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Vegetable tanning

Scope note

Treating hides or skins with vegetable tannins to produce leather; a treatment that leaves the leather susceptible to red rot.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000212805

Broader Terms used

tanning

Equivalent Terms used

vegetable-tanned

Created

12yrs ago

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