Thame Dining Chair Vintage Wood & Shetland Scarlett Seat (6 Pack)

The Thame is a contract dining chair built for commercial hospitality use. It draws on a classic 1940s silhouette — solid back, traditional proportions — but is constructed to withstand the daily demands of busy restaurants, hotels, and function spaces. The frame is crafted from rubberwood with a lightly distressed vintage finish that gives it warmth without looking overly decorative. The seat is upholstered in Shetland Scarlett, a red vinyl that adds a clear point of colour to a dining room scheme.

In a busy service environment, chairs take more punishment than most operators account for. The Thame addresses this through reinforced mortise and tenon joinery at the key stress points — the joints most likely to fail on a lesser chair after a season of heavy use. Rubberwood is a close-grained, reasonably dense hardwood that holds up well under commercial conditions without being prohibitively heavy for daily stacking and repositioning.

Practical considerations worth noting before ordering:

• Upholstered in CRIB 5 fire-retardant vinyl — compliant for UK hospitality use
• Vinyl seat cleans down quickly between covers, reducing turnaround time
• Vintage-finish frame suits heritage, rustic, and classic interior schemes
• Sold as a pack of six, which suits staged rollouts or topping up existing sets
• Rubberwood frame — not suitable for outdoor or uncovered terrace use

These chairs suit mid-volume restaurants, hotel dining rooms, function suites, and café settings where a traditional aesthetic is appropriate. They are not heavy-duty stacking chairs, so for very high-turnover venues where chairs are moved and stacked repeatedly throughout the day, a purpose-built stacking frame may be worth considering alongside this range.

If you are fitting out a complete dining room or want to discuss quantities, finish options, or suitability for your specific setting, the team is happy to talk it through before you place an order.