Office chair with a bow-leg base

SR-2026-063 · Furniture · Office chair · August 2026

Fourteen office chairs on a bow-leg base, against a sample the client had already approved on appearance — so the work was proving the frame.

Receiving photographs

Photographs taken at our consolidation warehouse as the lot was received and checked. Container numbers, shipping labels, supplier marks and brand markings are masked; the lot is shown as it arrived, not restyled.

How this order was run

1. Kept the first order small on purpose: a trial quantity is the cheapest way to find out whether a supplier's second shipment looks like its first.
2. Said which parts of the specification could not be held at this quantity and which could, rather than accepting a silent substitution.
3. Held the balance of payment until the receiving check was done, so a rejected lot never became a negotiation after the money had moved.

What was checked at receiving

This is the office chair check sheet — the same list every order in this category goes through before the container is released.

• Frame joints checked under load, with corner blocks and glue lines inspected
• Foam density and seat height measured against the approved sample — foam is where a quote is quietly made cheaper
• Fabric inspected on the roll for dye-lot consistency before cutting, and the lot reference recorded against the order
• Every unit in the inspection set sat on and rocked; squeaks and loose joints recorded on the spot
• Upholstery seams, piping and stitch pitch compared against the approved sample photographs
• Feet and glides fitted and thread-checked — a missing glide is a claim on arrival

How it was packed

• Corner foam and a full carton liner; upholstery marks are permanent
• Legs or feet packed loose in the same carton and taped, so the unit travels at its shortest
• Units stacked no more than the factory's rated number per pallet
• Cartons strapped as blocks on the pallet rather than loose-stacked

The note

Seating fails on foam and on fabric. Both are invisible in a photograph and both are cut first when a supplier needs to hit a price — so the sample has to be measured, not looked at.

It is why seating is quoted against a measured sample rather than a description: foam density and fabric weight are the two numbers a buyer cannot see and a supplier can quietly move.

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