I found a unique chair and ottoman set at a Balinese import store that really struck my fancy recently. The chair and ottoman both have wooden frames with a very dark stain. Both have padded leather cushions, also in a very dark mahogany color and have little criss-cross leather stitching as an accent in two lines down the chair back and across the ottoman cushion. The chairs wooden arms have a graceful scroll at the connection point and the leather is hob-nailed down all the way around. The set has such colonial charm, that it looks like it could have come straight from the parlor of a British East India Company executive, or maybe from the main house at a coffee plantation in Java. The lines of the chair have an elegant sweep and the legs of the chair and the ottoman have are wide set and sturdy. The quality of the leather and the wood itself leave a little to be desired, but the overall appeal of the set is so strong that these factors can be overlooked.