Re: [BKARTS] leather sources

[Jo Anne Martinez-Kilgore <CarinoConservation@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

J. Hewit and Sons issues a publication called Skin Deep.  Below is a link
for the contents of the publication.  Included is a ten part installment on
the manufacture of leather.  At the bottom of each segment in a link to the
next in the series.  I think it is fairly good information.
http://www.hewit.com/skindeep.htm

For more in depth info. there is always,
Ancient Skins Parchments and Leather by R. Reed
London and New York:  Seminar Press Ltd., 1972.
ISBN 0-12-903550-5

Jo Anne Martinez-Kilgore
Cariño Conservation of Books and Paper
1608 Los Arboles Ave. N.W.
Albuquerque, New Mexico  87107
(505) 343-9172

----- Original Message -----
From: "rj" <h9022@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: leather sources


> Actually it has never been entirely clear to me what the difference is
between
> vegetable tanned and chrome tanned leather and, more specifically, why one
> chooses one over the other. Can anyone explain the advantages and
disadvantages
> of each tanning process as it effects covering books?
> Thanks,
> rj
> --- chela <chela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Dear RJ,
> >
> > One consideration that might give you more choices, is that if you
> > are not using the leather to cover hardcover books and planning to do
> > traditional finishing on it, you may not need vegetable tanned
> > leather.  Chrome tanned comes in many colors, and is more stable over
> > time than many vegetable tanned skins. It usually cheaper too. I have
> > been very happy with chrome tanned for many types of limp bindings.
> >
> > chela
> >
> > "Date:    Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:24:13 -0800
> > From:    rj <h9022@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Leather Source
> >
> > I have been looking for a source of thick leather (around 2.5 mm thick)
to
> > use
> > for a wrap-around soft cover for a long-stitch book. I neither need nor
can
> > afford to buy the entire skin. I did find a place in Texas that sells
> > reasonable (to me) sizes but for vegetable tanned leather they only have
> > natural colored skins and I would prefer some choice of color.
> >
> > Thanks for any help in locating a source.
> >
> > rj"
> > --
> > Consuela Metzger
> > Lecturer - Book Conservation
> > The University of Texas at Austin
> > School of Information
> > The Preservation/Conservation Studies Program
> > 1 University Station D7000
> > Austin, TX 78712-1276
> > (512) 471-8293
> > (512) 471-8285 (fax)
> > chela@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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