$2,200.00

The 3-piece suite SOLD for AU $5,400 in 2023.

The listed price is for the sofa only. The matching pair of chairs are priced SEPARATELY!

LOCATION- Kensington, MELBOURNE.

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This FULL suite SOLD for $5,400 in 2023 after about 2 months of being on the market.

The listed price is for the sofa only. The matching pair of chairs are priced SEPARATELY. The green Cintique sofa SOLD through iNVISeDGE- these photos are provided for display purposes only. The suite on offer in this listing is beige with black piping.

LOCATION- Kensington, MELBOURNE.

Call us (using the phone number given in our CONTACT section) if you’re interested in the full suite as we will be considering separating the suite if there’s interest in individual parts.

Background Info and Provenance

A vintage Cintique Day Bed / Lounge Sofa made in the 1950’s. In my opinion this daybed is one of the best sofas / day-beds ever made. Its curvilinear form combined with its boxy minimalist shape means the piece attracts attention but is still refined and elegant… And the high elevation off the floor from the tapered legs heightens the wow-factor. The green sofa that’s included in the photos was used to style an apartment- I was there for the Open Homes and heard time and time again, “love that sofa”.

The thing I really like about this design is the lighter colour. (Most mid-century sofas are a dark timber, under the darker finish on this suite, the timber is light in colour.) This means the piece would be more adaptable to any interior- a strong wood cleaner would get the timber looking much lighter.

The labels are still present on every piece and specify that this Cintique suite was made in Sunshine, Melbourne. Cintique is a highly-respected UK furniture brand that has shaped sofa and chair frames for over 110 years. Whether the Australian Cintique Furniture brand was affiliated with the UK brand or not, I don’t know. There’s very little information around about Cintique, the Australian furniture brand online but this is the best piece of design the Australian Cintique-brand ever did.

Combining stunning looks with practicality, this is an excellent sitting sofa … but flick off the back cushions and you have a bed-space that’s big enough for the average adult to lie out on- perfect for those lazy Sunday afternoons. On top of this, the loose cushions sitting on the timber frame are practical in every other sense- so easy to keep looking good. The green sofa was used in an Airbnb property for 2.5 years. I had to take one of the green covers off once to clean off a food stain. I simply unzipped it off, sprayed the affected area, rinsed it out completely with water and returned it straight back to the cushion in minutes before putting it out in the sun. Three months ago, I machine-laundered 3 or 4 of the covers on the gentle cycle (and returned them to the cushions whilst still damp to prevent shrinkage). The covers look pretty-much the same as how they were straight after they were re-upholstered… Re-upholstery was also a breeze. I simply took the old original covers (which were festy!) with this quality WARWICK fabric to an upholsterer. She sewed up the new covers for $280 all up. A good investment considering the covers have many years of life left in them and they’ve already had solid use from holidaying families for 2.5 years.

The comfort of this sofa is very good- it’s perfect as a sitting lounge- the angles are great plus there’s plushness and the right level of support. And if you lie out a bit, it can also be used for watching movies on. This leaves us with investment appeal- if someone was to create a piece like this in Australia again, they’d have to ask around $4000 for it just to stay in business. But no-one is making them like this anymore. If you dally-around deciding whether or not you should go for this one, I doubt it will wait around for you. It’s likely you’ll be left wondering where you might possibly find another. Vintage furniture in blonde-timber is much harder to get compared to the standard blackwood / teak. We get cool 50’s day beds like this every 3 years or so.

This 60-YEAR OLD sofa is solid proof that when something has been done well it will live on and will only become MORE-VALUED as the years roll on. The durability of its construction has proven itself over the last 60 years. There are metal springs under the cushions which illustrates the quality. This piece has avoided landfill and is set to passed from this generation to the next. There’s no better way I can think of to invest in your home and reduce your carbon footprint.

2304 and 2002

This piece is about 60 or 70 years old so shows minor signs of age and use but there's nothing that spoils the piece. This day bed has steel springs underneath the seat cushions so it's very comfortable to sit and lounge on. It's not a sloth around sofa but still very comfortable. The cushions were re-upholstered fairly recently in Macrosuede. This fabric is holding up extremely well and all the covers still look great. One cover was taken to a dry cleaner because it had a stain on it- the dry cleaner removed the stain completely (at a cost of $20). Another cover has some very minor marks (they're not really noticeable- see the photo). This cover could also be taken to a dry cleaner and I'd say they'd get it looking like new again (the marks are small and feint). The cushioning was replaced at the time it was re-upholstered. This cushioning was chosen by a professional upholsterer specifically for this sofa. The cushioning is comfortable and provides good support. The cushioning is top-quality and shows no signs of sagging or degradation at all. The fabric that covers the springs is the original quilted cover so it's about 70 years old and obviously shows significant signs of age. This is under the seat-cushions and never noticed so not really worth the mention! ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This piece is structurally solid and sturdy with no structural issues to report at all. The timber is in original condition and has many signs of use and age. The finish is old so a strong wood cleaner would get it back to a lighter colour. This is not a big job because the finish is very worn- the old finish would come off easily. We've left it as is as some people will like the existing vintage character. (You could also use an orbital sander on it.) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Measurements. Of the previous Cintique sofa we had. Total length- 197cm. Total depth- 76cm. Total height- 72cm. Measurements as a daybed without the back cushions on- 188cm by 72 cm. For freight. Height is 61 cm because the back cushions can lay down flat for transit. 0.92 cubic metres for freight.
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