101.5 in U Shaped Chenille Sectional in Forest Green with Pocket Sprung Seats and Two Chaises

A large sofa built as foam over elastic webbing takes its shape from wherever people sit. Within a couple of years one seat sits visibly lower than the rest, and no amount of turning the cushion puts it back, because the sag is underneath the cushion rather than in it.

This one uses individually pocketed springs under the sponge, which the maker names on its own comfort panel. Each spring compresses on its own, so the load spreads across the base instead of stretching one span of webbing, and the seat keeps its line across the whole 101.5 inches.

The shape, with nothing around it

The studio shot. Both ends turn in to form the U, with four back cushions across the middle and a bolster lying on each chaise. Chenille reads darker in the shadows and almost olive where the light hits it.

Every number on the drawing

One hundred and one and a half inches long, 49.5 deep, 28.5 high, with a 44 inch middle run and chaises 27.5 wide, the left one 41 deep. Seat height 18 inches, back cushions 18 tall, total capacity 1000 lb, seating for five to six.

What is under the cushion

The inset is a cluster of individually wrapped springs. That is the part of a sofa nobody sees and everybody feels three years later, and it is worth more to the life of a seat than any amount of foam on top of it.

Where the support is claimed

The maker traces the line of a seated body and marks four points: neck, lumbar, hip and leg. The useful part is what it shows about the geometry, which is a back tall enough to reach the shoulders and a chaise long enough to take the legs.

Individually wrapped springs under high density sponge, named on the maker's own comfort panel.

The total figure printed on the dimension panel, over a heavy duty wooden frame. A static rating.

Both ends turn in, each 27.5 inches wide, with the left one measured at 41 inches deep.

Named on this listing's own fabric panel and marked skin friendly, anti pilling and easy to clean.

One on each chaise, 24 by 9 by 5 inches, loose rather than built into the arm.

Spread along the base with foot pads rather than sitting only at the four corners.

Ships from a Canadian warehouse. Free shipping on orders over $150. Some remote areas, PO boxes and surcharge regions may be excluded or cost extra.

Return within 14 days of purchase, unused, in original condition and packaging.

Covered directly by the manufacturer under their warranty terms for material and manufacturing defects.

Suspension is what decides whether a seat still looks level after three winters of the same person sitting in the same spot.

Forest green chenille holds its depth under lamplight rather than flattening out the way a matt weave does.

What we stand behind

• Every dimension, the 1000 lb capacity and the 5 to 6 seating figure are read from the manufacturer's own panels.
• The written description offers corduroy or chenille. The fabric panel on this listing names chenille and the photographs show a smooth pile, so chenille is used.
• The written description calls it a 4 seater in one paragraph and says it seats up to 6 in another. The panel figure of 5 to 6 is used and the conflict is flagged.
• No fibre composition, foam density, spring count, carton dimensions, assembly detail or net weight is published, so none is quoted.
• Ships from a Canadian warehouse, free shipping over $150.
• 14 day returns, unused and in the original packaging.

What is chenille like to live with?

It is a soft pile woven from twisted yarn, so it feels warmer and denser than a flat weave and catches the light in two tones. The maker marks it anti pilling and easy to clean. It does show a brushed direction where people sit, which evens out with a hand over it.

How many springs are there?

No spring count is published, so none is given here. What the maker does state is that the seats use individually wrapped pocket springs under high density sponge, which is the part that matters for how the seat holds its shape.

Why is it flat when it arrives?

The cushions are vacuum packed for shipping. The maker asks for up to 72 hours for full expansion, so the sofa will look thin and creased at first. Lay it out in its final position and leave it rather than speeding it up with heat.

Does the U shape suit a small room?

At 101.5 by 49.5 inches it wants a room that can give up a real footprint. The advantage of the U over an L is that both ends turn in, so it works in the middle of a floor as easily as against a wall.