Yikes. These chairs are why I doubt I'll buy furniture without seeing it in person in the future. I read the reviews and it seemed that these chairs were fairly substantial, but that is not the case. They are flimsy as can be. You can press on the back cushion and feel all the way through. The corners of the chair seat cushions are literally fabric covered plastic that you are putting the legs into. I can't envision a 250 lb. person actually sitting on these. They don't seem like they would hold up at all.