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Chivari Glossary of Product & Event Industry Terms
A reference for Chivari's team and customers — covering our seating, table, stage, dance floor, bar, and tent product lines, plus the terminology used across the event and hospitality rental industry.
Seating & Chairs
Chiavari Chair
A lightweight, armless banquet chair with a slightly tapered, spindle-back frame, originally handcrafted in Chiavari, Italy in the early 1800s. It's become the standard event chair for weddings, banquets, and galas, and is now produced in wood, resin, and metal versions.
Resin Folding Chair
A folding chair molded from durable polypropylene resin rather than wood or metal. Valued by rental fleets and venues for its light weight, weather resistance, and low maintenance.
ToughWood™
Chivari's branded hardwood construction used across its wood chair and table lines — sustainably farmed hardwood, reinforced leg joints, and a multi-coat finish built to hold up to repeated event setup and breakdown.
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WoodGrain™ Resin
Chivari's resin finish that replicates the look of natural wood grain on a folding or Chiavari-style chair — the appearance of a wood chair at resin weight and price.
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Steel Skeleton™
Chivari's internal steel-reinforced frame built into resin chair and table legs to add rigidity and raise weight capacity beyond a standard all-resin frame.
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Steel Core / Non-Steel Core
Describes whether a resin chair's legs contain an internal steel reinforcement (steel core) or are molded resin only (non-steel core). Steel-core chairs generally carry a higher weight rating.
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Grass & Sand Series
Chivari's outdoor-rated resin chair collection, built for use on grass, sand, and other uneven or exposed event surfaces.
Cross Back Chair
A wood chair with an X-shaped back design, popular for rustic and farmhouse-style weddings.
Ladder Back Chair
A chair with horizontal slats stacked up the back like the rungs of a ladder — a longtime restaurant and banquet staple.
Bentwood Chair
A chair built from wood steamed and bent into curved frame pieces rather than cut and joined, associated with classic café and bistro seating.
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Wishbone Chair
A wood chair with a V-shaped ("wishbone") back support, often paired with a woven rope or cord seat.
Bistro Chair
A higher-seated chair suited to bar-height tables, typically used for casual dining, patio seating, and cocktail hours.
Ghost Chair
A transparent, molded acrylic or polycarbonate chair, usually in a Louis-style silhouette, used for a modern, see-through look at upscale events.
Willow Chair
A wood banquet chair with a wide, slightly curved back and tapered legs — a step up in style from a standard folding chair.
Oval Back Chair
A banquet or dining chair with an oval-shaped backrest.
Louis Chair (Pop Chair)
A chair styled after French Louis-era furniture — curved legs and an ornate back — often reproduced in resin ("Pop" versions) for event use.
Tolix-Style Chair
A stamped-metal chair styled after the original French Tolix design, common in industrial-look venues and restaurants.
High Back Chair
A chair with an extended backrest for a more formal, throne-like presence, often used for head tables or ceremony seating.
Metal Folding Chair
A folding chair with a steel or aluminum frame — the standard low-cost option for large-capacity seating.
Banquet Chair
General term for a chair designed for stacking, storage, and repeated transport in event and hospitality use, rather than everyday home use.
Ganging / Ganging Clips
Hardware that locks folding chairs together side-by-side in a row, keeping rows straight and chairs from shifting during an event.
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Stackable
A chair or table designed to stack vertically on top of identical units for compact storage.
Nesting
Furniture designed so one unit's legs or frame slide partially inside the next for compact, space-efficient storage — common with stack chairs and some folding tables.
Weight Capacity
The manufacturer-rated maximum load a chair or table is built to safely support.
Seat Height / Seat Width / Seat Depth
Standard chair spec measurements: seat height is floor-to-seat-top; width and depth define the usable seat surface.
Armless / Arm Chair
Denotes whether a chair includes armrests. Armless chairs allow tighter row spacing at banquet tables.
Padded Seat
A seat with an added cushioned layer, as opposed to a hard resin or wood seat — typically upholstered in vinyl or fabric.
Rental-Grade
Furniture built and finished to withstand the frequency of setup, breakdown, and transport typical of a rental fleet or high-volume venue, as opposed to residential-grade furniture.
Tables
Banquet Table
A folding table sized and built for event use, typically round or rectangular, with a plywood, resin, or laminate top.
Serpentine Table
A curved banquet table that links with straight sections to build S-curves and crescents — common for buffet lines and dessert displays.
Farm Table
A long, rustic wood table — often with a fluted, straight, or X-leg style — evoking a communal, farmhouse dining look; popular for weddings and rustic-themed events.
Fluted Leg / Straight Leg / X-Leg
The three common farm table leg profiles: fluted (grooved, decorative), straight (simple square or round leg), and X-leg (crossed leg support for a rustic, trestle look).
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Cocktail Table
A small, round table sized for standing conversation rather than seated dining, typically 24"–36" in diameter.
High-Boy / Highboy
A cocktail table built to standing/bar height (roughly 42"), used for mingling during receptions and cocktail hours.
Counter-Height Table
A table built to counter height (roughly 34"–36"), between standard dining height and bar height.
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Bar-Height Table
A table built to bar height (roughly 40"–42"), paired with bar stools.
Metal Edge
A folding table edge finished with a metal binding strip for extra durability against chipping and wear — a hallmark of commercial-grade folding tables.
Plywood Core
A table top built around a plywood substrate rather than solid wood or plastic, balancing weight, cost, and durability.
Farm Table Conversion Kit
Hardware and leg components that convert a standard banquet table into a farm-table look, without buying a new table outright.
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Steel Skeleton™ Table Base
Chivari's internal steel-reinforced folding base used under plastic or plywood table tops for added stability and weight rating.
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Bar Systems & Back Bar
Modular Folding Bar
A portable bar built from individual folding sections that connect to form bars of varying lengths and configurations.
Portable Bar
Any freestanding, transportable bar unit sized for event use, as opposed to a fixed, built-in bar.
Back Bar
A shelving or display unit set behind a portable bar for bottle and glassware storage and display.
Bar Stool
A stool built to bar height, typically a 28"–30" seat height, for use at a bar or high-top table.
HPL (High-Pressure Laminate)
A hard-wearing surface material made by fusing resin-saturated paper layers under heat and pressure. Used for bar fronts, tabletops, and dance floor panels because it resists scratching, moisture, and stains far better than painted wood.
Reversible Panel Front
A bar panel finished on both sides in different colors or styles, letting the same bar unit be reconfigured for a different look without buying new panels.
Cocktail Table Cover
A fitted fabric cover, often stretch spandex, sized to slip over a round cocktail table for a clean, seamless look.
Stages & Dance Floors
StandUp Stage
Chivari's branded portable stage platform system.
Portable Stage
A modular, transportable raised platform assembled from interlocking deck sections, used for performances, head tables, and presentations.
Stage Deck / Platform
The flat panel section that forms the walking surface of a portable stage.
Stage Legs
The height-adjustable supports that raise a stage deck off the floor.
Stage Steps
Prefabricated stair units that provide safe access up to a raised stage platform.
Stage Guard Rail
A railing that attaches to the edge of a raised stage platform to prevent falls.
Stage Skirt
A fabric panel that hangs from the edge of a stage platform to the floor, concealing the legs and understructure.
Stage Clamp
Hardware used to lock adjoining stage deck sections together so the platform doesn't shift under load.
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Cam-Lock System
A quarter-turn locking mechanism used to join dance floor or stage panels quickly and securely without tools.
Portable Dance Floor
A modular flooring system of interlocking panels that can be assembled on-site over any surface to create a temporary dance floor.
Dance Floor Panel
An individual interlocking section of a portable dance floor system.
Dance Floor Edge / Trim
The finishing strip along the outer border of an assembled dance floor that covers the raw panel edges and transitions to the surrounding floor.
Dance Floor Cart
A wheeled cart built to store and transport stacked dance floor panels.
GSM (Grams per Square Meter)
The standard measure of fabric weight and density, used to describe polyester used in stage skirts, table linens, and drapery. Higher GSM generally means a heavier, more opaque, higher-end fabric.
Tents & Outdoor Structures
Pole Tent
A tent design supported by center poles and perimeter staking, creating the classic peaked-roof profile. Requires more staking area than a frame tent.
Frame Tent
A tent supported entirely by an external metal frame with no center poles, allowing full use of the interior floor space — commonly used on pavement or where staking isn't possible.
Tent Sidewall
A fabric panel, solid or clear, that hangs along the open sides of a tent for weather protection or enclosure.
Tent Jack
The hardware component that raises and holds tension in a tent's center pole.
InstaTent
A pre-engineered, quick-deploy tent structure and top bundle designed for fast setup without a separate frame purchase.
Drop Cloth
A liner hung beneath a tent's ceiling structure for a finished interior look and added weather protection.
Grommet / Guy Line
A grommet is a reinforced hole in tent fabric that hardware passes through; a guy line is a tensioned rope or cable that anchors and stabilizes a tent structure.
Crowd Control & Event Accessories
Stanchion
A freestanding post, usually with a weighted base, used with rope or belt barriers to direct foot traffic or rope off areas.
Weighted Base
The heavy bottom component of a stanchion that keeps it upright and stable.
Base Cover
A decorative cover that conceals a stanchion's weighted base.
Crown
The decorative cap piece at the top of a stanchion pole where the rope or clip attaches.
Aisle Rope
A rope, usually attached between stanchions, used to line a ceremony aisle or cordon off an area.
Carts & Dollies
Wheeled equipment used to move stacked chairs, tables, or dance floor panels between storage and the event floor.
Chair Parts
Replacement components — feet, glides, brackets, hardware — sold to repair and extend the life of banquet chairs already in a fleet.
Pipe and Drape
A freestanding system of metal upright and crossbar pipes with fabric draped over them, used to create backdrops, room dividers, or to conceal storage and back-of-house areas.
Riser
A small support, often plastic or acrylic, placed under a buffet plate or serving dish to add visual height to a display.
Charger Plate
A large decorative plate placed under the dinner plate as a table-setting accent; removed before the entrée course.
Linens, Cushions & Soft Goods
Chiavari Cushion
A seat cushion sized and shaped specifically for a Chiavari chair's seat frame, typically attached with straps or ties.
Panel Back Cushion
A cushion that covers both the seat and the back panel of a chair, rather than the seat alone.
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Cross Back Cushion
A cushion cut and attached to fit the seat of a cross-back style chair.
Velcro-Strap Cushion
A cushion that attaches to a chair seat using hook-and-loop straps rather than ties or a fitted sleeve.
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Cushion Sham
A removable fabric cover that slips over a cushion, letting a rental fleet change color or pattern without buying new cushions.
Linen
General trade term for any tablecloth, napkin, or table covering used at events, regardless of the actual fiber content.
Lace Overlay
A decorative lace panel layered on top of a base tablecloth.
Grass Matting
A synthetic turf-look matting laid over any surface to create a grass-like subfloor for outdoor-style events.
Event Industry & Rental Operations Terms
Banquet Event Order (BEO)
The detailed order document a venue or caterer produces for an event, spelling out room setup, timing, food and beverage, and equipment needs.
Pull Sheet
An internal warehouse document listing everything that needs to be picked, loaded, and delivered for a specific order.
Damage Waiver
An optional fee charged to a renter that limits their liability for minor accidental damage to rented equipment.
Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
The smallest quantity a supplier will sell or ship on a given item — common in wholesale furniture purchasing.
Drop Ship
A fulfillment method where a supplier ships an order directly to the end customer on a retailer's behalf, rather than the retailer holding the inventory.
Wholesale vs. Retail
Wholesale pricing is offered to businesses buying in bulk for resale or fleet use; retail pricing is offered to individual end consumers buying smaller quantities.
Rental ROI
A calculation of how many rental cycles it takes a piece of furniture to pay back its purchase price, and the profit it generates after that break-even point.
Turnover
The process of clearing, resetting, and re-setting a room or space between two back-to-back events.
Load-In / Load-Out
The process of delivering and setting up equipment before an event (load-in) and removing it afterward (load-out).
Place Setting
The full arrangement of dinnerware, glassware, and flatware set at a single guest's spot at the table.
Action Station
A live food-service area where a chef prepares or finishes food in front of guests.
Final Guarantee
The final confirmed guest count a client gives a caterer or venue, used to lock in food and staffing needs.
French Service
A style of meal service where dishes are placed on the table for guests to serve themselves, rather than being plated individually.
Site Visit / Survey
A planner's or vendor's walkthrough of a venue before the event to confirm layout, access, and setup requirements.
Auditorium-Style Seating
Rows of chairs facing a single focal point with no tables — used for lectures, ceremonies, and presentations.
Classroom-Style Seating
Rows of tables and chairs facing a single focal point — used for trainings and seminars.
Chevron Seating
Classroom- or theater-style seating arranged at an angle rather than in straight rows, angled toward the front of the room.
Hollow Square Seating
Tables arranged in a square or rectangle with the center left open — typically used for board meetings and discussions.
Banquet Round
A round table — most often 60" (seats 8) or 72" (seats 10) — sized specifically for banquet-style seated dining.
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Turnkey Event
An event package or setup delivered fully ready for use, requiring no additional assembly or coordination from the client.
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