why reve rattan

Why Choose Us for Your Rattan Furniture Needs?

When it comes to crafting exclusive high quality rattan furniture, Reve Rattan stands out as the number 1 choice. Our commitment to serve our customers with high quality products, unique designs and comfortable products designed by top designers, which is backed by 70+ years of experience of our parent company sets us apart.

Unmatched Quality and Durability

All our furniture is crafted using the high quality of rattan raw materials which is available in India. With 70+ years of experience and knowledge in the rattan industry, our parent company Sha Sivadanmull Kheemchand (SSK) has helped us in selecting the finest rattan from over 600 species of rattan. These are Rattan Manau & Rattan Tohiti which are used for the frames, Rattan Lunty which are used for the supporting parts of the chair and from Rattan Lunty we extract Rattan Core and Rattan Peel which are then used in weaving of the chairs.

There are many rattans that are available in the market, but we only use Rattan Manau & Rattan Tohiti because of its strength and flexibility. Rattan Manau is so strong that it is used in crafting cricket bat handles.

The reason why it is used in cricket bats is because when the ball hits the bats, Rattan Manau absorbs the shock of the bat and its flexibility helps the batter to guide the ball easily. While Rattan Tohiti was popularly used in Polo because of the similar properties which was its strength, flexibility and especially its lightness.

Materials We Use

At Reve Rattan, we only use these 2 materials for our frames, that’s why our furniture is so strong and durable. Another reason for our furniture being so strong is the architecture that goes behind designing a chair.

Since Rattan is a lighter material than wood, and its strength is also slightly on the lower side when compared to wood, so in order for our furniture to compete head-to-head with its counterpart, we have to put a great emphasis on the architecture of the chairs.

We design our chairs in such a way that once someone sits on the chairs, its weight is distributed across the legs and reinforcements of the chair, so that it can easily handle the extreme weight. Because of the emphasis on the architecture of chairs, we have made these rattan dining chairs so light that you can literally move it around using only one of your fingers.

Each of our rattan dining chairs to rattan lounge chairs and even rattan bar stools are entirely handcrafted by our artisans. Our entire process from selection of raw materials to the finished rattan chair is done by our artisans by hand. Since we handcraft each and every piece, we pay a lot of attention to the quality of finishing that we provide to our customers.

In each of our pieces you can see the grains and the capillaries of rattan, which is achieved by our artisans with almost a decade of experience in crafting rattan furniture. Crafting each piece requires a lot of patience and workmanship, therefore it takes around 12 weeks to mass produce a design. In order to make rattan furniture you require highly skilled artisans who know the rattan material in and out.

Designers we work with

At Reve Rattan, we closely work with top designers in the rattan industry, who have at least a decade worth of experience and who know the rattan material like the back of their hand. One of the most well-known designers in the rattan industry is Mr Yuzuru Yamakawa. Mr Yamakawa is a Japanese designer and has devoted his entire career to crafting and designing rattan furniture. “Functionality, manufacturability, and comfort are the cornerstones of my design” – says Mr. Yamakawa.

Mr Yuzuru Yamakawa

He was inspired by the Bauhaus movement and therefore used technology and visual arts to design furniture which embodies both beauty and purpose. His most popular designs are the wingback dining chair and whisper dining chair. With collaborating with Mr Yamakawa for the traditional designs, for the modern designs we collaborate with a relatively young designers such as Stefi Setiawan who has designed the Zenith Dining Chair, Dhanistha Dyaksa came up with Solo Dining Chair, Topan Suryana designed our customers favourite the Mosaic Dining Chair, Cynthia Karenina came up with a minimalist approach while designing the Serene Dining Chair and many more. Each of our designs and our craftsmanship are very unique, which you will not be able to find anywhere else in India. The reason why we work with designers that have at least a decade worth of experience is we want to give our customers the feel of high-quality rattan furniture which can last up to generations.

Sustainability

The reason why we are committed to using rattan as our primary material, is because rattan is a sustainable material compared to its counterparts. Rattan is a vine that grows in tropical rainforest, the reason why rattan is sustainable is because rattan matures every 4-5 years and regrows again. 80% of the rattan is present in Southeast Asia, with a small percentage in the northeastern states of India.

Extracting rattan is rather a tough job because only skilled workers can identify the matured rattan and in order extract the workers have to travel deep inside the forest, and to extract the highest quality of rattan the workers have to plan a hike towards the top of the mountains. We at Reve Rattan believe that shifting to rattan will help in the transition towards a greener future.

Why Should You Trust Us?? 

The reason why you should trust us in giving you the right advice on buying anything related to rattan is because of our history, which spans over 70+ years. Our parent company Sha Sivadanmull Kheemchand (SSK), has been in the rattan industry since the 1950’s dealing in rattan raw materials and rattan webbing. With the generational knowledge of rattan and the energy of the fourth generation of the SSK family, we bring you the once forgotten material in a new transformed manner.

If you are looking for furniture that sets your house apart from the regular furniture available in the market, then please have a look at our collection. You can purchase our collection at our website or alternatively experience our collection at our studio in Chennai. Join us on our journey to make rattan great again!!

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