Morocco Leather

Fine and pliable leathers were traditionally traded through the north west African country of Morocco ~ hence the name stuck with the product. Morocco leathers have many uses in the trade ~ but have been particularly chosen by bookbinders for centuries.

The finest leathers were ~ and still are ~ made from goatskins. Not necessarily from Moroccan goats ~ Nigeria also has a reputation for producing fine leathers. These were tanned by locally perfected and highly skilled techniques using suitable tanning agents and dyes. Modern developments in tanning enable similar fine leathers to be produced from sheepskin and even calf skin provided it is suitably thinned ~ called splitting.

It is nowadays likely that the description Morocco Leather applies to any fine leather with an excellent surface grain. It might even be apply to the traditional red colour ~ even though original Morocco leathers were dyed in a variety of appropriate colours. Morocco leathers are reputed to absorb natural dyes esepcially well. The choice of colour for bookbinding depends on the content of the book ~ the needs of the librarian ~ and primarily on the need to demonstrate the expertise of Fine Binding [112755] ~ which includes the use of gold ~ real gold ~ tooling.


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