Kennedy Tenner Occasional Chair - Soft Moss Velvet

The Kennedy Tenner Occasional Chair in Soft Moss Velvet is a barrel-shaped chair in a 90% cotton and 10% polyester velvet. The seat sits at 450mm with 540mm of depth and arms at 620mm. It arrives fully assembled.

A cotton-majority velvet is a different material from the polyester velvets that dominate this category. Cotton pile has a softer, less reflective surface and it marks and rubs more readily, which is the trade for a depth of colour that synthetic velvet does not reach.

The 20,000 Martindale rating confirms where this belongs: a bedroom, a reading corner, a formal sitting room used a few times a week. It is not the chair for a family living room. Soft moss is a muted green that reads almost as a neutral against timber, and the barrel form wraps the fabric around a continuous curve so the pile catches light differently on every plane. Foam filling keeps the shape defined rather than letting it slump.