Bergère and capitonné: sofas and armchairs discover the charm of classic styles
Furniture design is getting back to its origins: bergère armchairs and capitonné sofas are having a huge comeback in contemporary décor tendencies.
“A classic is something that has never finished saying what it has to say”, once said a writer, but this is true for furniture design as well. That is why classic styles are coming back into furniture trends: the best designers in the world know well that innovation can only be successful when it treasures the past, without wanting to delete it. Let’s take a look at the most beautiful interpretation of the capitonné sofa, also known as Chesterfield style, and of the bergère armchair.
The capitonné sofas are made with a technique that uses alternating stitching on upholstery coverings, with the function of making both the upholstery and the padding more stable. A technique that Paola Navone has been able to enhance in the collection of sofas and armchairs Chester Moon for Baxter: the name recalls the other name of the decoration style, Chesterfield, but also states the will to renovate it in a contemporary key. The entire leather surface of the Chester Moon is, in fact, stitched seamlessly between the armrests, seat and back: so as to tone down the formal character of the sofa, but not its preciousness, enhanced by the workmanship, entirely handmade.
The capitonné motif is completely transfigured into the Ploum sofa, a project by the Bouroullec brothers for the brand Ligne Roset. Ploum has a slightly concave shape, made with a soft and enveloping foam material, combined with a stretch fabric covering, fixed by capitonné-like stitching that creates small craters on the surface of the sofa. Ploum offers the same support in every point and for every position, from the backrest to the armrests, like an elegant and comfortable nest for your leisure moments.
From the capitonné to the bergère, it is only a small step: symbol of the bourgeois world of the last century, the armchair is characterized by the high back and the unmistakable terminal wings, which favor isolation and concentration. The contrast between softness and square shapes has also inspired Patricia Urquiola of Moroso design, who created Clarissa Hood, a latest-generation bergère with a polyester fiber shell, with a geometric shape and a large padding; the peculiar element of Clarissa Hood is the headrest that evolves into a concave shape, similar to a hood.
The classic bergère is also transformed into a contemporary shape by Roberto Lazzeroni in the elegant Mamy Blue for Poltrona Frau, a shell with essential shapes, with leather seat and external leather covering. The renowned elegance of the brand Poltrona Frau shines through this sophisticated bergère armchair, that is immediately able to take you back in time, to the Europe of the past century.
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