Selected this chair for a living room office because I was looking for something that didn't look completely like a cubicle chair, but also had wheels unlike some of the more stylish MCM dinner chairs I was considering for the purpose. It makes up for its ungainliness in comfort - the cushion is pretty deep and the bi-cast leather (which is split leather covered by polyurethane) is decent quality and convincing enough. It hasn't split yet after a year of use. One qualm is that the wooden parts are a cheaper wood stained a more hickory color such that small scuffs to the armrests take off the color and are more noticeable.