Recently purchased a sofa in Brompton Leather, or looking to purchase one? Where does it come from? How do you take care of it? Here are some answers.

A Bit of a Brompton History. The original Brompton leather is produced by a tannery in Vicenza, Italy called Concernia Bernado Finco Spa. The tannery has been in business for five generations and uses a highly guarded, 45-step secret process to produce the leather. The leather is distributed by only one distributor in North America. Brompton leather was brought to the attention of the public by the Famous Catalog Brand. The well known retailer features Brompton leather on many deep seat sofa styles such as the Original Lancaster sofa, Maxwell sofa, Kensington sofa, Belgian Slope Arm sofa, Belgian Track Arm sofa, the Churchill Leather chair and others. The Lancaster sofa and the Maxwell sofa are among the most popular styles at Restoration Hardware. Restoration Hardware features the Original Lancaster sofa and Maxwell sofa in many sizes. The Original Lancaster sectional and Maxwell sectional from Restoration Hardware are also available in a variety of sizes and configurations and all in the original Brompton leather.

Often when people go out to buy a new sofa or chair, their first consideration is how it looks and how it feels. Yet, I have found that buying a sofa is kind of like buying a car. If you want something that is going to last over time, you need to know what is “under the hood.”