Chesterfield Wingback Tufted Chair
Deep-tufted leather upholstery · brass nailhead trim · gold cabriole legsWingback chairs that turn a corner into a conversation people remember.
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Leather is the one upholstery that improves with use. A good hide softens, darkens where hands rest and takes on a shine at the arms — a patina that a fabric can only lose. What decides whether you get that or a plastic-looking surface in two years is the grade of the hide, and almost nobody selling leather furniture explains it. Here it is.
46 pieces · Made to order · Free delivery across IndiaWhat it is, what it does well, what it does not, and how to look after it. Written by the people who cut it.
Full-grain is the whole outer surface of the hide with nothing sanded off. It carries the natural marks and it is the only grade that develops a real patina. Top-grain has had the surface lightly sanded and corrected — more uniform, slightly less character, still a proper leather.
Below that, names get slippery. "Bonded leather" is ground-up scrap glued to a backing; "PU leather" is plastic. Both peel. We do not use either, and if a quote you are comparing does not say which grade it is, that is the question to ask.
Aniline leather is dyed all the way through with no surface coating. It is the softest and the most beautiful, and it marks — a drop of water leaves a spot until it dries out.
Pigmented leather has a coloured coating on top. It is tougher, more uniform and it wipes clean, which is why it is the sensible choice for a family sofa. Semi-aniline sits between the two and is where most people land.
Fabric comes on a roll of fixed width. A hide is the shape of an animal, with a neck, a belly and scars, and the usable area is what is left after those are cut around. That is why leather is quoted in square feet of hide and why the price jumps with the size of the piece.
It also means a large sofa cannot be cut from one hide. Panels are matched for colour and grain before cutting so the joins do not read.
Heat and direct sun are what damage leather — the hide dries, then it cracks. Keep a leather sofa out of a sunbeam and away from a heat source and it will outlast everything else in the room.
Dust it weekly with a dry cloth, wipe spills immediately, and feed it with a proper leather conditioner once or twice a year. Never use a household cleaner, and never use water on aniline.
Every one shown three ways — the piece alone, everything it is made of, and the same piece in a real room.
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Barrel, wing and tub chairs to sit beside the sofa, in the fabric you choose.
Wingback chairs that turn a corner into a conversation people remember.
Make this mine →Ikat inside, leather outside, gold on the arms — a chair that reads differently from every angle.
Make this mine →A soft seat for the corner of your dining room.
Make this mine →Square-tufted cream leather on a polished brass X-frame — an icon shape, built properly.
Make this mine →A pair of olive slipper chairs with a curved half-back — seating for the corner nobody uses.
Make this mine →Open scrollwork carved right through the back, finished in silver leaf.
Make this mine →Long storage for the dining wall — plates in, clutter out of sight.
Suede laid like brickwork in antique gold — a sideboard you want to touch before you open it.
Make this mine →Store your best china behind buttery quilted leather and a band of solid brass.
Make this mine →Croc-look doors, real marble top, quiet luxury all over.
Make this mine →A credenza with a front that catches every light.
Make this mine →Upholstered, carved and panelled beds, made in your size and headboard height.
A curved beige headboard set beneath a hand-woven leather wall panel, styled floor to ceiling.
Make this mine →The same woven-leather bed wall, pulled back to show the whole room it anchors.
Make this mine →A headboard that runs to the ceiling in a gold frame, with drawer storage right under the mattress.
Make this mine →Black leather, curved at both wings — the bed for a bedroom that wants one strong line.
Make this mine →Long, low seating for the corner you actually relax in.
The lounge seat you sink into and forget the time.
Make this mine →A round tufted daybed in tan suede — the piece that turns a corner into a lounge.
Make this mine →Slim wall pieces that carry the television, the lamp and the hallway keys.
Backlit onyx over croc-embossed drawers — the console that lights a hallway on its own.
Make this mine →A half-moon console on a single gold arc — croc leather drawers, stone top, no straight lines.
Make this mine →Lit dressing tables and stone vanities, built to your height and space.
A stool stacked ring on ring, so it looks sculpted, not stuffed.
Make this mine →Quilted leather, hand fluting and a marble top on brass hairpins — with its own tufted stool.
Make this mine →Executive and reception desks with cable runs and storage built in.
A desk that says who runs the room.
Make this mine →Quilted leather ends, a mirror-polished burl front and brass rings at the floor.
Make this mine →A wide gold frame, fluted by hand along its whole length, on a dark plinth.
Make this mine →A champagne floor mirror with a fluted storage box that doubles as the seat.
Make this mine →One-off pieces from this room, each still made to your size and finish.
A block-arm sofa in buttery taupe leather, built low and wide for easy lounging.
Make this mine →Two upholstered pedestals in gold suede — a side table shaped like a vase.
Make this mine →The head-of-table chair, in soft leather and brass-tipped legs.
Make this mine →Deep channel tufting in cream suede on a polished brass plinth, with a cast medallion at the end.
Make this mine →Cool grey drawers, warm leather edges, one bold brass pull.
Make this mine →A dressing room that treats your clothes like jewellery.
Make this mine →A tall steel-blue leather executive chair with a headrest and a smooth five-star swivel base.
Make this mine →Mirrors, lighting, ottomans and swings — the last layer of a finished room.
A sculpted white lacquer stool and a soft cognac leather pouf, made to sit together or wander the room.
Make this mine →Hand-woven cane, blush suede and brass straps — shown the way we see it, on the workshop floor.
Make this mine →Full rooms styled to work together — every piece made to order.
See the full room — every piece styled to work together, not just sit together.
Make this mine →The pieces we show when someone asks what we can do with it.

The chair that quietly runs the room. Deep-buttoned full-grain leather, gold nailheads put in one by one by hand, and warm gold legs that hold it all. Sit in it once and you will understand why this is the seat everyone reaches for — in your study, your library, or beside the fire.
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Small, sculptural and made to be touched. Two cones meet at the waist in a soft hourglass, cinched by a ring of polished metal that catches every light in the room. Have it wrapped in soft matte taupe leather, or in warm solid-wood veneer with a grain that runs all the way around — your choice, either way finished by hand. Slide it beside a sofa or bed and it holds your book, your cup, your lamp with quiet style.
Make it mine →Plain answers, from the workshop floor.
Full-grain is the whole outer surface of the hide with nothing sanded away — it keeps the natural marks and is the only grade that develops a real patina. Top-grain has been lightly sanded and corrected, so it is more uniform with slightly less character. Both are proper leather. Bonded and PU leather are neither, and both peel.
Pigmented or semi-aniline. Pigmented has a coloured coating on the surface, so it wipes clean and resists marking. Aniline is dyed through with no coating — softer and far more beautiful, but a drop of water leaves a spot until it dries. Save aniline for a chair in a room that sees less traffic.
A well-made one in full- or top-grain leather outlasts every fabric sofa in the house — decades, and it looks better as it goes. What kills leather is heat and direct sun, which dry the hide until it cracks. Keep it out of a sunbeam and condition it once or twice a year.
Yes. The deep buttoning is done by hand, button by button, and the piece is built to whatever length, depth and height your room needs. Send us the wall it is going against and we draw it around that.
Yes, and it stays free — no end date, no minimum. We deliver your piece to your door anywhere in mainland India, crate, freight, transit cover, e-way bill and GST included. Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep go by sea at actual cost; outside India is quoted per port.
No. There is no minimum, no remote-area fee and no fuel surcharge. One bedside table travels on the same free terms as a twelve-piece bedroom, to Mumbai or to Leh, and the crate is built around your finished piece.
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