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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A leather produced from a thick [ | + | A leather produced from a thick [[cowhide]] that was split or peeled apart to form two thinner skins. The flesh side is called the hide split while the hair side is called the [[grain split]]. The hide split is a thin uniform piece of leather with a thickness of about 1.5 mm. The inner surface is often given a [[suede leather|suede]] finish. Some inexpensive leathers are hide splits with an embossed grain pattern. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 16 January 2014
Description
A leather produced from a thick Cowhide that was split or peeled apart to form two thinner skins. The flesh side is called the hide split while the hair side is called the Grain split. The hide split is a thin uniform piece of leather with a thickness of about 1.5 mm. The inner surface is often given a suede finish. Some inexpensive leathers are hide splits with an embossed grain pattern.
Synonyms and Related Terms
splits; split hide; split leather; crute (Port.)
Authority
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Website address 1 Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org - states that in Oct.3 1996 the FTC decided that split leathers could be called leather