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Martha
Has anyone seen a H&M piece in the Antelope Nugget leather? I appears to be a dark brown, but looks a little ashy/grayed-down in some light. I am terrified that a whole chair will not look like a rich brown but morph into an odd color that I could not predict from a small sample. This protected leather is so soft that I am seriously considering it but I'm stressing over the color. Please help if you have seen an actual furniture piece in this color. Thanks.
Hi Martha,
It won't really matter if someone has seen it or photographed it, as Antelope is one of those leathers that has a high color variance from one batch to another. In other words, no two batches are alike.
Go ahead and place your order with the dealer of your choice, and then request a Cutting for Approval as part of you order. This will slow your production time by 3 to 4 weeks, but you will get an actual decent sized sample of the exact hide going to be used in on the piece you ordered. Once you get it, you can say YES or NO to the production as you see fit. If you say YES, then your dealer will fax H&M an authorization to schedule production and you're on your way. If you say NO, then you're back to square one and looking for another leather. There is almost never a second batch of hides to send a sample from, you would have to wait about 4 months to resample that leather and colorway
Remember too, that many leather appear different on a piece than on a swatch. Being pulled, nailed, sewn, stapled and all that changes tightness of the hide and there can be high/low color variations from that.
My advice is to always look at a swatch from seven to ten feet away, not a foot from your nose. Back up from the sample, keep it out of the direct sunlight and see how the color harmonizes in the room.
Good luck!
Duane Collie
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