Archive for November, 2008

This really is the original that may have been seen in some of the country houses that you and your family have visited. The wing back chair sometimes known as a library chair can date its origins back to a time when houses were heated by open fires. The occupants drew them up to the fireplace, the high back or ‘wings’ protected the user from the draughts that have always been associated with this type of heating.

The Queen Anne Wing Chair is an iconic symbol and is the original high backed chair. Featuring high contoured legs, firm buttoned back, and sculpted foam cushion, combined with a fully studded facing, this chair has a very regal appearance as its name suggests. The full range of colours is available for this wing chair and can be covered with any of the three styles of leather finish we offer.

When you buy a new piece of leather furniture you want it to look bright and colourful, but if your room has an antique look and feel and you have period pieces of furniture in the room, your leather chair or sofa could look completely out of character. At Distinctive Chesterfields we have the answer to this dilemma; we will “antique” your chesterfield sofa or club chair for you.

The first thing that we do is to make your piece to meet all our normal requirements to the very highest standards that is found anywhere and then we would begin the process that gives your leather sofa and chair an antique look. The leather is then blacked with a special treatment which makes the whole of the hide appear very dark, in fact almost black; the frame is also treated in this way. When our craftsman is completely satisfied, special treatment follows and the appearance is lightened to give it a genuine antique look. The whole process is completed by sealing it to ensure that the effect is not lost in time. Your new “antique” distinctive chesterfield will blend into its new surroundings comfortably.

When people see the Rutland chesterfield for the first time they describe it as curvy in shape with flowing lines and above so comfortable that you simply do not want to get out of it, why should you? The Rutland is very reminiscent of the era that produced the delightful “Art Deco” period of furnishing and art; we could not disagree with this thought!

Coming with a fully buttoned finish with a stiff sprung frame and extra foaming to give excellent support, yet supreme comfort for the user, the Rutland leather sofa is made for you in two, three and four seater styles, available with your choice of club chair as well as footstools of your choice in all styles of leather and choice of colours.

The question that is most asked by visitors to our showroom is “which is you best or favourite chesterfield?” Well the straight answer to that has to be that we do not have any special favourite. However, we do have a Chesterfield sofa that we consider to be our ‘flagship’ and that would have to be the Warwick leather Chesterfield sofa.

When combined with the low Warwick club chair, we believe that this arrangement has to be amongst the most handsome to be seen anywhere, especially if you have this finished in a hand dyed leather, our particular favourite is hand dyed walnut. Naturally as with all our sofas and club chairs you can choose from three style of leather finish in one of the vast range of colours that can be seen at our web pages, or from a colour swatch which we will gladly send to you upon request.

For sheer style and classic looks the Scott Leather Club Chair would be hard to better and coming as it does in the full range of colours and the three leather finishes available at Distinctive Chesterfields, the range of options that you have with this wing chair makes it about the best to be seen.

Naturally the frame is hand made from selected hardwood and with fully buttoned back and mahogany feet the detailed studding completes this classy chair. Options of a buttoned arm and wing is something which can be added if required and although it will look good in any leather colour, the Scott club chair suits premium leather buckskin.

You really will have to hurry if you want to buy a Derby. This fabulous three piece leather suite if you want it for Christmas, but more importantly, the offer is restricted and when the stock has gone it is really has gone.

The Derby is one of our most popular items of leather furniture and this offer consists of a 3 seat sofa, Club Chair, and High Back Queen Anne Chair. The Derby is based on what is regarded as a classic chesterfield shape, suggested as being reminiscent of sofas from the turn of the century. With a stiff hand sprung and buttoned base and back, built on to a solid beech frame, hand made to our high standard. This is the chance of a lifetime and should not be missed.

If you are having a corporate event, which may be sales and marketing promotion, a special launch of a new product, or featuring at a top of the range exhibition, having the right furniture as a backdrop, or for your guests and prospective customer, what could be better than a range of chesterfield sofas and club chairs?

We have been hand making perhaps the best range of antique leather furniture for many years and these products have graced advertising displays and exhibitions for years now. The quality of our products for use in these events is of the same high quality as those that we are privileged to sell to customers’ world wide. If you have an event scheduled in the future, please contact us and we will be pleased to discuss options with you.

Distinctive chesterfields is proud of its Yorkshire roots and equally proud to be an English company exporting chesterfield sofas and club chairs worldwide earning vital export revenue for the country. Built up over the years on solid family values that have always ensured that the customer is the most important person whose requirements are foremost and are always met. The hand crafted fine leather products are shipped to Europe, Russia, Africa, America Canada and Australia.

The unique range that Distinctive Chesterfields offer is extensive and all products are handmade in their Yorkshire workshops, using only the finest leathers and hardwood frames.

We at Distinctive Chesterfields have built up a good reputation with trade and resellers and preferential rates are offered, similarly our club chairs and chesterfield sofas are popular with designers, specifiers and architects undertaking project work ranging from bars areas, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, stores, and public sector to the defence sector worldwide. Corporate vents are catered for covering corporate events, i.e. sales promotions, marketing purposes, advertising displays, exhibitions, etc. call us for more information.

The French had a word for it and we still use it today chaise longue or long chair which is quite an elegant piece of furniture which can be used in the home as a ‘lounger’ or even in certain situations a bed for the unexpected guest.

However, the distinctive ‘chaise’ is a thing of beauty and we at Distinctive Chesterfields have two basic models which will grace ant home modern or traditional. For example the Duchess Chaise Longue is of an elegantly sweeping design with special soft springing making this a chair which will be fought over by members of the family. The frame is assembled by hand, fully sprung and foamed before covering with the leather of your choice. Details such as a buttoned back can be applied or left off as required and we can cover this in a fabric of your choice of needed.

This one really is a distinctive chesterfield and although we can say that we are proud of all the chesterfield sofas that are hand crafted in our Yorkshire workshops, the Lincoln is one that we and a lot of our customers have taken to.

This chesterfield is one of our originals and only when you closely inspect this can you appreciate the beauty of the design The Lincoln leather sofa is elegant, naturally custom made by our time served furniture craftsmen and set upon a selected heavy hardwood frame this icon is the largest standard chesterfield or club chair in our range. Featuring a deep buttoned seat and heavy springing, with a high stance set upon mahogany feet, we think you will agree that the Lincoln is a thing of beauty.

Available as a 2, 3 or 4 seat sofa with accompanying club chair and footstool, the Lincoln is handsome in any colour but hand dyed mahogany leather sets this off to its best advantage.