The Jairs
$1,140 each
Dining chair · 7 pairs · Bias-cut over jute stabiliser
Studio photography for this piece is in production.
Dining
The Jinner Table
Twenty-three months, and a stain we have never removed.
$6,900
Seats eight. Jairs sold separately.
The hardest surface we have ever had to make, because a dining table is asked to be both a textile and a plate. The Jinner top is a compressed denim laminate under nine hand-poured coats of matte sealant, cured for twenty-one days. The pedestal is rolled denim — actual rolls, banded and compressed, load-bearing by geometry rather than by anything we added.
Development
Test panel 14 is in our lobby
We tried resin first. Resin works perfectly and makes the table look like a photograph of denim trapped in plastic, which is to say we had accidentally built a novelty. We tried hardwax oil, which looked superb and surrendered to red wine in under a minute. Nine coats of hand-poured matte was the fourteenth formulation. Panel 14 sits in our lobby with a 2019 Barolo stain we have never been able to lift, and we show it to every customer before they sign anything.
- 23 Months in development
- 14 Sealant formulations
- 1 Barolo, permanent
The pedestal is rolls
The base of the Jinner is not a frame with fabric on it. It is denim rolled into cylinders, banded under nine tonnes of press, and stood on end. Rolled cotton under axial compression is genuinely strong — the same principle that lets a tightly wound paper tube take a considerable load — and it means the only steel in the base is a levelling plate at the floor.
It also means the pedestal is the one part of the table that is unsealed and will fade. We were asked repeatedly during development to seal it to match the top. We declined, because a table where every surface is finished identically is a table that has stopped being made of clothing, and at that point the customer would be better served by a very good piece of joinery from somebody else.
In the crate
- Eight cork-backed brass trivets, sized to the table
- A resealing kit and the schedule for when to use it
- A stitched log card recording each donor garment
- One complimentary refinish of the top, any time in ten years
- A sealed pedestal. We were asked and we declined.
- Extension leaves. The laminate cannot be cut without opening the edge.
Ownership
Care
- Trivets under anything above 60°C. The sealant softens, then marks.
- Wipe spills within the minute. The finish is matte, not impermeable.
- Reseal the top every four years using the supplied kit.
- Let the pedestal fade. It is meant to, and sealing it now is irreversible.
Questions we are asked
Before you commit
What happens with red wine?
Wiped inside a minute, nothing. Left overnight, you will have a mark for the life of the table. Test panel 14 is in our lobby with a 2019 Barolo on it precisely so that this conversation happens before the sale rather than after.
Can I put a hot dish straight down?
No. Above roughly 60°C the sealant softens and takes an impression of whatever is on it. Eight trivets ship with every table for exactly this reason and we would ask you to actually use them.
Is the top really denim, or a print?
It is denim. Thirty-eight pairs are laid up, compressed to 32 mm, and sealed. You can read the seams and the pocket bags through the finish, which is the entire argument for the fifteen-week lead time.
Why can I not have extension leaves?
Cutting the laminate opens the compressed edge, and a sealed edge is the only thing keeping moisture out of the core. A table that can be extended is a table that can be ruined at the seam.
Do people put their hands on it?
Constantly, and without being invited to. It is the single most touched object we make, which is flattering and is also the reason the top is sealed and the pedestal is not.
Pairs with
The rest of the room
The Jouch
$4,280
Three-seat sofa · 41 pairs · Kiln-dried ash frame
The Jarpet
$92 / sq. ft.
Wall-to-wall flooring · Hand-laid tiles · Jute backing