Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 2 Years of Inspired Fakes

by Robert Kanigel

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What makes genuine leather genuine? What makes real things real? In an age of virtual reality, veneers, synthetics, plastics, fakes, and knockoffs, it's hard to know.

Over the centuries, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake things seem real. As early as the fourteenth century, fabric was treated with special oils to make it resemble leather. In the 1870s came Leatherette, a new bookbinding material. The twentieth century...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:081222132X

ISBN13:9780812221329

Release Date:September 2010

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Business Business & Investing Crafts Crafts & Hobbies Crafts & Hobbies Engineering Fashion & Textile Fashion Design History & Philosophy Leathercrafts

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