Polycotton is a hard wearing fabric as it is made up of 19% polythene, but as with all deckchairs they are designed to be folded and stored somewhere dry when not in use. A garden shed is ideal.

The history of the garden deck chair can be traced as far back as the ancient Egyptians, but it was John Thomas Moore in 1886 who patented the ‘adjustable folding chair’, the first true garden deck chair. He manufactured them in Macclesfield and was responsible for many of the chairs supplied to the famous passenger liners like The Titanic. From the 1880s they became common place on ships and at the seaside. Since the 1940s deckchairs have made their way onto lawns, cricket pitches, tennis courts, patios and almost anywhere where portable, robust but above all comfortable seating is required.