morocco
Fine goatskin leather
Morocco is a type of fine leather made from goatskin, tanned with sumac and typically dyed in rich colors.
It has a distinctive pebbled grain and has been prized for centuries in bookbinding and luxury goods: The first edition was bound in red morocco.
The leather takes its name from the country where it was originally produced. (Capitalized Morocco is the country.)
goatskin
Tanned caprine hide
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- bookbindingAssembling pages into volumes
- gildingApplying decorative gold coating
embossing · tooling · binding · grained · dyed · supple · luxurious · polished · finishing · levant
- book collectingbibliophiles, first editions, rare books, first edition, antiquarian
- bookbindingbookbinding, bookbinder, sewing, hand-bound, leather repair
- morocco leatherGoatskin tanned with sumac