Rattan – a hot trend in interior design

Wicker chairs have long been synonymous with outdoor spaces in vacation homes and resorts, from screened porches in mountain lake homes and rural farmhouses to seaside porches from Maine to the coast of France.

But the world’s most discerning and well-traveled designers have been quietly defying this conventional wisdom for decades, installing popular woven rattan pieces in places that are decidedly not vacation spots, but rather indoors. Now the idea that every room will be enhanced with at least one good piece of wicker is a near-universal truth, and top designers around the world, from England and the Bahamas to South Africa, are launching new collections to meet growing demand become .

Here’s a look back at most iconic rooms from the last 100+ years that helped solidify wicker as an essential element in today’s relaxed, elegant design language.