Florence Berry Mixed Chair: tall back, oak legs, fabric tone

The Florence Berry Mixed Chair is listed at 47 x 65 x 106cm on oak legs, in what the listing calls mixed brown tones. Those are the numbers of a tall, generous dining chair rather than a tuck-away one: narrow across the front, 65cm deep and 106cm to the top of the back. It is a chair that furnishes a room on its own, and it needs a room that can take the depth. Start with the photographs on the Florence Berry Mixed Chair (Oak Legs) page, because with a mixed fabric the photographs do more work than any description.

47 x 65 x 106cm in a real dining room

The depth is the figure to test first. Measure from the wall: table depth, then 65cm for the chair, then the route past it, and keep about 90cm of clear floor behind each chair so a diner can stand up without the table moving. The height is the second one. At 106cm the backs will stand above a 90cm windowsill, which can look intentional or can simply block the light, so look at the wall before you order. The three figures are given as one unlabelled string, so if the room gives you no slack, ask us to confirm which is the width and which the depth.

Places at the table

We work to roughly 60cm of clear table edge per place. At 47cm wide these chairs are narrower than that, so the number is set by comfort rather than by the chairs: four round a 1.4m table, six along the long sides of a 1.8m one. The temptation with a narrow chair is to add one more, and in a dining room used every day it is the wrong call.

A mixed fabric is one to see

The listing describes mixed brown tones and nothing more precise: no fibre composition, no cleaning code, no rub figure, and no named colourway. A multi-tone fabric is the hardest thing to buy from a screen, because the shade you see depends on which threads the camera picked up and how the room was lit. Worth knowing too that the product code on this listing reads as a beige fabric while the name reads as berry mixed, which is the kind of inconsistency supplier codes often carry. It is not a reason to avoid the chair, it is a reason to confirm the exact fabric with us in words before you order several.

The listing does describe the fabric as chosen for durability and easy maintenance. That is the supplier's wording rather than a test figure, so if the chairs will see daily family use, ask us what the fabric actually is.

Oak legs, and what is not stated

• The oak. Described as sturdy oak giving authentic character and stability. Whether that is solid timber or an oak finish is not stated, and no tone is named, so send us a photograph of your table if the two have to agree.
• Seat height. Only the 106cm overall figure appears. Measure floor to the underside of your table apron and ask us to confirm the chair goes under.
• Floor pads. Nothing says whether pads are fitted, which matters on wood or tile.
• Assembly. The listing does not say whether the legs arrive fitted.

The chair it shares its measurements with

The Berry Fabric Chair (Oak Legs) is listed at the identical 47 x 65 x 106cm on oak legs and offers a choice of mix brown or grey, so if you want the same shape in a cooler colour that is the page to open. For the same oak legs at a much lower height, the Bentley Beige Chair (Oak Legs) is listed at 48 x 60 x 93cm with a plain back, which suits a nook where 106cm would dominate. The RX Red/Grey Chair (Wooden Legs) is the one to see if you want red and grey in the mix with a wood leg, though its listing gives nothing beyond the name and 70 x 47 x 106cm. All of them sit in Dining Chairs.

Before you order

• Measure the room front to back, not just the table.
• Check the wall behind the table against the 106cm back height.
• Confirm the fabric with us in words before ordering a set.
• Order the chairs together so the fabric comes from one batch, and check each one before you sign.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond. When the room is measured, every photograph is on the Florence Berry Mixed Chair page.