The Sofie Chair is a handcrafted dining chair made from Alu-Rattan and Art-Fibre and produced by Sika-Design, a brand with a history of innovation in wicker furniture making since the 1950s.
The Sofie Chair is part of the Affäire collection, inspired by the French cafés and bistros. The combination of intricate rattan weaving with the signature Affäire style creates a chair that emits refinement and character in equal parts.
The Sofie Chair is perfect for a hotel or café. It will also fit naturally in your patio or garden as an elegant piece of rattan furniture, at the same time complementing the outdoor space with some Parisian charm.
Sika has been renowned for its rattan furniture design since it began attending international furniture exhibitions in the 1960s; however, for decades, Sika’s rattan furniture was limited to the indoors, since rattan quickly degrades when left outdoors. In 2003, the company introduced its revolutionary first outdoor collection using synthetic rattan which started selling worldwide. The outdoor Sofie Chair is an evolution of that innovation.
Alu-Rattan is powder coated aluminium that is made to resemble natural rattan. Art-Fibre weaving is maintenance free polyethylene. These two materials are used in the chair’s construction by artisans in Indonesia, a country where wickerwork has been practiced for centuries. The result is the creation of a chair that can withstand the outdoor weather all year round without sacrificing the original craftsmanship which lies at the core of the highest quality rattan furniture.