It is possible to categorise Office Furniture into many different groupings. For example, by style or purpose. In the "purpose category" there is an extensive list of items. Probably the most widely used piece of furniture in an office is the humble chair, although some are far from humble. After the chair in term of ubiquity, there is the desk, followed by assorted tables. After that, there are stand alone shelves, cabinets, stands and wheeled carts.
The entire range of furniture is available whether the purchaser is looking to outfit in a contemporary or in a style more appropriate to something more "Classical". In the latter case, the kind of furniture that would normally be sourced would be Reproduction. A sub category of this style is real antique furniture. In the Contemporary category there are two sub groups. One is the common stand-alone item. The second is Modular or Cubicle furnishing for use in an open-plan environment.
In the stand alone area the chair is the most common item of furniture. Depending on it's location it can greatly vary in quality and finish. At one end there is the moulded plastic, one-piece chair, usually with steel legs, that is really "just functional". In other words it pays no homage to comfort and style. It is ideal for areas that are prone to dirt or grease.
Away from less than clean environments, upholstered chairs are very common, perhaps the office norm. These can be simple swivel chairs for junior staff seated behind desks. They tend to get more elaborate as the job becomes more important. Top of the range are the most luxurious leather chairs usually found behind a senior executive's desk.
Then there are lower more relaxing chairs that are usually found in Receptions. They are also used in any office where a space is set aside for clients or other to wait. These are less formal and cosier. They are frequently arranged around a low coffee table. The latter in a reception type generally holds an array of newspapers, trade magazines and corporate literature for customers and others to browse through while they are waiting.
In the realm of desks there's everything from the most basic steel item found in areas like car repair shops to and industrial storeroom. Their main function apart from the obvious is to be easy to clean. At the other end of the scale, there are the most sumptuous executive desks for the top managers who perhaps feel they deserve a little pampering.
The top managers, corporation Presidents and senior Vice-Presidents also like to be indulged with impressive heavy boardroom tables that add an air of appropriate importance to the meetings held there. So these can be hand made of expensive wood and even inlaid with leather. All are very impressive.
So apart from the long list of furniture available in the category of "Contemporary" or "Modern", the entire range is also manufactured in Reproduction styling to. Reproduction furnishing is usually chosen to add an appropriate air of timeless excellence, proud heritage and historical continuity to the organisation. You might find such furniture is the public offices of a large long-established Law firm, or a top wine importer.
Finally, the area would be incomplete without mentioning real Antique products. These are usually, though not always, Victorian. Naturally, because much furniture today was developed "for purpose" there is no exact antique version of it. The kind of Office Furniture that did exist then and is sold now as authentic antique furniture, includes many fine pieces. Among these are; impressive single and double pedestal oak desks, cylinder desks fashioned from fine wood, elaborately carved tables, practical meeting room tables, wooden filing cabinets, benches, and hat and coat stands. Finally and crucially, as would be expected, good antique furniture is significantly more expensive that the contemporary or reproduction equivalent.
The entire range of furniture is available whether the purchaser is looking to outfit in a contemporary or in a style more appropriate to something more "Classical". In the latter case, the kind of furniture that would normally be sourced would be Reproduction. A sub category of this style is real antique furniture. In the Contemporary category there are two sub groups. One is the common stand-alone item. The second is Modular or Cubicle furnishing for use in an open-plan environment.
In the stand alone area the chair is the most common item of furniture. Depending on it's location it can greatly vary in quality and finish. At one end there is the moulded plastic, one-piece chair, usually with steel legs, that is really "just functional". In other words it pays no homage to comfort and style. It is ideal for areas that are prone to dirt or grease.
Away from less than clean environments, upholstered chairs are very common, perhaps the office norm. These can be simple swivel chairs for junior staff seated behind desks. They tend to get more elaborate as the job becomes more important. Top of the range are the most luxurious leather chairs usually found behind a senior executive's desk.
Then there are lower more relaxing chairs that are usually found in Receptions. They are also used in any office where a space is set aside for clients or other to wait. These are less formal and cosier. They are frequently arranged around a low coffee table. The latter in a reception type generally holds an array of newspapers, trade magazines and corporate literature for customers and others to browse through while they are waiting.
In the realm of desks there's everything from the most basic steel item found in areas like car repair shops to and industrial storeroom. Their main function apart from the obvious is to be easy to clean. At the other end of the scale, there are the most sumptuous executive desks for the top managers who perhaps feel they deserve a little pampering.
The top managers, corporation Presidents and senior Vice-Presidents also like to be indulged with impressive heavy boardroom tables that add an air of appropriate importance to the meetings held there. So these can be hand made of expensive wood and even inlaid with leather. All are very impressive.
So apart from the long list of furniture available in the category of "Contemporary" or "Modern", the entire range is also manufactured in Reproduction styling to. Reproduction furnishing is usually chosen to add an appropriate air of timeless excellence, proud heritage and historical continuity to the organisation. You might find such furniture is the public offices of a large long-established Law firm, or a top wine importer.
Finally, the area would be incomplete without mentioning real Antique products. These are usually, though not always, Victorian. Naturally, because much furniture today was developed "for purpose" there is no exact antique version of it. The kind of Office Furniture that did exist then and is sold now as authentic antique furniture, includes many fine pieces. Among these are; impressive single and double pedestal oak desks, cylinder desks fashioned from fine wood, elaborately carved tables, practical meeting room tables, wooden filing cabinets, benches, and hat and coat stands. Finally and crucially, as would be expected, good antique furniture is significantly more expensive that the contemporary or reproduction equivalent.
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