Description
The full suite (the 3-seater, 2-seater & single armchair) SOLD in 2019 for $6,995 WITHIN 8 DAYS OF BEING LISTED ON invisedge.com.au – keep following our NEWLY LISTED Category.
This suite was about 17 years old when in SOLD in 2019 but presented very well due to the exceptional quality of the craftsmanship and design.
Provenance and Background Information
(Written in 2019).
A VINTAGE 2-seater sofa by highly-awarded company, Pacific Green. (Matching pieces from this suite are also available but priced separately.) Pacific Green Furniture is at the top in my eyes- they offer it all and have their own original style others wouldn’t even try to copy. Despite exhaustive online research I can’t find the name of this design. This design was one of their first (released about 25 years ago) and to my knowledge was changed to become the Luxor design about 15 years ago. It had a very small production run before becoming the Luxor and is one of the rarest Pacific Green designs around. The Luxor 3-seater sofa retails for around AU $6500 (AU $3911 for the single-seater) and a LOT more in America where Pacific Green Furniture is one of the rising-star furniture brands of recent times. I prefer this design over the Luxor- it’s more restrained and refined making it better to have as a full suite. A full Luxor suite would be a bit-much in most homes- this design is more minimalist and classic but still stunning!
I had ONE single seater chair in this design back in 2014- it sold within days of being listed in iNVISeDGE and was one of my most popular listings at the time. This is the only suite in this design I’ve come across on the secondary market and as the Pacific Green star continues to rise on an international platform this vintage suite will become collectable in future years- you just don’t come across this design. (This design was only ever sold in Australia and Fiji and in a very small production run.) With the success of the Luxor design I can’t see Pacific Green re-releasing this one again. This leather is top-quality and this colour suits the design perfectly. Black in this design is bold- this camel coloured leather softens the design and creates a warm, earthy look (but still with a distinct designer edge).
The best second-hand Pacific Green Furniture is being tightly held onto at the moment and with good reason. In my opinion it’s the most exceptional furniture brand to emerge from this country. The construction quality exceeds virtually all furniture found in Australia including most Danish furniture, Parker, Tessa and most Coco Republic pieces. The construction quality of Pacific Green Furniture is easily inline with the best FLER pieces from the 1950’s such as the highly awarded SC55 chair and the furniture of B & B Italia.
Most designer items today are clinical and sterile-looking- this one has an earthy tribal feel with a modern designer twist. I love the luxurious comfort of this suite- beautifully soft and sumptuous but still supportive so you don’t keep sinking down and have to pray to God you’ll be able to get out of it! … And the armrests are great for resting your drink on!
Pacific Green Furniture is HEAVY and extremely well built- the whole sub-structure is solid steel. And to top it off this is an outstanding investment- Pacific Green can’t even make a Luxor sofa for this price!
About Pacific Green
Pacific Green Furniture is not as obscure as I first imagined. The business originated from the Post & Rail brand which started in Sydney in the 1970’s. I’ve stocked Post & Rail furniture before and would stock the right designs again (the quality of P & R is exceptional). Post & Rail grew into an international brand and in the late 1980’s they did the unthinkable. With a highly successful brand they changed tack completely. With the world’s new concern with deforestation and ecological threats, Post & Rail closed and re-branded as Pacific Green Furniture. Pacific Green searched the world for a sustainable quality timber for their future furniture production- the solution? Coconut wood. In the South Pacific, they found vast abandoned plantations of coconut palm trees, which were commercially planted in the early-1900’s but had reached the end of productive fruiting. The best part? Coconut wood is more resilient than virtually any timber. It thrives in areas battered by tropical cyclones.
After I’d found out that I not only did I wanted that suite in a second, I wanted to start stocking new Pacific Green furniture in iNVISeDGE (which would be a first for us because we only sell used furniture). But there’s more. Pacific Green set a benchmark for modern, sustainable business in the Pacific. In the late-1980’s land was leased, not bought, to respect indigenous ownership. Their factory was built in consultation with the surrounding villages and employed only local people. Business and skills training programmes were established. The majority of the business is owned by Fijians- the drive and designing arm still happens here in Australia.
Pacific Green today has grown from that little furniture-making firm that started in the Rocks, Sydney back in 1973 (as Post & Rail). I am inspired and heartened they changed tack back in the late 1980’s when ecological threats were barely thought of. I can write nothing critical about this suite or Pacific Green- if I wasn’t busy with iNVISeDGE I’d want a job with them.
The best thing about Pacific Green Furniture is the inspiration it evokes- Pacific Green ticks every box and proves that businesses can be successful, ecologically responsible and socially-aware. This suite is already 17 years old, in fully original condition and has been built to tell stories for generations to come- just like Post & Rail furniture already has. Pacific Green Furniture will become the antiques of tomorrow. There’s no better way to invest in your home, reduce landfill and your carbon footprint.
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