
January 9, 2017
In Photos: Maharam’s Inaugural Leather Collection
Photographer Nick Ballon captures stunning images of Maharam leather being processed in Italy.
Photography by Nick Ballon / Courtesy Maharam
To see most upholstery leather today, you’d never know that it was once the hide of an animal—every mark or wrinkle is taken out through heavy processing. For its inaugural collection of leathers, textile manufacturer Maharam chose to go another route. The company selects only the best of the best hides from boutique tanneries in Italy that celebrate the nonuniform nature of the material.
To commemorate the launch, photographer Nick Ballon shot the following images of Maharam leather being processed in Italy.