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£ 47,385
Twenty-four leathers, each with an Italian name: the Altagamma desk by Estel
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Bianco, Oyster, Cognac, Marsala, Fango, Grigio Salvia, Oceano, Nero. Estel’s sample book lists twenty-four Pelle Soft colours for Altagamma, and each keeps its Italian name on the swatch. The leather dresses the top, the modesty panel and the typing return of the Life version; Estel’s Product Care adds that it comes from Italian tanneries and is cleaned with a dry cloth, never water.
Under the leather the desk is a frame: legs of aluminium, 11 cm (4⅜ in) in profile, 15 mm (⅝ in) thick, finished in pewter quartz, matt bronze or steel-anodised aluminium. Between them the modesty panel, finished like the top, holds the cable compartment. Among designer desks, this one carries a single finish across top and modesty panel, the side the visitor faces: design Estel R&D, no outside signature.
Room by room, the collection follows the leather. In the office: the 75 cm (29½ in) fixed desk, 180 to 240 cm (70⅞ to 94½ in) long; the version with a service unit in a corner layout; and Altagamma Life, whose surface climbs to 125 cm (49¼ in). In the boardroom: the meeting desk, leather in the centre and clear glass at the sides, then conference tables up to 600 cm (236¼ in). In the executive suite, drawer units and H87 cabinets close the set.
La Mercanti puts the Italian name of the leather on the quotation line, exactly as Estel’s sample book spells it, so the colour survives the translation.
Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.
Collection: Altagamma, Executive & Meeting chapter of the Executive & Common Area catalogue: executive desks, meeting desks, conference tables and storage units
Manufacturer: Estel Group, Thiene (Vicenza)
Design: Estel R&D
What it is: an executive desk on an aluminium frame base, with a modesty panel wired for the cables; fixed version at H 75 cm (29½ in) and Sit&Stand version from 75 to 125 cm (29½ to 49¼ in)
Base: aluminium legs, 11 cm (4⅜ in) profile and 15 mm (⅝ in) thickness; finishes steel-anodised aluminium, matt bronze, pewter quartz
Modesty panel: 11 cm (4⅜ in) thick, finished like the top; houses the electrification compartment; in veneer on the versions with service unit, Life and glass-with-panel
Tops: 30 mm (1⅛ in) MDF panel faced in veneer, Ecopelle Time or Pelle Soft; clear glass 15 mm (⅝ in); Life tops 50 mm (2 in)
Veneers: Eucalipto Naturale, Eucalipto Scuro, Noce Canaletto, Rovere Dark, Rovere Naturale (Estel sample book)
Pelle Soft: 24 named colours, from Bianco to Nero
Ecopelle Time: 24 coded variants
Fixed desk: 180 × 90 cm (70⅞ × 35⅜ in), 210 × 100 cm (82⅝ × 39⅜ in), 240 × 100 cm (94½ × 39⅜ in), H 75 cm (29½ in); GAA54, GAA51, GAA52; in glass 180 × 90 and 210 × 100, GAZ94 and GAZ91
Desk with service unit: 210 × 170 cm (82⅝ × 66⅞ in), H 75; GAZ00 and GAZ04, right or left; top 210 × 90 cm (82⅝ × 35⅜ in), unit 190 × 50 cm (74¾ × 19⅝ in), 57 cm (22½ in) high; modesty panel, side panels and unit in veneer
Sit&Stand with service unit: 210 × 170, top from 75 to 125 cm (29½ to 49¼ in), GAZ10 and GAZ14, right or left
Life version: 210 or 240 × 100, top rising from 75 to 125, GAA70-GAA92, right or left, top access always included; with fixed typing return 120 × 60 cm (47¼ × 23⅝ in): 210 or 240 × 220 cm (82⅝ or 94½ × 86⅝ in), GAA75-GAA78; rising return as an option declared in the catalogue
Meeting desk: 240 and 280 × 120 cm (94½ and 110¼ × 47¼ in), H 75, central top in veneer, ecoleather or leather with glass sides, GAZ20 and GAZ22; all glass GAZ80 and GAZ82; Pelle Soft with veneer sides 240, 280 and 300 cm (118⅛ in), GAZ26-GAZ30
Conference tables: round Ø 130 and 150 cm (51⅛ and 59 in); square 160 × 160 cm (63 × 63 in); rectangular 320 and 360 × 120 cm (126 and 141¾ × 47¼ in), 420, 480 and 600 × 140 cm (165⅜, 189 and 236¼ × 55⅛ in); octagonal 600 × 120/140; H 75; glass, veneer, ecoleather, leather and combinations
Electrification: top access double-sided or framed, in leather or wood; glass cannot be wired with top access; cable port as standard on the tables in veneer, ecoleather and leather; modules Tipo 1 GC030 (3 Schuko + 2 RJ45 cat. 6), Tipo 2 GC032 (3 Schuko + 2 RJ45 + 2 USB 5 V), Tipo 3 GC034 (3 Schuko + 2 RJ45 + HDMI + USB), Tipo 4 GC036 (3 Schuko + 2 USB 5 V), black, 38 or 45 cm (15 or 17¾ in) long, 6 cm (2⅜ in) deep, 4 or 4.5 cm (1⅝ or 1¾ in) high, with 220 V interlocked connector; Tipo 2 and 3 not for the service unit; cable GC090 H05 VV-F 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) with Schuko plug and GST 18-3 socket; international standards on request
Collection storage: a family worked at 45°: drawer units 66 × 47 × 58 cm (26 × 18½ × 22⅞ in) with three drawers or with drawer and filing drawer on a fifth castor, recessed handle in brushed steel; service units L 74, 102 and 122 cm (29⅛, 40⅛ and 48 in), 68 × 66 cm (26¾ × 26 in), on feet or on castors; H 87 cm (34¼ in) cabinets L 100, 150, 180 and 200 cm (39⅜, 59, 70⅞ and 78¾ in), P 46 cm (18⅛ in), and compositions 220, 240 and 320 cm (86⅝, 94½ and 126 in) with a glass central top; fridge fitting on L 180 and L 240
Veneer care: dry cloth; neutral detergent with a barely damp cloth; never microfibre, acids or alkalis; silicone-free polish at most once a year
Leather and ecoleather care: Pelle Soft never with water or detergents, soft dry cloth, brush or low-power vacuum; Ecopelle Time with liquid soap and warm water, cold rinse; sanitiser recommended by Estel Care
Glass and aluminium care: glass with a damp cloth or glass cleaner, alcohol-based sanitisers, limited load capacity; anodised aluminium with neutral detergent, never acids or lemon juice, 70% alcohol to sanitise
Recommended room: 18-23 °C, relative humidity 45-60%, at least 10 mm (⅜ in) from the wall
Files available: technical data from the price list, Executive & Common Area catalogue, Product Care
In the catalogue settings: Embrasse Office seating, Dolly sofa and armchairs, Libra bookcase, Deck storage units, E-Wall wall units
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Three Schuko sockets and then what: which power modules fit Altagamma?
Four, all black, all with an interlocked 220 V connector. Tipo 1 (GC030) carries three Schuko sockets and two RJ45 cat. 6 ports for data and telephone; Tipo 2 (GC032) adds two 5 V USB chargers; Tipo 3 (GC034) swaps those for an HDMI coupler and a USB coupler; Tipo 4 (GC036) pairs three Schuko with two USB chargers. One restriction is printed in the price list: Tipo 2 and Tipo 3 are not available for the service unit, so a desk with the cabinet takes Tipo 1 or Tipo 4.
A fifth castor on a drawer unit: what is it for on Altagamma?
It belongs to GA381, the drawer unit that pairs a drawer with a deep drawer for files and objects: the price list adds that this deep drawer is fitted with a fifth castor. Its sibling GA380 carries three drawers and no extra wheel. Both units are 66 × 47 × 58 cm (26 × 18½ × 22⅞ in), roll on castors and open with a recessed grip whose back is brushed steel; the finishes follow the desk, from veneer to the leathers. Estel names the fifth castor and the code tells the two units apart.
Does the Altagamma conference table come with a cable port as standard?
Yes, on the tables with a veneered, ecoleather or leather top: the price list writes that the cable port is standard there, round or square, and not available on the glass tops. On the rectangular and octagonal tables the cabling has a second route, the double-sided top access, again excluded on clear glass. On the round and square tables the port is the only cable route the price list shows for those two shapes.
Where in Italy is Altagamma manufactured?
In Thiene, Vicenza province, where Estel Group has its address at Via S. Rosa 70 and signs the design as Estel R&D, with no outside designer on the drawing. The three documents published for the collection all come from there: the technical data of the price list Executive & Common Area, the catalogue with the room settings and the Product Care manual on cleaning.
When the Altagamma top rises to standing height, does its cabinet follow?
No. On GAZ10 and GAZ14 the writing surface travels between 75 and 125 cm (29½ and 49¼ in); the service unit alongside stays at its 57 cm (22½ in) height, exactly as on the fixed version. Nor does the footprint change: 210 × 170 cm (82⅝ × 66⅞ in) overall. On this version too the price list puts the unit, its side panels and the modesty panel in veneer, whatever the top is dressed in.
Caring for the glass top and aluminium frame of Altagamma, as Estel writes it
Estel’s Product Care manual has a page for glass and one for anodised aluminium. Five steps take the two materials of an Altagamma desk from the daily wipe to the sanitising round, without a product the maker rules out.
Wipe the glass while damp
The clear glass top of Altagamma is cleaned with a clean, soft, damp cloth, a sponge or a chamois leather. For heavier dirt and fingerprints Estel allows a neutral detergent or an ordinary glass cleaner. Two things stay in the cupboard: solvents and steel wool.
Sanitise with alcohol, then rinse
The glass resists household sanitisers based on alcohol; after them, a rinse with a damp cloth. What the manual excludes is as clear: no abrasives, no bleach, no acids and no spray aimed straight at the surface, which is where the cloth should receive the product instead.
Respect the limit of the glass
Estel states that the load capacity of its glass products is limited and asks not to pile excessive weight on the top. A scratch from a pointed object can lead to a later breakage, so dust is removed with a soft cloth. The manual also warns that no glass is entirely clear: a few bubbles and a green tint that varies from sheet to sheet with the thickness are part of the material.
Keep acids off the aluminium
The legs of the frame are anodised: the natural oxide layer has been thickened to protect the surface from dirt and wear. Acids, alkaline products, lemon juice and similar substances attack that layer. The routine: soft cloth plus neutral household detergent, then a dry cloth passed with even movements; stubborn marks take a solvent-free product, tried first on a hidden part.
Disinfect the frame at 70%
For sanitising the aluminium, Estel indicates alcohol at 70% applied with a soft cloth and followed by a rinse with a damp one. Everyday dust is lifted with a soft cloth, pointed objects scratch the finish, and anything hot or wet left on the metal damages it, exactly as on the veneer.
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