Beam bench
£3,000 including VAT
1370mm long x 500mm wide x 460mm high. (54” x 19¾” x 18”)
Bench style seating available in ash or walnut with a natural wax/oil finish, stainless steel fittings and rescued leather cover by Elvis & Kresse.
Price with leather cover as shown, leather available in three colourways - Black, Caramel or Shiraz. Other fabrics/leather covers also available subject to a variation in price.
Other woods, sizes and finishes can be made to order.
This piece was awarded The Furniture Makers’ Company, Bespoke Guild Mark no. 250.
The Beam bench is part of the Beam range. Its structure relies on the central beam to both hold the inner legs and connect the inner legs with the outer legs giving it a lighter more playful feel. Originally conceived for gallery seating, Beam Bench is sized for a domestic setting – hallway seating and at the foot of the bed are popular positions. The lightness of its curves and the playfulness of the jointing are now further highlighted by the modular, rescued leather covering added by Elvis & Kresse. The leather cover is held in place by removable stainless steel tubes making it easy to change the cover, swapping colourways with the seasons.
In 2005 Kresse Wesling had a chance meeting with the London Fire Brigade and a very emotional response to their damaged, decommissioned fire hose. It was too heroic and too beautiful for landfill. Somebody had to do something, and those somebodies were Elvis & Kresse (Kresse and her partner James ‘aka Elvis’ Henrit).
They mounted a rescue, and over the last 15 years have saved all of London’s hoses, transforming them into a range of luxury accessories and donating 50% of the profits to the Fire Fighters Charity. From the first day Elvis & Kresse had a unique DNA: rescue, transform, donate.
They are now tackling their greatest ever challenge, the 800,000 tonnes of leather off-cuts generated each year by the global leather industry. Even when the patterns for leather goods are carefully planned to maximise the hides, the process inevitably creates small off cuts. These are high quality, unused, freshly tanned and dyed leather, but fall to the workshop floor as seemingly unusable pieces. Elvis & Kresse has designed a system that transforms these fragments into components, which are then hand woven into a new kind of hide that is unrestricted by size or shape.
If you would like to purchase a Beam bench then either telephone +44 7747 615323 during UK working hours or complete the following form and we will contact you to discuss your options and delivery within 3 working days.
