Tide Isle Dining Chair - Chalk

The Tide Isle Dining Chair in Chalk is a powder-coated aluminium frame with a resin weave and Sunproof Southend 130 upholstery in 100% olefin. The back stands 830mm high, with standard foam cushioning. It suits indoor and outdoor dining alike.

Olefin is the fibre worth knowing here. It resists ultraviolet light at the fibre level rather than through a surface treatment, which means the colour does not wash out the way a coated fabric does once the coating wears. Naming the fabric as Sunproof Southend 130 makes that checkable rather than a claim.

Aluminium is the other half of the argument. It does not rust at all, so a powder-coated aluminium frame outlasts steel in coastal air, and it stays light enough to move a full dining set without help. The trade is that aluminium dents where steel would bend back, so it rewards being lifted rather than dragged.