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Velvet and deep buttoning were made for one another, though it took the furniture world rather a long time to admit it. The tufting pulls the pile into a diamond lattice that holds light in the hollows and releases it across the raised sections, which is why a velvet chair seems to change color as you walk around it.
Leather has always been the traditional route and it remains a beautiful one, yet a hide reflects light evenly across its surface in a way that flattens the buttoning slightly. Velvet does the opposite entirely, turning every button into a small pool of shadow and every curve into something that shifts as the afternoon moves across the room.
Here is the part that surprises people, because velvet is not one fabric at all.
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The argument for velvet on a chair is stronger than the argument for velvet on a sofa, which sounds counterintuitive until you think about the surface area involved. A bold color across four seats dominates a room entirely, while the same color on a single chair reads as confident and deliberate.
The weave matters as much as the color, since the same shade reads quite differently depending on which velvet carries it. Every cloth we upholster in is set out in full over on Our Fabric.
MATT VELVET
The most understated of the three, with a low sheen that keeps the color even and calm across the whole chair. It suits people who want the depth of velvet without the drama of a high shine.
VINTAGE VELVET
A slightly distressed finish that gives the pile a lived-in quality from the first day, which sits beautifully alongside antique leathers and period furniture elsewhere in the room.
NAPLES VELVET
The most luxurious of the three, with a dense pile and a noticeable sheen that makes jewel shades genuinely luminous under lamplight.
BUTTONED OR CUSHION SET
A buttoned seat carries the tufting unbroken from back to base and shows the velvet at its most dramatic, while a cushion seat gives a softer sit with slightly less pattern.
Shade changes the mood of a room far more than the design of the chair does, so it is worth watching your light through a full day before committing.
Green Chesterfield velvets in bottle, forest and sage are the most requested of all, since green sits naturally alongside wood, brass and plants. Blue Chesterfield shades from deep navy through cobalt to powder blue suit both traditional rooms and considerably more modern ones.
Pink Chetserfield in blush and dusty rose softens a room beautifully, while hot pink turns the chair into pure statement. Grey Chesterfield velvets in steel and dove are the safest way into color, reading as texture rather than as a bold decision.
Warm brown Chesterfield velvets in Chocolate, Latte, Nutmeg, Hazelnut, Mocha and Mink bring cozy depth without heaviness. Black Chesterfield velvet is sharper and more contemporary than black leather, with the pile keeping it from feeling flat.
Velvet works hardest when the room around it stays relatively quiet, which is exactly why it suits simpler interiors so well.
Soft white and warm neutral walls let a jewel shade become the obvious focal point, while deeper walls in forest green or ink blue create a richer, more enveloping corner where the chair reads as part of the architecture. Warm plaster and clay tones flatter both the pile and the leg finish beautifully.
When it comes to the chair itself, the Geneva Chesterfield Armchair shows velvet at its simplest with nothing distracting from the pile, while the Audley Chesterfield Wing Chair gives a saturated color considerably more surface to be admired across.
A Chesterfield ottoman in the same velvet completes the lounging position and ages at exactly the same rate.
Every chair is handmade in Britain using time honored techniques, so each seam reflects the care that goes into a piece built to last generations, and every frame carries our lifetime guarantee.
Velvet has an undeserved reputation for being delicate, largely because people confuse it with silk. A modern upholstery velvet is a hardwearing cloth that simply asks for a particular kind of attention.
Every piece is made to order in Manchester and arrives at your US home within eight to ten weeks, delivered white glove.
None at all, since we absorb every import cost on US orders, so the price you see is what you pay.
It is more resilient than people expect, though claws can pull the pile, so leather remains the safer choice in a house full of cats.
The pile lies in different directions across the buttoning, which is exactly the quality that makes velvet worth choosing.
The shade holds essentially as it arrives, provided the chair is kept out of prolonged direct sunlight through the afternoon.
Nearly every design can be upholstered in velvet, and custom combinations are possible when a piece is made to order.
