Description
LEATHER TYPES BOOK
A unique and renewable natural material, a source of exceptional creativity, leather is part of our daily lives. Used for fashion accessories, decoration or even in the industrial environment, leather has been seductive since the dawn of time.
Tanning transforms animal skin into a polysensual material, leather, entirely fashioned by man. But do we really know it?
With this book, discover in pictures and with the help of samples "Le Cuir dans tous ses Etats"!
Essential, it presents in an educational way all the stages of its life, from the raw material to the quality control, through the tanning, the different finishes and the maintenance. It ends in apotheosis on the strong links of leather with the consumer, a relationship that is not new!
Number of pages: 152
Dimensions: 22 x 22cm
Weight: 850g
Cover: bound
Authors: VITTEAU (B.) , DE CAGNY (MN) , CAMPAGNA (A.) , FAVIER (L.) , ISSARTEL (J.) , HUMBERT (N.) , HUSTACHE-MATHIEU (N.) , LEPRETRE (AL) , LIAUZON(R.) , PONCET(T.) , VALOT(E.) , VUILLERMET(C.)
Publisher: CTC
Publication: June 2011
ISBN: 978-2-9535665-0-5
SUMMARY :
Preface
Introduction
History of leather making
The organization of the sector
The skin, raw material
- Histology
- Recognition of animal species
- Flaws
From slaughterhouse to tannery
- The remains
- The preservation of the skins
- The classification of skins
Transformation of skin into leather
- River work
- Tanning
- Currying
- Finishing/Finishing
- Measurement and controls
- Simplified process of transforming bovine and ovine skin into leather by chrome tanning
The finished leathers
- Designations and characteristics of smooth leathers
- Names and characteristics of unfinished leathers
- Names and characteristics of leathers with a particular aspect
- Names and characteristics of velvety leathers
- Summary table
- The main uses of leathers
Exotic leathers
- Crocodiles, alligators and caimans
- Simplified process of transforming reptile skins into leather by chrome tanning
- Lizards
- The snakes
- The fish
- Ostriches, emus and rhea
Leather care
Leather checks and tests
- Physico-mechanical tests
- Chemical analyzes
- Safety labels
Leather and the environment
- The regulatory framework
- The location of sources of waste or polluting loads by manufacturing stage
- The water
- Waste
- Atmospheric emissions
- Life cycle analysis - LCA
Leather, a strong image for the consumer
Lexicon
Leather samples
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1st French site for leather work
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Physical store in Campbon (44)
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