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What is the best month to buy a sofa?

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What is the best month to buy a sofa?
While it is best to purchase a sofa when you need one the most - there are some benefits to buying around slower seasons during the year. Often, the two weeks before Christmas and New Years or the week directly after New Years are the slowest days for furniture sales and you can sometimes score a better deal if you negotiate around this time. Another season that is often slower is at the very beginning of summer, usually for a couple weeks as summer weather begins - perhaps because people are focusing on outdoor activities more and not buying furniture for their home as much during that time.
Automaton
AutomatonMarch 10, 2021
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Antique French Marquetry Sofa
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality antique French marquetry sofa, the frame decorated with brass mounts and
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Antique 19th Century French Sofas

Materials

Kingwood

Poltrona Frau Petronio Sofa
By Poltrona Frau
Located in Dronten, NL
Distinctive Poltrona Frau Petronio sofa from the premium collection in the late 1970s. This super
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Leather, Beech

Vintage Danish Sofa Bed
Located in Puslinch, ON
) Description: A vintage elm sofa bed, made in Denmark, circa 1950s. Still usable. Frame is structurally sound
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Vintage 1950s Danish Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Elm

Regency Mahogany Sofa Table
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An Extremely Good Quality Regency Period, 19th Century, Mahogany Sofa Table Of Generous Proportions
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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Sofa Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Jasper Morrison Sofa and Otomman Soft Modular Sofa by Vitra
By Jasper Morrison, Vitra
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Sofa designed by Jasper Morrison in 2016. Manufactured by Vitra, Switzerland. In good
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2010s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Sofas

Materials

Wood, Fabric, Foam

Victorian Double End Sofa
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
For sale is a good quality Victorian Double End Sofa, with a mahogany frame standing on carved
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Antique 19th Century English Victorian Sofas

Materials

Mahogany

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Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Display Cabinet, c 1955, Signed
By Tommi Parzinger, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1955) display cabiinet / vitrine, features beautiful french polish with Parzinger's signature statement door handles. Signed with Charak Modern label on the backside of the upper cabinet. This refined and sophisticated Parzinger credenza with glass display hutch is perfect for those high-end luxury pads looking for an incredible and collectible statement piece, which Parzinger was known to create. The gorgeous color is close to the Hermès orange, but perhaps a little bit deeper and bolder - perhaps somewhere between Hermès orange and blood orange. Beauty in every detail, from the cross-cut glass panes, to the upper flared embellishments and the signature Parzinger door handles. Let's not skip one more aspect of this table that is equally important - the collectors appeal. Furniture by Tommi Parzinger is one of the most sought-after and cherished items of sophisticated collectors. This isn't for your typical Eames and George Nelson collector, it is much more for a refined collector, perhaps a connoisseur of fine rarities. The quality of the materials and craftsmanship and design details are something to be admired. Parzinger and Charak Modern designed and crafted some of the highest quality furniture of the early and mid 20th Century. That was at a time when US manufacturing was at its best. And now in this day and age of cheap products not meant to last - this table is your daily reminder that 'they don't make them like they used to.' We restored this incredible sideboard display cabinet with hand-applying a new French Polish lacquer. French Polish is the most laborious and expensive finish because it requires many repetitive coats and each one hand polished to a fine glass-like finish, and while it is very expensive, it is worth it for rare and valuable pieces like this Tommi Parzinger vitrine. The results are nothing short of spectacular - such a smooth, clear and deep finish - it looks almost like a sheet of glass (much more incredible in-person than you can see (or touch / feel) in the photos). And besides how incredible it looks - it will also protect your investment for the decades ahead. This Parzinger cabinet is an ideal example for the most discriminating interior designer client or collector. This french polish cabinet...
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Vintage 1950s American Hollywood Regency Vitrines

Materials

Brass

'Pompeiana' Corner Cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, Italy, 2 of 2 in 1988, Signed
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 'much larger than it looks' collectors item is the 'Pompeiana' corner cabinet by Piero Fornasetti, completed in 1988, signed, dated and numbered 2 of 2. Fornasetti cabinets, es...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Corner Cupboards

Materials

Brass

Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern Gold Leaf Console, c 1949, Signed
By Tommi Parzinger, Charak Furniture Company
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A rare early-example collectors item, this fully restored Tommi Parzinger for Charak Modern (c. 1949) console table, which also can function as a small writing table, features beauti...
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Vintage 1940s American Hollywood Regency Console Tables

Materials

Gold Leaf

Arthur Espenet Carpenter Walnut & Enameled Steel Dining Table, 1987, Signed
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite dining table (or monumental center table) by Arthur Espenet Carpenter, signed by the artist underneath: 'Espenet 8706', dating this work to 1987, features a monumental...
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Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Dining Room Tables

Materials

Steel

Monumental Rosewood Sideboard Cabinet with Brass and Rose Lucite Pulls, c 1930s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning and exquisite sideboard cabinet was expertly crafted from Rosewood with brass and rose lucite center cabinet pulls. This monumentally sized cabinet was clearly an important piece as its craftsmanship and materials are first-class. The rippled Rosewood cabinet doors and rose tinted lucite pulls are ahead of its time. Refinished in a French Polish which accentuates the exotic Rosewood grain and protects the surface against regular daily use. The features on this eye-catcher are quite comprehensive. Let's start with the most obvious: incredible book-matched Rosewood across the top, front center doors and running along the base and side cabinet doors. Such wild attention to detail creating a stunning visual effect. Now let's pay attention to the more subtle details such as the rippled corners - there are actually concealed compartment doors somewhat hidden in those ripples. The center door pulls are also superb - the center plates in lightly patinated brass and the handles in rose colored lucite with gently beveled edges. Four keys are included with the cabinet, as seen in photos. While we are confident that this cabinet was designed by someone important and for an important client, we are unsure of the maker at this time. It was previously attributed to Louis Majorelle however we are uncertain of that so we are not listing it as such. Rosewood with this exotic of grain combined with high quality interiors and hardware, plus the use of rose colored lucite pulls is a sign that this was not just any run of the mill piece but something with plenty of thought and care devised into its creation. This Rosewood French Art Deco sideboard cabinet...
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Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Valdimir Kagan for Grosfeld House Set of Nesting Tables, Very Rare 1950s, Signed
By Grosfeld House, Vladimir Kagan
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extremely rare collectors set of nesting tables by Vladimir Kagan for Grosfeld House (1950's USA), fully restored. This set is signed underneath the center table with original Grosfeld House sticker label, and documented in early Grosfeld House advertisements. This Mid-Century Modern set of four tables feature a Walnut coffee table with sculptural legs, and three nesting tables that have similar sculpted legs with a formica top and a brass accent leg. Ideally used as either a coffee table or side / end table that can convert when needed to provide additional surface space for guests, entertaining, arts and crafts projects, and more. Vladimir Kagan's works have been highly valued by collectors and art / design investors, and his earlier works in the 1950s for Grosfeld House and Kagan-Dreyfuss are among the most sought after by 'purist collectors' like myself. Why do I prize his 1950s works above all else? I can write a short book on this, but one easy to explain reason is that this was a period unlike the rest of his career, where items produced in this time are hallmarked within that period - a distinction that his later works lacked. Essentially, everything post the early 60s blended together with the decades thereafter. A novice Kagan collector is content with anything by Kagan, even items produced by Directional and American Leather Company, but for true connoisseurs of Kagan, simply put: the 1950s was the bees knees. This table set was acquired along with several other Grosfeld House pieces also designed by Kagan, including a caned desk (now sold to a very famous celebrity client), leather swivel desk chair with sculptural base, rare and coveted four-seat sofa with swiveling lounge chair, small caned...
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Vintage 1950s American Modern Nesting Tables and Stacking Tables

Materials

Brass

'Tucroma' Leather Bed and Nightstands by Guido Faleschini for i4Mariani, Italy
By Guido Faleschini, i4 Mariani
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This famous 'Tucroma' bed design, as seen in the Lenny Kravitz Architectural Digest magazine photoshoot, was designed by Guido Faleschini in the 1970s and produced by i4Mariani (Italy). *NOTE, the bed we have in stock is pending sale, therefore any current order would include lead time for production and shipping from Italy. However custom colors, finishes and leathers can be selected. The Tucroma bed includes two leather wrapped bed...
Category

2010s Italian Modern Beds and Bed Frames

Materials

Chrome

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