BH | Studio Gramercy Curved 2-Piece Velvet Sectional

Between the 1920s and the 1950s, New York apartments took their cue from Art Deco hotels and supper clubs: low, curved sofas, velvet upholstery and the soft gleam of lamplight. Gramercy is named for the private park laid out in Manhattan in the 1830s, still the heart of one of the city's most graceful neighbourhoods, and this sofa carries that polish in a more intimate size.

This version comes in two curved sections, each closed at its outer end and open where they meet, and clips under the frames hold them together as one sofa for four. The back is low and rounded along its whole length, so the sofa looks good from behind and can stand free in a room. Beneath the seats, pocket springs wrapped one by one carry layers of foam, on layered hardwood frames, with a curved base of solid hardwood under each section. Every section is rated to hold 880 lbs. The cover is a performance velvet with a soft sheen, made for daily use, and it arrives fully assembled.

Cream velvet suits a quieter room: an apartment living room by a big window, with a sheepskin over one end, a round side table, a floor lamp angled for reading and a leggy fiddle-leaf fig. The low back keeps a view open, so it can face the window or divide a long room without blocking it. This listing is for both sections.