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Few would disagree that a Leather Chesterfield Sofa is still the smart choice because of its longevity and durability. Sofas and Club Chairs made of leather are soft and have long been a favourite for those in search of true sophistication. Many believe that to have a Premium Black Leather Sofa or Hand Dyed ebony sofa is the ultimate in style and home furnishing, but with a choice of 31 other colours from our range, you will be spoiled for choice.

Properly cared for, leather Sofas, Club Chairs and Footstools will last for years; look round a stately home for examples of this. Our accepted top of the range leather furniture will give durability and good looks and will enhance any sitting room or reception area.

We offer three styles of leather, Antique Leather, Premium Leather and Hand Dyed Leather, all unique the choice will depend upon your particular choice of colours and the surrounding into which you will be putting the Distinctive Chesterfield. Contact us and we will be happy to send samples and colour swatches to help you in your choice of colour and finish.

Fitting easily into any drawing room or lounge the range of Rutland Leather Furniture will grace any setting, traditional or modern. With beautiful curvy lines the Rutland Leather sofa or club chair has been described as being the “Art Deco” of furniture with a fully buttoned appearance and stiff sprung frame which has extra foam added to give that bit more support.

All our style of leather is available for the Rutland range and whichever of the three that you choose we guarantee it will look just as good. The comprehensive range of colours carefully applied by our time served leather craftsmen can be chosen for the Rutland range, but darker colours seem to be the most popular choice for these sofas and club chairs, complimenting their good looks. Matching footstools are included in the Rutland range adding to the natural comfort of these delightful pieces.

There are few that know more about Leather Furniture than Distinctive Chesterfields as well as the time served craftsmen that produce these wonderful pieces in their Yorkshire workshops.

The Distinctive Chesterfield Manufacturing range of leather sofa’s and chairs is designed for superb comfort and durability. In time honoured tradition, we have been providing custom made leather furniture to suit both contemporary and character style homes and offices for many years.

There is no doubt that leather furniture is warm and luxurious and people demand the luxury and warmth leather furniture brings to a home. Although it can be more expensive than some upholstered furniture, leather furniture is recognized as a better investment over time. Busy people today with their active lifestyles require furniture that can meet the demands of everyday use and look great for years to come. Your Distinctive Chesterfield sofa or club chair will leather mellow gracefully with age like others have done over the years.

The craftsmen that work with us at our Yorkshire workshops are all time served and fully trained in the art of making Leather Furniture; the quality of their products is testament to this. We consider these workmates to be our friends, just as we might consider neighbours or fellow members of a club or society.

At Distinctive Chesterfields we have a very good friend in the guise of the Soldiers Sailors Airman and Families Association, otherwise know as S.S.A.F.A. an organisation which assist those people who serve and protect our country, we are very proud to be associated with this.

You will find a link here and on our Distinctive Chesterfields website which will give information about how this organisation care for the needs for the serving men and women in today’s Armed Forces and for those who have served, and for their families and dependants.

Just relax and put your feet up is a message we often here and with one of the range of footstools from Distinctive Chesterfields it is really easy. If you have one of the many Distinctive Chesterfield sofas or club chairs you can if you wish choose a footstool which matches this exactly, choosing not just the same style but also the type of leather finish and the colour too.

Alternatively we have found over the past few years that many of our customers are buying footstools from us to use in bedrooms and studies as examples. In our range you have the choice of two types of our famous Queen Anne range in either standard or de-luxe versions. The Darwin is a clean uncluttered footstool that will fit into any style of room and the Regal footstools is a popular choice being somewhat higher than either of these. For someone who is looking for a lower and wider style, we would recommend that the Warwick is the choice for them. This footstool is wider and lower than any in our range an ideal piece for any situation.

There have been reports recently of people who have suffered allergies from furniture reacting to their skin; it is believed that this has been caused through the treatment of the product described as “leather substitute” or similar. We believe, and this has been proved for hundreds of years that there is truly NO substitute for leather.

This wonderful and completely natural product has been worn by man and used by him to make a multitude of durable and long lasting products, including our comprehensive range of Distinctive Chesterfield sofas, club chairs and footstools.

Before we cover our range of furniture with leather, these carefully selected fine grain hides are subjected to a three stage finishing process after which they can be applied to the chosen piece. Treated with care and maintained as you would any treasured item, leather will continue to not just look good, but last for years as well.

The hide upholstered Dorset Chesterfield range of sofas, club chairs and footstools stand out amongst the wide range of quality hand made products that are made in our Yorkshire workshops. Described as a timeless classic, the Dorset sofa has cushions that are stuffed with high quality fibres all by hand and with the option of duck down for the really discerning on request.

Featuring straight arms and with a level back, all deep foamed for comfort combined with built in longevity of shape, the Dorset chesterfield sofa oozes fine features such as hand nailed brass studs and mahogany bun feet polished for good looks and protection. Naturally the Dorset can be covered with one of the three styles of leather finish and in the full range of colours that are offered by us, but the most popular would appear to be our white premium leather, making this iconic chesterfield one of our best sellers. You may see other sofas and chairs that look similar, but few if any will be built with the care and skill offered by our time served craftsmen.

Because all our Distinctive Chesterfield sofas, chairs, footstools and office chairs are hand made by time served craftsmen, not machined on a standard jig, we can literally make a piece of furniture to your own personal requirements, offering a bespoke service just for you. We can alter our basic design by making it taller, deeper, wider or longer.

We are often asked to supply leather furniture for office and commercial premises such as hotels, commercial receptions, boardrooms etc., this can take the form of a corner sofa, an example would be the Hertford sofa for instance. The finish of your Distinctive Chesterfield can be upholstered in fabric or leather, stained to any colour, or we can match a sample if supplied. Please contact our sales department for more information.

We can understand how people can become spoilt for choice when considering which Distinctive Chesterfield to buy for their home or commercial premise, our rang is probably the best to be seen anywhere, coupled with that we have, of course, a full colour range and three distinctive style of leather from which to choose.

One of the most popular choices is our Buckingham range of sofas, club chairs and matching footstools. In common with all our products, the Buckingham is hand made to the most exacting standards, built over a hardwood frame, with deep sprung back and arms, sporting distinctive lines most notably a crested back, and slashed arms, which set this range apart from the rest. The classical look is completed by contoured lines and single buttoned facings, with the sofa available as a two, three or four seta version and low club chairs and footstools to match.

We consider that the hand dying of our fine grain leathers is the best that is available for our hand made Chesterfield products. The finishing of the leather in this manner is a time honoured and a truly traditional method of colouring the natural product and certainly gives individuality to the chesterfield.

The way in which our time served professional leather craftsmen colour finish this is the way that it has been done for centuries. Firstly the leather is vegetable tanned and then it is dyed by hand by the craftsman. It is then sealed and then carefully fitted to the chesterfield sofa or chair. This traditional way ensures that the leather has a finish which is deep and rich in colour; because the leather is fine grained it is soft to the touch and over time will develop its own individual patina and will improve with age, just right for a traditional chesterfield.