I don’t know about you but my Mother always refers to a couch or sofa as a chesterfield. Maybe it’s her British roots?
So if you haven’t guessed, today’s post is all about the Chesterfield Sofa.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, chesterfield was used to describe a couch in the 1900′s.
Isn’t it a handsome piece?
The theory is that Phillip Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1774), commissioned the first leather chesterfield with its distinctive low seat and deep buttoned, quilted leather upholstery.
Here’s a lovely gray one.
It looks just as good in a minimalist setting,
I love it in this soft green, it is just so fresh.
But it’s also lovely in cream.
But my absolute favourite, is it in navy.
Or how about in an olive green?
And a few more images to savour.
So which is your fav? How many of you would use this in your home or is it too “gentlemen’s den” for you?
Lisa Goulet is a certified Interior Decorator and an accredited member of
Love these sofas! My hubby’s parents have one very similar to the brown Pottery Barn one, and they just had the seat of it reupholstered, only because the leather cracked open in one spot. And that’s after taking great care to condition the leather, etc., but its loving use and many years just wore through!
LOVE the shape of them … but I always want to lie down and tell my deepest darkest secrets? LOL (personally I’m a fabric girl over leather, but that’s just me)
I love diamond tufting, so of course I have to love the Chesterfield Sofa
Although I’ve never actually sat on one, so I don’t know how comfortable it is with the low back. I think my favourite is the chesterfield in the very last picture – it looks so comfy with the pretty green cushions and the throw 
I’m not sure if this type of sofa is for me. When I see how many cookie crumbs end up between the cushions of current family room couch, I have nightmares of what I would find in all that tufting! I am fairly conservative — brown leather would be my choice, if I dared!
Wonderful that this chesterfield looks great in such diverse settings!
Yep, we always called ours a chesterfield also, however, we never had one in leather with tufting. As you have shown, this chesterfield sofa is fairly adaptable to any decor style.
I love these posts Lisa! The chesterfield is a very handsome sofa indeed! (not sure why I added the word indeed – just goes with the word chesterfield, I guess!)