Different Types of Leather Used in Furniture

Leather furniture is made using many different types of leather that are created using different processes. That is what accounts for the different look, feel and quality of leather furniture, and ultimately even how to clean it.
Leather comes from many different sources, some obvious such as cattle, sheep and pigs, and some not so obvious as stingrays and ostriches. Even so it is the way it is processed that ends up placing it into three main categories, aniline, semi-aniline, and protected or pigmented leather.

Florence Sofa - American Leather

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