Leather, and where it earns its place
Bonded leather seating across executive, visitor and conference ranges. Leather is the most formal material we supply and the easiest to keep clean, which is why it has stayed the boardroom default long after fashions changed elsewhere.
Two practical advantages
It wipes clean. In a room where clients are given coffee, that is worth more than it sounds, and it is the reason leather outlasts fabric in reception and meeting settings.
It reads as formal without any effort. A leather chair signals seriousness in a way fabric does not, which matters in rooms where the furniture is part of the impression.
And two real drawbacks
Leather does not breathe. Over a full working day in a warm office it gets uncomfortable, which is why mesh has taken over task seating almost entirely.
It also shows wear at the contact points rather than fading evenly. A well used leather chair looks used in a way a fabric chair does not.
Where to use it
Rooms people pass through rather than live in. Executive chairs for private offices, and leather visitor and conference seating for meeting rooms.
For someone at a desk all day, specify fabric or mesh instead and spend the difference on adjustment.