Am I going mad or am I not????

[The Ghost]

Just want a sanity check here. Is the following made of leather or not?
I bought these as leather and when they wore on the piping my daughter and son in law brought to my attention (better eyes than my old eyes) that it is not leather. Go back to company send photos and they are telling me this is leather. I don't know what to believe. Is there a leather assayer in the house? I have taken close ups of the piping and panned back pictures so you get a sense of what I am dealing with.

 

[telectrix]

looks like leather to me, it's the stitching that seems to have failed.

Drop a small amount of water on the goods, as real leather absorbs moisture. If the good is fake, the water will simply puddle up on top. But real leatherwill absorb a small drop of water in only a few seconds , telling you quickly if it is genuine.

 

[Midwest]

Time for a new three piece, me thinks. Now your semi retired, you can go along with her indoors to Next, Ikea and the like. Spend , spend.

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Looks like the leather has been vinyl coated.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Vort it could be leather plastic ,looking at the first picture looks like its been eaten, have you got a cat or a goat, looks to well arse worn . LOL.

 

[ferg]

Google bonded leather.

Because it's manufactured from leather it can be sold as leather. Very misleading IMHO

 

[buzzlightyear]

Google bondage leather

https://www.annsummers.com/bondage/shop-by-category/all-bondage/lol,freg is that what you get up to in your spare time.

 

[ferg]

Only you Buzz, only you.

 

[The Ghost]

I think that is what we have been sold bonded leather but sold as genuine high quality leather in the blurb. Damn damn and thrice damn!

 

[buzzlightyear]

I think that is what we have been sold bonded leather but sold as genuine high quality leather in the blurb. Damn damn and thrice damn

you would know you have a leather settee when you are sat on a cow .

 

[static zap]

I bought a white leather settee in 2007 to be greeted with this on the internet -- When i felt itchy -
Sofa dermatitis refers to a persistent skin allergy that occurs in people who have bought leather sofas, couches, and other upholstered furniture pieces containing dimethyl fumarate (DMF), an anti-molding agent. This manifests as eczematous rashes and in some cases, serious chemical burns. In all cases, it is linked to the presence of Chinese-made leather furniture treated with an antifungal chemical.
--so a coating may be better for you !!!--

 

[PEG]

It's pleather

I am sat now,on one of my two Violino recliners....it's leather....and so is the udder one

 

[buzzlightyear]

you buy leather settee and you get a free gift .LOL.

 

[The Ghost]

Where do you think these pictures up from @buzzlightyear ?

 

[buzzlightyear]

Those pictures just poped into me head .from tinternet.

 

[pirate]

"Leather-faced", it used to be called...but not really leather, sadly.

 

[haptism]

If its any help Vort, this blokes got a leather face and he is/was mad !

 

[Midwest]

Wot terrible teeth for someone so young.
Tels are more whiter I'm led to believe.

 

[haptism]

Wot terrible teeth for someone so young.
Tels are more whiter I'm led to believe.

Old Lionel was a smoker

 

[telectrix]