Warm clay sits at the warm end of neutral, so whatever else is doing that job — a rug, a timber floor, brickwork — is what the Mocha Chenille Armchair gets judged by. Low-backed and deep in the seat, it ends up in the open half of an open-plan lounge, not tucked against a wall. Look underneath before you decide: the legs are moulded plastic with a timber grain on them, not wood.

The back tops out at 74cm off the floor. Take a tape to the back of your own sofa and see which of the two is taller, because that difference is what lets this one stand in the middle of a room instead of against a wall: from the kitchen you see over it, and whoever is sitting in it is not parked behind a slab of upholstery.