Howard Keith Original Blue Barbican Modular Sofa Set

Designer: John Home

Howard Keith (HK Designs)

We are delighted to offer an extremely rare and beautiful original 1970s Howard Keith Barbican modular sofa set by HK London, on behalf of our client.

This desirable sofa set is upholstered in its original blue pin stripe velvet velour fabric, which has been professionally deep cleaned and restored to perfect condition.

The sofa itself sits on a black wooden plinth box which hides its castors and creates a shadow gap to give the illusion of the sofa floating above the ground.

This Howard Keith Barbican modular sofa set includes:-

Three seater with an arm
Three seater with an arm
Two seater
Corner seat
Side/end table
Cushions
Arm trays

The maximum seats this set allows is nine, but they can be moved around and changed to reduce that number.

The arms and base are removable for ease of transport and getting through doorways etc.

Complete with stamps, labels and original documents.

Dimensions Of Each Modular
Height – 80cm
Widths vary depending on seating design
Depth – 100cm
Seat Height – 40cm

Price: £6,995

Delivery available or collection from Bourn, Cambridgeshire, UK

Please email us at [email protected] for more details, to make an offer, or if you have any questions.

NB. This item may not meet contemporary fire safety standards which were introduced after this item was made. You may also want to consider recovering, new foam or reupholstery.

Howard Keith was born Hans Krebs in 1902 in Germany and changed his name when he came to England around 1933, presumably to escape Nazi Germany.

Founded in 1933 by Howard Keith, HK established a name for high-quality upholstered products. Howard Keith was a designer and maker of stylish upholstered furniture producing designs for a great number of companies.

Chairs like the Encore, Viking and Bambino and lounge seating such as Diplomat, Barbican and Cloud ensured Howard Keith’s position as one of the country’s top furniture designers in the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.

Keith’s company was highly successful in making modern designs for domestic sofas and chairs well into the 1970s, before becoming one of Europe’s top high-end contract upholstery manufacturer.

HK designs provided furniture for the QE2, Marlborough House, The Royal Train during the Queen’s jubilee year, the States of Jersey Parliament, the Stock Exchange Boardroom, BP’s headquarters and supplies leather seating for the Portcullis House, new parliament building at Westminster.

Royal patrons such as Princess Margaret, celebrities and pop stars such as Elton John and Abba, embassies and exclusive hotels, and even the QE2 all took their delivery of Howard Keith furniture during the 60s, 70s and 80s.

In the 1970s, HK started manufacturing high-end conference tables and executive desks and became known for craftsmanship, quality and design winning contracts for major blue-chip organisations such as The Bank of England, The Stock Exchange, Barclays and BP. In 2000, HK made the news desk for BBC South East.

Today, the company still specialises in high-quality, custom-made executive and conference room furniture.

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