Carlo Dining Chair - Light Tan

The Carlo Dining Chair in Light Tan is 47cm wide, 56cm deep and 81cm high, with an upholstered seat and a low curved back. There are no arms, so it pushes fully under a table and takes less width at a crowded setting. It suits a dining table where seats have to be counted carefully.

A 47cm-wide armless chair is the one that lets you get six around a table built for four. Arms add 15cm a side and look generous until the moment somebody has to sit down.

The back is low and curved rather than tall and flat. That keeps sightlines open across a table, which matters in an open-plan room where the dining chairs are visible from the sofa, and it reads as less bulk in a photograph too.

The practical note is the upholstered seat. Dining chairs take the worst of the spills in a house, so the pale colourways in this range want a fabric protector applied before they go into service rather than after the first accident.