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Some beautiful furniture weight natural grain finished #vegtancowhide going out to a customer for a bespoke set of chairs. #soshiny #black . . . . . #tannedinNY#madeinusa #madeinNY #madeintheHudsonValley #vegtan #cowhide #leatherfurniture #vegetabletanned #vegetabletannedleather #vegtanleather #pergamena #familybusiness #500years Another batch of #sustainableleather coming down the line! These are vegtan sheep dyed and drying on the screens. Humanely harvested, completely traceable, regeneratively farmed, and completely sustainable. What more can you ask for? Glad to be part of the chain of production! #carbonnegative . . . . . #vegtan #sustainablefashion #farmtofashion #leatherfromtheland #vegetabletanned #vegtanleather #madeinusa #tannedinNY #madeinthehudsonvalley #familybusiness #500years Another facet from our trip to @colonialwmsburg , our visit with the Leicester Longwool. A rare wool sheep breed these days of which they have several here, but back in the day (@1700) they were the standard sheep breed. As the colonial population grew and spread westward though, different breeds better suited to different grasses and dryer, hotter conditions became popular and the Longwool pretty much died out. These were brought back from outside the country to reestablish the population in Virginia, and there are several hundred being raised around the US now. As part of our work with the Leather discussion group, we’ve taken on the task of doing a trial tannage with a sheep hide from a sick sheep culled from the herd. We’ll work on testing using authentic tanning production methods. Also, related question we didn’t cover: why don’t people eat mutton nowadays? 🤔🤔 #stewedmutton . . . . . #rarebreed #leicesterlongwool #vegtanleather #archivalleathers #bookconservation #tannery #leathertanning #bookarts #pergamena #sheepskin Spent the day yesterday discussing archival leathers and all the factors that could affect its longevity. Sound boring? It wasn’t! It involved rare livestock breeds, introduction of species of plants and animals into the N. American colonies, diet, foraging vs. grazing, not to mention the tannins used in the tanning process and industry itself. Pretty fascinating and intellectually stimulating. Work like this helps keep our jobs interesting. Thanks to @colonialwmsburg for hosting the visit and thanks to my conservation colleagues at Penn State, National Institutes of Health, the Smithsonian, and other institutions for the invitation! . . . #livestockconservancy #bookconservation #pennstate #smithsonian #vegtan #vegtanleather #calfskin #sheepskin #parchment #colonialamericanhistory #colonialwilliamsburg #Repost @moonlightbindery with @get_repost ・・・ Researching leather at Colonial Williamsburg’s Rockefeller Library with my leather discussion group colleagues and @pergamenany #bookbinding #leather