Pin seal
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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
Authority
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, 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, Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- Website address 1, Website address 1 Comment: American Leather Chemists Association Glossary at www.leatherchemists.org