Jessica Chair: a 55cm footprint that fits more at a table

The Jessica Chair is listed at 55 x 55 x 95cm, with a velvet seat and backrest, chrome legs and a ring knocker detail. That 55cm width is the most useful thing on the page, because it is what decides how many people your table will actually take. The photographs and the three finishes are on the Jessica Chair (Ring Knocker/Chrome Legs) page.

Why a 55cm chair seats more people

Several of the velvet chairs it sits beside are listed at 64cm to 67cm across. The Jessica is 55cm, and over a table side that difference compounds.

Add a gap between chairs and a corner leg allowance, and the practical reading is this: a 180cm table side takes three Jessicas where a 65cm chair would only give you two. On a 240cm side, four. That is a place setting gained, not a centimetre saved, and it is the reason to look at this listing if the room is the constraint.

The footprint is square as listed, 55 x 55cm, though the listing does not label which figure is the width and which is front to back. With both the same it matters less here than on other chairs, but still ask us to confirm before planning a narrow room. The 95cm figure is the overall height to the top of the back.

Dark Grey, Silver Grey or Mink

Three velvet finishes are listed. The finishes are not all priced the same on this listing, so change the swatch on the product page and check the figure shown before you order a set of six. Beyond the colour names the listing gives no fabric composition, no rub figure and no cleaning code, so ask us what the supplier states if the chairs are going round a table that gets daily use.

Chrome legs are the cooler metal choice and sit well with glass, stainless steel and grey floors. If you want the same kind of detailing on gold, the G-Lucy Chair (Ring Knocker/Gold Legs) is the ring-knocker listing on gold legs, though it is a bigger chair at 67 x 50 x 103cm.

The name and the supplier code do not match

Worth knowing before you order: the chair is listed as the Jessica, while the supplier code on the page reads CHESHIRE with the dark grey and chrome leg options in it. There is also a separate Cheshire Chair (Black Ring Knocker/Black Legs) listing, which has its own description and its own black legs.

So quote the full product name when you order, not the code, and ask us to confirm the reference if you are matching this to an older quote or to chairs you already own. Do not assume the two listings are the same chair underneath: read the Cheshire page on its own terms.

What the listing does not say

• Seat height. Not given, and with a table apron it is the figure that decides whether the chair tucks in.
• Velvet composition and cleaning. Not given for any of the three finishes.
• Frame, filling and weight limit. Not stated.
• Assembly. The listing does not say whether the chrome legs arrive fitted.

This is a chair we supply rather than one from our own range, so those answers sit with the supplier. Ask us and we will chase them.

Before you order

• Measure the usable edge of each table side, then divide by 55cm plus a gap.
• Check a corner leg is not sitting where the fourth chair needs to go.
• Ask us for the seat height, and measure to the underside of your table.
• Check the price against the finish you have chosen, since they differ.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond. The three finishes and the gallery are on the Jessica Chair page, and the wider and taller options are in Dining Chairs. If you are still choosing a table, the Lucy 01 Chair is the taller chrome-legged alternative to compare it against.