This chair was purchased to replace a similar leather chair we had that was pealing. This chair is very good looking and of excellent quality. No hint of pealing and very comfortable. The only slight difficulty was in putting it together. By following the instructions I could not get the back of the chair in an upright position. When I called up about this they told me to screw in the upper screws first before I screw in the lower screws. When I did this it worked fine. The instructions should be changed to show this reversal in steps.