Real leather by the meter
If you are offered real leather by the meter, you should take a closer look, because leather cannot actually be sold by the meter, because leather is naturally limited to the size of the hides.
You should pay attention to this when naming real leather
The term real leather Or, strictly speaking, real leather may only be used for animal products skin can be used in which the natural position of the fibers has been preserved. However, since animal skins do not grow in the form of balls, no leather can actually be offered by the meter under the designation real leather.
- There are yard goods made from pieces of leather, in which case you get real leather, but not a uniform surface made of leather.
- There is also the term "yard goods" when the leather is calculated by square meters. In that case, the price of the leather would refer to one square meter, but you will get an animal hide that is larger or less than 1 m2 is and of course correspondingly more or less than 1 m2 Leather costs.
- Often you can also get artificial leather with real leather embossing. Which means nothing else than that the material looks like it is made of animal skin.
Remember that many offer from leatherette come from abroad and such misleading offers can often result from translation errors alone. In addition, there are a number of names that are intended to hide the fact that it is not the material made from tanned animal hides.
Bonded leather is used under various names for furniture, books and shoes ...
Animal skins are not sold by the meter
You should always keep in mind that apart from the product made from pieces of leather, it is not possible to sell leather by the meter. But there are a number of names that are misleading, some have already been warned, but this does not rule out that they are still used.
- Artificial, textile or PUR leather, including Wieleder, Ledertex or regenerated leather, are not animal skins. Under the designation furniture leather you will also find PU, bycast, saddle or pull-up leather, which is a split leather coated with plastic. This product can also be manufactured by the meter.
- If you are offered by the meter with the name napalon leather, you should not rely on nappa leather because Napalon is 100% polyurethane, grained in the appropriate look, on a base fabric made of 100% Cotton.
So generally assume that real leather and yard goods are not possible, so always count on artificial leather for these offers.
