Currier
Person who dresses and colors tanned leather
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::summary Person who dresses and colors tanned leather ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Early_20th_century_tanner_knife_by_Nicolai_Clasen_Hamburg_Germany.jpg" caption="Early 20th century currier's knife manufactured by Nicolai Clasen, Hamburg, Germany."] ::
A currier is a specialist in the leather-processing trade. After the tanning process, the currier applies techniques of dressing, finishing and colouring to a tanned hide to make it strong, flexible and waterproof. |author1 = Julia de Fontenelle (Jean-Sébastien-Eugène, M.) |last2 = Malepeyre |first2 = François |editor-last1 = Morfit |editor-first1 = Campbell |editor-link1 = Campbell Morfit |year = 1852 |title = The Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather Dressing: Theoretically Considered in All Their Details |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=5w8LAAAAIAAJ |publication-place = Philadelphia |publisher = H.C. Baird |access-date = 13 November 2023 The leather is stretched and burnished to produce a uniform thickness and suppleness, and dyeing and other chemical finishes give the leather its desired colour.
After currying, the leather is then ready to pass to the fashioning trades such as saddlery, bridlery, shoemaking or glovemaking.
References
References
- [http://www.curriers.co.uk/ The Curriers' Company]
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