Leather is a classic ingredient in a contemporary or period led interior

Kya de Longchamps looks at how leather is formed and cured for your couch.

Durable, beautiful with an instant hint of sophistication — we have loved leather furniture for centuries, rehanging skins of animals back onto framed furniture.

In the spirit of using the whole animal, the leather industry, despite some undoubted chemical misbehaviour, is largely processing what would otherwise be a hazardous waste product of the meat industry.