Why this sidechair earns its place
The Hanoi is a proper dining chair for a proper dining room — the kind of piece that's meant to be looked at as much as sat in. The frame is rubber wood finished in dark walnut, and the seat is upholstered in a Shetland scarlet patterned fabric that gives it a distinctive, slightly heritage feel against the dark wood. Bolero's stablemate range Everyday describes the pairing as giving "a unique and classic look that's sure to spruce-up any venue," and the scarlet-on-walnut combination is exactly the kind of detail that makes a dining room feel deliberately put together rather than just furnished.
Look aside, this is built for a working dining room, not a showroom. Rubber wood is a genuinely tough hardwood, chosen here specifically because it holds up to "day-to-day use in even the most demanding of commercial environments," in the manufacturer's own words — table legs get bumped, chairs get dragged in and out on every cover, and this frame is built to take it. At 890mm high, 400mm wide and 430mm deep, with a gross weight of 8kg per chair, it has the heft of a chair that isn't going anywhere once it's under a table.
It comes fully assembled and sold in packs of two, so furnishing a dining room happens in pairs rather than one chair at a time, and it carries a 1-year warranty as standard. It's specified for indoor use, which is exactly where this chair belongs — under a restaurant, hotel or bar dining table where the dark walnut and scarlet upholstery can do their job.
