I'm looking for advice on preventing or at least slowing down fading of this red chair and ottoman. It's less than a year old, the tag says it was built in Jan of this year and I bought it in Feb. The room it's in is a "sun room", but I have never had the shades up when direct sunlight would fall on it. However it has already started showing some signs of fading to an orange tone in the 9 months that I've had it and I'm thinking it may be from UV that still gets through the shades??
I'm very resistant to put any type of protector on it unless I'm confident it will not cause harm or change the way the leather feels or ages in any way. Is there anything you know of that would provide UV protection from fading (if you think that's what has caused the little bit of color change so far in the pic below) that would be completely safe?
1. Room
2 Chair
3 Tag and leather sample
4 Fade line where cushion covers armrest
5 Detail of grain and finish