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Nature has invited itself into our interiors, in reaction to the pandemic. Rattan has become ubiquitous. It is found in particular in the terraced chairs of cafes and restaurants.
Piled up, chained and locked up for long weeks, rattan chairs are once again exposed to the great outdoors. They are emblematic in Paris. “It’s a story that has lasted for years “, Explain Sébastien Girbal, Parisian restaurateur. “That holds a long time, it’s quality, it’s pretty. “ VShe chairs come to life in a workshop an hour from the capital. It all starts with these huge canes, which come from the forests of East Asia. “They can do jup to 300 meters long. They wrap around the trees. You have to cut them every five to seven years to let the forest breathe “, explains Alexis Dyèvre, CEO of Maison Gatti.
Once passed in an oven to be softened, the canes are used to form the structure of the chairs. The torch flame removes moisture. It is a material feasy to work. “Une time it’s hot, it’s flexible much like chewing gum “, reveals Jérémy Zas, bender. Comes next the cane, that is to say the weaving of the seat and the backrest with synthetic fiber. “When I go for a walk in Paris with the children, they tell me ‘Mum, it’s your chairs!'”, recount Isabelle Clain, cane. Rresistant, light and flexible, rattan has all the advantages.