Re: relative durability of protected vs unprotected leather
Generally speaking, leather outlasts fabric 4 to 1.
So much depends on use and environment - as well as maintenance and care. I can get 30 + years out of a leather sofa, I have seen customers destroy them in 5 years, however. My first leather purchase was in 1986, a Hancock and Moore Woodbridge Recliner. I didn't know anything about leather then - and just bought a promotional finished leather they had. I still have that recliner and the wear is minimal. It's 32 years old now. Now I am not a finished leather person - I like the texture and hand of pure anilines so I no longer buy finished leather for myself except in a desk swivel office chair.
How YOU use the piece and care for it is far more important than the leather type you select.
FYI I have Angelo Ebony on my newest piece, the office chair I use at work every day.
Duane Collie
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