The  fabric is put on the chair with a zipper along the entire back (vertically) of the chair.  We ordered two chairs.  On both chairs, the zipper is pulled so tight, the zipper is stretched open and the fabric does not cover the zipper.  Doesn't look very good.  The seat cushion is sewn to the chair, it does not come off - so you can't flip it over if one side gets dirty.  Also, the seat cushion is hard as a rock - very, very low quality foam.  We didn't have high expectations given the price, and the chairs basically met our low expectations.