Due to the various leather types, tanning methods, dying processes, and underlying frame construction; leather furniture is undoubtedly one of the most misunderstood and confusing furniture categories. Leather is processed into three main forms as full or top grain, corrected grain, and split hides. Top grain leather is a premium product and made from the top untreated portion of high quality raw hides. Since this type has not been corrected (sanded, buffed, embossed, or snuffed) it retains the most desired leather qualities; durability, suppleness, beauty, and fiber strength. Because the surfaces of top grain leathers have not been altered, you can expect to have exposed scarring, insect bites, and natural wrinkles. A corrected grain leather is any top grain leather that has undergone man made changes to its surface by buffing or sanding. These leathers are made from inferior hides that require their natural surfaces to be disguised and pigmented to further hide the various imperfections and subsequent treatment processes.
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