JAKARTA SOFA

Jakarta is a Chesterfield on casters. Deep button-tufted back, rolled arms, and caster legs under the frame instead of fixed feet — a detail from the period the form comes from, and still the most practical thing about it. Shown in oxblood leather.

The casters

They do two things. Visually they lift the sofa off the floor and keep a heavy buttoned form from looking planted. Practically, a 253 cm leather sofa can be moved by one person without lifting it — which matters more than it sounds in a hotel room, an office or any room that gets cleaned around rather than cleaned under.

Tufting and arms

Buttons pulled and tied by hand, arms rolled at seat height. High-density foam under the tufting holds the diamonds square; the firm seat is deliberate here, because a soft seat under a buttoned back makes the sitter slide forward out of the support.

Leather

Oxblood is shown and suits the model, but Jakarta is made to order in any of seventy-six shades across twelve leather families, or in fabric. Leather is always genuine. Stitching and detailing are specified at the time of order and COM projects are accepted.

Sizes

Three standard widths, listed above. At 253 cm and 100 cm deep, Jakarta is the Chesterfield that fits a normal living room — narrower and shallower than Chicago, with the same presence. All dimensions adjustable per project.

Where it belongs

An executive office, a library, a boutique hotel suite. It is the Chesterfield to choose when the room has to be rearranged now and then.