Leather Italia.
Italian top-grain leather. Graded and finished in-house. On the showroom floor in Melbourne, Florida.
WHY WE CARRY IT
A short list of brands earns this floor.
We don't add brands lightly. Most of what gets pitched to us doesn't make it onto the showroom floor. Leather Italia did, and the leather itself is what made the case.
They're one of the few furniture houses that still grade and finish their own hides — all Italian top-grain, all handled by people whose only job is to know leather. What that gives you in your living room: a piece that feels right at month one and still feels right at year eight, sitting on a hardwood frame built to outlast the trends in the rest of the room.
Come sit on it.
— Eric, Atlantic Fine Furniture & Mattress | Melbourne, FL
ITALIAN ROOTS
Tuscany, 1996.
Leather Italia was founded in 1996 with four leather furniture models from the Tuscany region of Italy, presented to the American market the following spring at the 1997 High Point Furniture Market.
Twenty-five years later, the Italian commitment hasn't moved. Hides are produced, tanned, and dyed in Italy, then graded and finished in-house by Leather Italia. The frames and the assembly happen at partner facilities, varying by model. The leather — the part that touches you and ages with the room — is fully Italian, end to end.
The company is still run by its founder, Michael Campbell.
WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT
Three things to know before you sit on a Leather Italia piece.
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Italian top-grain, premium grade.
Leather Italia uses Italian top-grain leather throughout — the second-highest leather grade, with the surface buffed for everyday durability. Top-grain wears in over years rather than wearing out. It's the leather you want on a piece you sit on every evening for a decade.
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Graded and finished in-house.
Most leather furniture brands buy their leather pre-finished. Leather Italia is one of a handful of manufacturers who still grade and finish raw hides themselves — separating the upholstery-grade portion of every hide from the rest, and dialing in the finish to their own standard. The leather you sit on came through their hands, not someone else's.
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Hardwood frame, corner-blocked.
Padded hardwood frame with corner blocking at the load-bearing seams. The frame is what decides whether a sofa is still standing in fifteen years. Leather Italia builds them to be standing. The factory backs the frame and seat with a five-year limited warranty.
FIRST LOOK
Get first look at new Leather Italia arrivals.
New Italian leather pieces and colorways arrive on our Melbourne floor throughout the year. Add your email and we will tell you when something new is in — before it ends up on the website.
Got it. We will email you the next time new Leather Italia pieces or colors arrive on our Melbourne floor.
Want a private sit-test before the next general showing? Reply to that welcome email with a time and we will hold a piece for you.
ON THE FLOOR
The Leather Italia pieces in our Melbourne showroom.
Six styles. Multiple colorways. Photographed in the showroom under our normal light — what you see is what you will see when you walk in.
Adell power reclining sectional
Brown · power motion · from $6,557
Traverse sofa
Ocean Blue · Millbrook Taupe · from $1,937
Mira swivel chair
Caramel Saddle · Taupe · from $789
Jennings swivel recliner
Camel · from $1,027
Sydney reclining sofa
Brown Heritage · power motion · from $1,698
Stanton sofa
Showroom · from $1,272
VISIT
Sit on it.
There is only so much a website can show you about leather — the grain, the give, the way a hide takes Florida light at 4 p.m. The Leather Italia pieces are on the floor at our Melbourne showroom, Monday through Saturday. Bring an afternoon.
— Eric, Atlantic Fine Furniture & Mattress | Melbourne, FL
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