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I don't know about the chair (which is so adorable especially at that price), but another UO.com piece called the Antoinette Fainting Sofa--in various shades and stylish black flocked for $550--is also at target.com in various other shades for $449.99. At Target it's less fashionably known as the Button-tufted settee. Made by Skyline furniture. et, pedetre, le chaise too?

I am always suspicious when an item is available online only. Why not show a model in the store? What are they trying to hide?

Wow, Janamartin,

Good job, that is the same sofa! http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/sr=1-1/qid=1182828131/ref=sr_1_1/602-6421224-9443047?ie=UTF8&asin=B000M4DOV6 How did you find out who the manufacturer was?

Lisa: I'm so swift that I hit the refresh button and lost my glib little explanation. But basically, as I was drooling over the peacock colored "chaise settee"--so odd that Target couldn't come up with a clear name--I saw the other customers were looking at, among other "chaises," an orange mottled, warbled-contoured thing. I had to know more about that. What could possibly be the appeal? It has such a delia's on acid look to it. And 2 things struck me when I clicked on the orange object's page: the color is listed as maroon (is not maroon, is more like mandarin orange!), and there was a link to skyline furniture in the lefthand corner. I thought, what company could possibly call that maroon? And on the skyline page, was right back in front of the peacock tufted chaise.
There you have it. I wonder if anyone can possibly love that orange thing. Maybe in a fortune teller's basement?
Jana

Notes also state that items ship directly from the vendor which we are SO nosey about keep a lookout for shipping boxes!].


I don't know what this means?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! I totally bought that chaise from UO for $550, plus tax and shipping it came to $650. And, it's a piece of crap that you have to assemble yourself. I decided to just chalk it up to experience and never buy furniture online again, or from a place better known for cheap t-shirts and purportedly funny books about sex.

Oh well, at least the color I bought is not at Target. But I could have sucked it up for $200.

I am bitter.

Alexeight--sorry to hear that. I peruse both sites, salivate, usually think better of it. At Target tangible I sat in a chair I'd seen online and nearly ordered. It offered no comfort, but still had a swanky, mouse-brown sheen to it. But it was microsuede, and smelled like plastic. Not to make you squirm but Target also had a furniture sale last week: save 10% off the price if you order more than $125 worth of furniture or something like that.
What color did you get? The colors at UO were, indeed, better. A little fustier at target. But for $650 even, to get a tufted chaise, is nothing to sneeze at. In certain ways it may last longer than a funny book about sex...

I love the shape of the flocked settee. I did some online investigating and found that The Company Store website has the same settee for $300 more than UO. They have about 20 custom shades but still why the high price? JC Penneys has a nice looking settee but I'm looking for armless and under $600. Does anyone have any suggestions?