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Tweed is the most unmistakably British cloth there is, woven originally for keeping out weather rather than for furnishing drawing rooms, which is precisely why it looks so right stretched across a deep buttoned Chesterfield. The two share an origin story and a certain refusal to go out of fashion.
What makes it work so well on a chair is the flecking running through the weave. A plain cloth sits evenly across the tufting while tweed carries several colors at once in its weave, so the buttoning picks up different threads depending on where the light falls and how close you are standing.
Here is the part that surprises people, because tweed is considerably more versatile than its country reputation suggests.
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Chesterfield began as a British shape in British houses, and tweed is the cloth those houses were full of long before anyone thought to put it on furniture. Putting the two together reads as authentic rather than as a styling decision somebody made recently.
The weave matters as much as the color, since the same shade reads quite differently depending on how the cloth was made. Every fabric we upholster in is set out in full over on Our Fabric.
DARK BROWN TWEED
The most traditional of the range, deep enough to anchor a room and warm enough to stop it feeling severe. It sits naturally alongside oak, walnut and antique leather elsewhere in the house.
TAN BROWN TWEED
Lighter and considerably more golden, this is the shade that opens up a room where natural light is limited. It remains the most popular tweed we upholster chairs in.
GREY TWEED
The contemporary option, reading as texture rather than as a color decision, makes it the easiest tweed to place in a modern interior.
SAGE TWEED
The most unexpected of the four, carrying a soft green that sits beautifully alongside plants, brass and natural wood without ever shouting about it.
Shade changes the mood of a room far more than the design of the chair does, so it is worth watching your light through a full day before committing.
Grey works hardest in contemporary interiors, and it flatters both warm and cool schemes equally well. Sage brings the softest color of the four, and it belongs in rooms already carrying green or plenty of greenery.
Every tweed carries flecks of secondary color, so pull your cushions and rug from those threads rather than the dominant shade. Antique tan leather piping is available on several designs, which gives the cloth a crisp edge and a genuine countryside feel.
Tweed is the most forgiving cloth we offer when it comes to the rest of the room, largely because the weave already contains several colors for you to build from.
Soft white and warm neutral walls let the flecking show clearly, while deeper walls in forest green or ink blue give a lighter tweed a richer backdrop without competing. Stone fireplaces, beamed ceilings and open shelving all flatter the cloth enormously, which is why it belongs in older houses.
When it comes to the chair itself, the Conrad Chesterfield Wing Chair is the design we build most often in tweed, and the tall back gives the weave real surface to be seen across.
The Orkney Short Wing Chair suits a hallway or a landing where a full height chair would crowd the space.
A Chesterfield ottoman in the same cloth completes the lounging position and wears at exactly the same rate.
Every chair is handmade in Britain using time honored techniques, so each seam reflects the care that goes into a piece built to last generations, and every frame carries our lifetime guarantee.
Tweed asks very little, which is exactly what you would expect from a cloth originally designed to survive Scottish weather.
Every piece is made to order in Manchester and arrives at your US home within eight to ten weeks, delivered white glove.
None at all, since we absorb every import cost on US orders, so the price you see is what you pay.
It is among the most forgiving cloths we offer, since the flecked weave disguises everyday marks that a plain fabric would show plainly.
Upholstery tweed is woven far softer than the jackets people remember, and it settles further with use.
Yes, and several designs pair a tweed body with antique tan leather piping, which is one of the loveliest combinations we build.
The same designs come in wool, velvet and leather, so the shape need not change at all.
