Object Literature
The word “club” in club chair harks back to the gentlemen’s clubs in nineteenth century England where a gentleman could go to get away from his household (including womenfolk). Once there, he would sink into a well-upholstered leather chair and relax with a drink and perhaps a cigar. The names of the fashionable London streets full of such clubs are still used to name classic club chairs : St. James, Piccadilly and so on. A dictionary definition of a club chair or sofa is “A heavily upholstered piece of furniture with arms and a low back”. Art deco club chairs and sofas became popular and are particularly associated with France, indeed this particular pair were last purchased in Paris several decades ago.
Hard to find in black, and a matching pair, what’s not to like. Sumptuous.