Our nomination for most versatile chair ever: the folding canvas campaign chair, good for both indoors and outdoors. Here are two options, high and low.
The standard bearer is Mogens Koch’s folding chair, designed in 1932 for a competition on church interiors.
The Mogens Koch 99200 Folding Chair is $855 from Hive; it’s available with either an oil-treated beech or mahogany frame and with a natural canvas or leather cover.
New at Ikea: The Björksnäs Director’s Armchair is $98 and has a solid birch frame (available in either natural or a black stain) and a linen/cotton cover.