ROCKINGHAM CHIPPENDALE SOFA : UNDYED LEATHER

British Prime Minister 1765-1766 & 1782

Aristocracy at its finest, the elegant 18th century inspired Rockingham Chippendale Sofa is a graceful throwback the Chesterfield origins.

Charles Watson-Wentworth, the 2nd Marquee of Rockingham. He served in only two high offices during his lifetime (Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords), but was nonetheless very influential during his one and a half years of service. One of Watson-Wentworth’s biggest influences actually came in his second stint at the helm when he oversaw the abolishment of The Relief of the Poor Act 1782. This saw the creation of Unions and Civil Parishes, later officially called ‘unions under Gilbert’s Act’, to provide outdoor relief and set up workhouses.

We like to think that our Rockingham camel back sofa metaphorically encaptures the ups and downs of his leadership. However, of course, it has to be said that there’s an awful lot of inspiration drawn from the hugely talented Thomes Chippendale in this piece too. This particular Rockingham is a beauty. Deep buttoned throughout, it’s a tasteful blend of Chesterfield style with a Chippendale style. This partcular piece is in its Raw undyed leather which would be lovingly hand dyed any desired colour!  Finished with a swan neck arm and four hand carved legs, it’s a very artful and stylish sofa.


Select your pricing and style

As we offer unlimited leather and fabric options please feel free to place your order and email us with the colour of the piece you love the most from our website, every style is available in every colour!

You can also use our full design service from the ground up

Crafting Manner 1

Crafting 1 Diagram

Our Manner 1 is identical to those of the 19th Century

The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung, with 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. This helps the build stay strong and never lose it's shapes.

Only using natural materials, the fillings consist of horse tail and coconut fibre before being lined with organic lambswool.

Each and every fixing is hand tacked and the solid beechwood Tenon Jointed frame sits on our beautiful hand turned Walnut legs

Our Manner 1 also comes with the finest hand dyed British leather or an alternative pre-dyed leather or fabric of your choice.*

Our Manner 1 is amongst the world's finest hand crafted furniture and takes up to a month to craft.

Crafting Manner 2

Our Manner 2 is almost identical to our Manner 1 but not fully band tracked. In this instance we hand tack the seat and outside leathers.

The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung. With 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. This helps the build stay strong and never lose it's shape.

Only using natural materials, the fillings consist of horse tail and coconut fibre before being lined with lambswool.

The solid beechwood tenon jointed frame sits on our beautiful hand turned Oak legs.

Our Manner 2 also comes with the finest hand dyed leather or an alternative or an alternative pre-dyed leather or fabric of your choice.*

Our Manner 2 is amongst the world's finest hand crafted furniture and takes up to a month to craft.

Crafting Manner 3

Crafting 3 Diagram

Our Manner 3 option is a blend between the traditionally crafted 19th century pieces, and an ever so slightly modern approach.

Just like our Manner 2, the seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung using 8 point and tied loose coil steel springs.

The key difference between our Manner 2 and 3 is that we use a rubberised hair and loose horse hair to fill. We will also staple the fixings in place of the hand tacked technique. However we do still hand tack the outer leathers.

He beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.

This option comes with hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*

Our Manner 3 option remains one of the finest crafted pieces of furniture.

Crafting Manner 4

Our Manner 4 offers two options which offer key elements of the various approaches to traditional craftsmanship.

Option 1

The seat is fully loose coil sprung using 8-point hand tied loose coil steel springs, however the back and arms are not. We then use a rubberised hair and loose horse hair to fill.

Option 2

The seat, back and arms are completely loose coil sprung using 8 point hand tied loose coil steel springs. We use a medium density foam and line the inside with pure cotton felt.

We will also staple the fixings in place of the hand tacked technique. However we do not still hand tack the outer leathers..*

The beechwood frame for both options is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.

This option comes with a hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*

Manner 4 is a great option to blend the elements of the more traditional crafting techniques.

Crafting Manner 5

Crafting 5 Diagram

Our Manner 5 option is the slightly modern approach to traditional craftsmanship.

The seat is fully loose coil sprung using 8-point hand tied loose coil steel springs (not to be confused with the 'sprung units'), however the back and arms are not.

We use a medium density foam and line the inside with our cotton felt.

The beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.

This option comes with hand dyed Italian/Scandinavian leather or a pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice.*

Manner 5 is our modern approach to crafting yet still un-paralleled in terms of the high street of specialists.

Crafting Manner 6

Our crafting 6 is certainly our most modern crating option.

The seat is either webbed or we use serpentine springs. Fillings are a very good medium density foam and line the inside with cotton felts.

The beechwood frame is dowelled, glued and screwed and sits on hand turned beechwood feet.

This option comes with pre dyed leather/fabric of your choice (fabric up to £40/m).

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Single Chair £2,129.00 Add to cart £2,799.00 Add to cart £3,249.00 Add to cart £3,699.00 Add to cart £4,479.00 Add to cart £5,599.00 Add to cart
Two Seater (70") £3,699.00 Add to cart £5,199.00 Add to cart £6,379.00 Add to cart £7,999.00 Add to cart £12,899.00 Add to cart £15,899.00 Add to cart
Three Seater (80") £3,999.00 Add to cart £5,579.00 Add to cart £6,719.00 Add to cart £8,499.00 Add to cart £13,499.00 Add to cart £16,799.00 Add to cart
Four Seater (90") £4,399.00 Add to cart £5,959.00 Add to cart £7,069.00 Add to cart £8,999.00 Add to cart £14,099.00 Add to cart £17,699.00 Add to cart
Five Seater (100") £4,699.00 Add to cart £6,339.00 Add to cart £7,419.00 Add to cart £9,499.00 Add to cart £14,699.00 Add to cart £18,599.00 Add to cart
Victorian Porters Chair £3,299.00 Add to cart £4,799.00 Add to cart £5,699.00 Add to cart £6,999.00 Add to cart £11,499.00 Add to cart £13,999.00 Add to cart