Some information regarding leather furniture can be seen at the bottom of this page.
CLICK on the thumbnail photo below to see an enlarged size photo with the dimensions of the lounge suits.
Leather Lounge Furniture - What is?
There are four major categories of Lounge suits that are sold as Leather Lounge suits. They are
1) Real Leather,
2) Split Leather,
3) Bonded Leather
4) PVC
In all four these categories there can be a combination of 2 or more categories on one lounge suit. Normally a shop will use the term "Leather uppers" which means that the parts of the lounge suit where you sit will be Leather and the back side will be PVC.
It can be difficult to distinguish between these categories even for professionals.
Real Leather
This is hide that went through a process of softening and colouring. There are many grades of real leather and the price can vary considerably according to the grade.
Split Leather
This is leather that has been split in 2 (or more) and then a piece of PVC is pasted on the bottom side to make it thick again.
Bonded Leather
Leather off-cuts go through a process whereby the leather is remoulded to get to a flat sheet of leather (almost like paper fibres that are moulded to become a paper sheet again). The leather sheet is then coloured on the one side. This colouring tends to come off rather easily.
PVC
PVC (Poly vinyl chloride) is basically plastic that looks and feels (and sometimes even smells) like real leather.
1) Real Leather,
2) Split Leather,
3) Bonded Leather
4) PVC
In all four these categories there can be a combination of 2 or more categories on one lounge suit. Normally a shop will use the term "Leather uppers" which means that the parts of the lounge suit where you sit will be Leather and the back side will be PVC.
It can be difficult to distinguish between these categories even for professionals.
Real Leather
This is hide that went through a process of softening and colouring. There are many grades of real leather and the price can vary considerably according to the grade.
Split Leather
This is leather that has been split in 2 (or more) and then a piece of PVC is pasted on the bottom side to make it thick again.
Bonded Leather
Leather off-cuts go through a process whereby the leather is remoulded to get to a flat sheet of leather (almost like paper fibres that are moulded to become a paper sheet again). The leather sheet is then coloured on the one side. This colouring tends to come off rather easily.
PVC
PVC (Poly vinyl chloride) is basically plastic that looks and feels (and sometimes even smells) like real leather.
