Lucca Cross Back Chair (KD): 46cm wide, with a fabric seat

The listing for the Lucca Cross Back Chair is three lines long, and that is worth saying plainly before anything else. It gives the size as 46 x 49 x 105cm, and it draws one distinction: built chairs have wooden seats, KD chairs have fabric seats. This is the KD listing, so the seat is fabric. Everything else is in the photographs on the Lucca Cross Back Chair (KD) page, which is where you should judge the frame and seat colours from.

46 x 49 x 105cm in a real room

The 105cm is the overall height to the top of the cross back, and it is among the tallest of the dining chairs here. The other two figures are the footprint, and the listing does not label them, so ask us which is the seat width and which is front to back before you plan a set.

Read 46cm as the width and the chair earns its place. Two need 92cm of table edge, three need 138cm, four need 184cm. On a 200cm table side, four fit with a gap between each, where a 65cm chair would give you three. In a narrow room that is a place setting gained, not a centimetre saved.

Against that, 105cm is a tall back to have standing in the room. Measure to the underside of any shelf, wall cupboard or window sill behind the table, and check the chair clears the doorway on its diagonal if the dining room is up a turn of stairs.

KD, and what it does and does not tell you

The listing sets KD against built, which is the trade shorthand for a chair supplied knocked down rather than assembled. What it does not say is what assembling it involves or what tools come with it, so ask us before you order a set of six. The one thing the listing is explicit about is the seat: fabric on this version, wooden on the built one. If a wooden seat is what you want round a kitchen table, say so when you enquire.

What the listing does not cover

We would rather name the gaps than guess at them:

• Frame material and finish. Not stated. The listing names a wooden seat on the built version and nothing about the frame, so judge the tone from the photographs and ask us.
• Seat fabric colour and composition. Not stated beyond the word fabric.
• Seat height. Not given, and it is the figure that decides whether the chair tucks under your table.
• Weight limit and frame detail. Not stated.

The Lucca is a chair we supply rather than part of our own range, so each of those answers comes from the supplier. Send us the question and we will get it.

What it sits with

The nearest listings to compare are the Torino Cross Back Chair (KD), the same cross-back idea under a different name, and the Torino Ladder Back Chair (KD) if you prefer a ladder back to a cross back. Both carry their own descriptions and their own figures, so read the pages rather than assuming they match. For a fully upholstered chair instead, the Oslo Chair is in the same Dining Chairs range.

Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond. Measure the usable edge of each table side, divide by 46cm plus a gap, then see the photographs on the Lucca Cross Back Chair (KD) page.