The Spade chair harks back to the English rural tradition and an agricultural economy interleaved with everyday life.

With a background in art industry, the British-born Faye Toogood rejects the sentimental view of the countryside in favour of a celebration of hard-wearing functionality.

This hardy chair suggests the handle of a spade as well as the classic, three-legged milking stool. It’s a working piece. You can pile your towels on it in the bathroom, or unlace your muddy boots in the hallway. The shallow concave of the oval sit surface can be a stained Navy Blue, or left in its original, natural ash colour.

• Faye Toogood, England (2016)
  
• Made in Lithuania 
  
• Stained Solid Ash Wood
  
• Height 86 cm / 33.85"
  
• Seat Height 45 cm / 17.72"
  
• Seat Width 44 cm / 17.32"
  
• Seat Depth 48 cm / 18.9"