How to Choose the Right Leather for your Upholstered Furniture
Whether you are buying new furniture or reupholstering an existing piece, Artistic Upholstery supplies a wide variety of leathers in a multitude of textures and colors. We offer the perfect choice of leather for sofas, chairs, ottomans, benches, banquettes and pillows. We can help you decide which leather is the right choice for you. How and where you intend to use your leather furniture should determine what kind of leather to use. What’s most important is the finish of the leather. You’ve probably heard the terms “full grain” and “top grain” in reference to leather types. These phrases refer to whether the surface of the leather is in its natural, “pure” state or whether it has been buffed to remove superficial defects. However, this has little to do with how the leather will perform. Typically, raw material with a lot of range marks and other imperfections (representing about 85% of the hides on the worldwide market) needs to have the defects physically removed to make the lea...