Chaise de banquier Kilby

We bought 4 chairs for a game table. The chairs arrived quickly. Only one had damage, caused by the shipper. The packaging for the chairs was acceptable. The shipper's forklift pushed in on one side and hit the arm of one chair, putting a crack where the arm meets the chair. This is not a showstopper, as I am able to fix issues like this. the pros: The chairs are SOLID wood. They are not pressboard, or any other manufactured wood product. The entire chair from the base seat frame to the top of the back rest, and the arms are SOLID wood. There is a lot of wood, so the chair is made well, and will support the 300 lbs as advertised. The seat cushion fabric is durable and stylish. It is a little hard, but that is because the entire seat cushion is attached to a solid wood seat base. Most seat bases are simple frames. That allows the cushion to 'feel' softer, because the cushion pushes below (within) the frame, until the fabric stops the users decent. These types of 'frames wrapped cushions' are prone to premature failure, given larger people. The cushion affixed to a solid wood back board (like these chairs have) 'feels' harder, but will last longer and support heavier people, and stand up to abuse. The base is made of steel. The steel legs (5 of them) are covered is a solid wood leg 'cover'. The CASTERS (not cheap double wheels) that support the chair are attached to a steel sleeve welded to the steel 5 leg frame. The design is very sturdy. The steel sleeves will not allow a 'blow-out' of the wheel, like a wooded leg design will. The CASTERS are perfect for rolling in ANY direction and transitioning from smooth floors to carpet / throw rugs / any pile (low, shag, etc). Casters are designed for this express purpose, and wheels are not. The cheaper wheels will rotate horizontally (on their perpendicular shaft) and get 'stuck' when transitioning to a different floor type. This will 'blow out' a wheel socket in a wood leg combination (due to the pressure on the sides of the wheels as the user 'forces' the chair to transition). The telescopic height adjustment is a snap, and easy to use and is all metal not plastic. The 'lock' tile feature only locks out the tile, when the chair is in the upright position (at no tile). If the chair is tilted, then the 'stop tile feature' will not engage. That is because the tile of the chair is achieved by a 'metal hinge' base, so the lockout rod needs to engage both pieces of the tilt base (when closed). if the tile hinge is open (tilted) the rod cannot engage both metal hinge pieces. SAFETY PRO: 5 Steel legs and casters are superior to any 4 leg and wheel tilt chair. Users tend to over tile and fall 'backwards' and 'out' of 4 leg bases, but not 5 legs bases. The angles between the legs 4 legs at 90 degrees VS. 5 legs at 72 degrees, means that there is a SUPPORT leg behind the user when tilting back.

Super comfortable and the perfect addition to our office.

Good chairs just not really comfortable.

The chair fits our needs so far, replacing a much loved wooden chair that also swiveled and reclined. I underestimated how low the arms sit, if that matters to you (I didn't know it would matter to me as it does), make sure you find something of similar dimensions and height to ensure it fits you comfortably.

I was mashed between 2 trucks in99 and have sufferec pain 24/7 since then. I"ve tried 5 different office chairs since moving here back home in VA -- the "mesh" kind with lumbar support- the big high back leather ones with back support- etc. and they ALL hurt like crazy. Then I remembered an antique wooden chair I had when I had my rolltop- and found THIS one on WAYFAIR- it's GREAT.. the only one I can sit in and NOT hurt- AT ALL. It's strong, solid- swivels so smoothly and I have NO MORE PAIN!!!!!