are looking for the highest quality (but moderately priced) brands or makers You may not be able to find the moderate costs you want at the "highest quality" you want. But try to focus on who manufactures the sofa, not who sells it. RH has high quality sofas made in North Carolina and Virginia and Italy, and lower quality sofas made in china. DWR also has some high quality sofas, although if ligne-roset is the high end of your budget, they will mostly blow out your budget. (I think that their prices are reasonable for a design focused European brand, but their construction uses a lot of MDF and particle board, and really doesn't have the construction quality Americans traditionally want in a sofa). My favorites in your price range would be sofas from Hooker and Bradington-Young (which they own) - you should expect to pay around $3000-$5000 for a midrange sofa. Bassett will be slightly cheaper but they are still decent. I'm sure others will offer some other good brands as well. What you want to do is find a retailer that sells the brands you like; these are typically smaller (although not that small) independent stores; not nationwide chains. (Although Arhaus has some okay furniture; so does room and board). Note that at retailers they will often have the model that you want but not the fabric; they can typically order them from the factory (which takes 6-8 weeks. Sometimes more.) What you don't get is the convenience of having all the options online and just clicking a button. (And, to be fair, they would be appalled at the idea that you would order without actually having a swatch of the material). Answer from thewimsey on reddit.com