Executive Office Chairs

Presence, mostly: a higher back, more generous padding and materials that read as considered rather than issued. The mechanisms overlap heavily with task seating. There are 46 here from £62 to £1,040, which is a wide enough spread that the word covers both a smart operator chair and a boardroom statement.

Mostly not, and the specification tab says exactly what each one is. Bonded leather, soft bonded leather, faux leather and polyurethane are all common at these prices and all wear better than cheap real leather does. Where a chair is genuine leather, the page says so.

The ones here are rated at eight hours, so yes. What to watch is adjustment: a high-backed executive chair with a single tilt lever looks impressive and sets up in one way only. If the person sitting in it is at a desk all day, check for lumbar and arm adjustment rather than going by the padding.

A high back supports shoulders and upper back as well as the lumbar region, which suits long sitting and anyone tall. A medium back leaves the shoulders free and keeps sightlines open, which some people prefer in a shared room. Both are here, and several models offer it as a choice on the page.

Around 38 upholstery colourways across the category, from plain black through to the bespoke contract cloths. On made-to-order models the chair is upholstered after you order, so the choice is genuinely open rather than whatever is in the warehouse.

Standard delivery is free on everything, and most of it lands inside a week. Express delivery is offered on much of the range, priced per item on the product page, and gets an order to you within two working days if you place it before 5pm. Five of the 46 products here are made to order rather than stocked, and those take 10 to 15 working days. The product page says which, and shows the date it will arrive by before you pay.

Yes, on everything here. The crew deliver it, build it, put it where you want it and take the packaging away. It starts at £17.95 an item and the exact price is on each product page. Installs usually happen within about 10 working days, and the team agree the day with you rather than simply turning up.

Most of it arrives flat-packed, with the instructions and fittings in the box. If you would rather not build it, pre-assembled delivery and installation are offered on much of the range and priced per item on the product page.

Each product carries the manufacturer's warranty and the period is stated on that product's page, often broken down by part: the structure for one length of time, the mechanism and the fabric for another. If something fails inside the warranty, report it from your order page and we deal with the manufacturer for you.

36 of the 46 products in this category have a 3D model on the page rather than only photographs. The viewer spins the actual model, and changing a colour or a size on the page changes the model with it, which is worth doing before committing a whole room to a finish.

On stocked items, yes: tell us within 14 days of receiving them and raise it from your order page, with the goods unused and back in their packaging. Five of the 46 products here are made to order, though, and those cannot be cancelled once acknowledged or returned because you have changed your mind. Each product page says which it is before you buy.

Yes. For twenty items or more, or anything with a complication like a mezzanine or a lift that argues back, we plan the job and give you one quote covering the goods, delivery and installation. Ring 0208 138 0512 or email [email protected] with a rough list or a floor plan.