I’ve spent a lifetime dealing in chairs and sofas. Amongst the squares and crescents, customers aren’t simply shopping for wood and fabric. Couples step through the door, and they’re all searching for statement sofas the same thing. A retro armchair, retro style armchair tells the truth. A wingback ended up in a Belgravia study, and he told me years later it was still going strong. That’s what vintage means. They look for space-saving seating options convenience, but at the end they admit. Cheap wood snaps, whereas old chairs carry life.
Taste splits by borough. Hampstead seeks calm, with buttoned wingbacks. Shoreditch is playful, with loud armchairs. That’s what keeps us alive. I’ve learnt over years, a sofa becomes family. You don’t get that from a catalogue. I still knock on the wood for weight, and the right piece never lies. Vintage has truth. Before you make a mistake, think again. Take on a classic wingback, and make it part of your Mayfair truth.
