Lachlan Dining Armchair - Petrol

The Lachlan Dining Armchair in Petrol is 57cm wide, 56cm deep and 80cm high, upholstered with low arms. The arms stop short of the back, so the chair still pushes fully under a table. At 57cm wide it is an armchair that does not force a longer table.

Dining armchairs are usually sold as the two chairs you put at the ends, because most of them are too wide to use all the way round. This one is narrow enough to use as the whole set, which changes what it is for.

The arms are the detail worth checking. Arms that run the full depth of the seat hit the table edge and stop the chair going in, which is what makes a dining armchair annoying. Short arms clear the apron and let the chair sit where it should.

The caveat is comfort over a long meal. A 56cm deep seat with low arms is an upright chair, not a lounge chair, and it is the right shape for eating rather than for sitting on after everyone has finished.