How do you clean a chair made of camel hide?

Question:It's a recliner made out of tan camel hide. It was given to us by a family member. It smells horribly of cat and stale cigarettes. How can we clean the thing effectively? Please help ASAP. Any info would be helpful. Grazi.

Answers:
In looking for an answer for you, it occurred to me that your chair is leather--the hide of a camel, so I looked for something about cleaning leather furniture.

There's a pdf document at
http://www.chemmax.com/leather.pdf...
which is good. It has information to help you determine what kind of leather product you're dealing with and gives you some guidelines to help you clean it without damaging it.

I hope it helps. Good luck!