Sofas feature conspicuously in fine art, notably the Canova’s Pauline Borghese as Venus, Velazquez’ Rokeby Venus along with Etruscan sarcophagi from Cerveteri.
Still, as shown by Dali’s Mae West’s Lips, couches can also be works of art in their own right. With this work Salvador Dali, the Marqués de Dal de Pbol, created a great icon [...]