Largo Sofa

Overview

The Largo Three-Seater is a sofa by Piero Lissoni for Kartell. The shop page shows it covered in Gubbio fabric, code 07160G1, in Ecru. On the data sheet it is code 7160, a 3-seater, with fire tested version A7160.

Construction

Its frame is painted steel per the sheet, and the seat and backrest use expanded polyurethane "with a new softer density", covered in fabric. The cover is removable, and the softer padding is marked as not available for the fire-resistant versions.

Specifications

• Dimensions (code 7160): 301, 96 and 69 cm, axes not labelled on the drawing
• Weight: 84.1 kg
• Covers: Curly in five colours, Gubbio Match in six
• Cushion (code 7085): 48 x 48 x 12 cm, 1.1 kg

A system of modular sofas

Kartell's page calls Largo the system of modular sofas characterised by clean lines and large seats, and says its modularity allows a variety of arrangements suited to every living space. The data sheet backs this with a 2-seater, three 3-seaters, and corner sofas of 5, 6 and 7 seats, besides this 3-seater, code 7160.

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Gubbio, Curly and a softer padding

The data sheet, headed LARGO 2016, flags a new, softer padding in the seat and backrest. It shows the sofa in two cover fabrics, Curly and Gubbio Match, and marks Curly as the fire tested version to the UK standard BS 5852:1979 Part 1.