About us: The TCU Team

The Chesterfield Ultimatum (TCU) story is a natural progression, beginning with a passion for beautiful furniture and leading up to the opulent handcrafted furniture we produce today. From a small workshop in Pretoria, we grew into an established manufacturing company proud to stand among industry leaders today.

Strauss Bornman started  manufacturing furniture in 2010 with little experience in designing furniture, but with over 30 years experience in marketing and a love for creating unique furniture and a very creative mind, TCC holds the larges Chesterfield range in Africa at present.  The Chesterfield Ultimatum became the very definition of quality craftsmanship whit over 28 different Chesterfield styles. With this as our ever consistent foundation, the business strives for artistic perfection and to create luxury products.

Therefore, The Chesterfield Ultimatum is a synonym with luxury; luxury that originated from distinguished and unique creations, designed to be timeless and valuable.

We specialize in 100% genuine leather furniture especially Chesterfield sofas. The Chesterfield Ultimatum is proud to have the largest Chesterfield range in Africa, however our range goes far beyond just chesterfields.

Our products are designed to meet the TCU style of clean lines, smooth finishes and timeless elegance. The materials we use are carefully selected to compliment our high standards. We are associated with most of the larger Fabric houses in South Africa including; Hertex, House of Fabrics and U&G. This allows our valued customers the choice of thousands of high quality fabrics. Furthermore, as we specialize in 100% genuine leather furniture we only use A-grade leather. We have a wide range of real game skin from the highest quality. In Partnership with Crest Leather and African Game skin TCU uses only the best selected skins for perfecting there Chesterfields. Leather is not made, Leather is BORN

Our products are master crafted by knowledgeable, competent and professional upholsters leaded by Vongani Nkuna the head of Upholstery. Our Head of textiles, Lebogang strives to preserve the traditional quality and craftsmanship of reupholstering furniture. Along with Head of Carpentry, Fabian Rossouw intuitive eye for timeless quality and great design, they have created a look that is unmistakably from The Chesterfield Ultimatum. This is the synthesis of talent and craftsmanship that has built genuine, tangible value and a product that complements any luxurious living.

We at TCC offer an array of other products and services above manufacturing new, modern and classic couches. This includes, re-upholstery of any furniture in 100% genuine leather or fabric. Furthermore, we do motor vehicle and boat re-upholsteries as well. We also offer professional design services and pride ourselves with our brilliant customization services.

Our furniture is the culmination of luxury and elegance, and comes from generations of history and the result is an alluring space of opulence.