F9696-W Sofa with Tufted Leather Chaise

The F9696-W is a long sectional that saves its drama for the end — an ivory fabric run of clean, plain-cushioned seats arriving at a chaise upholstered in chocolate leather and quilted corner to corner in deep grid tufting. One sofa, two temperaments: the fabric side calm and unadorned, the leather end stitched like a tailored object. The eye travels the length and stops exactly where the design intends.

Design & Character

The contrast is engineered in three moves. Texture: smooth woven ivory against the leather's pillowed grid, every tufted square catching its own highlight. Height: the main run carries full back cushions while the chaise drops to an open platform with a single low bolster, changing the sofa's skyline at the turn. Color: cream to chocolate, the darkest point of the piece placed at its most sculptural. The result reads as a sofa with a signature rather than a sofa with an end.

Materials & Finish

The body wears a soft ivory weave with piped, squared cushions — deliberately quiet upholstery. The chaise answers in rich brown leather, biscuit-tufted in a dense grid that takes real stitching discipline to keep true across a surface this size. Scatter cushions in chocolate, taupe, and woven stripe carry the palette back down the fabric run so the two halves speak.

Made for the Long Wall with a View of the Door

Point the tufted end toward the room's entrance; it is the first thing read and the piece's handshake. The long fabric run seats the household in comfort that doesn't compete, while the leather platform takes the lounger, the afternoon guest, or the overflow at full house. It suits generous living rooms with one commanding wall — the sofa supplies the punctuation at its end.

Styling & Pairing

Ground it with a pale rug and keep the coffee table dark and low — the espresso tables in the collection match the chaise's register. Let the tufted leather stay bare of throws; covering it wastes the needlework. One rust or terracotta artwork nearby, as staged here, gives the chocolate its warm echo.

Why This Piece

Grid tufting on leather is the slowest work in upholstery, and this sofa spends all of it on one gesture. The F9696-W suits buyers who want a composed room with a single flourish rather than a loud one. Run a palm across the quilted chaise at a showroom — the evenness of those squares is the quality check, and this piece passes it in person.