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  2. Shell cordovan - Wikipedia

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    Shell cordovan, cordovan, or cordwain is a type of tanned fibrous connective tissue commonly used in high-end shoemaking. Cordovan is an equine leather made from the fibrous flat connective tissue (or shell) beneath the hide on the rump of the horse. [ 1] The leather derives its name from the city of Cordoba, Spain, where it was first produced ...

  3. Federation of Hides, Leather, and Kindred Trades - Wikipedia

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    The Federation of Hides, Leather, and Kindred Trades (French: Fédération des cuirs et peaux et parties similaires) was a trade union representing workers in various related industries, including shoemaking, in France. The union was established on 11 April 1948, at a meeting in Paris.

  4. Leather - Wikipedia

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    Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffalo, pigs and hogs, and aquatic animals such as seals and alligators. [ 1][ 2] Leather can be used to make a variety of ...

  5. Tanning (leather) - Wikipedia

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    Tanning (leather) Tanned leather. Tanning, or hide tanning, is the process of treating skins and hides of animals to produce leather. A tannery is the place where the skins are processed. Historically, vegetable based tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound derived from the bark of certain trees, in the production of leather.

  6. Cowhide - Wikipedia

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    Cowhide. Cowhide in a furrier 's shop. Cowhide is the natural, unbleached skin and hair of a cow. It retains the original coloring of the animal. Cowhides are a product of the food industry from cattle. Cowhide is frequently processed into leather .

  7. History of hide materials - Wikipedia

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    The world's oldest leather shoe A German parchmenter during the 16th century. Ian Gilligan (Australian National University) has argued convincingly that hominids without fur would have needed leather clothing to survive outside the tropics in mid-latitude Eurasia, southern Africa, and the Levant during the cold glacial and stadial periods of the Ice Age, and there is archaeological evidence ...

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