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'''Napa leather''' (often called Nappa leather) is a [[leather]] noted for its soft feel, derived as it is from [[Calf (animal)|calves]], lambs, and kid goats, which have soft hides. It is a generic term in the leather field and has no distinct test for characterization. Among other uses, napa leather is often used in leather products such as furniture, clothing, handbags, car seats, and shoes. |
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The leather takes its name from [[Napa, California]], where the process of making napa leather was created by Emanuel Manasse, a German tanner working for The Sawyer Tanning Company.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsolan00greg|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofsolan00greg/page/251 251]|quote=napa leather.|title=History of Solano and Napa Counties, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the Counties who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present Time|last=Gregory|first=Thomas Jefferson|date=1912|publisher=Historic Record Company|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_E-AQAAMAAJ&dq=napa+leather&pg=RA3-PA25|title=Shoe and Leather Reporter|date=1922|publisher=Shoe and Leather Reporter Company|pages=25|language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/cars/what-is-nappa-leather-and-is-it-a-good-choice-for-car-seats-36387921.html|title=What is Nappa leather and is it a good choice for car seats?|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-13|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Nappa leather was first 'coined' by Emanuel Manasse in 1875 while working for the Sawyer Tanning Company in [[Napa, California]].<ref name="Emanuel Manasse">[http://www.ancestry.com/ Emanuel Manasse] - obituary article (1899) and patent (1875), retrieved 11/08/2010 from Ancestry.com</ref> |
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Nappa tannage in the "strict sense", but a term no longer used in this framework, refers to a tannage consisting of alum salts with vegetable tanning agents.{{cn|date=March 2018}} |
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[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/napa%20leather Napa leather] is defined in Merriam-Webster's dictionary. |
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* Napa gloves are made from tawed{{what|date=March 2018}} leathers and tanned leathers. |
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Napa leather (often called Nappa leather) is a leather noted for its soft feel, derived as it is from calves, lambs, and kid goats, which have soft hides. It is a generic term in the leather field and has no distinct test for characterization. Among other uses, napa leather is often used in leather products such as furniture, clothing, handbags, car seats, and shoes.
The leather takes its name from Napa, California, where the process of making napa leather was created by Emanuel Manasse, a German tanner working for The Sawyer Tanning Company.[1] [2] [3]
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[edit]- ^ Gregory, Thomas Jefferson (1912). History of Solano and Napa Counties, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the Counties who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present Time. Historic Record Company. p. 251.
napa leather.
- ^ Shoe and Leather Reporter. Shoe and Leather Reporter Company. 1922. p. 25.
- ^ "What is Nappa leather and is it a good choice for car seats?". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
References
[edit]- B Ellis (1921), Gloves & Glove Trade, page 58,
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