Khartoum Sofa, Small

Black leather, square shoulders, no questions asked.

The Khartoum sofa, small, comes from the Primitive Collection and is contemporary, in black leather. Its rounded arm and low plinth belong to the club sofa, a form developed for gentlemen's clubs and later adopted for libraries and living rooms, where people settle in for long conversations. Two deep seat cushions rest on a tall upholstered base. A single seam splits the high, straight back down the middle. The leather shows a soft sheen along the arm fronts and cushion edges. Nothing here is fussy, which seems to be the idea. Seventy-four inches long.

It has never once apologized.