Mareta, the Mangere sofa

Mareta arrived a few weeks ago. She came from the Auckland City Mission by way of Mangere Bridge, or Pont de Mangere for the more pretentious.

Mareta is a Morgan but is a little different. She folds down and is four-seater - so far, so typical. But her back rest is vertically doweled instead of sprung. Her seat uses the typical sofa suspension system with springs running front-to-back.

She is timbered in the sapele mahogany that was the norm for these units, and is currently showing the signs of her recent past - a few street scars and grazes, but nothing too damaging.

We will be pairing her up with a set of vibrant red squabs that we recently (We??? Jos...) recovered on spec for another sofa. The buyer for that sofa decided on a different upholstery, so these became spare.

Mareta is going to look great in these squabs so watch out for images on here and on Trade Me when we start to look for new owners for this classic lady.