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Catherine by Kingsley Bate
Teak - Dining Side Chair
dining chairs & armchairs · SKU CN14A
The breezy open-weave design of the Catherine group weaves extra-wide, UV-resistant all-weather wicker fibre clusters into a geometric pattern that creates just the right amount of support and spring in the seat, giving comfort without the need for cushions. It is offered on two frames, sturdy aluminium and solid Grade A plantation teak, across dining chairs, club lounge chairs, settees and sofas, ottomans, side and coffee tables and a sunlounge.
Material
TeakAll-weather wickerStainless steelAluminium
Width47 cm
Depth66 cm
Height99 cm
Seat height46 cm
Arm height86 cm
Weight6 kg
Plan, to scale. The bar is 45 cm — about the width of a pair of shoulders.
Custom cushionsMade to order for this frame, in your chosen fabric — commission cushions, or read Cushions & comfort below.
No finish chosen yet. Pick one above and it is kept with the piece — through the shortlist, the workspace schedule and the export.
Full specification
- Typology, as supplied
- Dining Chair
The Catherine collection
aluminium or grade A teak with all-weather wicker. 13 pieces in this collection.
Kingsley Bate is teak-first, so the browse unit is the material rather than a colourway: the timber is specified by how it is allowed to weather, not by a paint code.
Colours in the Catherine range
The maker’s own colour sheets for the Catherine range, as published on its product page at kingsleybate.com.au. Confirm the colour on the quote.
- Teak
- All-weather wicker
- Stainless steel
- Aluminium
Cushion fabric
135 · kingsleybate.com/fabrics + kingsleybate.com.auThe maker's named cushion library — 135 fabrics across grades A to D. Choose one and it is kept with the piece, through the shortlist, the workspace schedule and the export.
Grade A61
Grade B42
Grade C20
Grade D12
Fabric images are not to scale and colour reads differently on every screen — order a physical sample before specifying. Swatches and grades are the maker’s own, read from Kingsley Bate (manufacturer) (2026-07-31) and Kingsley Bate Australia (Casualife microsite) (2026-07-25).
Cushion thickness is deck arithmetic, not a style choice: the maker builds the bare frame deck low or high knowing what will sit on it, and the cushion is the remainder to a comfortable finished seat. That is why a dining pad runs thin and deep seating runs thick — neither is an upgrade on the other.
- For a dining chairs or armchair
- 3–6 cm seat pad — slim enough that the shell still reads and knee room under a 74 cm table survives. A metal shell takes the slimmer end with a non-slip base; teak and woven frames carry 4–6 cm, with an optional tied back pad.
- Core
- Exposed pieces take an open-cell, fast-draining (reticulated) core: water passes straight through instead of pooling in the foam. A crowned profile sheds standing water by geometry. Neither makes a cushion waterproof — outdoor builds drain, they do not seal.
- Fabric
- Outdoor cloth earns its keep in the fibre. Solution-dyed yarn carries its pigment all the way through the fibre, so colour survives sun and scrubbing; surface-dyed cloth wears its colour off. Performance fabrics are water-resistant rather than waterproof, and mildew grows on dirt sitting on the cloth, not in the fibre itself — which is why the published care is washing, drying and standing a soaked cushion on edge to drain.
- Patterns & your own fabric
- Fabrics and patterns are fully specifiable — plains, stripes and prints, with repeat, direction and railroading captured in the brief so a pattern lands straight on every panel. Many pieces also accept customer’s own material (C.O.M.) — the brief asks rather than assumes.
The maker’s cushion grammar
Commission custom cushionsKingsley Bate specifies a cushion in three published steps — the piece, the fabric grade, the edge style — across four edge styles and two fabric tiers (Standard and High-Performance). Cushions are sized to the frame, and the maker’s own care page says it plainly: stand a soaked cushion on edge and let it drain.
Made to order through our supplier workshops — sized to this frame, in your chosen fabric, from a thin dining pad to a full deep-seating build.
Technical sheet issued on request, per piece.
Sheets are issued per piece against the current supplier revision, so the drawing you receive matches what will be built, not an older press.
Request technical sheetThis piece is printed in the Kingsley Bate catalogue.
Catalogue extracts issued on request — we publish no self-serve PDF library.
Request catalogue extractPlan and elevation are generated from the dimensions on this page.
Care guide issued with delivery documentation.
- Brand
- Kingsley Bate · United States
- Collection
- Catherine
- Category
- Dining chairs & armchairs
- Status
- Current range
- Suited to
- Restaurants & Bars · Golf & Members' Clubs
- SKU
- CN14A
Similar piecesCatherine — all 13 pieces
R.3Dining Side Chair
R.4Dining Armchair
R.5Dining Side Chair
R.1 Dining Armchair
- House
- Kingsley Bate
- SKU
- AM15
- Range
- Amalfi
- Dimensions
- Width: 60cm, Height: 89cm, Depth: 62cm, Seat Height: 44.5 cm, Arm Height: 63.5 cm
R.6Dining Armchair
R.7Dining Side Chair
R.8Dining Side Chair
R.9Dining Armchair
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The Catherine pieces are photographed but not cut out to scale, so this band shows similar pieces that are — same house, category or industry. The collection's own photography is on its pieces.
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Teak, all-weather wicker and stainless outdoor furniture.
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