So there were two chairs from Ikea with the (as-yet-undiscarded but who knows) table. One, I destroyed a long long time ago, and the other has been more or less intact, but about to collapse for a while. My wife, sensibly, doesn't want to sit on a chair that's more or less intact, but about to collapse. Quite right, too.
Scary how easily it came apart, considering the amount of trust we put into it.