Old Furniture, a poem by Dorset born Thomas Hardy, is an ode to beauty of furniture being handed down the generations, and David Irwin's Hardy Side Chair is a classic in the making. Two chair typologies from the 19th century, Thomas Hardy's birth century, inspired the Hardy Series: firstly the Captain's chair originally a low-backed wooden armchair and secondly, the Smokers bow, a low back Windsor, often used in smoking rooms, public houses, barbers shops and cottages. For dimensions refer to the technical drawing below.