamiltion 331
Expanding its styling to embrace both contemporary and traditional genres. Introductions, offered in any standard finish with corner block seating, include:
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The Brisbane lounge chair (No. C0170) featuring rattan frame construction and woven cane back for a modern look. Enhanced with leather-wrapped joints. Retail, $1,680.
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The Portsmith lounge chair (No. C0200) features an elegant rattan frame with padded, woven close cane weaving and leather-wrapped joints. Retail, $1,680.
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The New Canaan lounge chair (No. C0260) in padded twill is expertly stitched for a leather-like look. Retail, $2,180.
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Lattice-back headboard features a rattan frame with leather-wrapped joints. Retails at $1,290 king; $1,150 queen; $880 twin.
Marketing programs: Company has opened new showrooms in Dallas (E.C. Dicken) and Santa Barbara, Calif. (The St. Croix Collection).
Hooker Furniture
IHFC W-1047
Hooker Furniture enters the rattan category with the Sunset Key collection. The moderately priced, 40-piece casual assortment features bedroom, dining, entertainment and occasional, including a serving cart, magazine rack and bar cart. Hooker looks beyond stereotypical coastal themes, by infusing its rattan looks with an Art Deco look. Typical retail price points include a platform bed with wrap headboard at $999; armoire, $1,649; and nightstand, $249.
Laneventure
IHFC C-867
Introductions include:
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A woven rattan frame sofa finished in rich tobacco, with low- profile braided arm contrasted with rope banana leaf. Retail, $1,980.
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A 1930s-era Art Deco style chair, inspired by a Parisian antique. Retail, $1,195.
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The Celerie collection expands this market.
Padma's Plantation
IHFC M-4960
Keying on the success of the Loft sectional, Padma's continues to fill a void with its new Caribbean sectional, featuring soft lines geared to casual living. Graced with a sophisticated, tropical-inspired motif, the sectional is woven from durable abaca and features thick cushions and deep seating. The cushions can be upholstered in any of Padma's 50-plus fabric choices.
Marketing programs: The company is acquiring additional warehouse space.
Palecek
IHFC D-202
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Palecek's latest armchair is part of its new National Geographic Home Collection line, Cote D'Azur. Intersecting pieces of solid wood form a fluid back pattern adorned with two delicate knobs. The solid-wood body, finished in distressed gray, accentuates the bleached twisted abaca seat. Open and airy pole rattan adorns the chair bottom while adding strength and durability.
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Another entry to the National Geographic Home Collection is the Marseilles chair. It features a walnut frame with an intricately complex rattan back, as a single piece of wood flows from one arm to the other. Each arm curves slightly at the end. Available in various Palecek fabrics.
South Sea Rattan
IHFC H-744
Company is entering the casual sectional category with a wicker version. Casual styling is addressed in banana leaf rope over solid wood. Golden wheat finish. Retail, $2,599 for a five-piece set.
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Wicker
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