PATENTLEATHER

Patent leather

Patent leather is a type of japanned leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. The process was brought to the United States and improved by inventor Seth Boyden of Newark, New Jersey in 1818, with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819. Boyden's process, which he never patented, used a linseed oil–based lacquer coating. Modern patent leather usually has a plastic coating.

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patent leather

Noun

  1. Leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish.


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