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| − | A soft white [ | + | A soft white [[leather|leather]] that was originally made by tawing skin with [[alum|alum]] and salt. More recent techniques use zirconium salts ([[zirconium%20sulfate|zirconium sulfate]], [[zirconium%20chloride|zirconium chloride]]) in a low pH solution to produce a white, water-resistant leather. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 10 May 2016
Description
A soft white Leather that was originally made by tawing skin with Alum and salt. More recent techniques use zirconium salts (Zirconium sulfate, Zirconium chloride) in a low pH solution to produce a white, water-resistant leather.
Synonyms and Related Terms
whitleather
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998