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All our sofa's
are individually hand made by skilled craftsmen in the U.K.
by Forest Sofa's who have been manufacturing for over 40
years.
or
is used in the frame construction and only full leather
is used unlike most foreign imports which use split leathers*
and chipboard frames. also all sofa's comply with UK fire
regulations.
We have chosen to supply only the highest quality sofa's
available as cheap foreign imports will not give the customer
satisfaction we seek.
*SPLIT LEATHERS - Leather undergoes a number of processing
creating four main types: Aniline , Semi Aniline, Corrected
grain and Nubuck. The top of the hide is by far the most
durable, the surface of the hide or 'top grain' has a very
tough, ridged and durable fibre structure. The raw hide
is too thick for upholstery and it is segmented, the top
surface is used to produce quality leathers as supplied
by our suppliers, the rest of the leather (splits) has a
far inferior fibre structure and is susceptible to splitting
/ tearing.
The
word split refers to the characteristic of the leather,
and this poor material which is far cheaper than top grain,
is often used on cheap imports. It is often misconstrued
that thicker leather is better, this is however not the
case. The average thickness for upholstery is 0.9mm - 1.1mm.
Once again the best part of the hide is the top surface
even leather 1.6mm thick if taken from below the surface
is not going to be the same standard as 0.9 - 1.1mm top
grain
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