bonded leather
Reconstituted animal skin
Bonded leather is a manufactured material made from leather scraps and fibers that are ground up, mixed with bonding agents, and pressed onto a backing.
It contains some genuine leather content—typically 10 to 20 percent—but behaves more like synthetic material, tending to peel and crack over time.
Furniture and accessories marketed as bonded leather cost less than genuine leather but lack its durability.
The bonded leather couch started flaking after just two years.
- upholsteryFurniture's textile layer
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
- polyurethaneVersatile synthetic resin compound
- suedeBuffed leather underside
- crackNarrow break or attempt
bookbinding · flake · peel · peeling away · wear and tear · reconstituted · texture · faux · recycled materials · delamination · adhesives · composite material · tanning · office chair · couch · sofa · biodegradability · hide
- faux leatherpleather, Naugahyde
- leatherfull grain, top grain, nubuck, suede, nappa
- leather typescowhide, full-grain, top-grain, nubuck, suede
- processed materialstreated wood, tempered glass, galvanized steel, vulcanized rubber, laminated wood
- upholsteryfoam, padding, stuffing, tufting, fabric
- shoe careshoe polish, shoe cleaner, shoe trees, shoe shine, polish
bonded leatherfull-grain leather
Hide with original surface
genuine leather · cowhide · Italian leather · calfskin · rawhide