Stickley Santa Fe Sofa and B-Y Married Cover Sofa

[hillharman]

This forum has already been extremely helpful as I'm researching an impending furniture purchase.

I am currently looking at two sofas:

Stickley Santa Fe in Capri/Serrano:

http://www.stickley.com/OurProducts_...single&finish=

and B-Y Richardson Sofa (one of their married covers):

http://www.bradington-young.com/prod...0&style=866-95

I only have one cover choice at the price for the Stickley and for the B-Y there are three different aniline leathers in their married cover program for this sofa. I was wondering if anyone had any comments about either of these sofas in particular or about B-Y married cover sofas or Stickley sofas in general. I believe the Stickley is quite a popular model, but I currently don't have a feel for the quality of the leather. I'm looking for something to be able to use and enjoy for a long time.

[drcollie]

I have the 866-95 in my store on the floor. Its very stylish (for B-Y!) and has a good sit to it. While not the quality of Hancock and Moore, both Stickley and B-Y are about equal one tier down from the top, and should both have a long service cycle. Married Cover leathers (from any maker) are bargain hides. While not 'luxury' hides or for the enthusiast, they offer good utility value and keep the price down, which is an important factor to many these days.