Product Information

Comparison Feature:	"Original" Brand	Modern Classics Brand	Most Others
High Quality Italian Leather in wide variety of colors	Yes	YES- 15 Leather colors	2 or 3
Stainless steel frames (flat steel or tubing) polished to high luster	NO, Mild steel with only flash chrome plating	YES, Stainless Steel polished	No, mild steel with Chrome plating
Solid hardwood Construction	Yes	YES, usually solid walnut, beech, ash or ebony	No, MDF with wood veneer
Leather belting, finished on both top and sides , finished to match upholstery	No, belting finished on one side only; special order to get matching belting	YES, leather belting finished on top and the edges too; real cowhide; finished to match main upholstery.	No, use faux leather over cardboard; straps only available in black
Custom leather, wood or fabric choices	Yes	YES	No.
Foam Density adjusted for comfort	Yes	YES, we use HR (High Resilient), Multi-Density Foam, Dacron wrapped for superb seat comfort and durability	No extra padding, comfort level poor
Typical Retail Price	$$$$$$	$$$	$

Modern Classics Furniture is pleased to now offer two levels of Leather: "Primary" and "Scandinavian". Each of the these groupings feature:

• Full-grain leather from Grade A hides
• 100% aniline-dyed
• Made in Italy and imported to our factory
• No split hides

Our leathers are created for us by a venerable Italian tannery that has been producing fine leather for generations. In fact, our tannery supplies two of Europe’s top luxury automobile makers their “upgrade leather programme”. Our leathers are full-grain, 100% aniline-dyed leather. We do not use split hides, corrected or pigmented leather. Leather thickness is generally 1.0 - 1.2 mm depending on application of seating component for stretching and tailoring the upholstery design and condition. The soft, supple “hand” of our leathers is immediately recognizable as luxury quality.

All of our leathers and fabrics are color processed with dyes that have UV barriers. Our leathers and textiles meet or exceed "Colorfastness To Light - ISO 105 B02 and are rated Class 4.0 @ 40 hours". That said, regardless of how high the colorfastness to light class rating of a leather or textile is, when an upholstered piece of furniture is exposed to direct sunlight, some potential color fading over a period of time is normal. Since we use high quality commercial and residential application leathers and textiles on all of our seating products that conform to the latest color fastness benchmarks, you can be assured we are providing leathers and textiles that will provide durable and lasting performance.

We are happy to mail you a physical piece of leather so you can hold it in your hands. Just give a call or e-mail us with your address. Also, if you don't see the color you want, just let us know and we can try to source it.

Primary Leathers (Group A)

Below are the swatches of the Primary leather colors we offer for the Bauhaus, L’Epirit Nouveau and Mid-Century Modern Collections. Our standard leathers are full-grain, 100% aniline-dyed, corrected with a slight embossing. We do not use split hides leather. Leather thickness is generally 1.0 - 1.2 mm depending on application of seating component for stretching and tailoring the upholstery design and condition.

Standard Leather

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L103 Polar	L107 Snow	L115 Cafe au Lait	L119 Neutral	L123 Autumn	L131 Cocoa
L135 Java	L139 Charcoal	L143 Black	L147 Red	L151 Apple

Premium Leather

Below are the swatches of the Premium leather colors we offer for the Bauhaus, L’Epirit Nouveau and Mid-Century Modern Collections. There is generally a 12% up-charge for all Premium Leathers. Our Premium leathers are full-grain, 100% aniline-dyed. Our Premium grade leathers have a soft feel to them and much of the hides natural grain patterns are retained. They are also a little shinier than the Standard Leather. Premium leather thickness is generally the same the standard leather: 1.0 - 1.2 mm depending on application of seating component for stretching and tailoring the upholstery design and condition. Click on any of these swatches to see an enlarged view.

L211 Beige	L227 Golden	L235 Espresso	L243 Black	L247 Red

Pony Hide Leather

We offer two colors of leather called Pony Hide, a black and brown. Fear not, this is not real pony, but a cowhide dyed to look this way. Click on any of these swatches to see an enlarged view.

PBK Pony Black	PBN Pony Brown

Scandinavian Leathers (Group B)

Below are the swatches of the leather colors we offer for the Scandinavian Modern Collection. Please note these leathers cannot be used on the Bauhaus Modern, L’Epirit Nouveau Modern and Mid-Century Modern collections

Premium Leathers

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L407 Snowcap	L411 Bistro	L419 Amber	L427 Camel	L431 Tuscany
L323 Fall	L435 Kona	L439 Taupe	L443 Black	L447 Red

Distressed Leather

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L523 Harvest	L527 Caramel	L531 Saddle	L535 Rich Br	L551 Olive

Thick Leathers

These are special leathers we use on only three Kjaerholm pieces. These leathers are thicker than the standard leather: 2.0 - 2.2 mm. Click on any of these swatches to see an enlarged view.

L607 White	L635 Brown	L643 Black

We now offer an extensive collection of fabric colors in a variety of yarn compositions. Our selection is particularly suited for the mid-century modern furniture we make, in that they include bright colors with texture woven weaves. These fabrics are offered in three grade levels or price points. We have arranged these swatches in color groups, with grade level shown. We are happy to mail you a physical piece of fabric so you can hold it in your hands, just give a call or e-mail us. If you don't see what you want below, are happy to customize your furniture to your exact fabric requirement. If you have a specific fabric in mind, we can either order it or we can use your supplied fabric, in either case, we need to approve the fabric to ensure it can be applied to the specific piece of furniture. Click on any swatch to see an enlarged view.

Neutral Colors

F111 Cloud Grade 1	F112 Cashmere Grade 1	F211 Biscotti Grade 2	F212 Sun Gold Grade 2	F213 Vanilla Grade 2

Red Colors

F122 Laquer Grade 1	F123 Scarlet Grade 1	F221 Flame Grade 2	F222 Passion Grade 2

Orange Colors

F131 Citron Grade 1	F132 Bahama Grade 1	F133 Mandarin Grade 1	F134 Saffron Grade 1	F135 Hot Sun Grade 1	F231 Cayanne Grade 2	F232 Grove Grade 2	F233 Pepper Grade 2

Green Colors

F141 Kiwi Grade 1	F143 Apple Grade 1	F144 Olive Grade 1	F146 Moss Grade 1	F241 Field Grade 2	F242 Kermit Grade 2	F243 Pesto Grade 2	F244 Spring Grade 2

Blue Colors

F151 Slate Grade 1	F152 Blueberry Grade 1	F153 Malachite Grade 1	F154 Petroleum Grade 1	F155 Pacific Grade 1	F156 Indigo Grade 1	F251 Caribe Grade 2	F252 Polo Grade 2

Gray, Purple and Black Colors

F161 Pearl Grade 1	F162 Ash Grade 1	F163 Carbon Grade 1	F164 Iris Grade 1	F165 Late Grade 1	F166 Truffle Grade 1	F261 River Grade 2	F361 Magic Grade 3

Brown and Tan Colors

F271 Coffee Grade 2	F272 Caffe Grade 2	F371 Russian Grade 3

Wood Choices

We currently offer 8 standard finishes choices on those products where wood is exposed, such as the Bauhaus Exhibition Daybed and Benches, the Wegner Chairs, Noguchi Table etc. Because we do our own finishing, we can usually custom make a item in a finish not shown, for an extra charge and a 25 piece minimum. Another advantage of in-house finishing is the same stain can be used across our entire product line, no matter who the designer. Something that DWR can't even do at three times the cost! Click on any image to see an enlarged view.

W01- Walnut Medium	W03- Beech Natural	W04- Walnut Rosewood	W05- Ebonized Hardwood	W06- Oak Natural	W07- Ebony Natural	W13- Beech Dark

Wood Frames:

We begin with the best quality hand selected kiln dried hardwoods. Most of our wood seating frames are constructed of European Beech hardwood harvested from certified eco-friendly forest plantations. This assures our customers the stability of construction necessary when building up a seating or case goods frame. We utilize tried and proven. Old World joinery techniques coupled with world-class precision cutting and forming machinery offering unsurpassed quality wood furniture frames.

Steel Frames:

The frame is the structural beginning of any quality furniture piece. Most of our exposed metal frame designs are constructed of the highest furniture grade stainless steel. We use stainless steel because it offers a lifetime of value to our customers. It will not tarnish and it has an inherent quality of aging to an elegant and classic “soft patina character”. Stainless steel may be re-polished many times to restore the metal appearance to its original “new” appearance. Chrome steel plated frames do not offer these unique and superior qualities.

Seat Suspension Systems:

Our product engineers have developed a proprietary seat platform support system that is unique to many of our seating products. With advanced modern technologies in webbing support structure materials now available, we have developed a superior seat support system that supercedes the neo-modern “nylon strap support systems” and the “eight-way hand tied spring systems”. Unlike these old technology furniture methods of seat support that have tendencies to wear and sag, our system offers superior time and wear seat support.

Seating Cushions:

Modern Classics has one concept in mind with our seat cushions – comfort. We use only the highest quality seating cushion materials available. We tailor specific polyfoam layer densities and resiliency characteristics to fine-tune each furniture design for the best durability and comfortable fit for people of all sizes. Some designs demand extra-ordinary cushion requirements. For example, our Le Corbusier Petit Confort design is meticulously fine tuned with a bottom support multi-layer HR polyfoam with an added Dacron wrapped feather fill top cushion layer.