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MAISON CHÂTEAU has a couple of swish floor model seats cut by 40 per cent in its store at Dove Hill Design Centre, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary (051-649677). Its Osprey chair conjures up images of Alice in Wonderland, making it bang on trend this season.

Upholstered in a Henderson Russell cool printed raspberry fabric it is down from €1,675 to €1,005.