Alison,

I love the simple no-frills plastic wheely chairs we have on the 4^th floor of Hunt at our reading tables. They are Caper Chairs by Hermann Miller.  https://www.smartfurniture.com/products/caper-stacking-chair-molded-seat-by-herman-miller.html?preset=WC410NBKTRQU5NA?st-t=Google_Campaign_PLA&vt-k=&vt-mt=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5f-J2PW24QIVClYMCh0vJQi1EAQYBCABEgIF2PD_BwE

We have a light green color… I’m assuming you can request different colors.  Because they’re not adjustable, you’d want to do a test drive. They are quite durable and you can adjust in your seat and move around easily in them. The students like them too. When I’m teaching artist book classes, no problem in wheeling them into the Fine and Rare Book Room across the way to provide extra seating.  Of course, you can get the adjustable versions, but what can’t break can be good.  I noticed recently (we’ve had the chairs for a number of years) that one of the wheels came off of one of the chairs, but that’s the only fault I’ve seen so far. I’m not in charge of facilities so I have limited knowledge of what has happened over all but I’m not seeing mass occurrences of break down.

Mo

 

Mo Dawley

Senior Librarian
Art and Drama Librarian

Carnegie Mellon University
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Hi everyone,

 

I hope to be in the market for some new chairs for our library soon.  Anyone have something they love?  Sturdy, yet comfortable, for working at tables and carrels?  One of the problems with ours is that the seat is too deep and you can’t really sit with your back against the chair.  And/or recommendation for good places to look for chairs?

 

Thanks!!

 

Alison

 

Alison L. Huftalen

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Head Librarian

Toledo Museum of Art

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