Both materials have their positive and negative points. Some prefer fabric being more breathable and washable while others prefer leather being easier to clean, maintain and the looks.
For me, after using quite a few sets of leather and fabric sofa, my personal preference is leather material mainly for the maintenance and durability.
Now for leather, there are many types of leather from Aniline, Semi-Aniline, Corrected Grain, Split Leather and bonded leather, sometimes called synthetic leather. These terms can be googled easily as it is standard terminology of leather used in the sofa industry. However, today almost all retailers (including established ones) in Malaysia use the name Bovine leather and this is a very confusing term. Googled this and you can see that it is not a common terminology used for leather. Bovine is a term meant for hoof animals, which include cattle, the bison, African buffalo, the water buffalo, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes. So in short cow is a bovine but bovine is not a cow.
In case where the term Aniline or Semi-Aniline is used, you can expect some premium on the sofa.
Last but not least, leather comes in different thickness, generally 1.5mm or 1mm.
Anyone feel free to share your experience about your sofa purchase.
Jan 6 2012, 10:30 PM, updated 14y ago
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