Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by origin]
6. biological material
7. animal material
8. processed animal material
9. leather
10. [leather by process]
11. vegetable-tanned leather
12. vegetable-tanned goatskin

Anotations

Scope note:

Goatskin leather imported from Turkey through Venice to Europe where it was used in fine bookbinding from the early 16th to the early 18th century. It was tawed with oil before the hair was removed, stained a distinctive shade of red, then tanned with sumac.