Therefore, for “ soft leather” we intend generally a leather that is soft, while for “ nappa leather”, in the tradition, it is intended a much more valuable type with uncorrected grain.
In fact, to limit production costs, they are often used skins with grain defects that are covered thanks to the heavy use, during the finishing phase, of prints and pigments that very often do not preserve the naturalness of the sight and the delicacy to the touch. Differences between Soft Leather and Nappa LeatherĬonsidering the explanations given above, it must be noted that over time two of the main features that distinguished the real nappa were in part lost: the uncovered grain without "tricks" and the naturalness. In order to obtain the desired softness in bovine hides or in other animals (for example ostriches and buffaloes), less inclined to delicacy, over time it has been used a particular fattening process, succeeding in imitating most of the characteristics of the real lamb nappa leather. The use of ovine and crossed-breed skins (goats and rams) of large size and that of bovine nappa leather, such as the calf nappa leather and even larger skins, like in example the whole cow nappa leather for interiors decoration, sofas and upholstery, has become increasingly widespread. The gloves industry is now a very limited component of the whole production and the soft nappa leather has been developed in garment, footwear, leather goods and furniture. In fact, sheep are the most suitable skins for developing the characteristics of softness and in particular the lambskins have a long and famous tradition in the production of very fine gloves in the Naples area. The term "nappa" was originally used only for sheepskins, such as lamb nappa leather, which is well known because it is used to create clothing.
#Bovine hides full#
These light weighted skins have a full and natural soft hand, the full grain nappa leather is not covered by finishing substances (for example pigments) that would otherwise make it heavier, this is why nappa leather is usually aniline finished. Nappa leather is type of leather that has undergone a particular tanning which tends to give to the leather a marked softness, delicacy and silkiness to the touch.
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