Help-with What Period Is this Couch Considered?

[Qubanqtee]

Hi everyone - was wondering if anyone could tell me what time period this couch/sofa is considered? Im really struggling to place this.

[Kells]

That is a toughie. I'd call it Hollywood Glam, often referred to as Hollywood Regency. You saw it a lot in movies from the 1930s through the 1940s. It has some influences of Art Deco, but Hollywood Regency sofas didn't have any exposed wood. I searched for Hollywood Glam and found the pic below. Not exactly the same but a lot of the same influences, e.g.; curvy, fully upholstered, fringed bottom.

Okay, only peripherally related, but I thought I'd find an example in a clip from "Dinner at 8." From 1933, it's one of my favorites. Jean Harlow's "Gangster Moll" apartment had furniture like that. I didn't, but I did find a clip with one of my favorite movie lines from that film, a movie overflowing with great lines. Pretty racy for 1933. Oh, the stuff they could get away with pre-censorship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQNQqwFK-OM

[havanaholly]

6 hours ago, KellyA said:

...Pretty racy for 1933. Oh, the stuff they could get away with pre-censorship...

Sneaking "racy" stuff into movie dialogue was how they got around the really stringent censorship that started with the Hays Code in 1930 and lastest into the 1950s.

[Elsbeth]

In that color, I'd say it could be 1930s - 40s. I'd go with the 30s because the shape seems deco.

From an auction - https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-1930s-Art-Deco-Mohair-Sofa-Couch-FANTASTIC-ORIGINAL-CONDITION-ANTIQUE-/283164028005

[Qubanqtee]

such cool sofas! Thanks everyone! If I stick to the time period it won't work where I wanted it too....but I do think it's just so neat!