Piamonte

Piamonte, Italian nappa cowhide leather

Wonderfully smooth, nice grip, countless colors.

• Thickness I 1.3 -1.5 mm.
• Tanning I chrome tanned
• Origin I Italy
• Colors I over 70

How do I choose the right color ?

The 5 images show all the colors with their code. Use the color picker and enter your favorite color number. (The number listed below the image, for example D23). Beware, when choosing the color, you will not see your color. The code is the color you choose for us.

Choose the size you need for your project, a whole skin or half a skin. We have most colors in stock, it may happen that we have to reorder the color. We will let you know immediately if your color takes a little longer. We will send you an email with the expected delivery date.

What formats can I choose ?

Piamonte nappa beef leather is generally supplied as whole hides or half hides. Sourced from excellent South American cattle, these hides can naturally vary in size. To make it easy for an online order, we looked at the most common sizes. We have translated this for you into 4 sizes:

• Half-skin A - between 2.20 - 2.40 m2.
• Whole skin A - between 4.25 - 4.75 m2.

That way we can offer you an interesting price per format. If you have special requirements, please let us know at any time.

Are you looking for leather to make beautiful leather goods ? Do you want to work with brilliant colors ? Then Piamonte nappa cowhide leather is an excellent choice. Visit our warehouse and look at our offer in nappa leather.

How best to maintain this Piamonte nappa cowhide leather?

Maintenance for this nappa leather is fairly easy and you don't want to do too much to it, so definitely don't treat it with harsh cleaning agents, but initially just use a damp cloth to clean it.

Description tanning process: 

This leather is specially made on full cattle hides to the highest Italian finishing standards, aimed at preserving the item's natural look and producing a pleasant, friendly, full grip. The impressive range of colors gives this supple article tremendous flexibility of use.

Origin

This leather is made on carefully selected wet blue hides sourced from South American cattle. The tanning process is carried out using a unique recipe to give the finished item a wonderfully stable and pleasant feel. This breed of animal bears a typical hump in the shoulder area, something that is taken into account and carefully eliminated during the tanning and finishing process. The tannery uses the most advanced technologies and innovative chemicals that reflect world norms and standards about safety. After washing the wet blue hides to soften them a bit, they go to the next step of splitting and planing. Here the skins are brought to the desired thickness. (1.3 mm. - 1.5 mm.). Now begins the retanning phase, consisting of several washing cycles, greasing the skins to soften the dermis and then the delicate phase of staining the skins.

After achieving the desired color, the firmer skin is washed and pressed to begin the drying cycles. The Piamonte article is stretched to dry. The skins are stuccoed and strained to even out the grain and remove imperfections that may adversely affect selection. Once the stuccing and planing are finished, the real finishing phase is activated, in which the grain is rolled onto the hide by a mechanical roller, with the typical "corona" print that characterizes our Piamonte article. After this, the skins are allowed to rest for a few hours, then the final phase of selection, trimming, measuring and preparations for shipments begins.