Hotel and restaurant chairs

One property holds many rooms, and the ballroom, the restaurant, the breakfast room and the terrace each ask something different of a chair. The 467 chairs here cover all of them, in metal, wood, aluminum, steel and resin frames. Decide first which room you are furnishing, because that settles whether the chair must stack, carry arms or hold a patio listing.

A chair for each room of the property

The ballroom stands empty at five and seats two hundred at seven. The restaurant keeps its chairs in place all evening. The terrace sees noon sun and the odd summer storm. Sort the list by room before you sort it by style:

• Ballroom and function rooms: banquet chairs and Chiavari chairs, which stack between events
• Hotel restaurant and private dining: upholstered chairs and wood chairs
• Head tables and window tables: arm chairs
• Terrace and poolside dining: outdoor chairs, each with a patio listing

Stacking counts set the changeover

A chair that stacks shortens every reset. Of the 467 chairs here, 191 stack, and the stacking chairs page gathers the ones built for it. More than half of them give a stack count, from three high to 23; ask us for the rest, then count carts. That arithmetic, more than the price of the chair, decides how long your banquet team spends turning a dinner into a breakfast.

Frames run from metal, the largest group at 183, through wood at 115 and aluminum at 64 to resin at 21. Seats come in vinyl, fabric and wood, and 254 chairs list upholstery options. Vinyl wipes clean between functions; fabric quiets a dining room that stays set.

On 36 chairs an aluminum frame wears a wood-look finish, a way to keep the warm tone of a paneled dining room on a metal frame. Compare those beside the plain wood chairs before you settle the restaurant.

Height, arms and what goes outside

Hotel dining tops stand at about 29 to 30 inches. Of the seat heights given, the six most frequent span 17 3/4 inches at the low end to 19 1/2 at the high end, and 18 leads them all, which leaves a seated guest 10 to 12 inches beneath the tabletop. Arms come on 118 chairs. Each armed chair takes more than 24 inches of table edge, which matters at a crowded head table.

A patio listing appears on 124 chairs; of those, 5 want a roof overhead. Keep the rest indoors, since an indoor frame left on the terrace fades, swells or rusts, and the warranty does not reach that. Prices range from $26 to $566 a chair. Draw each room as its own property plan, ballroom, restaurant and terrace, and the chair count follows the layout.