Kid seal

Seals

Description

Soft, durable leather made from the pelt of a seal. Kid seal is alum tawed then dressed with oil to produce a supple but wear resistant leather.

Synonyms and Related Terms

piel de foca (Esp.); jong robbenvel? (Ned);

Authority

• Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982