{"title":"Chesterfield Sofas","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Chesterfield is recognised by its deep diamond buttoning and rolled scroll arms. Ours keep both, on frames built the traditional way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach frame is kiln-dried hardwood, and every face is finished so the sofa can stand away from a wall. Choose the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/aston-chesterfield-leather-sofa\"\u003eAston\u003c\/a\u003e in leather, which softens and takes on a patina with use, or the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/hampstead-fabric-chesterfield-sofa\"\u003eHampstead\u003c\/a\u003e in linen-cotton or velvet, with hand-driven brass studs around each scroll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth come as a single seat, two-, three- or four-seater, and are crafted to order in 6–8 weeks. The Hampstead starts at ₹77,000 and the Aston at ₹1,18,000, inclusive of GST. Order a swatch first, and ask on WhatsApp if you need a size made to your own measurements. See every style in \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/sofas\"\u003eSofas\u003c\/a\u003e, or all our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/leather-sofas\"\u003eleather sofas\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"aston-chesterfield-leather-sofa","title":"Aston Chesterfield Leather Sofa","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe chesterfield as it was first drawn: arms and back at one height, rolled outward into a deep scroll, the whole back and inner arms buttoned by hand into diamonds. It is the shape that furnished the libraries and members' clubs of nineteenth-century England, and very little about it has needed changing since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere this one differs from a fully upholstered chesterfield is the seat. Two loose cushions sit above a buttoned front rail rather than a fixed tufted bench — softer to sit on, easy to turn and plump, and forgiving over the decades a sofa like this is expected to last. The buttoning continues along the rail beneath, so the front reads as one piece whether the cushions are on or off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntique brass nailheads trace the scroll of each arm and run down to the base in a close, even row, every one set by hand. It stands on hand-turned bun feet in dark timber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath is the part you never see and pay for anyway. The frame is kiln-dried hardwood, cut and fitted with mortise-and-tenon joinery rather than staples and glue — the joint that lets a sofa be re-covered in thirty years instead of thrown away. The seat rides on eight-way hand-tied coil springs, each knot tied by hand, which is why it gives evenly under weight instead of sagging into a hollow where people sit most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe leather is cognac, with enough depth and pull-up to shift tone wherever the buttoning draws it tight. Along the cushions and the arm tops it will darken and soften with the years. Being a natural hide it carries its own record — shade variation, the occasional scar or mark. These are not flaws to be corrected; they are the difference between leather and a print of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eConstruction\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiln-dried hardwood frame, mortise-and-tenon joinery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight-way hand-tied coil spring suspension\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep diamond hand-tufting to back and inner arms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo loose seat cushions over a buttoned front rail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBold scroll arms, level with the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-applied antique brass nailhead trim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-turned solid timber bun feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeather with natural shade variation and markings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade to order in four widths, from a single armchair to a four-seat bench.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Avenue","offers":[{"title":"1 Seater \/ Leather","offer_id":45805294944303,"sku":"AA-SOFA-CHST-1S","price":118000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Seater \/ Leather","offer_id":45805294977071,"sku":"AA-SOFA-CHST-2S","price":195000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Seater \/ Leather","offer_id":45805295009839,"sku":"AA-SOFA-CHST-3S","price":271000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Seater \/ Leather","offer_id":45805295042607,"sku":"AA-SOFA-CHST-4S","price":348000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/5513\/9631\/files\/classicchesterfield1.jpg?v=1786367028"},{"product_id":"hampstead-fabric-chesterfield-sofa","title":"Hampstead Fabric Chesterfield Sofa","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Chesterfield is defined by one thing: the arms stand as high as the back, so the sofa reads as a single unbroken run of buttoning from one end to the other. There is no relief anywhere in the shape and nowhere for a shortcut to hide, which is why the form has to be made properly or not attempted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe back, both arms and the seat are deep-buttoned by hand in a diamond field, and the skirt below the seat line is buttoned again in its own row. Each button is drawn through the pad and tied off at the frame behind it, which is what pleats the cloth into the folds radiating from every button rather than pressing a pattern flat into the surface. On a four-seater that runs to several hundred buttons, each one pulled and tied on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arms roll over in a full scroll and the cloth is gathered into the curve by hand. Antique brass studs are then driven one at a time around the face of each scroll and down the front edge of the arm — a line that has to be set by eye, because it follows a curve no template fits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seat is buttoned into the deck rather than laid on as a loose cushion. It sits firmer than it looks and it holds its line for decades instead of softening into a hollow where people sit most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderneath is a kiln-dried hardwood frame on turned solid wood bun feet. The outside back and outside arms are left plain — no buttoning, no stud line — so the sofa reads quiet from behind and can stand out in a room rather than against a wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinen is a natural fibre and behaves like one. It creases where you sit, and the slub runs unevenly through the weave; that is the cloth being itself rather than a fault in it. Velvet behaves differently again — the pile shades as it is brushed, so one colour reads light in one direction and dark in the other, and the seat will always show where someone has just been sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhotographed in Pebble linen with dark wood feet and antique brass studs. Made to order in ten linen-cotton colours and ten velvets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKiln-dried hardwood frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeep-buttoned back, arms, seat and skirt — every button tied individually to the frame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChesterfield line — arms level with the back\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull scroll arms, cloth gathered into the curve by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-driven studs around both arm scrolls and down the arm fronts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eButtoned deck seat, not a loose cushion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTurned solid wood bun feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 Seater — 107 cm W × 89 cm D × 76 cm H (42\" × 35\" × 30\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2 Seater — 163 cm W × 89 cm D × 76 cm H (64\" × 35\" × 30\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3 Seater — 213 cm W × 89 cm D × 76 cm H (84\" × 35\" × 30\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4 Seater — 244 cm W × 89 cm D × 76 cm H (96\" × 35\" × 30\")\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrafted in 6–8 weeks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Art Avenue","offers":[{"title":"1 Seater \/ Linen Cotton","offer_id":46213989629999,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-1S-LIN","price":77000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Seater \/ Linen Cotton","offer_id":46213989662767,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-2S-LIN","price":124000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Seater \/ Linen Cotton","offer_id":46213989695535,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-3S-LIN","price":171000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Seater \/ Linen Cotton","offer_id":46213989728303,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-4S-LIN","price":218000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"1 Seater \/ Velvet","offer_id":46213989761071,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-1S-VEL","price":89000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"2 Seater \/ Velvet","offer_id":46213989793839,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-2S-VEL","price":142000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"3 Seater \/ Velvet","offer_id":46213989826607,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-3S-VEL","price":195000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true},{"title":"4 Seater \/ Velvet","offer_id":46213989859375,"sku":"AA-SOFA-HAMP-4S-VEL","price":248000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/5513\/9631\/files\/1a1fd2c4ca70477009ddb94eaf5b56ee12f2759192985300dda39a5d6710edd6.jpg?v=1789817816"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.artavenue.com\/collections\/chesterfield-sofas.oembed","provider":"Art Avenue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}