Have I been missold a leather settee and chair

daveyjp

Weight is directly proportional to cost,  its a £1,000 sofa, that's about £850 plus vat, so you have a sofa which cost a few hundred to manufacture.

Whilst it may be leather and hardwood it will be the cheapest of both materials.

For comparison a UK made G plan sofa of similar design is about £2500 and I wouldn't want to try and lift it alone.

Grumpy_chap

It is quite common for sofas to have leather for the facing surfaces and faux-leather for the non-facing surfaces.  However, the link that was provided upthread does not make anything like that clear.

Similarly, a hardwood frame can be any hardwood.  It does not exclude softwood being used in parts, so long as the frame is hardwood.  I cannot tell from the photos whether the frame is hardwood or not.

Based purely on the leather / faux-leather matter, there would appear to be a case of "not as described" but I am not sure how this works for a product purchased in store (as the OP states) assuming the product received matches the sample seen in store.

I am also confused as to why the OP has been pulling covers back to assess the frame and whether that impacts the situation in any way.  I have never gone pulling the covering back on any sofa to inspect the frame.  Was there some concern that lead to this all being closely examined?

caverncity

Grumpy_chap said:

It is quite common for sofas to have leather for the facing surfaces and faux-leather for the non-facing surfaces.  However, the link that was provided upthread does not make anything like that clear.

Similarly, a hardwood frame can be any hardwood.  It does not exclude softwood being used in parts, so long as the frame is hardwood.  I cannot tell from the photos whether the frame is hardwood or not.

Based purely on the leather / faux-leather matter, there would appear to be a case of "not as described" but I am not sure how this works for a product purchased in store (as the OP states) assuming the product received matches the sample seen in store.

I am also confused as to why the OP has been pulling covers back to assess the frame and whether that impacts the situation in any way.  I have never gone pulling the covering back on any sofa to inspect the frame.  Was there some concern that lead to this all being closely examined?

I had to fit the feet. The feet are wrapped up and are stored in the base accessible via a zipper. I could see the frame/covering when removing the feet.

Alderbank

caverncity said:

Grumpy_chap said:

It is quite common for sofas to have leather for the facing surfaces and faux-leather for the non-facing surfaces.  However, the link that was provided upthread does not make anything like that clear.

Similarly, a hardwood frame can be any hardwood.  It does not exclude softwood being used in parts, so long as the frame is hardwood.  I cannot tell from the photos whether the frame is hardwood or not.

Based purely on the leather / faux-leather matter, there would appear to be a case of "not as described" but I am not sure how this works for a product purchased in store (as the OP states) assuming the product received matches the sample seen in store.

I am also confused as to why the OP has been pulling covers back to assess the frame and whether that impacts the situation in any way.  I have never gone pulling the covering back on any sofa to inspect the frame.  Was there some concern that lead to this all being closely examined?

I had to fit the feet. The feet are wrapped up and are stored in the base accessible via a zipper. I could see the frame/covering when removing the feet.

So what species do you think it is?

I know a bit about timber and I don't share your conviction that it must be some kind of softwood.
Looks like Paulownia to me.
Paulownia is a lightweight, fast-growing hardwood widely used in furniture manufacture because of its unique properties.