Image source: Poltrona Frau — Chester Sofa
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Chester Sofa
Renzo Frau's Chester sofa (1912): hand-made capitonné leather, in 2-seater and 3-seater versions.
2080 × 670 × 910 mm
1912
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Chester sofa is the sofa of Poltrona Frau's Chester family, credited to Renzo Frau and dated 1912 in the product sheet's heading. The page offers three versions: a 2-seater, a 3-seater and a 3-seat sofa with two cushions. The sofa is upholstered in Pelle Frau® leather and its capitonné is done entirely by hand.
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Construction
Frame of seasoned beech; suspension of steel springs on jute belts; padding in horsehair (vegetable in the back and arms, rubberised in the seat); goose down in the seat cushions. The cover is not removable.
Specifications
- 2-seater 5107211: W 160 cm, D 91 cm
- 3-seater 5107311: W 208 cm, D 91 cm, H 67 cm (the largest vertical value; a sheet note ties it to 6 cm feet); the two-cushion version is drawn with the same figures
- Feet: spherical (6 cm) or high (12 cm) in dark walnut-stained or black lacquered beech, or leather-covered wooden feet (13.7 cm)
- Upholstery: Pelle Frau® leather in five ranges
Story
Dated 1912
Poltrona Frau credits the Chester to Renzo Frau and dates it to 1912, which is also the year its own timeline gives for the founding of the company in Turin.
Where the sofa is seen
The page's Insights text lists law firms, notary offices, hotel lobbies, clubs, showrooms, galleries, libraries and museums among the places where Poltrona Frau sees the sofa, and says it is also requested for photo shoots, film productions and commercials.
More by Renzo Frau
Chester Line Sofa
Renzo Frau's Chester as a modular system: capitonné sofas, chaise longue and curved elements.
Chester One Ottoman
Chester One ottoman: a square capitonné pouf on beech, 98 cm each way, in Pelle Frau leather.
Chester Line Ottoman
Chester Line ottoman, a smooth-topped pouf in Pelle Frau leather on a beech and poplar frame.
Lyra Armchair
Collection
Chester
Chester by Renzo Frau for Poltrona Frau, born in 1912 after the Chesterfield sofas of London clubs: the classic sofa and armchair, Chester One and Chester Line.
