Bentley Home uses marble powder fabric for its new collection

Bentley Motors and Bentley Home are introducing the new latest collaboration: The 2021 Collection.  Four bold new furniture designs are revealed today each featuring a combination of unique materials and finishes that blend innovation, technology and fine craft. The Aldford Table, the Ramsey Sofa and Loveseat and the Styal Desk, elegantly sport a unique lacquered finish and a new fabric produced from marble powder among a choice of finishes.

Strong, distinctive lines and timeless shapes characterize the new furniture designs by Carlo Colombo in close collaboration with Bentley Design, and introduce Bentley Home’s new Degradé lacquering and new MARM \ MORE® marble powder fabric.  Degradé lacquering is key to the overall aesthetic of the 2021 Bentley Home Collection.

Before the Degradé essence can be created, a coat of varnish is hand-applied to protect the wood. A craftsman must then use an airbrush to apply the color by hand, with just the right dose of lacquer, gradually drawing away from the wood to accentuate the color gradient and faithfully replicate every detail of the natural shading. After this long process, a round of polishing is required to give the product body, depth and solidity. Four coats of varnish are then applied before a final round of polishing.

The finish is brought to life in a variety of options: Deep Ocean, Midnight Walnut, Black Kenya, Dark Shadow, Rust Degradé, Silver Degradé and Bronze Degradé.  Each of these options is characterized by subtle nuances which range from black, to distinctive metallic colors.

MARM \ MORE® is an innovative, ethical new fabric making its debut in the furniture world, developed and patented for Bentley Home.  The new fabric utilizes the genuine dust that is a bi-product of marble production. Sourced and produced in Italy from start to finish.  MARM \ MORE® is available in a choice of two different colors: light grey and natural green, each with a matte finish. 

Developing the new fabric was a complex and lengthy process. Production of the fabric requires the powder from high quality marble to be mixed with a special composite to obtain a liquid microfilm. The microfilm recipe is then coupled with the selected cotton base textile to produce this unique fabric finish.

Styal

The new Styal Desk is broken down into four elements, subdivided by a metal profile, which can be covered in either leather or veneer. The desktop is punctuated with a gun metal grey insert: a visual “incision” that accentuates its sculptural profile, governing its lines and leading the curves at either end. The structure and top can be customized in a choice of: Warm Grey Fiddleback Sycamore, Smoked Liquidambar or Burr Walnut root, with a glossy, brushed finishing. Alternatively, leather-covered top can be chosen. Finished in wood with metallic finishing in gun metal grey.

Aldford

Design and art come together in the clean, sleek lines of the new Aldford Table, with both rectangular and circular versions available to choose from. Legs taper up from the floor and meet under the top in a single form, accentuating the sense of lightness and suspension. The design is enhanced by the three layers that make up the tabletop: the underside is lacquered in glossy black, and a metal profile runs around the perimeter.     

Customers can choose from three finishes for the legs: Burr Walnut, Smoked Liquid Ambar, or leather-covered. The top is available in Calacatta or Valentine Grey marble, or glossy Burr Walnut, Smoked Liquid Amber or Warm Grey Fiddleback Sycamore. Degradé lacquering is applied to all wood finishes. 

Ramsey

The Ramsey range appears to defy gravity: its seat is suspended off the floor, and its tapered shell flows into armrests that reach upwards like outstretched wings. The lines are delicate, split only by a transparent panel between the seat and backrest. A gun metal grey insert frames the profile, reaching down below the seat, emphasizing the apparent defiance of gravity.     

With graceful proportions, the Ramsey Loveseat is the first loveseat conceived by Bentley Home. It is therefore fitting that this design proposes a new dimension of luxury through its evolving spatial requirements, that will suit the most contemporary of homes, both alongside or independently from the Ramsey Sofa.     

Both the sofa and loveseat are available in a choice of coverings: Warm Grey Fiddleback Sycamore, Smoked Liquidambar, Burr Walnut root, or alternatively, covered in leather or the marble powder fabric. Degradé lacquering is also applied to the wood finishes.