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FURSKIN [2 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furs and Fur Industry
  • Fur Farming
DEF

An undressed, or raw, animal skin with a more or less well developed hair coat, which is usually dressed with the hair attached to the skin ...

CONT

Alcohol and turpentine tanning. This method is best suited [to] and [is] perhaps the easiest for small fur skins (rabbit and squirrel).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pelleteries et fourrures
  • Élevage des animaux à fourrure
OBS

peau à fourrure; pelleterie : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • peaux à fourrure
  • pelleteries

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Furs and Fur Industry
  • Clothing (General)
DEF

A furskin which has been dressed, perhaps dyed, and finished and worked into shape by cutting, sewing, etc., ready for making into a garment by the furrier.

CONT

Gloves consisting of leather and furskin and of leather and artificial fur.

Key term(s)
  • fur skin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pelleteries et fourrures
  • Vêtements (Généralités)
DEF

Fourrure préparée par le pelletier.

CONT

[...] gants comportant à la fois des pelleteries naturelles ou factices et du cuir.

Spanish

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