Why Leather?
Subtitle: the Material and Cultural Dimensions of Leather
Contributors: Veldmeijer, A. J.
Publisher: Sidestone Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Havertown
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9789088902628
Subjects: Leather garments; Leather goods; Leather industry and trade; ART; Folk & Outsider Art; CRAFTS & HOBBIES; Folkcrafts
Description: This pioneering volume brings together specialists from contemporary craft and industry and from archaeology to examine both the material properties and the cultural dimensions of leather. The common occurrence of animal skin products through time, whether vegetable tanned leather, parchment, vellum, fat-cured skins or rawhide attest to its enduring versatility, utility and desirability. Typically grouped together as 'leather', the versatility of these materials is remarkable: they can be soft and supple like a textile, firm and rigid like a basket, or hard and watertight like a pot or gourd.
Table of contents: title: Preface; About the Authors; Introduction; Skin deep: an outline of the structureof different skins and how it influencesbehaviour in use; Cuir bouilli armour; Bespoke vellum: some unusual requests; Leather in the textile industry; Why leather in ancient Egyptianchariots?; Why wineskins?