Chair

:For other uses of the term chair, please see chair (disambiguation).

Chair seats

Chair seats vary widely in construction and may or may not match construction of the chair's back. Some systems include:

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Solid center seats where a solid material forms the chair seat.

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• Solid wood, may or may not be shaped to human contours.
• Wood slats, often seen on outdoor chairs
• Padded leather, generally a flat wood base covered in padding and contained in soft leather
• Stuffed fabric, similar to padded leather
• Metal seats of solid or open design
• Molded plastic
• Stone, often marble

Open center seats where a soft material is attached to the tops of chair legs or between stretchers to form the seat.

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• Wicker, woven to provide a surface with give to it
• Leather, may be tooled with a design
• Fabric, simple covering without support
• Tape, wide fabric tape woven into seat, seen in lawn chairs and some old chairs
• Caning, woven from rush, reed, rawhide, heavy paper, strong grasses, cattails to form the seat, often in elaborate patterns
• Splint, ash, oak or hickory strips are woven
• Metal, Metal mesh or wire woven to form seat