I’ll give these chairs 1 star because, let’s be honest, it was a very nice looking chair; even looked good in our Den. This chair is like sitting on concrete both on the seat and the back. The average sized person can not fit on it and NO WAY can they recline! It turns into a chair for a Little Person. It was hard for me also to manually push myself back to recline (no lever). We will be returning as soon as we can re-box them. Seriously, don’t buy this chair; you’d be more comfortable standing.