Nappa leather or Napa leather is a full-grain leather, typically dyed, made from unsplit kid-, lamb- or sheep-skin by tanning with salts of chromium or aluminium sulfate, and noted for softness and durability. It is often used in high-quality leather products such as high-end furniture and vehicles.
The tanning process which produces Napa leather was invented by Emanuel Manasse in 1875 while working for the Sawyer Tanning Company in Napa, California.[1]
- B Ellis (1921), Gloves & Glove Trade, page 58,
- Nappa gloves are made from tawed leathers.
- ^ Emanuel Manasse - obituary article (1899) and patent (1875), retrieved 11/08/2010 from Ancestry.com
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