{"product_id":"hardy-chair","title":"Hardy Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardy Chair\u003c\/strong\u003e by \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/twentytwentyone.mom\/designer\/david-irwin\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Irwin\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e for \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/twentytwentyone.mom\/designer\/another-country\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnother Country\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hardy Windsor back chair was commissioned to celebrate Another Country's fifth anniversary. The brief requested from the three designers selected to make furniture inspired by the history and landscape of Dorset, from where the company operates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lead David Irwin to explore the culture and stumble upon Thomas Hardy's poem, Old Furniture. It is an ode to beauty of furniture being handed down the generations, and David Irwin's Hardy chair is a classic in the making.\u003cbr\u003eTwo chair typologies from the 19th century, Thomas Hardy's birth century, inspired its design: firstly the Captain's chair originally a low-backed wooden armchair and secondly, the Smokers bow, a low back Windsor, often used in smoking rooms, public houses, barbers shops, and cottages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“At the start of the poem Hardy reminisces about old family furniture passed down through generations and I drew parallels here with my own work.” Irwin explains.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Another Country","offers":[{"title":"Natural oiled oak","offer_id":20766436294767,"sku":"AC-ACH-0101","price":965.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black lacquered ash","offer_id":20766436327535,"sku":"AC-ACH-0155","price":965.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0032\/4966\/8207\/products\/twentytwentyone-another-country-hardy-chair-4.jpg?v=1644965004","url":"https:\/\/www.twentytwentyone.mom\/products\/hardy-chair","provider":"twentytwentyone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}