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Materials & finishes
What the furniture is actually made of, why we chose it, and how to specify it so the piece that arrives is the piece you approved.
The steel
304-grade stainless steel
Every frame, base and leg starts as 304 stainless — the same grade used where metal has to stay clean and true for decades.
Mild steel is cheaper and easier, and it rusts under a scratched finish. 304 stainless does not. It is heavier, harder to bend and slower to weld, which is why most furniture is not made from it. It is also why ours stays flat, stays true and stays the colour it was on day one.
Sheet is laser-cut on a 2000 × 4000 mm bed, bent on a five-axis press brake up to three metres, and V-grooved for sharp-edged profiles. Every joint is hand-welded and ground flush before polishing.
- 304 grade throughout — no mild-steel substructure
- Laser-cut, press-braked and hand-welded in-house
- Welds ground and mirror-polished before coating
The colour
PVD, not plating
Physical vapour deposition bonds the colour into the steel inside a vacuum chamber. Plating sits on top of it and wears through at the edges.
That is the whole difference, and it is the reason a PVD piece still looks right on the corner everybody touches after years of use. It also means the colour is consistent across a batch, so twenty tables for a lobby come out the same gold.
Four finishes are standard. Gold and rose gold are the colours; mirror and matt are the surface under them — a mirror-polished piece reads brighter, a matt piece reads softer. Ask for a sample and we send the actual finish, not a photograph of it.
- Gold and rose gold PVD colour
- Mirror or matt surface under the colour
- Physical samples before production
- Consistent across a repeat order
The top
Glass, marble, or the stone you have already chosen
A base can carry glass, marble, or a slab a designer has specified elsewhere in the scheme.
Glass keeps a sculptural base visible and suits a smaller room. Marble gives weight and finishes a piece as the centre of a room. Either comes with the table.
If the project already has a stone — the same marble as the reception desk, say — tell us the slab thickness and we build the base to take it, with the fixing detail drawn before production.
- Toughened glass or marble supplied with the piece
- Bases built to carry your specified stone
- Fixing detail drawn and approved first
Specifying a finish
How to write it into a schedule
01
Frame
304-grade stainless steel, laser-cut and hand-welded, welds ground flush and polished.
02
Finish
PVD coating, gold or rose gold, on a mirror or matt surface. Sample to be approved before production.
03
Top
Toughened glass or marble, or stone by others with base built to slab thickness.
04
Size
Length × breadth × height in millimetres. Every design is made to order, so state the size the room needs.
Before you ask
Materials questions
See it in the metal
Ask for a finish sample
A photograph cannot show you the difference between mirror and matt gold. A sample can. Tell us the finish and where to send it.