Kiki Sofa
Ilmari Tapiovaara's steel-framed Kiki Sofa for Artek, 2- or 3-seater, 1960
1730 × 680 × 750 mm
Source: technical drawing image — Kiki Sofa 3-seater — published as W 173 × D 75 × H 68 cm
1960
Hungary
Description
Overview
The Kiki Sofa comes from Ilmari Tapiovaara; Artek gives the year 1960, places it in its Kiki Collection and offers it as a 2-seater or a 3-seater.

Construction
Steel forms the frame, shown with black powder coating. Fabric or leather, over PU foam and polyester padding, covers the seat and back.
Specifications
- 3-seater: 173 x 75 x 68 cm; 2-seater: 116 x 75 x 68 cm (values not labelled on the drawing)
- Frame: steel, black powder coating
- Seat and back: fabric or leather upholstery
- Made in Hungary
Story
Two sizes
The page offers the sofa as a 2-seater and a 3-seater, with a drawing titled for each, and lists five versions in fabric and leather, three of them without a size in the label. In every version the frame is steel in black powder coating.
Upholstery
Fabric or leather over PU foam and polyester padding covers the seat and back. The listed versions use 06 Aura canary fabric and Sörensen Prestige leather in cognac and in black, and the page says the sofa is available in various fabric options. Artek lists it in the Kiki Collection, dated 1960.
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