The ottoman is of clearly high quality construction.  Who knows what philostrate is, but the leather feels like the more expensive variety an does not look cheap at all.  But note, it's not soft enough or long sitting sessions. Tons of space to boot.  I bought 2 that sit next to each other.

It would have been five stars except one of the plastic feetrunners had a nail head sticking out and scratched my floor badly.  Hopefully it was just a fluke.