Channel-Stitched Dining Chairs, Set of Two, Olive Green Faux Leather with Black Legs

This is a pair of armless dining chairs measuring 18.9 inches deep by 19.3 inches wide by 31.1 inches tall, with a 17.7-inch seat height that clears a standard dining table. The compact footprint is the point: at 19.3 inches wide they tuck fully under a table, which is what makes four of them workable in an apartment dining area or a kitchen nook.

The upholstery is a faux leather rather than a woven fabric, and that is the practical argument for these over a boucle or linen chair. Spilled wine wipes off, a dog can sit on one, and there is no nap to crush or pill along the front edge of the seat where fabric chairs wear first. The backrest is worked in vertical channel stitching, which gives the panel structure and keeps it from bagging the way a flat upholstered back does. High-density foam sits over a metal frame rated to 300 pounds, and the tapered legs are finished in black.

The colour is a soft olive green, muted rather than bright, sitting alongside the black legs. Olive is one of the tones running through this autumn's interiors, and it is a green that behaves like a neutral in practice: it holds up against pale walls, wood tables and black metal without fighting any of them. Assembly is limited to screwing on the four legs with the supplied tool.