ChesterField Sofa

The sofa "Chester" (also called "Chesterfield") is considered to be the most popular style of the sofa in the world.
Its origins go back to the early seventeenth century Europe, more specifically in the United Kingdom where he became popular during the reign of Queen Victoria.
In mid 1800 the first catalogs were published: one reminiscent of the English producer H.
Wood in 1848 and 1850 in that of Smee & Sons.

Worthy of note are the catalogs of Lawford, made in 1855, whose drawings were made entirely by hand in every detail, you can see in them a wide range of quilted patterns, some even without visible wooden structures, fully padded .

However, the form of chesterfield sofa currently on the market, appears only around the end of the nineteenth century with the production of Shoolbred and C. & R. Light. To date, the term refers to a Chesterfield sofa with deep buttons, arms and back the same height.

The main feature of a sofa tufted chester is the processing that is carried in the arms and in the back with no divisions.
In fact, the upholstery of sofas and armchairs of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was originally occupied by "eel", from which it derives its name, a term that was referred to a kind of silk waste, or the residue not good spun silk.

In the market you can also find types of chester sofa in which the skin of the back and the central base is machined quilted, while the rest of the couch, including pillows, are covered with smooth skin.

The processing is done tufted in the traditional manner, ie only by hand from beginning to end, so as to form a series of bearings arranged in a network of squares or lozenges (diamonds).

Regarding the size, the classic Chesterfield sofa is shorter than the sofa, medium, presenting a height of about 50 cm.
In the market you can also find chairs and ottomans with tufted work as well as Chesterfield sofas available in 2 seater, 3 seater sofa, tailored to bed and angular.