Archive for the ‘Antique Furniture’ Category

A handmade leather club chair can be the focal point in any home and few are better looking than the beautiful Buckingham Club Chair from the specialist manufacturer Distinctive Chesterfields. The home of time served craftsman produced leather furniture.

There can be no doubt that the Buckingham club chair is ‘distinctive’ the most notable feature has to be its proud crested back. The front arm is ‘slashed’ which adds to the already comfortable chair and accessibility is made easier by this feature. Naturally, the hand applied doubled button border and studding to the facing make a very desirable club chair indeed. The three styles of leather finish and the full range of colours is available on this as with all Distinctive Chesterfield products.

It is not know for sure how the word to describe a leather sofa with buttoning to the back with arms and back of the same height, came into being, nor can we say for certain. Some have suggested that it was the fourth earl of Chesterfield – Phillip Stanhope (1694-1773) who commissioned a piece of Fine Furniture, afterwards known as a Chesterfield sofa. Others suggest it originated in Canada and parts of America to describe a sofa.

Whatever the real truth of the name is, what we do know is that we at Distinctive Chesterfields have a range of leather sofas and club chairs, with matching footstools that covers a wide range of options. We can make these to your personal requirements, longer, higher, wider, the choice is your. With our three styles of leather and an enormous range of colour options, we are confident that there is a leather chesterfield product in our range to suit the most discerning. Your own piece of timeless furniture hand crafted in our Yorkshire workshops.

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.

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.

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.

You have decided to stay put in your current home and make some improvements to some of the areas importantly the dining room is one where you can make improvements and take those improvements with you when the time comes for you to leave.

A set of Raleigh leather dining chairs from Distinctive Chesterfields is a choice that you will not regret and importantly they will continue to look good for years to come, in any home environment. The Raleigh dining chairs is available as a standard side chair and can be accompanied with one or more carvers if desired. As with all Distinctive Chesterfield products, the Raleigh collection is handmade in our workshops by time served craftsmen using only chosen hardwoods and available in the full range of leather used in our sofa and club chairs. Featuring straight full buttoned backs the Raleigh dining chair can match or contrast other items in your dining area.

It is becoming increasingly common for companies, large and small, to buy a chesterfield sofa for their offices or reception areas, simply great for your customers, a true icon synonymous with stylish luxury which guarantees unrivalled comfort in your home or office space, but what about something for you and your executive staff?

We have a number of different styles of leather office chairs, four in fact so you will be able to decide on a chair that will suit the styling and décor of your office. One of the most popular is the Hudson office chair which is an example of a thirties style of chair, reminiscent of the old films we see on television from time to time. The Hudson office chair is a lavish, fully buttoned whole interior, featuring a hand studded finish. As with all Distinctive Chesterfields, a full choice of leathers and colours is available from which to choose.