Highland
Description
Highland is a premium pull-up aniline leather rich in natural beauty and rustic charm. The distressed aged appearance of Highland is achieved by sourcing brand-free hides with prominent neck creasing and a varying degree of wax and oil embedded into the leather. The wax provides a dramatic pull-up effect, which shows the variation in light and dark areas across the hide especially when the leather is stretched or pulled against the grain. The oil prevents the wax from drying, adding to Highland’s supple beauty. Highland is a high-quality Italian leather that will improve over time, developing an aged patina
Leather Type
Pull-Up Aniline
Hide Size / Thickness
4.5 - 5.5 sqm approx / 1.2 - 1.4mm
Application
upholstery, wall panels for commercial, residential and hospitality applications
Seating Comfort
A rating to determine seating comfort based upon the leather's ability to breathe and absorb moisture (ASTM E 96 M-05)
Level 5 - Excellent
Level 4 - Very Good
Level 3 - Good
Level 2 - Fair
Level 1 - Poor
Highland achieves an Excellent Seating Comfort rating
Fire Test
AS/NZS 1530.3
AS/NZS 3837
BCA Group 1
Sustainability
- Leather is an agricultural by-product
- The tannery uses water-based dyes and no hazardous substances are used, complying with the European Union’s REACH standard
- Certified as low-VOC
- Reusable
Green Star + LEED
Green Star: HIGHLAND can contribute low VOC points to Green Star. HIGHLAND can be used on white furniture certified to Ecospecifier, AFRDI, ECNZ and GECA. The Green Star Rating Tool states “Where at least 90% of an item’s mass is certified to a GBCA recognised standard, the item can be entered as a certified product at Level A, B or C.” Therefore any leather can be used as leathers are almost always under 10% by weight of a furniture item
LEED: HIGHLAND can contribute low VOC points to LEED
WELL: HIGHLAND can contribute low VOC points to WELL
Additional Information
- As with all Pull-Up Aniline leathers, Highland will exhibit at times extreme colour variations, particularly when stretched. Nature's characteristics in the form of scars, growth marks, fat wrinkles etc are proudly on display
- Due to the nature of pull-up aniline leathers, colour variation across the hide and between hides is unavoidable and part of the characteristic of this type of leather. Further, because these are aniline hides it is not always possible to obtain an exact colour match to the leather displayed in our sampling
