Exclusive use of mortise and tenon joinery, one of the oldest and strongest ways to hold wood together and a hallmark of FINE furniture.
The thin wood strips of the side rails and leaf springs are hand riven and sequenced, to eliminate weaknesses in the grain, then bonded together in the curvaceous form.
All laminations and joints are bonded with West Systems epoxy, the gold standard of structural marine adhesives.
Stock parts on a custom chair?
Never! Every component is specifically designed for the Bowchair and meticulously machined in-house. American mills supply our 6061 alloy aluminum and 300 series stainless steels.
TIG welding ensures the strongest, purest, and most precise metal joints possible.
Only the finest hides from the United States and Europe adorn the Moaning Lisa Collection, after expert tanneries impart a vibrant finish and supple hand.
Commercial grade faux-leather offerings aren't just cruelty free, they are also extremely durable, waterproof, and fashionable.
The aerospace grade carbon fiber, is hand strung and pre-tensioned, prior to resin saturation, then vacuum formed to ensure optimum strength characteristics. One leaf spring contains over 1.4 million individual carbon fiber strands, just 5 microns in thickness each.
Part of our rigid quality control protocol, every Archer is fully weight tested before shipment. A certificate of testing that documents your chair's test results is included to confirm that your Archer won't fail you.
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