Description
In Spanish, alba is the break of day, the hour when the light is white and cool. The armchair carries the name visibly: a pale faux leather cover, a chrome-plated frame, nothing dark about it.
Beneath the cover sits dense polyurethane foam, with a softer filling in the back cushion – a firm seat, a yielding back. The armrests are upholstered too and covered in the same material.
The armchair is made by Angel Cerdá in Spain. The frame of chrome-plated steel reflects the room; the armchair itself stays calm.
On the material
Metal in the living space: why brass tarnishes and stainless steel does not
Metal is the only material in the living space where almost everything you see is only a few micrometres thick. The core of a lamp base made of chrome-plated steel has nothing to do with how the piece looks. What makes the impression is a layer thinner than a sheet of paper.
Almost everything practical follows from this: why brass tarnishes and stainless steel does not, why a scratch disappears on one and stays on the other, and why “stainless” does not mean that a brown spot never appears.
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