Currently leather upholstery accounts for around 40-50% of all upholstered furniture sold. Many manufacturers and retailers could benefit from a better understanding of how to buy leather and sell leather furniture.

The highest number of consumer complaints comes from the leather upholstery sector. Typical examples include finish cracking, colour loss/transfer, bagginess or a change in appearance.

A simple range of performance tests can ensure that leather furniture does not fail either in store or in use.

Every batch of leather used to make up leather furniture should be checked for light fastness, colour fastness, finish adhesion, flex endurance and strength.

BLC can
- test leather to determine performance
- identify problems with furniture and arbitrate in consumer claims

Please see our specification page. Our aim is to provide test results within 3-5 days of receipt of samples.