The bicast leather looks like leather but the similarities end there. It does not feel or smell like leather. My chair arrived with a large crack in the arm. Overstock.com offered to refund my money and send a shipping label but we came to other terms on it.Very handsome chair, but for the price the bicast leather was disappointing.Also, keep a paperweight on the ottoman because it is very light and easy to send flying across the living room with a stray kick on tile floors.