3 September 2018
Semi H – It’s all about colour…
The Semi H range is quite versatile; it’s suitable for upholstery, but with additional treatments can also be used for marine or aviation projects. The leather is textured, but the pattern is not particularly deep – giving quite a smooth feel. The average hide is 5m², and standard thickness is 1.1 – 1.2mm. The full technical…
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13 July 2018
Colour of the Month: Purple
Wow, there is no doubt Summer is here – and what a scorcher! We decided to embrace passionate purple this month. Again, a surprisingly versatile colour, and a variety of hues from lavender to deepest blackberry. So, time to look for purple cars. Lots of American options, but not so many in the European supercars.…
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29 June 2018
Introducing Dinamica
We are delighted to announce that we are now the approved UK distributors for Dinamica. Dinamica is a microfibre fabric with a suede like feel. It has excellent technical specifications, and wearability, and is used by many leading automotive brands including Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Land Rover. The full technical specifications are available here: Dinamica…
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16 May 2018
Colour of the Month: Pink
With Summer just around the corner, it just had to be pink leather this month. Pink is such a versatile colour, and comes in so many shades, from the lightest pastel to super vibrant. Pink cars? Hmmm – we’ll admit a little more challenging this time. And certainly, no lovely car interiors – so come…
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13 April 2018
Colour of the Month: Green
At long last, it looks like Spring really has sprung! Of course, with the green shoots appearing, green just had to be our colour of choice for this month. When it came to looking for green car images, we were faced with a dilemma – vintage or new? So, we chose both… And, as always,…
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12 March 2018
Colour of the Month: Yellow
Despite the rather cold start to March, yellow seemed the perfect colour choice, to rejoice in the start of Spring. When it comes to cars, we were spoilt for choice with yellow… But there is lots of inspiration for yellow… There are a surprising number of yellow leathers and vinyls available for automotive and upholstery……
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2 March 2018
Introducing Mountbatten
Mountbatten is another of our own ranges. It is a superb quality upholstery leather, sourced from British cattle. The hide has a lightly buffed natural grain, which gives it a soft textured feel. After colouring, a coloured protective top coat is applied, which results in a light natural shine to the leather’s surface. The thickness…
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14 February 2018
Colour of the Month: Red
With Valentine’s Day in February, how could we resist choosing red as our featured colour for the month? And there is sooo much lovely inspiration for red too. Of course, we love cars, so they had to be part of our pick… But it isn’t all about the cars… And there’s lots of gorgeous red…
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2 February 2018
February Fever
After the success of our Black Friday campaign, back in November, we are delighted to launch February Fever, with some fantastic offers on automotive leather… Autocalf We have now discontinued the colours shown in the gallery below, and have very limited stock levels. Autocalf is a corrected, quality leather based on the old Connolly colour palette,…
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22 January 2018
Colour of the Month: White
Each month, we are going to feature a different colour. We will share with you some of our inspiration – images showing each colour in all its glory. And naturally, we will also look at some of the wonderful leathers we have in our featured colour too. White seemed a good choice for chilly January,…
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26 October 2017
Introducing Beautiful Buckingham
We have just launched some fantastic new leathers, which we’ll be sharing with you in the coming months. The first range is Buckingham. You’ll find out more about this beautiful upholstery leather below… Buckingham is one of our new upholstery ranges and, with 102 colours to choose from, it’s very much our flagship range. The leather is…
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31 July 2017
Introducing Thruxton
Thruxton is the second of our new automotive ranges, and a real winner if you’re looking for a high end leather for your next project. It is a slightly corrected bovine nappa with a natural grain. The leather has a soft, silky feel and a semi matte finish. The thickness of the hide varies from…
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