A sofa is a piece of upholstered furniture that serves not only as a place for rest, relaxation after a hard day, but also as a decorative element in the interior of a room. Designers every year create more and more unusual models of such furniture, using expensive materials, outstanding styles, valuable wood and even metal. The prices for such sofas are, of course, sky-high.
In the article, we will consider some of the most expensive sofas in the world, which were created by famous designers for the richest people on the planet, famous artists and politicians, industrial tycoons and for popular exhibitions. In the main photo in the article, you can look at the modern red genuine leather sofa created for the lounge of the Heathrow Airport hotel in London. Naturally, upholstered furniture should correspond to a 14-meter bar and a five-star kitchen.
Sofa made of stainless steel for 409 thousand dollars
The most expensive sofa in the world is made by Ron Arad, a designer from London with Israeli roots. The creator is already 60 years old, but the furniture made according to his designs is so popular among the rich that for one chair, some laid out $ 1 million each.
The most expensive sofa in the world (photo above) was made of stainless steel in 2003. Art lovers liked its unique W-shape so much that the sofa was shown in 2009 in New York at an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
Furniture from Italy for Michael Jackson
One of the most expensive sofas (photo below) belonged to pop king Michael Jackson, he ordered it before his death and was going to use it to decorate his show on television. The dimensions of the sofa are impressive. It is almost 5 meters long and weighs 500 kilograms. The manufacturers placed on it a small plate on which it is reported that the sofa was made personally by order of Jackson, presented in a single copy and is a unique work of Italian masters.
This masterpiece of red velvet with gilded wooden structures from a single piece of wood is considered the most expensive baroque sofa (Italy). After filming, Michael Jackson planned to put him in his mansion in the suburbs of the capital of England. The cost of this thing is 200 thousand dollars. Now this piece of furniture was bought by a Spanish decorative lighting design company, but, according to rumors, there are already several real rarity buyers.
“A mixture of old and new”
One of the most expensive sofas in the world is Onyx, made by Peugeot Design Lab. Typically, the word "Peugeot" in people evokes associations with solid French cars, but it was the designers of this company who created a unique sofa made of volcanic stone and carbon fiber. According to them, such a work should symbolize the old and the new, combined together.
A piece of stone was found in the French Auvergne, and brought entirely to the enterprise. The craftsmen made a seat out of it by manual grinding, achieving a shiny, even surface that quietly passes into another material. It is a volcanic stone capable of filtering water. The part made of it remained unprocessed. The painstaking work of stone processing was carried out only by incisors.
Carbon fiber is wrapped around the base of wood and attached to the stone completely imperceptibly. The cost of this product from the TOP of the most expensive sofas in the world is 185 thousand dollars. A copy weighs 400 kg, its length is 3 meters. It is interesting to know that an inscription is made at the junction of stone and fiber, on which the exact coordinates of the place in France are indicated, where the block comes from.
Fabio Leather Cinema Sofa
This luxurious large-sized leather soft corner has all the amenities for a comfortable stay. The backs of the pillows automatically recline, allowing you to take a comfortable posture to a sitting person, which is ideal for watching movies in a home theater.
Also, in one of the most expensive sofas, a small refrigerator is built in, so while watching you can also refresh yourself with drinks. The actual price of the product is somewhat high - 9 thousand dollars. It develops due to built-in mechanisms and automatic devices. But such a sum is within the power of many inhabitants of the planet, so the model is popular, despite the cost.
Mah jong
This masterpiece can be called not a sofa, but a whole set of upholstered furniture. This includes corner and direct sofas, armchairs and even a bed. A model of such furniture was created by Hans Hopfer back in 1971.
Absolutely all the details and pillows on the furniture are made by hand, the backs are automatically adjusted. Customers are offered a huge selection of quality fabrics to choose from for a combination of colors and textures.
It is possible to list expensive things created for the rich for a long time, they are all interesting and unique in their own way, made of expensive natural materials have an original design and almost always cost fabulously expensive.