The AFRDI Standard 146 - Leather Descriptions Furniture Industry was prepared and released in April 2006 in order to provide the Australian and New Zealand commercial and residential furniture industry with a set of description and performance guidelines for leather, and with particular focus on making this information readily available to the consumer.
In May 2007 the standard was reviewed incorporating the addition of:
- A complete list of attributes in section 4
- Commercial uses to typical applications in Appendix 1
- Information on 'bonded leather' to Appendix 3 and
- Some editorial changes
- An expanded description of Bonded leather in Appendix 3
- An expanded description of Laminated Splits (By Cast) in Appendix 3
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List of Leather for Furniture certified to AFRDI Standard 146
Information Kit on Testing Leather for Furniture
