$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 98 in D 40 in
Stylish Dunbar Style Curved Back Sofa Mid-Century Modern
By Dunbar Furniture
Located in Pemberton, NJ
Wonderful Dunbar style channel-tufted curved back sofa. This sofa has tremendous vintage appeal with its sexy curved back and stubby cone-shaped walnut legs with brass tips.
Upholstery, Walnut
$8,900 / set
H 33.47 in W 60.63 in D 36.23 in
Set of Three De Sede DS-83 Sofas in Tan Leather, Switzerland, 1970s
Located in Almelo, NL
The characteristic vertical channel stitching enhances the sofa’s architectural rhythm while offering exceptional comfort and flexibility.
Leather, Beech
Custom Channeled Velvet Sectional with Chaise in Deep Purple
By Jhon Ortiz, The Tailored Home
Located in Greenwich, CT
A bold, lounge-driven sectional defined by its deep channeling and saturated purple velvet. The low, continuous seat flows into a generous chaise, while the softly angled back and ar...
Wood, Maple, Poplar, Velvet
$18,630 / item
H 27 in W 108 in D 36 in
Stiletto Sectional Contemporary Channeling Seat Back Base Tight Seat Back Wengé
Located in Ridgewood, NY
The Stiletto sectional is sophisticated and plush. Its sleek wengé frame and rich upholstery make this piece a perfect balance of comfort and luxury.
Wenge
Vintage Ekornes Channel Tufted Leather Sofa
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Experience the pinnacle of Scandinavian comfort and mid-century aesthetic with this authentic vintage Ekornes sofa. Expertly crafted in Norway, this three-seat couch features a stunn...
Leather, Teak
Post Modern Channel Tufted Leather Sofa / Settee / Italy
Located in Buffalo, NY
Post Modernist Channel Tufted Leather Sofa / Settee / Italy.??.Upholstered in premium leather, it exudes sophistication, while the vertical channel tufting adds texture and visual in...
Leather, Wood
1950's Art Deco Channel Tufted Loveseat Sofa
By Preview
Located in Burbank, CA
Vintage 1950's Midcentury loveseat couch for sale. It was professionally reupholstered in new fabric and foam, and looks great. It's a great size for a settee, and has a high-quality...
Fabric, Wood
Italian 1950's Scalloped Shaped Channeled Velvet Settee or Sofa
Located in New York, NY
A decadently designed Italian 1950's settee with a scalloped or petal shaped form and luxuriously upholstered channeled back tufting. The settee has been fully restored and newly reu...
Brass
$950
H 32 in W 60 in D 36 in
Vintage Floral Print 60" Fully Upholstered Channel Back Loveseat Sofa by Harden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
High Quality Floral Print 60" Fully Upholstered Channel Back Loveseat Sofa by Harden. Item features solid wood legs, floral print upholstery, tufted channel backs, solid wood frame, ...
Fabric
$5,500
H 28 in W 59 in D 33 in
Danish 1940s Channel Back Banana Form Curved Sofa or Loveseat in White Wool
By Slagelse Mobelvaerk
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Beautiful and very elegant 1940s curved two-seat sofa or loveseat in white wool fabric. This sofa has slightly taller legs indicating a production date closer to 1950 when taller leg...
Wool, Beech
$2,500Sale Price|51% Off
H 27 in W 64 in D 39 in
'Bounty' Leather Loveseat by L. Davanzati for The Pace Collection, 1980s
By Elam, Pace Collection, Lorenzo Forges Davanzati
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Plus something you don't get with the Saratoga sofa is the refined style of the elegant channel-tufted leather cushions on this Bounty loveseat sofa by The Pace Collection.
Leather, Lacquer
$2,350 / item
H 49 in W 49 in D 2 in
Robert Charon Large Contemporary Abstract Original “Orbs” Painting
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The painting is currently in our North Palm Springs showrom in a vignette with a French walnut coffee table and newly upholstered Steve Chase channel tufted sofa. BIO: Robert Charo...
Other
Hans Hartl "Soloform 5008" Chaise Lounge
By Eugen Schmidt, Hans Hartl
Located in Hanover, MA
Measures: 72 1/2" W x 35 3/4" D x 30 1/4" H Known as the Shell Couch (Schalencouch) channel tufted white leather upholstered hardwood frame with elastic straps and foam on tubula...
Chrome
Black leather, silk velvet cushions, breathable bouclé fabric — when shopping for antique or vintage sofas, today’s couch connoisseurs have much to choose from in terms of style and shape. But it wasn’t always thus.
The sofa is typically defined as a long upholstered seat that features a back and arms and is intended for two or more people. While the term “couch” comes from the Old French couche, meaning to lie down, and sofa has Eastern origins, both are forms of divan, a Turkish word that means an elongated cushioned seat. Bench-like seating in Ancient Greece, which was padded with soft blankets, was called klinai. No matter how you spell it, sofa just means comfort, at least it does today.
In the early days of sofa design, upholstery consisted of horsehair or dried moss. Sofas that originated in countries such as France during the 17th century were more integral to decor than they were to comfort. Like most Baroque furnishings from the region, they frequently comprised heavy, gilded mahogany frames and were upholstered in floral Beauvais tapestry. Today, options abound when it comes to style and material, with authentic leather offerings and classy steel settees. Plush, velvet chesterfields represent the platonic ideal of coziness.
Vladimir Kagan’s iconic sofa designs, such as the Crescent and the Serpentine — which, like the sectional sofas of the 1960s created by furniture makers such as Harvey Probber, are quite popular among mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts — showcase the spectrum of style available to modern consumers. Those looking to make a statement can turn to Studio 65’s lip-shaped Bocca sofa, which was inspired by the work of Salvador Dalí. Elsewhere, the furniture of the 1970s evokes an era when experimentation ruled, or at least provided a reason to break the rules. Just about every area of society felt a sudden urge to be wayward, to push boundaries — and buttons. Vintage leather sofas of that decade are characterized by a rare blending of the showy and organic.
With so many options, it’s important to explore and find the perfect furniture for your space. Paying attention to the lines of the cushions as well as the flow from the backrest into the arms is crucial to identifying a cohesive new piece for your home or office.
Fortunately, with styles from every era — and even round sofas — there’s a luxurious piece for every space. Deck out your living room with an Art Deco lounge or go retro with a nostalgic '80s design. No matter your sitting vision, the right piece is waiting for you in the expansive collection of unique sofas on 1stDibs.
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