{"id":2012,"date":"2012-06-25T11:39:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T15:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/index.php\/a-beginners-lesson-in-leather\/"},"modified":"2012-06-25T11:39:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T15:39:59","slug":"a-beginners-lesson-in-leather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/a-beginners-lesson-in-leather\/","title":{"rendered":"A Beginner’s Lesson in Leather"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last Updated Monday, June 25, 2012<\/div>

Shopping for furniture can be overwhelming, especially with all of the technical language used in the furniture industry.\u00a0 Familiarize yourself with these terms to gain knowledge that will help you make informed decisions about your leather purchases and create a pleasant shopping experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aniline Leather:<\/strong>\u00a0 A leather dyed with pure aniline dyes rather than pigments.\u00a0 This transparent dye completely penetrates the hide with color, allowing the natural grain to show through while protecting the surface.<\/p>\n

Antiquing:<\/strong>\u00a0 A method of aging the appearance of a hide by the application of a darker color over a lighter color, creating dramatic highlights.<\/p>\n

Buffing:<\/strong>\u00a0 A mechanical process that reduces the appearance of surface blemishes from leather hides.\u00a0 Leather that is not buffed is called \u201cfull grain\u201d because the natural grain retains its markings and characteristics.<\/p>\n

Cowhide:<\/strong>\u00a0 The entire animal hide, which averages 40-50 square feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Embossing:<\/strong>\u00a0 Impressing a pattern onto the surface of the hide to create a motif or texture.\u00a0 A very even and uniform pattern is created, possibly to disguise natural defects or blemishes, or to create visually exciting designs.<\/p>\n

Fat Wrinkle:\u00a0 <\/strong>Natural wrinkles in the leather grain that are a part of its unique beauty.\u00a0 These are only visible in top grain leathers.<\/p>\n

Finishing:<\/strong>\u00a0 Any processing performed after the initial dyeing such as buffing, embossing, milling, spraying, waterproofing, waxing, etc.<\/p>\n

Hand:<\/strong>\u00a0 A term that describes the leather\u2019s softness and feel.<\/p>\n

Natural Grain:<\/strong>\u00a0 Leather whose grain has not been altered in any way, so the natural appearance of the grain is apparent.<\/p>\n

Protected:<\/strong>\u00a0 Leather whose surface is coated with pigment or other opaque solution for uniform color and cleanability.\u00a0 The natural marks on the hide cannot be seen.<\/p>\n

Split<\/strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0 The under portion of a hide or skin that has been split into two or more thicknesses.\u00a0 Splits may be finished and embossed to simulate a full top grain, but are not as high quality.\u00a0 Splits are often used for suede.<\/p>\n

Suede:<\/strong>\u00a0 Leather produced from the flesh split, exhibiting a velvet-like nap.\u00a0 Suede splits are not top grain leathers and do not have the same strength and integrity.<\/p>\n

Top Grain:<\/strong>\u00a0 The top layer and highest quality part of the hide.\u00a0 When leather is split in processing, the top grain is the upper portion of the hide.\u00a0 Because of its strength and beauty, this supple layer is the standard of fine upholstery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Updated Monday, June 25, 2012 Shopping for furniture can be overwhelming, especially with all of the technical language used in the furniture industry.\u00a0 Familiarize yourself with these terms to gain knowledge that will help you make informed decisions about your leather purchases and create a pleasant shopping experience.\u00a0 Aniline Leather:\u00a0 A leather dyed with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}