Welcome to this instalment
in our Leather feature
Why use leather for upholstery?
Decor Design Leather has been used extensively across the Australian and New Zealand commercial landscape including the Qantas and Virgin lounges, Crown and Star Casinos, Merivale, Solotel hospitality venues, Westfield shopping centres and is a first choice leather for many high end furniture makers.
It is a meticulously crafted leather range manufactured in Northern Italy, the home of upholstery leather and stocked locally in Perth, WA.
Why leather not textiles?
Leather is a unique natural product with many tactile properties. It’s unique nature offers a set of key characteristics that many designers love:
- Leather relaxes and ‘fits’ to the body.
- Adapts to it’s environment
- Comfortable
- Easy clean, inherently stain resistant.
- Hypoallergenic, leather won’t allergens or other debris within the fibres.
- Breathable
- Always fashionable
- Won’t ‘scuff’
- Stretch lines / ‘puddling’ in cushions etc shows character in leather rather than ‘ageing’ in textiles.
- If properly cared for, will last a lifetime.
Its inimitable ability to withstand the pressures of daily use are celebrated in its unique quality that as it ages, leather will generally look and feel softer, be more appealing.
Range highlight: Castello
Castello has distinctive tips!
Castello is produced on premium European cow hides using a distinctive ‘tipping’ technique. The two tone effect is achieved by combining a base dye colouration with a darker tip treatment highlighting the peaks of the grain. The result is a stunning sophisticated finish in a protected semi-aniline leather.
The range has been meticulously crafted to a contemporary colour palette that offers wide appeal.
Key Facts
Leather type: Semi-Aniline
Produced on European hides using water based dyes.
Made in Northern Italy
Colour palette: 8 colorways
Average hide size 5.0 sqm
Thickness 1.0–1.1mm
Produced by an ISO 14000 certified company
ISO 9001 quality certification.
All colours are stocked in our European warehouse
Allow a 2–3 week lead time.
All our leather samples are now in the new ‘D’ format.
Why Decor Design Leather?
The ranges are hand picked
Leather comes in all shapes, styles and finishes. We select the most suitable (style, finish, colour) Northern Italian leather for Australian and New Zealand markets.
Backed with exceptional service and over 40 years of expertise/technical support
Leather is a unique product, some would say still shrouded in mystery! It requires generational expertise to understand, select and specify. We understand how it works, its needs and its limitations and will work with you through every step of the journey.
Locally stocked for rapid turnaround
Many leather projects require quick delivery. We stock locally in Perth for immediate shipping on a 2–3 day lead time anywhere in Australia and 1 week to New Zealand.
Priced for value
Sourcing direct from Northern Italian tanneries in bulk provides an exceptional price/value equation on a superb quality leather range.
Hume is the only company licensed to sell these products on the East Coast of Australia and in New Zealand.
Explore the full range of stocked Decor Design Leather ranges
Leather… the natural choice.