Chagrin (leather)
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Chagrin (from the Turkish sağrı for croup) refers to a type of leather from the back skin of horses , camels , donkeys , mules and other animals.
Chagrin leather is grained by grains that are pressed into the still damp leather and then shaken out again and provided on the surface with fine, closely spaced elevations and depressions, which is very thick. It can be colored white or differently.
Chagrin was used for bridles , saber sheaths , cases and book covers . For a long time the process for this special type of leather was only known in the Orient , in Astrakhan , Constantinople and Bulgaria , until it was decided to imitate it using heated rollers and plates. The leather was granulated and engraved, so to speak.
As an inexpensive substitute for the expensive leather, shagreen paper , a pressed paper similar in appearance , was used for book covers .
Under real Chagrin refers to the fine-grained skin of sharks , which, cans, books, etc., was used for the purchase of doses. Experts also differentiate between fine and coarse "Galuchat", which includes the finer structured shark leather and the coarser stingray leather. Boroso (leather), which comes exclusively from sharks in the Mediterranean area, is even more special .
See also
- The shagreen leather , novel by Honoré de Balzac
