The paper researches wicker furniture design in an attempt to analyse the existing materials, techniques, tradition in basket-weaving and furniture-weaving. This leads us to research into the potential of wicker in form-building and provides an explanation of modern designers’ interest of in this material and technique. The analysis is aiming at revealing the bi-fold role of the weaving technique both as a surface- covering and as a structural building material. In this way, the shift from the simple use of weaving as caning, to structural building of objects, is outlined. The authors attempt a morphologic analysis of woven furniture examples, structural classification according to types and kinds of materials used; this is done by case- studies of 20 examples, selected for their interest and archetypal view, as well as their noted authors. In this way, we can give an answer to the question: Is woven furniture strictly kept into the realm of outdoor and hotel use, or can it ‘return’ to our homes with the corresponding functional and aesthetic potential?
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