Light grey linen over a tall back, on wooden legs — the Ash High-Back Linen Armchair takes the spot by a window where somebody sits with a coffee before the rest of the house is up. Assembly is required, but this is no flat pack: the carton is close to the size of the finished chair, so the doorway decides delivery day, not the toolkit.

The seat is 53cm deep. If your thigh runs longer than that, your back reaches the backrest while your knees stay off the front edge, and the tall back does the job its name promises. If it runs shorter, you sit on the front half with air behind your spine; a firm cushion closes that gap, and nothing else can — a seat only shortens from behind.

Anyone who would rather not buy a chair that needs a cushion should look at the Niva Linen Armchair, whose seat is 44cm deep.