Cavett Wood and Leather Accent Chair

Room×Lab Review · Review updated October 15, 2026

Owners of this leather chair love its look and mostly its comfort, but stretching leather and arrival damage are recurring complaints

Crate & Barrel shows one set of reviews across its Cavett pieces, so the 408 ratings and roughly 4.5-star average also cover Cavett fabric chairs, loveseats, benches and ottomans, and not every rating has a written review. Room×Lab read all 363 distinct written reviews and draws on the 188 about this leather chair, most under the pictured Libby Sumatra, walnut-frame listing and others under the Camel leather, natural-ash listing. Many reviewers never name their leather or wood, so these findings cover both finishes. The reviews below show praise and complaints from owners who used the chair for one month to five years.

Room×Lab rating: 6.4 out of 10 (medium confidence). Owners of this leather chair love its mid-century look and most find it comfortable, which carries the score. The biggest caveats are leather that wrinkled or stretched, sometimes again on replacements, chairs that arrived scratched or unevenly finished, and a firm seat that does not suit every sitter.

• Comfortable for most, but the firm seat divides sitters: 30 favorable and 9 critical mentions about seat comfort and firmness, across all star ratings. — Owners describe comfortable evenings, hours of reading and daily use, and several call it firm yet comfortable. Others find the seat extremely hard, too firm after two to three hours, or better for conversation than lounging or napping. Some hope the firm seat will soften but have not yet seen it happen.
• Seat and back leather can wrinkle, stretch or sag: 14 critical and 5 favorable reviews about leather stretching or sagging; two appear to be from one owner. — Reports range from wrinkles after a few uses and imprints after about 15 minutes to severe puddling after about three years, and some replacements repeated the problem. One owner says early seat impressions sprang back after the leather settled, and others describe chairs that held up for two to four years.
• Scratches and uneven finishing on delivered chairs recur: 17 critical and 5 favorable mentions about condition on arrival and finish quality, across all star ratings. — Owners describe scratched or cut leather, wood gashes, exposed glue, missing screw-hole plugs, uneven stain and lacquer drips, and some replacements were flawed too. Others say their chairs matched the showroom, arrived well protected or were in perfect condition.

Before buying

Choose the Cavett for its compact mid-century look if you can accept a firm seat and leather that may wrinkle or stretch; sit in one first if you are petite or like to lounge, and check the delivered chair for scratches and finish flaws.

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