Madras leather

Madras

Madras is not a generic term for a special kind of leather. Madras is used by various manufacturers for different types of leather and similar materials. Therefore, when beeing interested in a lather with this designation, always ask more exactly, what kind of material it actually is. In particular, because Imitation leather is sold with this name with leather fibres glued to the reverse. This is not leather, but a synthetic leather. Also coated split leather is sold as "Madras" which does not correspond to the quality of top grain leather.

Madras imitation leather

A material called "Madras" is sold as a furniture cover, which visually has a leather surface, but is actually not leather at all. It is a leather composite material in which the main component is other materials and only leather fibers are applied on the reverse. This material may not be sold as genuine leather. It consists of layers of dense cotton fabric, leather fibers on the back and a PU coating on the surface. It is made of 34% polyurethane, 25% polyester, 14% cotton and 27% leather fiber.

Basically, it is a imitation leather, which has been pasted on the back with leather fibers for advertising purposes. The fibers do not have own stability, do not serve to absorb moisture and have maybe an effect when touching the material.