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Frances by Kingsley Bate
Dining Arm Chair
dining chairs & armchairs · SKU FN15
Frances is a soft-edged contemporary classic whose chic, sloped arm styling is relaxed yet sophisticated. Seating pieces are deep and comfortable under plush cushions, with frames constructed from the finest all-weather wicker over sturdy bases of solid plantation teak. The range runs from dining chairs and a bar stool to a modular sofa group with corner, armless and left- and right-arm modules, plus lounge and swivel-rocker chairs, ottomans and coffee and side tables.
Material
TeakAll-weather wickerStainless steelAluminium
Width58.5 cm
Depth71 cm
Height86 cm
Seat height48 cm
Arm height62 cm
Weight13.6 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
- Fabric
- Cushions:
- Typology, as supplied
- Dining Chair
The Frances collection
plantation teak & all-weather wicker. 14 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 Frances range
The maker’s own colour sheet for the Frances range, as published on its product page at kingsleybate.com.au. Confirm the colour on the quote.
- Teak
- All-weather wicker
- Stainless steel
- Aluminium
Cushions:
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
- Frances
- Category
- Dining chairs & armchairs
- Status
- Current range
- Suited to
- Restaurants & Bars · Golf & Members' Clubs
- SKU
- FN15
Similar piecesFrances — all 14 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 Frances 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.
Fabric
The canopy fabric as specified.
Cushions:
Kingsley Bate
Teak, all-weather wicker and stainless outdoor furniture.
The house
