The task of choosing a set of dining chairs is often underestimated until you are actually in the midst of things. After moving into a new house, for some of us it takes a while to realise what that strange new downstairs room is meant to be filled with. Whilst others may not have comprehended which of the diverse styles and choices available that will fit best around the dining table donated from our mother in law. This short article aims to highlight the differences between the four main types of dining chair.
Fabric upholstered dining chairs are notable for their relative cheapness and the ease by which the covering can be changed should it need to be replaced. One of the benefits that has been a likely cause of the style's popularity during the eighties and nineties is the opportunity to match the pattern and colour of the seat with other furnishings around your home (such as curtains). Fabric is often the hardest to maintain - but the cheapest to replace.
Straw-seated dining chairs were throughout history considered a fairly typical example of a dining room chair (such an opinion is exemplified by the 1888 painting, Vincent's Chair with His Pipe by Vincent van Gogh, in which his empty straw chair, representing humble simplicity, has been argued to contrast with Gauguin's Armchair). Today, however, straw as a seat material has gradually been replaced by more durable and easier to maintain manmade textiles and plastics. Consequently, when straw is used in dining chair design today, it is often incorporated in more expensive, upmarket designs.
Similarly, leather-seated dining chairs also connote a certain degree of quality and executive style - but unlike straw designs, have seemingly increased in popularity. This has, in part, been due to the developments in mechanical technology making the process of leather chair manufacture quicker and easier - and the subsequent competition amongst designers and sellers leading to almost any colour of leather becoming widely available. With some care, leather is easy to maintain and is also very durable.
Plastics, faux leather, or PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) began to become popular in the middle of the 20th Century as plasticizers were developed in order to make the initially quite hard material softer. This lead to something of a boom in its use for furniture manufacture due to its close match to leather, at least in terms of easy maintenance and look. In recent years, there has been something of a resurgence in the material as andldquo;retroandrdquo; fifties diner style furniture has again crept into the mainstream - and even begun to be seen in homes.

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