CHICAGO SOFA

Chicago is one of the largest Chesterfields we make, and the one with the deepest seat. The three-seater runs 285 cm across and 105 cm front to back, with the buttoned back and rolled arms of the traditional form built at a scale most rooms cannot take. Shown in cognac leather, where the tufting catches light along every pleat.

The scale

285 cm needs a clear wall of at least three and a half metres and a room deep enough to walk past it. In anything smaller the sofa looks trapped rather than generous, which is the one mistake people make with this model. Where there is room for it, nothing else has to decorate the wall.

105 cm of depth

That is 5 cm more than most of our sofas and it changes how the piece is used: the seat carries you back into the buttoned surface rather than perching you on it. The trade-off is that a shorter sitter will want a cushion behind them, and the sofa needs clearance in front — a coffee table has to sit further out than usual.

Tufting and arms

Every button is pulled and tied by hand so the diamonds stay even across a back this wide. High-density foam underneath is what holds the pattern square — a softer filling lets the buttons sink and the geometry goes within a year or two. The arms are rolled at seat height, so the top line of the sofa reads as one continuous curve.

Leather or fabric

Made to order in any of seventy-six leather shades across twelve families, or in fabric. Tufting style and cushion firmness are both specified at the time of order — on a sofa this size the firmness choice changes how it sits in the room as much as the colour does. COM projects accepted.

Sizes

Three standard widths, listed above, all adjustable; the button spacing is re-set with the width so the diamonds stay even instead of stretching. If more than 285 cm is needed, Manchester is drawn at 300 cm.

Where it belongs

A boutique hotel lounge, a club room, a large living room with high ceilings. It wants height above it as much as width beside it.