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I've been wondering what fabric is least-susceptible to cat damage.
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I love all the great suggestions.
My cats are very good about using their cardboard and post for scratching. When they scratch on furniture, it is deliberate to get your attention to DO SOMETHING that they want. Play, eat, give attention. This often occurs when I'm trying to read. However, as another mentioned, they claw into the backs and arms for balance or to leap elsewhere, so leather or similar is out. The top of the back of my new sewing chair (artificial leather) already has claw marks from that. My sister and BIL just bought new recliners from Cosco. It has this brushed rayon fabric that her cats don't scratch at all. Looks good, feels nice. I just haven't seen this fabric on anything I've looked at. My cats don't scratch on the current chair that I have which is a recliner I bought used. It's an almost smooth, heavy weight duck. Even the claw marks from keeping balance on the back don't show. Alas, it appears to be a fabric that is no longer in fashion because I couldn't find anything like it in the samples at the furniture stores.