Calfskin

Calfskin or calf leather is a leather or membrane produced from the hide of a calf, or juvenile domestic cattle. Calfskin is particularly valuable because of its softness and fine grain, as well as durability. It is commonly used for high-quality clothing, shoes, wallets, and similar products, as well as traditional leather bookbindings. In these contexts, just "calf" is commonly used. Fine calfskin is one of the skins used for vellum and parchment manuscripts.

In Spanish, the word is Ternera/Novillo, referring to leather from animals less than three years old. Chickenskin, despite its name, is a form of calfskin made using the skin of unborn calves.^[1]

In fashion, soft finished calfskin is sometimes described as veau velours (French for "velvet calf").^[2]

References

^ Cumming, Valerie (1982). Gloves (Reprinted. ed.). London: Batsford. p. 93. ISBN 9780713410082.
^ Lewandowski, Elizabeth (2011). The Complete Costume Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780810877856.

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[1] Cumming, Valerie (1982). Gloves (Reprinted. ed.). London: Batsford. p. 93. ISBN 9780713410082.

[2] Lewandowski, Elizabeth (2011). The Complete Costume Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 308. ISBN 9780810877856.

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v t e Leather
Types	Aniline Bicast Boiled Bonded Buckskin Buff Chamois Corinthian Kidskin Law leather Morocco Napa Nubuck Patent Russia Shagreen Shearling Shell cordovan Suede
Leather sources	Alligator Bison Cattle Calfskin Slunk Crocodile Deer Eel Goat Horse Kangaroo Ostrich Pig Seal Sheep Snake Yak
Processes	Liming Deliming Bating Tanning Oiling
Crafting	Bookbinding Cuir de Cordoue Leather carving
Substitutes	Artificial leather / Leatherette Kirza Naugahyde Presstoff Ultrasuede Alcantara Clarino
Leather museums	German Leather Museum Igualada Leather Museum Walsall Leather Museum Leather Archives and Museum British Museum leather dressing
Related	History of hide materials Leather subculture Rawhide

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