apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Hot? Hot?!? About as hot as the powdered-puff wig one must don whilst reposing upon that thing!

Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

(I think this piece would work if the only piece of its kind in the place, and definitely after a re-cover.)

Otherwise, and as is, it's too Liberace Summer House.

some peaple should try to see little more far ,
what can you do with some fabric and some paint ?

Fabric, yes. (Who doesn't reupholster? That fabric is hideous.)
Paint, no. Don't mess with that gorgeous finish!

Methinks there are too many modernists nowadays.

I think the only way to *possibly* change the finish would be to strip it entirely, or a limed-oak kind of thing.

I agree with ME. It's gorgeous, just needs to be reupholstered. I'd mix it with modern furniture and allow it to be a piece of functional sculpture.

Smokin' hot! Imagine it reupholstered in red velvet. Yummy.

I like it, upholstery and all.

I like it too, quite a lot. I picture it in an otherwise very minimalist, clean room, with high ceilings, a lot of light, and some stark white furniture. A seriously luxurious centerpiece for a minimalist setting.

Love the finish, dislike the fabric and hate the excessive moulding. I bet it's a darn sight comfier than my most recent acquisition, the eames fibreglass rocker from Modernica. It will be my new feeding chair once I give birth. Oh, but those hideous gliders I tried out this past weekend are so much more comfy. I'm going to have to grin and bear it when the mother-in-law sees me in it and say, "but it's very comfortable."

I love the crazy carving and finish. Hate the shape and fabric and everything else.

looks like it's in great condition, it could be a great historical anchor to a modern room. think mia farrow and john casavettes
apartment in rosemary's baby

i used to be a huge nut for these kind of empire sofas. now i'm tepid - but i think it's just a case of needing to take a few steps back for a while. i'll fall in love with them again.

(and not to open a HUGE can of worms) (he says, while taking the can opener out...) (but this style was VERY popular with "the gays" for quite some time...)

(i'm one of "the gays," everyone. surprise, right?)

I love the hell out of it. Not a huge fan of this upholstery, but with the right wall colors, etc., maybe.

I would want each of the other furniture pieces to echo the shape of a different morsel of this one. I would want something very horizontal, another thing with an S-curve, maybe something with a clawfoot, maybe just a claw? This piece would, something with a similar massiveness. And most of THOSE pieces could be various kinds of modern, instead.

This piece might be just the thing beneath a bank of windows, where you wouldn't want a higher back to block a view.

The first go-round of Empire was Napoleon's attempt to kind of pare away SOME of excesses of Louises, right while still wallowing in his own fabulosity, right? So, in a way this is kind of like a step-grandchild of the great-great-grandfather of modernism, no? So, it should be perfectly at home with modern stuff.

This piece is amazing from the photo... Need to look at it up close to determine that the details are as fabulous as the photo suggests. I guess the fabric is pretty bad... But I hadn't really noticed.

Look... ALL styles/periods of art and architecture have their offerings, both well made and designed and... otherwise.

Being able to successfully match something like this into a contemporary space could really shake things up. All contemporary and modern all the time is not necessarily beautiful in the end... it often looks overly rigorous - artificial.

If I had the space I'd be all over this baby. It needs some plant stands on either side with big leafy ferns or palms... and a funky mirror overhead.

Baby blue/cream stripes, dark lustrous wood, curlicue arms, a sharp, timeless, modern/old piece. I would love to own it.

this sofa would look 100 times better if the wood was refinished with a white rub.

Are you kidding, clr? Even if you don't care for antiques, ruining a classic with a tacky faux finish is hardly the right response.

Im not crazy about the finish on the wood but the fabric does it in for me - HOT