Visitor chairs on a sprung cantilever frame rather than four legs: the Vero with its airmesh back, the mesh backed Flint, the leather Nola and Carter, the high back Galloway, plus the Havanna, the Cosmo and the plain Classic. The frame flexes slightly as you sit down, which is kinder through a long meeting than the rigid four leg chairs in visitor and conference chairs.
Choosing a cantilever chair
Decide how long anyone will actually sit in it. For a reception where nobody stays more than ten minutes, a medium back like the Havanna or the Classic is plenty. For interview rooms and boardrooms where meetings run past the hour, the high back Galloway supports shoulders as well as the lower back. Arms help people get up again, which for a lot of visitors matters more than the fabric does.
Then think about the floor. A cantilever frame runs on two skids instead of four feet, so a cleaner can mop straight under it and carpet picks up fewer dents. On thick pile the skids can drag when a chair is shoved back, so lift rather than push. Leather on the Nola or Carter wipes clean in a room near a kitchen, while mesh on the Flint or Vero stays cooler in a south facing office.
Tables and other seating
Pair them with meeting and boardroom tables at a matching height, and keep a few stacking chairs in a cupboard for overflow. Rooms that double as classrooms are better served by the training collection. For whoever sits on the other side of the table, browse executive chairs or the wider office chairs and seating, and keep chair spares and parts on the shelf.
Visitor chairs in Ipswich, Colchester and beyond
Office Masters is the online shop of Neil Andrew Office Solutions, a family-run business on Edison Close in Ipswich. Neil grew up in his father Malcolm's furniture company and relaunched it under his own name in 2017, and we still both supply and install, mostly across Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk. Meeting room jobs regularly take us to Colchester, Haverhill, Felixstowe and Stowmarket.
Chairs travel on free standard delivery to UK mainland addresses, usually inside five working days, and the next working day upgrade is there when a board meeting will not wait. Most cantilever chairs arrive built or close to it, though we can pre-build and install a full boardroom set if you would rather. If you are unsure how many chairs a room will take, ring 01473 464644 with the dimensions.
