The ideal dining table: 8 people

Linoleum tabletop with straight 90° edge

The cores of the tabletops with straight edges consist of either Valchromat, which is a through-coloured MDF (in grey) or birch chipboard in two different thicknesses. The edges of these tabletop are not fitted with edge bands but are instead untreated and sanded. This open-pored table edge is possible because both types of the tabletop cores are moisture resistant and resilient. If you want, the edge can be treated and sealed with BIOFARBEN hard oil or work top oil.

The standard procedure with the tabletop corners is to round them off with a small 3 mm diameter; optionally, you can have the corners rounded even more to a 25 mm or a 50 mm radius.

The given thickness of a tabletop always refers to the total thickness: tabletop core plus 2 mm linoleum.

MDF tabletops require supporting rails beneath them because they are not all that sturdy - they will otherwise tend to sag even when spanning over a relatively short distance. This makes them particularly suitable for use with our MODULOR TABLE SYSTEMS and also with the E2 table frame if the corresponding tabletop supporter accessories are put to use. The multiplex panels that are only 20 mm thick require rails for support when serving as tabletops while those that are 26 mm thick can indeed be lain on a 1300 mm wide E2 table frame without the need for the tabletop supporter accessories.

Linoleum is made from renewable raw materials such as wood, granulated cork, linseed oil and jute. Its homogeneous, matte but nevertheless non-slip surface is perfect for drawing or writing. They make, then, great writing tables but can be used as shelving or kitchen counters as well (short-term heat-resistance up to 70°C ).

The material feels good to the touch, has anti-bacterial and antistatic properties and conducts electricity (its bleeder and contact resistance is between app. 10⁹ and 10¹⁰ Ω). Because of these attributes, linoleum covered table tops are perfect for use in the therapeutic and technical realms.

The colour of the linoleum coating that you see at the time of delivery will change slightly with time. The reason for this is the light yellow “drying-oven film” which will eventually disappear after the coating has been out in the daylight for a number of hours.

Care and cleaning of linoleum is best done with special agents like HARELL CARE and CLEANING SET FOR LINOLEUM, which, together with comprehensive instructions for use, can be found in our product assortment.

The Arno, which was designed in the 1950´s at L.&C. Arnold (Schorndorf), was manufactured at Stendal up until the 1960´s but then fell out of production during the DDR times. Arno has been produced once again in the Stendal Collection since 1998.

Arno consists of a continuous steel tube frame which describes the legs, runners and backrest attachment area together with the backrest and the seat, which are separate, each being made of shaped wood. The backrest provides very good comfort as a result of the springiness derived from this special geometry: even large people can sit in this compact chair for a long time. The Arno finds its best use in situations where, because of space limitations, a compact solution to seating is required: for example, at a dining table, in waiting areas, conference rooms as well as in cafeterias.

The furniture manufacturer L&C Stendal has a long tradition in Germany. In 1889 Louis Arnold, an iron dealer, and his son Carl founded the iron furniture factory L.&C. Arnold in Stendal which, beginning in 1926, specialized in the production of garden furniture and bed frames and developed into the leading steel tube manufacturer in Europe. The foldable garden chair No. 2 was an especially popular best seller, one which even today is considered a true classic among beer garden chairs. In 1927 L.&C. Arnold displayed at the Werkbund (Work Federation) Exhibition “The Domicile” in Stuttgart a “device” designed by Mart Stam and manufactured by Arnold: the first chair without hind legs (cantilever chair). A close relationship developed in those years between Stendal and the designers from the Bauhaus School with the result that many of those designs were produced by Stendal. After 1945 the factory in Stendal was called “VEB STIMA”; it manufactured chairs, tables and beds for the DDR market and for export. After Germany reunited, the company concentrated more and more on the production of Bauhaus furniture classics and expanded that program with the “Stendal Collection” in which re-editions from the 1950´s as well as new designs were manufactured with the same demands for quality and consistent design that had always been its hallmark.

Ergonomic sitting with a minimalist look and wide variation possibilities were the main focus for the designer duo, Geckeler Michels, in the development of Glyph. Thus an entire chair family was created from a seat shell veneered with ash in various colors and four different frames.

With the seat shell, the designers have exhausted the limits of the three-dimensional deformability of ordinary moulded wood venners: The edge area of the seat surface is shaped downwards in a soft curve; comfortable for your thighs even if you turn to the side. Reduced material thickness in the back area ensures a pleasantly springy backrest.

With the Glyph office chair you can choose between two different base crosses: A 4-star turnstile with foot gliders, or a 5-star turnstile with castors: Office chair Glyph, turnstile with castors.

For your meeting or waiting area in the office or for the dining table at home, we also have Glyph as a light four-legged variant, option with or without armests.

Ergonomic sitting with a minimalist look and wide variation possibilities were the main focus for the designer duo, Geckeler Michels, in the development of Glyph. Thus an entire chair family was created from a seat shell veneered with ash in various colors and four different frames.

With the seat shell, the designers have exhausted the limits of the three-dimensional deformability of ordinary moulded wood venners: The edge area of the seat surface is shaped downwards in a soft curve; comfortable for your thighs even if you turn to the side. Reduced material thickness in the back area ensures a pleasantly springy backrest.

With the Glyph office chair you can choose between two different base crosses: A 5-star turnstile with castors, or A 4-star turnstile with foot gliders: Office chair Glyph, turnstile with glides.

For your meeting or waiting area in the office or for the dining table at home, we also have Glyph as a light four-legged variant, option with or without armests.

These blanks of wool felt are intended as seat covers, but there is nothing against using them as a placemat in an unusual shape. With a diameter of 33 centimeters, they are a bit larger than a long-playing plate and large enough for a large plate with cutlery. With spray adhesive, they are easy to attach to a wooden base as a seat, for example.

Felt is a natural product, which is why there may be color variations. These do not represent a defect, but result from the uniqueness of the material felt and can not be influenced.

These pads are cut from wool felt and were intended for use on seats but there is nothing that says that they cannot be used as an interestingly shaped place mat set.

Felt is a natural product, which is why there may be color variations. These do not represent a defect, but result from the uniqueness of the material felt and can not be influenced.