Solid Bamboo Skylar Arm Chair, Black Walnut by Greenington (GSY001BL-F)
28.5"W x 34.75"D x 28"H
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Solid Bamboo Skylar Arm Chair, Black Walnut by Greenington (GSY001BL-F)
Open-Frame Sculptural Armchair
The frame is visible, bamboo curves you can see through parts of the chair, not hidden under cushioning. Black Walnut stain reads dark against Forest green upholstery, creating deep tonal contrast. The chair reads saturated in daylight. At lamptime, the dark frame and fabric merge into shadow, and the chair's silhouette, those open curves, becomes the read instead. The openness of the frame is what makes 48.5 pounds feel light. A fully upholstered chair of the same size would anchor the room; this one doesn't.
The cushioning is a specific recipe: high-resilience medium-density polyurethane foam topped with a soft layer of down. Down alone collapses into a slouch. Foam alone stays rigid. Together, they offer sink-in comfort that rebounds when you stand. No flame retardant chemical treatment. Owners with chemical sensitivity care about that detail. Ships fully assembled.
Where the Open Frame Reads
Forest green is not a neutral; it commits the room to a palette. Pair it with warm wood tones and natural fabrics, or play the saturation against pale walls and let it be the hero. The sculptural frame means this chair works as a solo accent, not as a pair. One Skylar in the right corner transforms a room's proportions.
The chair reads as sculptural seating, where the frame's geometry becomes the visual story. The design statement is about open architecture and the interplay of light through negative space.
Frame & Upholstery
- Solid bamboo frame, Black Walnut stain; open architectural silhouette
- 100% polyester performance fabric, stain-resistant Forest finish
- High-resilience foam with down layer, sits 17 inches high
- No flame retardant chemicals
Design & Material Details
- Moso bamboo contains no MDF, plywood, or particle board
- Rapid renewable material from sustainable forests
- Open frame reduces visual weight despite substantial cushioning
- Tonal contrast with dark frame creates depth in daylight
28.5"W x 34.75"D x 28"H
Bamboo, seriously
Greenington
Most brands that lead with sustainability do so at the expense of the thing you actually live with. Greenington does not. For over two decades, the collection has been built entirely from solid Moso bamboo, and the bet has paid off in a way most manufacturers did not expect.
The furniture holds. The grain has character. And the case for bamboo stops being an environmental argument very quickly, once you see what the material actually does in a room.
"Every piece carries slight variations in grain that reflect the authenticity of the material. That is not a flaw in the manufacturing. That is the point of it." - Todd Harmon
The Material
Bamboo the most capable wood that is not technically wood
Moso bamboo is, botanically speaking, a grass. That distinction tends to confuse people until they hold a Greenington piece, at which point the classification becomes irrelevant. What matters is the density, and Moso in full maturity is harder than Red Oak, denser than most hardwoods in its category, and responsive to its environment in a way that keeps the furniture honest over time.
Greenington uses 100% solid Moso. No MDF core, no particle board filler, no plywood substrate. The pieces behave the way solid wood behaves: they can be refinished, they wear with some dignity, and they do not delaminate when a room gets humid.
The other thing worth noting is the harvest cycle. Slow-growing hardwoods take fifty to one hundred years to reach the density needed for furniture. Moso reaches full maturity in three to five. That gap is not a marketing figure. It changes what responsible sourcing actually looks like at scale.
20%
Harder Than Red Oak
3-5
Years To Full Harvest Maturity
+35%
More Oxygen Than Equivalent Trees
The Process
Steam, press, finish. In that order, without shortcuts
The caramel color that reads so well in a bedroom or dining room is not a stain. It comes from steaming the bamboo strips at high heat, which cooks the natural sugars in the culm and produces the warm tone that photographs so accurately online. What you see is what the material did to itself.
Classic Collection
Strips are cut directly from the Moso culm and steam-cooked to bring out the color. The result is consistent, warm, and honest. No staining means the tone is inherent, not applied, which matters when the finish begins to show wear in the way that good materials tend to.
Exotic Collection
Individual bamboo fibers are separated and compressed under a four-story hydraulic press at high heat. The resulting panels have the visual density and grain depth of tropical hardwood. No two pieces share the same pattern. The joinery is English dovetail throughout, with soft-close hardware chosen to outlast the finish rather than the other way around.
BAMBOO IS NOT A COMPROMISE - IT JUST TOOK MOST OF THE INDUSTYR A WHILE TO NOTICE
The honest version of responsible furniture has to hold up in a room, not just in a press release. Greenington has spent two decades making that case through the furniture itself. The grain is real. The structure is solid. The footprint is smaller than anything built from slow-growth hardwood at this quality level. Those things can coexist, and in this collection, they do.
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