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We are thrilled to announce that Eustis Chair has been awarded a Gold Medal for our Charleston Chair in the category of library chairs by the esteemed Modern Library Awards. This prestigious recognition underscores our commitment to crafting chairs of unparalleled beauty and durability that exceed the expectations of our customers.
Universities are some of our best clients. We love working with colleges’ dining halls, libraries, and study spaces. In fact, our stacking arm chair is build for high use spaces. Our mission is to make extremely durable, beautiful chairs that can with stand daily wear and tear for years to come. Similarly, that includes universities. It’s no secret college students love to lean back in their chairs. With our patented joinery, leaning back is certainly possible. In addition, our chairs with our Eustis Joint come with a 20 year warranty protecting against joint failure.
A good wood Captain Chair goes way back. In fact, they were invented basically at our country’s beggining. They are celebrated for their traditional look prestigious value. Therefore, we thought we’d do our country justice and recreate this chair as a historical reproduction. It was only right!
The Schuyler Meadows Club recently reached out to us to talk about a possible chair project. The Meadows Club is located near Albany, New York. Management loved our elegant chairs, from what they saw in our catalog and website. They also heard great things about the quality and durability of our chairs! A Chippendale styled chair was a priority to them. However, they wanted a chair that was good for more than just its looks!
Our mission is to create the most beautiful, yet durable chairs on the market. For your even space needs, plastic or metal chairs are always an option. However, these materials do not provide the same elegance and timeless appearance that wood chairs provide. Often times, metal or plastic chairs are selected on the pure note that they are stackable. Similarly, stackable chairs are most convenient for set up and take of of high use spaces. Therefore, we made a stacking hardwood chair so our clients would never have to chose from elegant hardwood and a non-wood stacking option.
A folding wood chair? Bet you never saw this one coming! I’m sure by now you know that we specialize in extremely durable, elegant, stacking and non stacking wooden chairs. We focus on beautiful hardwood furniture that stands the test of time. We love saving space, therefore, we love designing stacking hardwood chairs for high use spaces.
There’s not doubt that dining halls are some of the highest use spaces in a university. In fact, dining halls see more foot traffic than any other space. Everyone needs to eat! When students come to their dining hall, they of course, need a place to sit. Many dining halls around the country use metal or plastic chairs for stacking connivence. However, these less durable materials break easy and often. The facility ends up replacing their dining hall chairs frequently and wasting money.
Eustis Chair is proud to announce our clients made the Forbes Best Colleges list. In fact, 20 of our College and University hardwood chair clients were featured. Albeit, they were listed in the top 50 of the annual list. Therefore, Forbes partners with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP). However, they rank colleges based on a number of factors. Furthermore, our chairs are extremely popular with colleges and universities due to their durability. Also, we design our chairs specifically to withstand high use spaces. In addition, universities expect hardwood chairs to last for decades without a need for replacement. Therefore, we craft the majority of our chairs with our patented Eustis Joint. Moreover, each chair joint contains steel rods and retrograde epoxy for added stability. Lastly, every chair with a Eustis Joint comes with a 20 year warranty.
Saint Ignatius is in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1870, Saint Ignatius College Prep values tradition. It is a Jesuit Catholic school. In fact, it is Chicago’s first Jesuit school! The school serves over 1400 students from 160 zip codes! They have many offerings for the students. Their goal is to educate young people for lives of faith, love, service, and leadership. The campus values tradition and growth. Accordingly, tradition can be seen in the design of their campus buildings.
Baylor University is in Waco, Texas. Thus, their championship football team is well-known. In Texas, football is life. In fact, Baylor is part of the Big 12. Indeed, championship football seasons lead to more national visibility for a school. Consequently, more national visibility leads to more student matriculation on campus. More students on campus leads to campus renovations, and a need for wood college chairs.
Duke University is in Durham, North Carolina. It started in 1838. It is still thriving today. In fact, Duke now enrolls over 6,500 undergraduate students annually. They also enroll about 8,500 graduate students each year. Thus, this type of growth calls for campus renovation projects along the way.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is well-known. In fact, they put on over 250 shows each season. The inaugural concert happened in 1881. Consequently, today the orchestra reaches millions of fans.
Chairs are an important part of a library. For instance, libraries are known for being busy, high-use structures. In other words, libraries need chairs that can stand the test of time. Library patrons like to spend time researching, reading, and computing. Library patrons need a comfortable seat. Hardwood chairs are the most durable, comfortable chairs available today. Eustis Chair manufactures hardwood chairs for many libraries across the country. We custom manufacture our chairs for high use spaces. They can withstand a lot of wear and tear. This includes the task chair for the Burlingame Public Library.
Eustis Chair offers a variety of hardwood chairs that are durable. Our chairs offer unsurpassed comfort. One of our favorite chairs is the Bohemian arm chair. It’s a new addition to our Bohemian line. The Bohemian arm chair shares the same timeless, elegant styling as our popular Bohemian side chair. The comfortable hardwood chair design is paired with our unmatched durability. We offer a 20 year warranty protecting against Eustis Joint failure. Eustis Chair makes the Bohemian chair line second to none.
Eustis Chair recently teamed up with Harvard University to make a contemporary chair. In addition, the chair is for the Harvard Dunster House. Obviously, Harvard is the oldest college in the country. Established in 1636, Harvard’s first benefactor was John Harvard. John Harvard died in 1638 and left his library and half his estate to the school. Harvard’s goal is to educate the citizens and leaders of our society. They do a great job at this.
Founded in 1897, The Yale Club of NYC is also known as The Yale Club. Accordingly, it is a private club in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The membership of the club is restricted almost entirely to alumni and faculty of Yale University. It has a clubhouse that is 22 stories high. The club has a world class dining room. They offer an athletics center as well, including a pool, squash courts, and group fitness classes. They often sponsor member events and conferences at the NYC facility. The club allows members of the Yale community to continue their friendships long after they graduate from college. Thus, the Yale Club has a worldwide membership of over 11,000 people.
The Chippendale Chair is famous for being one most stunning chairs in history. Its timeless design has also made it one of the most sought after chair for elegant spaces. We loved its look so much that we decided to make our own version. However, our chair is far more durable! Better yet, nearly all of our chairs, including the the chippendale style, come with a stacking and non stacking option. What makes our chairs the most durable on the market? We thought you’d never ask! All of our chairs are made with our patented joinery. Moreover, each of our joints is complete with steel rods and injected with retrograde epoxy. Our mission is to create the most durable, yet beautiful chairs for high use spaces.
How many times were you told as a child to not lean back in your chair? We’re assuming a lot. Why? leaning back in your chair puts a ton of pressure on the joints. Most chair manufactures use mortise and tenon joints. Furthermore, this type of joinery is likely to loosen and break after only a few years of use. We, however, use the most elite joinery on the market. All of our chairs are made with steel rods and retrograde epoxy. In addition, all of our chairs come with a 20 year warranty against joint failure.