Henredon Schoonbeck Collection Green Damask Demilune Sofa With Six Throw Pillows

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Fine estate furniture from the Henredon “Schoonbeck Collection” a monumental green damask sofa on carved gilded legs and unique curved back design. Complete with all six original throw pillows. Super clean piece that was rarely used in an occasional room!! Seats 2-3. Listed measurements are without the throw pillows. Please see the photo of upholstery tag for the fill details. The original upholstery is a soft poly blend cut chenille or cut velvet fabric.Creator: Henredon (Designer)Dimensions: Height: 38.5 in (97.79 cm)Width: 99 in (251.46 cm)Depth: 47 in (119.38 cm)Seat Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Style: Other (Of the Period)Materials and Techniques: Upholstery,WoodPlace of Origin: United StatesPeriod: Late 20th CenturyDate of Manufacture: Late 20th CenturyCondition: GoodIn excellent vintage condition from smoke and pet free home. Very clean piece ready for placement in your home!Seller Location: West Chester, PAReference Number: 1stDibs: LU8277239698422Shop All Henredon

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Founded in 1945, Henredon is one of the more recently minted of the top-tier North Carolina furniture makers. Among collectors, Henredon is admired both for its sleek, sexy sofas, dining tables and other furniture of the 1970s and for its partnerships with noted designers, a program that began in the 1950s with decorating icon Dorothy Draper and architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

From the start, Henredon has been best known for its bedroom furniture and vintage case pieces, such as cabinets, dressers, armoires and credenzas. The brand was established in Morganton by former Drexel Furniture Company executives, and its name is a portmanteau term, derived from the first names of three of the companys founders T. Henry Wilson, Ralph Edwards and Don VanNoppen. (Sterling Collett, a fourth figure mentioned in Henredon Furnitures history, chaired the company and served as treasurer).

Though not on the cutting edge stylistically, Henredons production as well as its output under the Heritage-Henredon label has always kept pace with contemporary tastes.

In 1953, High Point manufacturer Heritage began a collaboration with Dorothy Draper, famed for bravura interior design commissions such as the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco and the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia. Her taste for bold, modernized historical style is reflected in the incised baroque medallions of her Espaa line and the geometric motif of her Viennese furnishings group. In 1955, Henredon launched the Taliesin Ensemble by Wright, named after the architects houses in Wisconsin and Arizona. Taliesin dressers and coffee tables are recognizable by their angular shapes and a dentil motif on their edges. In those years, Henredon had a cross-licensing agreement with Heritage, and Draper and Wright’s furniture is usually labeled Heritage-Henredon.

In later decades, Henredon produced collections for such designers as Ralph Lauren and Laura Ashley. The company took a stylish turn in the 1970s, fabricating new and unusual forms like mirrored room dividers and console tables with rounded corners and burl-wood veneers. Such pieces are priced in the $3,000 to $4,000 range, as are chests of drawers by Draper. Wright furniture tends toward the higher end, priced around $7,000. Henredon was an aesthetically diverse maker, but its furniture commands attention and makes a statement in any eclectic decor.

The vintage Henredon furniture for sale on 1stDibs includes bedroom furniture, coffee tables, chairs and other pieces.