Pin seal

Seals

Description

A natural-grain Leather made from the skins of seals. Pin seal leather has a delicate grain pattern and a smooth shiny surface. Imitation pin seal is called pin-grain Sheepskin or pin-grain Goatskin.

See also Sealskin.

Synonyms and Related Terms

pinseal; pin-grain sheepskin; pin-grain goatskin

Resources and Citations

• 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

• American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org