Oliver Sofa

The Oliver Sofa in Narla Angora is 260cm wide, 106cm deep and 68cm high, fully upholstered. At 260cm it seats four properly rather than three and a gap. At 68cm high the back is low, which keeps a long sofa from dominating a room.

A low back on a very long sofa is the combination that makes 260cm liveable. A high back at that length reads as a wall across the room; at 68cm you see over it from the doorway, so the sofa sits in the space rather than dividing it.

At 106cm deep this is a deep seat, which is where the comfort comes from and what you trade the low back for. It is a sofa to sprawl on rather than to sit upright in.

The caveat is the two dimensions together. At 260cm by 106cm this needs a large room and a clear route in, and a low back plus a deep seat is harder to get out of than it looks.