Grey Leather Moroccan Pouf

$230.00

Grey leather Moroccan pouf

– Our favorite luxurious premium grade leather pouf is handcrafted by

highly skilled leather artisans in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Finished using silk thread for the elaborate stitching

Dimensions

Diameter 50 cm

Height 35 cm

Posted unstuffed for cost-effectiveness

In stock

Description

Grey Leather Moroccan Pouf

Since these poufs are, tanned, handmade and hand-stitched using traditional

Moroccan methods they may have slight variations in color or pattern which

adds to the beauty of handmade items. The pouf has a zip-up fastening underneath

and comes un-stuffed. Can be packed with a range of suitable fillings cotton

fiber, flame retardant wool, shredded foam, foam chips, coir, textile scraps, etc.

These versatile poufs will add style, elegance, texture, and color to any interior

decor modern or traditional use as a footstool, seating, a table, scatter in a penthouse

apartment, cozy up by a log fire in a country cottage, or for Indian summers outdoor

dining, group them around the pool for luxury poolside gatherings.

See the complete Moroccan pouf colour range

Moroccan leather

(also known as Levant, the French Maroquin, or German Saffian from Safi, a Moroccan town famous for leather)

is a soft, pliable form of leather widely used for gloves and the uppers of ladies’ shoes and men’s low cut shoes,

but traditionally associated with bookbindings, wallets, linings for fine luggage, and the like.

Originally Morocco leather was imported to Europe from Morocco,

and from the late 16th century it was valued in luxury book-bindings in Western

countries because of its strength and because it showed off the gilding.

It was also used in the Islamic world from an earlier date.

However Morocco was often not the original source of the leather.

Some of the highest quality Morocco leather, usually goat skin,

used in book binding was sourced from Northern Nigeria.

The leather tends to be more famous than the breed of goat that originally produced it.

The leather is sourced from the Sokoto Red breed,

which is indigenous to Guinea and Sudan Savannah of Nigeria and Maradi Region in Republic of Niger. 

The finest grades of Morocco leather are goatskin,

but by the late 19th century other skins often were substituted in practice, particularly sheepskin and split calfskin.

For example, French Morocco is a variety made of sheepskin.

 The tanning process varied widely, but the traditional tanning material was sumac.

The traditional tanning process was skilled and elaborate; according to the application,

the preparation either would aim for a carefully smoothed finish,

or would bring up the grain in various patterns such as straight-grained, pebble-grained, or in particular, in a bird’s-eye pattern.

Morocco leather is practically always dyed, traditionally most often red or black,

but green, brown or other colors also were available, and in modern times there is no special constraint on color.