Wow, I hope not. That damage looks like what is happening to the sectional we have now (I never knew what the material was). It has just started to peel after six years.

Maybe be the fabric type is different than faux leather. It feels very different. I will have to go back to the store and see. I pulled the polyester/polyurethane specification off the website, and it may not have been the same.

As for fabrics, what would be the best to go with for durability?

I was going to reference a story that would match the picture above. Go with real leather, hands down.

The faux leather couch we have currently, which is peeling like on the photo above, feels like a leather or vinyl. The fabric couch in the store definitely felt like a fabric, very different. It believe it was a polyester but must be different than faux leather.

correction: checking the tag our sofa at home is bonded leather. Identical peeling issue to the picture above.

Will the aniline leather out preform the best fabrics in terms of durability over time, resistance to stains, etc? Or would a good fabric perform better?

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Just watch out that if you want leather that it is ALL leather. We need a new leather love seat recliner and plan to buy a new one this winter. Everything I am seeing is leather where the body touches and that crappy bonded leather everywhere else. I happen to stop by a furniture store when I was out shopping and the sales person showed me 3 "all leather" love seats. I specifically told her all leather, no bonded crap as soon as I walked in to the store. I went home and did research online and she LIED. They were leather where the body touched and the remainder was bonded leather.

Do you research and make sure it is ALL Leather. I am seeing a lot of so called leather sofas with leather only were the body touches and the rest is that useless bonded leather.

Fake or bonded leather on the sides dosen’t bother me. More concerned about the ‘top’ surfaces, and how they will stain or wear.

Full Aniline dyed only leather will have virtually no sheen, it will feel almost suede like. The link you posted to the set your looking at has a definite sheen. For me its easy to tell from the image this set CORTANA E71317 is most likely a corrected pigmented finish leather. I believe someone gave you the wrong information.

i don't mean to hijack this thread @icustomsofa, you seem very knowledgeable. Is this "real" leather?

https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/giuseppe-nicoletti-coco-sofa-100-exclusive?ID=2676039&CategoryID=3865 

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"i don't mean to hijack this thread... No, wait, actually, that's just what I mean to do because I have decided to ignore the rules of every forum on the internet and do whatever I want, because my needs come first. So instead of starting my own thread, here's my question."

Not sure if that information is correct, but I decided to get the Southern Motion anyway.