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FUNKTIONFURNITURE.COM provides a wide range of leather and imitation leather upholstery options to suit our customers budget and personal preference. Please find this useful description below of the types of fabrics and finished we offer.
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LEATHER
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Top Grain Leather
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This is the most expensive type of leather and is the finest, strongest leather. It is taken from the uppermost layer of the leather.
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Mid Grain Leather
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A treated form of leather which has a smooth surface and a fairly stiff texture.
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Supersoft Leather
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A very soft and thick leather with a pebbled grain.
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Buffed Leather
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A soft leather with an abrased fine grain and a slight sheen on the surface.
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Split Leather
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This is a less expensive type of leather than top grain leather and is taken from an underlying layer of leather.
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Bycast Leather
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This material has a glossy appearance. A polyurethane film is bonded to a leather split which is popular in modern furniture.
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RIG Leather
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Is the most economical leather derivative. It is formed using the lower layers of leather. It has a stiff consistency which is suited to flat shaped upholstery.
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Imitation Leather
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This is an economical alternative to leather. It has the appearance and feel of leather but is a man-made fabric.
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WOOD
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There are two types of wood used in the construction of FunktionFurniture items.
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Solid Beech
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Solid Beech wood is used in the construction of our wood chairs and tables. There are four stains available in beech frames – natural, cherry, walnut and wenge.
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Oak Veneer
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Oak Veneer is available as a tabletop on some of our tables. This comes in two versions, Bleached Oak and Wenge Oak. These table tops are constructed using a real oak veneer which allows grain detail to be shown. The veneer is enhanced using a bleached stain or a wenge stain.
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GLASS
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There are three options available on glass table tops.
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Clear
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The glass is transparent.
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White
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The underside of the glass is coloured white to give a translucent quality to the table top.
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Black
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The underside of the glass is coloured black to give an opaque quality to the table top.
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ALUCOMPACT®
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Alucompact® is a laminate that has been layered at a high temperature. Sheets of aluminium are added to stratified resin in the layering phase giving a strong structural stability.
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White
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White Alucompact® Table Tops : have a white horizontal resin surface. The black coloured edging has visible aluminum layering detail.
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Black
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Black Alucompact® Table Tops ; have a black horizontal resin surface. The black coloured edging has visible aluminum layering detail.
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STEEL FINISHES
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All our metal furniture is steel. There are usually two options on the finishes to the steel.
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Chrome
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Gives the steel a shiny appearance
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Painted Satin Finish
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Powder-coated silver paint finish giving the steel a duller sheen.
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