Category Archives: Leatheroid
CELLULOID “ADAMANTINE” by John Bowman 2023
CELLULOID (a brand-name) was the first plastic material. It was developed in the early 1860s from a mixture of nitro-cellulose (cellulose from plant fiber) and camphor. Celluloid, a malleable substance in its early development was made to resemble Ivory and Marble finishes. Celluloid replaced many items that used expensive real Ivory and was then commonly […]
Read MoreWHEELING MANUFACTURED PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO LEATHER ‘LEATHEROID’ INVENTED IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA by John Bowman 2018
WHEELING MANUFACTURED PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO LEATHER ‘LEATHEROID’ INVENTED IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA by John Bowman 2018 Shelves of books with their Leather Binding’s look great but you just know that many of the books bindings aren’t really leather. Faux leather book bindings, and artificial leather that we find covering many products are manufactured […]
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