History of Leather
Processing/Manufacture
Aitkin,
A. (1832) ‘On tanning and leather dressing’, Transactions of the Society of
Arts vol.???, 199
Anon ‘A
day at a leather factory’, Penny Magazine (1837) and special supplement
(May 1842)
Azéma, Jean-Pierre (2004) Moulins
du cuir et de la peau, Editions Creer [industrial archaeological and
ethnological study of tanning and chamois production in France from the 12th
to the 20th century]
Bodman,
M. (2008) Devon Leather. An Ouline History of a Lost Industry: Nineteenth
Century Tanners and Tanneries, Leat Press
Bravo,
Giuseppe A. (1964) Storia del cuoio e dell’arte conciaria, Turin,
Associazione Italiana dei Chimico del Cuoio
Bravo,
Giuseppe A. and Trupke, Juliana (1970) 100,000 Jahre leder, Basel, Birkhauser
Cheshire,
E. J. (2007) ‘Cuir Bouilli: an Experimental Investigation’ Journal of the
Arms and Armour Society, vol. XIX, No.2 (September), 48-67
Clarkson,
L.A. (1974) ‘The English bark trade 1660-1830’, Agricultural History Review
22, 136-152. This article can be read online at http://www.bahs.org.uk/22n2a3.pdf
Clarkson,
L.A. (1965) ‘English economic policy in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries: the case of the leather industry’, Bulletin of the Institute of
Historical Research 38, 149
Clarkson,
L.A. (1960) ‘The organisation of the English leather industry in the late
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries’, Economic History Review 13,
245-256
Clarkson,
L.A. (1966) ‘The leather crafts of Tudor and Stuart England, Agricultural
History Review 13, 25-39. This article can be read online at
http://www.bahs.org.uk/14n1a2.pdf
Dobson, C. (2003) ‘As tough as old boots? A study of hardened leather armour, part 1: techniques of manufacture’, Art and Arms, Florence, City of the Medici, International Arms and Armour Conference Proceedings May 30th – June 1st 2003, 55-77
Driel-Murray, C. van (2002) ‘Ancient skin processing and the impact of Rome on tanning technology’ in F. Audouin-Rouzeau and S. Beyres (dir.) Le travail du cuir de la préhistoire à nos jours (XXIIe rencontres internationales d’archéologie et d’histoire d’Antibes), Antibes, 251-265
Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou, E. (2009) Tanning in Cyprus from the 16th to the 20th Century. From traditional tanneries to modern industries, Nicosia, Cyprus Research Centre, ISBN 978-9963-0-8114-1
Groenman-van Waateringe, W., Kilian, M. and van Londen, H. (1999) ‘The curing of hides and skins in European prehistory’, Antiquity 73, 884-90
Hughes,
Annabelle (1998) Hell for Leather: Tanners and Tanning in Horsham, E.
Sussex, 1520-1741 Published privately
Klek,
M. Native American Buffalo Robes: a study of their role in Plains Indian
societies and a guide to traditional tanning techniques (152pp, ISBN
978-3-8334-8926-6 available at www.bod.de)
Klek,
M. (2007) Leder Felle und Pelze: eine praktische Anleitung zur uralten Kunst
der Hirngerbung Braintanning manual (76pp, ISBN 978-3-8334-7894-9
available at www.bod/de)
Klokkernes,
T. (2007) Skin processing technology in Eurasian reindeer cultures. A
comparative study in material science of Sàmi and Evenk methods – perspectives
on deterioration and preservation of museum artefacts, Oslo, Museum of
Cultural History. "The objective of this study is to characterise and
identify skin processing technology in Eurasian reindeer cultures and to study
the impact these methods and tanning substances have on the preservation
potential of the artefacts." The book is available online as a .pdf
file via a link on this page:
http://www.langelandsmuseum.dk/LMR%20Press.htm
Loosemore,
J. (1998) Where They Have Trod: Story of Sussex Shoemakers, Lewes, CGB
Books
Massu,
Otis T. (1899) ‘Aboriginal skin dressing’, Annual Report of the Smithsonian
Institution xliii, 553-587
McGregor, A. (1998) ‘Hides, horns and bones’ in Cameron, E.(ed) Leather and Fur: Aspects of Early Medieval Trade and Technology, London, 11-26
Nimmo,
M., Paris, M. and Rissotto, L. (2008) Cuoio dorato e dipinto [Gilt and
painted leather], Rome, Instituto Centrale per il Restauro. 255 page report, in both English and
Italian, summarising two decades of work on gilt leather artefacts in a number
of Italian cities
Parrott,
J. (2009) The Largest Tanyard in the Kingdom: Three Centuries of the Tanning
Industry in Wantage, Wantage, Garden Shed Publications
Porter, C. (1998) 'The Colouring of Alum-Tawed Skins on Late Medieval Books' in Dyes in History and Archaeology 16/17: Papers presented at the 16th meeting (Lyons, 1997) and 17th meeting (Greenwich, 1998), J. Kirby (ed), 199-203
Püntener,
A. G. and Moss, S. (2010)'Ötzi, the Iceman and his Leather Clothes', CHIMIA
International Journal for Chemistry, vol. 64, no. 5, 315-320 [considers
specifically how the Iceman's fur and leather clothing and shoes could have
been tanned]
Rahme,
Lotta (1991) Skinn garvning och beredning med traditionella metoder, ISBN 91-63-14522-7
Rahme,
Lotta (1998) Preparation and Tanning by Traditional Methods, The Caber
Press, ISBN 1-887719-11-3
Rahme,
Lotta and Hartman, Dag (2006) Fiskskinn
: garvning och sömnad med traditionella metoder, ISBN 91-631-4523-5
Ravari,
Georges (1981) Histoires et techniques des metiers du cuir et de la peau,
Graulhet, Editions de Roucatel
Reed,
R. Ancient skins, parchment and
leathers, London, Seminar Press
Richards,
M (2nd edition 2004) Deerskins into Buckskins: How to Tan with
Natural Materials, Backcountry Publishing, ISBN 0965867242
Riggs,
J (2nd edition 2003) Blue Mountain Buckskin: A Working Manual for
Dry-Scrape Brain-tan, Backcountry Publishing, ISBN 9780965867214
Thomas,
S. et al. (1983) Leather manufacture through the ages,
Northampton, East Midlands Industrial Archaeology Conference
Thomson, R. (1978) ‘The Industrial Archaeology of Leather’, Leather 76, 189-193
Thomson, R. (1981a) ‘Tanning - Man’s First Manufacturing Process?’, Trans. Newcomen Society 53, 139-156
Thomson, R. (1981b) ‘Leather Manufacture in the Post-Medieval Period’, Post Medieval Archaeology 15, 161-175
Thomson, R. (1983) ‘The Nineteenth Century Revolution in
the Leather Industries’ in Beswick, J.A. and Thomson, R. eds., Leather
Manufacture Through the Ages, East Midlands Industrial Archaeology
Conference, Northampton
Thomson, R. (1985) ‘Chrome Tanning in the Nineteenth Century’, Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists 69, 93-98
Thomson, R. (1986) ‘Chromgerbung im 19 Jahrhundert’, Leder 36, 190-196
Thomson, R. (1991a) ‘The English Leather Industry 1790-1990: the Case of Bevingtons of Bermondsey’, Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists 75, 85-93
Thomson, R. (1991b) ‘A History of Leather Processing’ in Leather: Its Composition and Changes with Time, The Leather Conservation Centre, Northampton
Thomson, R. (1991c) ‘The History and Technology of Transport Leather Production’ in Conservation of Leather in Transport Collections, UKIC
Thomson, R. (1992a) ‘Leather for Clothing’ in Proceedings of Leathercraft Group Symposium, ICOM, London
Thomson, R. (1992b) ‘Leather and Society’ in Proceedings of First Waterer Commemorative Seminar
Thomson, R. (1996) ‘The Manufacture of Bookbinding Leathers in the Nineteenth Century. The Beginning of the Rot?’ in Preprints of the International Conference on Conservation and Restoration of Archive and Library Materials, Erice
Thomson, R. (1997a) ‘From Pottery to Skivertex: Alternatives to Leather’ in Preprints of the Third International Symposium, Conservation, a Changing Science, ARSAG, Paris
Thomson, R. (1997b) ‘When Did Chrome Tanning Start?’, Leather Conservation News 13, 1-3
Thomson,
R. (1998) 'Leather Working Processes' in Cameron, E. (ed) Leather and Fur,
London, 1-9
Thomson, R. (2002) ‘Post Medieval Tanning and Problems Caused by Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Bureaucrats’ in Le Travail du Cuir de la Préhistoire à Nos Jours, Editions APDCA, Antibes
Thomson, R. (2003) ‘The Nineteenth Century Revolution in the Leather Industry and the Rise in Chrome Tanning’ in Mil Años de Trabajo del Cuero, Litopress, Cordoba
Welsh,
Peter C. (1864) Tanning in the United States to 1850, Washington,
Smithsonian Institution