What does the term 'Occasional Chair' mean to you?

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I've been browsing online for armchairs and some of them seem to be labelled as "Occasional Chairs" so I'm wondering what to make of this. I've googled the phrase, and the headline results just state the obvious - that they are chairs intended to be used occasionally. Perhaps it's simply a marketing tag, interchangeable for 'Accent Chair'. But I'm wondering if there's more to it than that - perhaps it means they're more likely to be uncomfortable and/or not very resilient. The chairs I buy will be used 2-3 evenings a week for watching tv, which may or may not be considered occasional. If they split or sag after a few weeks, perhaps the seller will have an excuse to dismiss my complaint, because our usage wasn't 'occasional' enough!

Does anyone have any experience, positive or negative, of Occasional Chairs?

A fancy chair that you wouldn't really sit on!

A chair that sits in the bedroom as an additional wardrobe?

I think it's a word for any chair that has no defined function - so not an armchair, dining chair, desk chair, recliner, etc. etc.

I believe they are meant to be decorative chairs, not for sitting in several times a week.

Occasional use eg in a hallway, bedroom or corner generally decorative

They are individual, not part of a set/suite of furniture.

I don't think it has anything to do with the amount of use they will get and I can't believe that they come with a clause of the amount of times they can be sat on!

a chair that's not very comfortable

Form over function - looks good, not really for using.

The fancy chair in the lounge that nan wouldn't let anyone sit on.

I have what I call an occassional chair but i just mean we only sit on it if all the other chairs are taken. It's the least comfortable chair I have and it's basically my cats chair where I occasionally sit 😆 I know that's not right though

An occasional chair is only a chair on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The rest of the week, it's a table.

A chair in your bedroom to chuck clothes on, or a decorative one anywhere in the house that's only sat on occasionally.

It means if you use it all the time it'll soon break.

It's only a chair when a non-householder is looking.

The rest of the time it's either a wardrobe or a towel rail

It's a chair which identifies as a junk store most of the time unless you have house inspecting guests.

It's a chair which identifies as a junk store most of the time unless you have house inspecting guests.

It's a chair which identifies as a junk store most of the time unless you have house inspecting guests.

It's a piece of furniture that seemed like a good idea at the time but which you quickly realise is not only surplus to requirements but also too uncomfortable to use anyway.

I am sitting on one right now.

A chair that isn't part of a suite?

I'd think decorative - something not practical enough to be a main chair. Not something you'll want to sit on often or for a long period of time - either because it's design is fragile or uncomfortable but nice to look at.

The chair that lives in my bedroom and provides a home for the clothes that are worn and too dirty to make it back into the wardrobe but too clean to go in the wash bin!

They're for when you've got sufficient chairs most of the time, but have an odd corner of your bedroom or lounge where a chair would look good and it can be used in an emergency as an actual chair.

Mostly used to pile clothes on.

An accent chair. I have a very pretty teal velvet one that is placed in the corner of the living room and nobody is allowed to sit on it

Fancy looking but uncomfortable to sit on