$3,264Sale Price|20% Off
Post Modern Vis à Vis Sofa by Nico Devito in Hand-Woven, Leather Wood and Bamboo
By Bonacina
Located in Roma, IT
This Vis à Vis has the shape of a letter "S" so that the two people sitting can look into each other's eyes.
Leather, Cotton, Bamboo
Salvador Dalí Limited Edition Black Sofa Vis-à-Vis De Gala
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvador Dalí Limited Edition black sofa Vis-à-Vis De Gala Dimensions: 80 x 170 x 82 H cm Materials: Wood, upholstery, brass, silk Structure in solid wood.
Brass
Pink Curved Silk Wood Modern Vis-à-Vis De Gala Sofa By Salvador Dali
By (after) Salvador Dali
Located in Geneve, CH
Salvador Dalí sofa Vis-à-Vis De Gala Dimensions: 80 x 170 x 82 H cm Materials: Wood, upholstery, brass, silk Structure in solid wood.
Brass
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Salmon Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Red Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,160Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Cream Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Purple Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Blue Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Teal Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Green Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Brown Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Black Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
$3,684Sale Price / item|20% Off
Modern Gentle Vís a Vís in Mustard Fabric and Bronze Metal
Located in New York, NY
The Modern Gentle Vis-à-Vis blends comfort and refined craftsmanship, featuring a smooth, inviting shell contrasted by a quilted leather base with striking vertical stitching. A bron...
Metal
Salvador Dali Vis-à-vis De Gala Sofa
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Homburg, DE
Dalí Vis-à-Vis de Gala by Salvatore Dali Pink leather with a curved massive brass applications. Very heavy item! Hand laced on jute belts in the traditional style.
Brass
Louis XVI Vis-a-Vis Love Seat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Louis XVI vis-a-vis love seat
Wood
Sold
H 27.56 in W 27.17 in D 24.81 in
Danish THYGESEN / SORENSEN Big Arm Chairs KING SERIES - by BOTIUM - design 1970
By Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sorensen
Located in Berlin, DE
This is characterized by a lower seating position and much more seating space in width. Suitable as vis-à-vis a sofa or as a conversation chair. Not to be confused with the usual cha...
Leather, Cane, Oak
Sold
H 28.75 in W 59.45 in D 25.6 in
Vis-à-vis Sofa Attributable to Vivai del Sud, Made in Rattan Cane and Bamboo
By Vivai del Sud
Located in Roma, IT
A Splendid Vis-à-vis Sofa handcrafted in Italy between the 1970s and 1980s and attributable to the historical Roman Manufacture "Vivai del Sud" .
Cotton, Bamboo, Cane, Rattan
$55,959
H 76.78 in W 43.31 in D 21.66 in
Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Poerugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple, GF Modern
Located in Lisboa, PT
Mid-Century Modern Penedo Quartz Display Cabinet, Handmade in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple The Penedo quartz display cabinet captures the enduring beauty of nature’s landscapes,...
Carrara Marble, Granite, Onyx, Brass
Yeo Daybed by LINLEY London
By LINLEY London
Located in London, GB
A daring and original piece of furniture designed by British artist Jonathan Yeo, structurally engineered by expert technicians and manufactured by LINLEY, the world-renowned wood-sp...
Steel, Brass
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Amuneal's Brass Pantry Cabinetry, part of our metal Kitchen Collection, is designed as a feature element for any space. The three doors on the upper cabinets are fabricated with a kn...
Brass
$69,366
H 29.53 in W 70.87 in D 31.5 in
Maurice Calka “Boomerang” Desk by Leleu Deshays, France - 1970s
By Maurice Calka, LeLeu Deshays
Located in Renens, CH
Designed by Maurice Calka (1921-1999) and produced by Leleu Deshay in only a very limited quantity, this Boomerang shaped desk represents a new technical application of fiberglass in...
Metal
$304,064 / set
H 75 in Dm 29 in
Monumental Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu and Crystal Girandoles by Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in London, GB
A magnificent pair of Louis XV style Ormolu and crystal girandoles Probably by Baccarat Constructed from finely cast and chased ormolu, the imposing floor candelabra—almost 2-me...
Crystal, Ormolu
Free South Africa
By Keith Haring
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION Keith Haring Free South Africa, complete set of 3 1985 Lithograph Sizes vary Edition of 60 Pencil signed, dated and numbered Accompanied with COA by Gregg Shi...
Lithograph
$21,567
H 106.3 in W 118.12 in D 157.49 in
French Style Wrought Iron Greenhouse with Door and Windows in White Color
Located in Marbella, ES
French style wrought iron greenhouse with doors and windows that open outwards. Ready for glass panels to be installed.
Iron
$347,200
H 29 in W 60 in D 32 in
Alexandre Chevrie, Museum French Ormolu Mounted Mahogany Royal Executive Desk
By Alexandre Chevrié, Paris 1
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Alexandre Chevrie, a museum quality French ormolu mounted mahogany Royal Executive "Empire" Desk, circa 1875. Double sided desk with six solid bronze lions paw feet, framed ormolu...
Ormolu
De Sede DS-600 Non Stop Modular 38 Elements Snake Sofa 2015
By Ueli Berger, De Sede
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental bespoke De Sede DS 600 Non-Stop snake sectional sofa featuring a dramatic indigo blue velvet upholstery. The custom ordered sofa is from a Samantha Todhunter Design instal...
Metal
Harvey Probber American Mid-Century Green Velvet Round Sofa
By Harvey Probber
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century large round sofa with a low curved partial backrest and emerald green velvet upholstery with a button tufted removable seat cushion, resting on five short brass ...
Metal, Brass
$22,733
H 27.56 in Dm 118.12 in
Rare and Exceptional 'Gilda' Circle Sofa in Velvet by Michel Ducaroy, 1972
By Ligne Roset, Michel Ducaroy
Located in Echt, NL
Very rare extra large 'Gilda' circle sofa in excellent condition. Designed by Michel Ducaroy in 1972. The sofa is manufactured by 'Roset' the company name of Ligne Roset prior to 1...
Metal
$1,900,000
H 9 in W 2 in D 2 in
"Pearl Royale" Platinum Sculpture 9' x 2' in Edition of 3 by Colin Burn
By Colin Burn
Located in Culver City, CA
"Pearl Royale" Platinum Sculpture 9' x 2' in Edition of 3 by Colin Burn Pure Platinum, Diamond & Pearl Sculpture Limited Edition - 3 Only Edition: Artist Proof 1/1 NOTE: pr...
Platinum
$2,298,000
H 25 in W 23.5 in D 9.25 in
Exquisite Baccarat "Elephant" 'Cave A Liquor' - Exposition Universelle 1878
By Cristalleries De Baccarat
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
The Magnificent Baccarat Elephant Cave A Liquor: A Majestic Exploration of a Timeless Masterpiece from the Exposition Universelle of 1878. The Baccarat Elephant Cave A Liquor, (Tant...
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Amuneal's Collector’s Wardrobe + Vanity 4 Bay Unit
By Amuneal
Located in New York, NY
Four bays of Amuneal’s collector’s shelving system is used to create this modular wardrobe unit with silvered oak shelves, dresser, vanity table and mirror. The precision design and ...
Brass
Russian Imperial Silver Punch Set From Czar Alexander III
Located in New Orleans, LA
A monumental piece of history, this exquisite silver punch set was made for Czar Alexander III as a gift to British Captain Joseph Wiggins. Heavily decorated with rich engravings and...
Silver
$67,618
H 29.53 in W 141.74 in D 159.85 in
Environ Zero sofa by Ennio Chiggio for Nikol International, Italy, 1970's
By Ennio Chiggio
Located in Melbourne, VIC
Environ Zero sofa by Ennio Chiggio for Nikol International, Italy, 1970's. Newly Restored and upholstered in Italy.
Fabric
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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