Kennedy Beckett Sofa Chair - Olive Green Velvet

The Kennedy Beckett Sofa Chair in Olive Green Velvet has a low curved profile over a plywood and solid wood frame. The velvet is 90% cotton and 10% polyester, rated 20,000 on the Martindale scale. Cushions are foam filled.

The frame is the part worth knowing about. Plywood with solid timber is a proper furniture-making construction rather than particle board and staples, and it is what determines whether a chair still sits square after a decade rather than loosening at the joints.

Olive velvet is a colour with more range than it sounds. In daylight it reads green; under a lamp it goes closer to a warm brown-gold, because velvet pile shifts tone with the angle of the light. That makes it easier to live with than a flat olive fabric would be. The low, spare profile means the chair sits below most sofa backs, which is what lets it work alongside a larger piece rather than competing with it.