<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Russia calf</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31456566</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 21:02:54</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">calf, Russia</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">russia calf</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Red or reddish-brown calf originally produced in Russia and introduced into western Europe in the 17th century, vegetable-tanned with willow, poplar, or larch bark and curried on the flesh side with extract from birch bark, which gave it a characteristic pleasing odor thought to repel insects. It was often finished with a diced pattern. Between 1780 and 1830 it was highly prized for bookbinding, "Russia leather" was made in imitation of it. ]]></dc:description></metadata>