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A real workhorse but still the hot favourite. Runs well under its traditional gold colours but silver and natural are coming up fast on the outside rail!  New punters now tend to hedge their bets with “The gold chair - yet again”.

Band’s Hungarian factory adapted an existing model about 20 years ago to make it stack 10 chairs high, since when the chair has become the UK rental industry’s standard . It is the original banqueting chair, proven over time. Stylish, comfortable, light and strong, it is Cheltenham's "Arkle".It has  starred at many televised award ceremonies and  films including; Four weddings and a funeral, Johnny English.

More about the manufacture of Band bentwood chairs... 

For the past 15 years, Band has named its chairs after racecourses. 

The chair is made of beech from sustainably managed European forests. This hardwood lends itself to the bending process, whereby this close grained wood is steamed and bent into shape, then allowed to dry out, at which point it maintains its new shape. Whilst the time-honoured manufacturing process is highly labour intensive, many of the parts are now made by machine, high frequency equipment CNC routers etc.. Thus critical measurements can be guaranteed to allow joints to fit exactly and chairs to stack compactly 10 high.