Leather
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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
A variety of leather products and leather-working tools
Leather tanning in Timor-Leste
Ancient leather tanning in Fez, Morocco
Tanned leather in Marrakesh
Tanning (leather)
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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.
Leather
…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…
Tanned leather
Tanning, 1880
Tanner, Nuremberg, 1609
Peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville, New York, during the 1840s, when it was the largest in the world