Welded steel frame, with rush seat
The rush used was identified by Fred Rumsey (Botanist- Identification and Advisory Service, Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity, The Natural History Museum) on 28 February 2012 as:
"The larger piece taken from the Tom Dixon S-Bend chair (W.6 -1993) is a very good match for Schoenoplectus lacustris (L.) Palla - Common Club-rush or Bulrush. Given its diameter this is the only native British species that it could be, although it could have been a large non-native member of the Cyperaceae imported for the purpose. The stem section however shows a considerable anatomical similarity to our S. lacustris specimens.