Leather
The use of animal hides and skins, tanned or untanned have been used by we humans as useful or decorative articles for many thousands of years.
The leather we use comes from all sorts of animals including cows and ostrich and can be processed to produce many different type of finishes and colours. However, English leather is considered to be by far the best and. apart from some ostrich. that is all we ever use.
Beautiful Quality English & Italian Leather For Sale
Small quantities of high quality Italian and English leather for sale. Please contact Richard to arrange a visit and find something you'll love.
Suppliers
UK tanneries are now generally located in the Midlands although there used to be tanneries in Wiltshire and Somerset but unfortunately most of these are now closed.
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Connolly’s – for many years the providers of leather to Rolls Royce.
The early history of Connolly’s is chronicled in the book titled “I can’t improve
on that, Mr Connolly”, created by no less than the famous W Heath Robinson.
- Mulberry Handbags supply us with many of their larger off-cuts for us to use on our Scrapstore Courses. Mulberry staff have visited us and are delighted that their “waste leather” is being put to good use rather than going to landfill.
- Abbey England is located in Knutsford, Cheshire and supplies us with Sedgewick saddlery leather, professional leather tools and everything we require for our saddlery business. We have been using them for more than 14 years.
- N McCarrachers wholesalers based in Brookwood, near Woking in Surrey, and provide us saddlery supplies.
- Eyland and Son provides us with buckles and saddlery fittings as required.
- Various independent tanneries in the Midlands
We occasionally visit tanneries in the midlands to source leather for particular projects.