Let It Be Sofa

Overview

The designers are Ludovica Serafini and Roberto Palomba, and Let it Be is dated 2017 on its product sheet. Poltrona Frau calls it a modular furniture system. The page says the modular sofas can be completed with shelves and storage units that expand their functions.

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Construction

The frame is die-cast aluminium with black painted steel joints. Backrests and armrests are solid poplar and birch plywood with hardboard infill, and the moulded aluminium feet come in two heights.

Specifications

• 2-seater sofa with high arms, 5614211: W 221 cm, D 104 cm, H 70 cm (with 19 cm feet)
• Feet: h 19 or h 22, Ruthenium or burnished
• Upholstery: Pelle Frau® leather, saddle leather, fabric

A refuge

The sheet calls Let it Be a modular system open to the most comfortable of configurations and an invitation to relax: a welcoming refuge where worries are left outside, and an island of wellbeing equipped with everything you need.

The Roman triclinium

The page says the sofa takes its cue from a famous Beatles song, rejecting convention and formalism, and that it reinterprets the Roman triclinium, where people lay down, ate, talked and lazed about. It describes a well-equipped domestic refuge and a multi-purpose space.