Leather Types
Leather, like fabric, can be finished in many different ways, such as coatings or treatments applied at the tannery or furniture manufacturer. However in our industry, there are two basic categories of leather: Absorbent and Non-absorbent. Protected (or topcoated) leather is a non-absorbent leather; Aniline (or Natural), Suede and Nubuck fall into the absorbent category; although, Aniline can at times lie somewhere between absorbent and non-absorbent.