This Settee is beautiful in person - bought the raisin color.  It would be a fabulous piece if used in like a waiting room or for looks only.  The velvet material while beautiful is also very very slippery.  If you sit back (as opposed to sitting on the edge) for more than a few minutes, you start to slide down off the seat.  It's like sitting on slippery silk fabric.  I loved the look of it and the smaller size.  I really wished it would have worked out - sadly they were returned.