Rattan is raw material to make a chair, also many products can be made from this material. this material grow mostly in Sulawesi and Kalimantan Islands of Indonesia.

This super big chair was made in Cirebon town, one city in west java, java island of indonesia. Cirebon is famous in the world as producing rattan product. Many importers from many countries have visited this area to buy the rattan goods especially indoor products.

In 2005, Indonesia government had new regulation to let the local company could export the raw material rattan. It means, it created big competition between Indonesia and importers from other country and kill the producers/exporters for rattan products like rattan chairs, rattan baskets, and other many rattan products. To react this regulation, all rattan exporters/producers did attack by making huge chair as protest symbol. super and wonderful chair

In 1997-2004, this rattan business was booming. I work for Netherlands company that import rattan products (chair, table, baskets, etc) from this area. In 1999-2003, we could import about 150 containers a month. Starting 2004, trend for this material have gone down step by step. And finally now, we only imported about 5 containers a month for rattan product. Besides the trend was going down, price is also a main part of the reasons why rattan product are not booming anymore. Many importers from many countries have been in China, India and Vietnam to buy cheaper product there.