Extensive leather expertise
Leather has been used for making furniture for more
than 1,000 years. As a natural, durable material, leather
creates very long-lasting products. More than anything,
leather furniture must be used and lived with in order
to attain the most beautiful appearance – it simply gets
better with age! As a result, it is our experience that
people end up taking better care of leather furniture.
Throughout the years, we have perfected our relation-
ships with leather tanneries so as to offer the finest fur-
niture leather on the market. Denmark used to have a
long tradition of high quality tanneries up until the early
1990s, when the last Danish tannery closed. From that
point on, the Danish tanning industry consolidated in
Italy and, on a smaller scale, in Sweden. All Fredericia
leather is tanned in Italy and Sweden, and direct
access to tanneries is an important part of our
approach to leather sourcing.
We carefully select premium quality leather in order
to provide the highest calibre leather for our designs.
Genuine leather that will age with grace. Beautiful,
high quality leather starts with healthy livestock.
All Fredericia leather comes from well-known, certified
sources, where professionals are trained to respect
animals, while optimising the quality of the raw hides.
Our entire Fredericia Leather collection is comprised
of raw hides guaranteed to be sourced from European
livestock, primarily from Germany, Sweden and
Denmark. For a growing number of articles in our
collection, we offer expanded traceability, with the
ability to trace the origin of raw hides back to each
specific animal.
As part of our approach to recycling and waste
management, excess leather from our furniture
production is sold off to third parties for producing
small leather goods, such as gloves, shoes and boxes
Additionally, a portion of our leather remnants is also
donated to local schools for children’s workshops.
It’s a practice that we have had in place at
Fredericia for over 30 years.
Crafted to Last
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