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Gentleman's Friends Sofa
Conversation sofa with a slender metal base, designed by Studio Marcel Wanders in 2019
2210 × 870 × 945 mm
2019
Italy
Official product information
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Description
Overview
Gentleman's Friends is a Poliform conversation sofa that completes the Gentleman collection. The page offers it with two or three seats, on a metal base with slender feet.
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Construction
Painted aluminium casting feet and a painted aluminium base carry a body and seat of moulded polyurethane with a polyester wadding pre-cover and a cover in removable fabric or leather.
Specifications
- Wider drawing: 2210 mm wide, 945 mm deep, 870 mm high (values read by position)
- Narrower drawing: 1660 mm wide, 940 mm deep, 870 mm high
- Base finishes: mat brown nickel, glossy brown nickel, mat champagne
Story
Studio Marcel Wanders, 2019
Studio Marcel Wanders is the designer named in the technical details, with the year 2019. Poliform presents it as the sofa that completes the Gentleman collection, whose armchairs share its metal base with slender feet.
Finishes to match the cover
The page says the base finishes can be customised according to the fabric or leather upholstery, and the sofa carries a grosgrain perimeter insert in the colours of the samples.
Image source: Poliform — Gentleman's Friends Sofa · © Poliform and the respective rights holders. Quoted to accompany INTEBEE's independent design commentary and research. · View official product page ↗ · Image use & copyright policy
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Collection
Gentleman
Poliform's Gentleman collection by Studio Marcel Wanders: armchairs, pouffes and a conversation sofa developed from Gentleman Single, 2019, with night pieces.
