DAPHNE SOFA

Daphne is the quiet one. A back that curves just enough to hold you, arms kept low and level with it, and slender legs that lift the whole body off the floor. At 92 cm deep it is a sofa you sit back in rather than perch on, and at 78 cm it stands a little taller than most — which is what keeps it from reading as heavy.

The frame and the filling

Kiln-dried beech, jointed and reinforced before any upholstery goes near it. Drying the timber first is what stops a frame from moving later in a centrally heated room. The cushions are high-resilience foam: it recovers its shape overnight instead of taking the imprint of whoever sat there last.

Leather or fabric

Upholstered to order from seventy-six shades across twelve leather families, or from our fabric range. Stitching and cushion detail are chosen at the time of order. On a form this plain the material does all the talking — a flat weave keeps Daphne architectural, a soft nubuck makes the same frame domestic.

Sizes

Three standard widths, listed above. Any of them can be made narrower or wider and the seat depth changed; the back curve and arm height are re-proportioned with it so the sofa keeps its balance.

Where it belongs

Daphne suits rooms that are already calm — a pale living room, a reading corner, a boutique hotel lobby where the furniture is not meant to compete with the architecture. It also works where space is tight: the slim depth and raised legs leave the floor visible, which makes a small room read larger.