Ok, the gig's up. The one on the left was a hulk of a mess found at a flea market and reupolstered in denim and painted the hideous gold. The sofa on the right is the real deal, upholstered in a beautiful sage velvet and painted a much more muted gold.
I would have painted the hulk of a mess black or indigo, and upholstered it on the reverse side of a damask, or even a darker denim would have been chic too.
