Dining Chairs.
Seating that has to survive both dinner and design scrutiny. Costantini Pietro chairs are benchmade in Italy with upholstery to specification; Caracole adds tailored side and arm chairs across its collections.
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Count seats honestly: a 72" rectangular table seats six without elbow wars, eight only with armless chairs. Arm chairs at the heads, side chairs along the runs is the classic move — check arm height against your table apron (most arms need 26" clearance to tuck).
Dining chairs take more abuse than any other upholstered piece — performance fabrics and protected leathers are worth the upgrade here, and darker welting hides the inevitable. Costantini's frames are certified Italian joinery; they'll outlast several re-upholsteries, which is the right way to think about a chair you'll own for decades.
Build the room around the pairing: dining tables from the same houses, a sideboard for service, and a mirror to double the candlelight. Ordering eight or more? The trade desk quotes sets.
What the range looks like
Nearly 160 dining chairs from roughly $570 to $3,100 — Caracole for tailored upholstered seats, Costantini Pietro for certified Italian joinery upholstered to order. Most price per chair, so a table's true cost is table plus six or eight; build the set on a board if you're trade, or ask the showroom to quote the room as one.
The hands behind these rooms also forge the architecture — entry doors, steel window walls, stair railings — and our own forged-iron furniture. One Dallas shop; renovating and furnishing happen here together.