The 2015 Cadillac Escalade luxury utility vehicle is defined by a hand-crafted interior. High-end furniture provided the inspiration for Cadillac’s design team and their utilization of authentic cut-and-sew materials. Much of the interior components – including the dashboard, door panels and steering wheel – feature hand-stitched and hand-wrapped supple leather. Semi-aniline Kona Brown leather is available, which utilizes soluble dyes to preserve the material grain. All interiors are accented by genuine wood and metal trims.
“We have cut and sew materials with real live stitching throughout the entire interior,” said Eric Clough, director of design, Cadillac interiors. “It is the foundation of the cabin design, and similar to the way fine furniture and seating are made.”
To exceed customer’s expectations, each of the three Escalade interior environments are accented by different species of genuine wood, helping to raise the interior to the next level of luxury. Paired with the Shale environment is a gloss American Walnut; open-pore Natural Finish Elm accents the Kona Brown environment; the Jet Black environment is complemented by low-gloss Santos Palisander wood. All three wood species pull from mid-century modern design aesthetics, and allow the natural grain and structure to show in a dramatic and powerful way. Combined with ambient lighting, the execution creates a warm and inviting cabin that reveals an unprecedented level of detail.