Deciding to purchase leather furniture to the living room we choose the most noble furniture-covering material. Leather lives, breaths, adjusts to the temperature of environment, absorbs and banishes moisture.
It has also some specific features such as texture, little scratches, scars and other kind of stigmas created before the process of tanning, which confirm its natural origin. Good leather armchair or sofa are like good wine. While the time passes, they gain specific qualities, which grant it unique charm and class. Furniture leather comes in different breeds, which can hale not only different colours, but also different thickness, softness and texture. The differences are noticeable while touching.
Semi-aniline leather - elite of leather – the group of highest esthetic features. They have nice, pleasant feel, very soft and delicate. Semi-aniline leather possesses the most succinct structure of collagen fibres. Leather of his kind is recommended especially for soft, fluffy furniture, because it heightens this impression.
Thick leather – the leather of highest utilizable valuers, with thickness between 1,3-1,5 mm. (the other groups of leather are 0,8-1,0 mm thick). Leather of his kind is soft and feels close-knit, it has succinct structure of collagen fibres and thanks to that is durable while stretching. Their thickness as well as high quality is the cause of the fact that crinkling process in his group is the slowest, and they are the most durable.
Selva leather - these are varnished types of leather that characterise with proper utilizable features and are the most often used worldwide in production of living-room furniture sets. They are available in the biggest colour paletce.
Antique leather – his is a type of leather of unique texture, which gains its final look during the process of manual wiping – antiquing. Thanks to this technology we gain an effect of the furniture used for many years. This type of leather is especially recommended for the furniture of classis designs because they emphasise their rustic character and ever-lasting beauty.
While choosing the colour of leather furniture we usually pay attention to esthetic factors, however practical conditions should also be considered. These can be the frequency of use, presence of little children or domestic animals. Therefore before purchase it is worth devoting some time to make a proper choice of colour. Light colours of leather, similarly to light colours of clothes, are more likely to get dirty faster.
Leather furniture, similarly to the skin of our hands or faces, needs special care and maintenance. The way and frequency of clearing and conservation depend on how dirty the furniture is and how often it is used. For cleaning and maintenance should be used only special products for furniture leather care. Proper care and use of leather furniture will significantly elongate life of your furniture and its excellent look.
Appearing of crinkles, folds and shines is a natural process while using leather furniture sets. The process depends on intensity and quality of furniture use; similar processes take place in such products as leather jackets, shoes or the driver’s seat in the car.
According to experts, long-lasting and good look of leather furniture set in 70% depend on its exploitation as well as on conditions in which it was used. The factors of negative impact on the leather include: high temperature, dry air, exposure to sun light. Such conditions will shorten your leather-covering life significantly.
It is important to pay attention during the use of leather furniture on the contact with the clothes of non-steady colours, e.g. jeans. This type of clothes can irreversibly change the colour of leather regardless of its quality and technology used during production process. The problem is especially significant for light leather colours.
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