Helvi Medallion Armchair

Helvi's back is a closed oval medallion with no carving at all at the top. The section of the oval is not of one thickness: from the outside inward it steps through a rounded bead, then a shallow cove, then the lip of the rebate the upholstery sits in. In the bare frame photograph those three steps read on their own across the empty oval.

The arms run almost straight forward and finish by rolling outward at the tip, with rounded top faces. The support beneath each arm drops on a forward leaning line to the side seat rail, landing a little behind the front leg. There is no infill between arm and seat; the opening is left clear.

The front legs begin with a square block whose outer face carries a round roundel; below the block the turned shaft narrows with lengthwise flutes down to a small foot. The rear legs are plain and raked back, and there are no stretchers between the legs. The photographs show the bare, unfinished and unupholstered frame alongside the walnut stained version upholstered in a straw coloured fabric with fine parallel ribs.