Pair of Rolled-Arm Loveseats by Hayes Manufacturing America 1970s

A handsome pair of two-seat sofas produced by Hayes Manufacturing Co., one of mid-century America’s well-regarded upholstered furniture makers. The form is a studied exercise in restraint — generously scaled rolled arms, loose knife-edge back cushions, and deep seat cushions combine to give each piece an ease and comfort that purely modernist seating rarely achieves. The silhouette is traditional in its bones but spare in its execution, stripped of ornamental carving or nail-head detailing in favor of clean upholstered surfaces throughout.

Each sofa rests on a continuous flat chrome plinth base that runs the full width and wraps the perimeter elegantly meeting in the center of each side— a decidedly modernist counterpoint to the softness of the upholstered form above, and the detail that firmly places these pieces in the 1970s high-design moment when chrome hardware was ubiquitous in the best American residential interiors.

Both sofas have been newly recovered in a warm greige mohair velvet, a material chosen for its depth of color, tactile richness, and exceptional durability. The weave has a subtle heathered quality that reads as a neutral in most interior contexts while providing far more visual complexity than a flat fabric would offer.
Acquired and recovered as a pair; offered together. Suitable as a facing arrangement in a generous living room or library, or as separate seating elements in a larger installation. Sold as a pair