Armchair, Calista Aluminum

Operators furnishing fine dining rooms, hotel restaurants, and private dining rooms can start a room with an upholstered back armchair like the Armchair, Calista Aluminum. This one stays inside the house. The frame is built of aluminum. For the seat, the choices are fabric or vinyl. Before you count covers, note a rating to carry 500 lb, 19 lb for staff to lift and move, stacking for quick changeovers, an arm at each side, and padding behind the guest. Measured overall, it comes to 20 1/4" W x 24 1/2" D x 34 3/4" H, the figure to mark on the floor plan. The listed seat height is 18.75 inches. Compare the selected seat height with the underside of your counter or table, including its apron, and allow space to sit and move.

On the order form you settle your metal finish, whether Wood Grain Finish or Powder Coat Finish, your seat type, whether Padded Vinyl Seat or Padded Fabric Seat, and your upholstered back, whether Padded Vinyl Back or Padded Fabric Back. More fields open once those are set. A dining room seats by its tables, so count chairs per table first: two-tops take two chairs, 36 inch squares four, 48 inch rounds five or six. Then hold back spares, about one per twenty seats, for the chairs that rotate out for repair.

Hold this choice in the venue plan for its room, beside the rest of that room's seating mix. A version in your chosen upholstery takes longer to prepare, so order it early for an opening. Upkeep belongs to the closing routine. Wipe vinyl down with mild soap and water at close, dry it, and keep bleach and solvents off it. Vacuum fabric between services and blot spills at once, then read the cleaning code on the label before any cleaner.