Archive for the ‘Antique Furniture’ Category

The antique leather club chair has never really gone out of fashion, original club chairs synonymous with gentlemen’s clubs in Westminster have been much sought after over the years. Techniques developed in England and practiced with skill and care by the craftsmen and leather workers at Distinctive Chesterfields mean that the antique club chair in a variety of styles in available to all.

Employing their skills, craftsmen manufacture the club or wing chair in the style of your choice and then begin the process of ‘antiquing’ this. Firstly it is blacked with a special treatment which makes the whole of the hide appear very dark, in fact almost black and then the hide is applied to the piece of furniture. The club chair leather is rubbed lightly by a professional leather worker with a special solution to reveal the lighter colour below, replicating the look of a true antique chair.

It happens every year, all the family arrive for the celebrations, children opening their presents and then the Christmas dinner that you have worked so hard to prepare, and then we settle down to watch the old black and white film or other Christmas entertainment on the television. But where does everyone sit?

The answer could be the eponymous chesterfield sofa from the extensive range of handmade leather products seen at the website of Distinctive Chesterfields. The choice of the chesterfield sofa will depend on your personal preferences and the size and style of the room, but popular amongst their range is the Essex chesterfield sofa.

The Essex sofa is the smaller brother of the Dorset range, the Essex family of Chesterfields are suitable for the smaller home or room and this makes it ideal for today’s modern home, hurry now there is still time to get it for Christmas!

Probably not many of us will have visited a gentleman’s club in Westminster, but many of us will have seen pictures of them, opulent with polished wooden floors, and dark comfortable leather chairs. Most of these club rooms will have club chairs of differing shapes and styles, but they will mostly have one thing in common, they are leather and will have been hand made.

At distinctive chesterfields manufacturing classic and traditional leather furniture is our specialty. We have years of experience and a team of fully trained professional craftsmen, leather workers, cabinet makers and polishers ensuring that every handmade club chair is destined to provide a lifetime of beauty and comfort. To replicate the feel and look of the Westminster club is achieved by choosing from the wide range of leather club chairs that are offer at the website of distinctive chesterfields, for the authentic look different styles of club chair is recommended.

Buying a chesterfield sofa or club chair does not mean that it has to be a run of the mill, just off a production line piece of furniture which is covered in leather or man made imitation. Indeed at Distinctive Chesterfields it is impossible to get any furniture that is not bespoke made to your requirements, and we will never use man made imitation leather ever!

The signature range of our products is an example of why you are treated as an important individual buyer with your own personal needs. When choosing signature at distinctive chesterfields, and because all of our products are truly handmade and crafted here in the North of England, we can offer a truly bespoke service, to satisfy your individual requirements. You will find that every element of the product can be altered to your specification, be it taller, deeper, wider or longer. It can be upholstered to your specific colour, we can even pattern match a sample sent to us. If you are looking for a centre piece, be it for home, or commercial project, look no further than our signature range.

In these difficult times when people are not moving house it would seem to make sense to improve the look of your existing home and to make this as warm and comfortable as possible.

There can be no better way to do this than to add a classic piece of leather furniture such as a distinctive chesterfield sofa, which will give you both comfort and will enhance any room into which it is placed. Additionally, the chesterfield sofa will move with you when you do decide that the time is right to buy a new property, you will not have done something to your house for someone else’s benefit.

A fine leather chesterfield such as the Buckingham will never look out of place no matter what style of decoration or period of home you live in. The Buckingham range of sofas and club chairs sport distinctive lines which with their crested back, and slashed arms, sets them apart from the rest of our range. Naturally as with all our leather furniture the Buckingham is built over a hardwood frame, has deep sprung back and arms and available as a sofa in up to four seats, with club chairs available too.

Your new Distinctive Chesterfield sofa or club chair is a major investment which will last a lifetime and beyond so we want to make sure that it completely right, not just for you, but the size is right for your room. Any choice you make when buying your chesterfield sofa or chairs will obviously depend on the size of your room and how many people you want to seat at any one time.

You do not have to be conventional when buying Distinctive Chesterfields, perhaps two small sofas would be better for you than the sofa and two chair arrangements. Have you considered three or four club chairs of contrasting or matching styles? This option can sometimes offer more flexibility depending on room shape or size. The size of chesterfield arms can make a difference, also high backs on sofas and chairs may look best in rooms with higher ceilings. Lower backs in less open rooms can give the illusion of more space, but can also be used effectively in open-plan rooms to emphasise the sense of space. We are here to help you in your choice and look forward to you contacting us with your enquiry.

Few would argue that a chesterfield sofa is not an English classic and it a piece of furniture that has adorned homes and commercial premises for over two hundred years. But as with anything in this and other classifications, buying one today could present one with difficulties, as there is a wide range of quality to be found.

At Distinctive Chesterfields Yorkshire workshops, we produce a range of chesterfield sofas and club chairs, made to the same exacting standards and using similar methods to those of our predecessors. Our craftsmen will bring you fine hand crafted leather chesterfield sofas and club chairs, from our standard range, or made to your individual requirements.

Distinctive Chesterfields are the home of the English chesterfield sofa and we invite you to look through our comprehensive web pages where you will be able to see the full range of products that we offer, the style of leather from which you can choose, and a range of colours for the hand selected hides that cannot be bettered. Contact us and we will be happy to discuss your individual requirement.

The website at Distinctive Chesterfields is attractive and easy to navigate and we suggest that this should be the first thing that you consider when you begin to look for you new chesterfield sofa or club chair. At the website you will be able to browse through the full range of leather sofas and chairs as well as the matching footstools that accompany them. You can consider which style you prefer, the size that fits in best for you, should this be a two, three, or four seater version of the Chesterfield Sofa?

Distinctive Chesterfields will send to you a catalogue as well as a colour swatch of the leathers that form the range used in the making of the piece of leather furniture. By using the comprehensive web pages and looking through the catalogue and colour swatches you will be able to form a good idea of the sort of item that will suit you. Following this, if you contact us at Distinctive Chesterfields, we will arrange for you to visit our showrooms to view the pieces close at hand.

Beautifully hand finished in our classic Antique Gold Leather the Distinctive Chesterfields Queen Anne sofa or club chair represents an absolute timeless classic piece of leather furniture. This antique classic will look good in any setting, but can you imagine it in the corner of a room next to a cosy fire on a winter’s night?

The queen Anne range of furniture from Distinctive Chesterfields comprises a two or a three seater settee, a scroll wing chair and a matching footstool. Although we have suggested that this leather chair looks particularly good in Antique Gold Leather, our three leather finishes can fitted to these, and the full range of colours is available to compliment your room or style of home. The Queen Anne range is styled with a high leg, high back design with all the way studded wings and hand studded facings. The cushions are hand stuffed as standard although foamed cushions are available.

You do not have to be the Captain of one of Nelson’s ships, or a “Captain” of industry to sport one of the most Distinctive Chesterfield leather office chairs in your study or office environment, although it could help! At the Distinctive Chesterfield comprehensive website you will find the very thing that you are looking for.

The Fenton Office Chair is in fact based upon the traditional Captains chair which could have been seen in the time of Admiral Nelson and is made with fine mahogany, has one of the luxurious leather finishes offered through us with studded leather capping. This office or study chair has a full swivel action, ball bearing castor’s, available in one of the many colours and threes styles of leather finish offered by us. We know that many have tried to imitate this icon but few have achieved the quality and beauty of this Distinctive Chesterfield Office Chair.