BritishMuseumleatherdressing has been used by many conservators since its publication to protect and conserve leather. The basic formulation is: The...
BritishMuseumleatherdressing or Pliantine Sodium Carboxymethyl cellulose or CMC Connolly's Leather Food – a dressing for hide upholstery, leather goods...
finished leathergoods, such as an ingredient in BritishMuseumleatherdressing. Before dyeing, the leather was softened by soaking with alum water and mechanical...
Born in the second half of the 1970s and developed in the 1980s, power dressing is a fashion style that enables women to establish their authority in a...
had two pleated pockets in the rear for shell dressings, an enlarged map pocket lined with chamois leather and an integral pocket for the F.S. knife in...
Gloves are made of materials including cloth, knitted or felted wool, leather, rubber, latex, neoprene, silk, and (in mail) metal. Gloves of kevlar protect...
English, Canadian English), or braces (British English, New Zealand English, Australian English) are fabric or leather straps worn over the shoulders to hold...
A leather jacket is a jacket-length coat that is usually worn on top of other apparel or item of clothing, and made from the tanned hide of various animal...
A toilet service is a set of objects for use at the dressing table. The term is usually reserved for large luxury sets from the 17th to 19th centuries...
post-punk. During the 1980s, shoulder pads, which also inspired "power dressing," became common among the growing number of career-driven women. Hair in...
The British Army used a variety of standardized battle uniforms and weapons during World War I. According to the British official historian Brigadier James...
A museum (/mjuːˈziːəm/ mew-ZEE-əm) is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions...
Central Leather Research Institute or CLRI is the world's largest leather research institute in terms of research papers and patents. The institute located...
father's friend and former sailing partner, Reuben Farrel. Farrel made leather goods in Liverpool, especially bags and trunks. This durable and weatherproof...
gallery of various types of jackets Nylon bomber jacket, also in leather A mess jacket A leather jacket A down jacket A waterproof jacket A parka Sweater Sweatshirt...
with the shoulders back and front reinforced and protected from rain with leather or PVC panels. Originating in the United Kingdom, the garment is untailored...
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. As with other national Britishmuseums, entrance is free. The V&A covers 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) and 145 galleries...
(satchel) closed through the insertion of a metallic buckle, or button into a leather slit. A similar mechanism would later feature in early medieval footwear...
Variations on this include that he forgot to fasten the lower button when dressing and this was copied. It has also been suggested that the practice originated...
shoe into a general use shoe. Traditionally, shoes have been made from leather, wood or canvas, but are increasingly being made from rubber, plastics...
the sole, even if the two are made of one piece. Traditionally made of leather or rubber, modern boots are made from a variety of materials. Boots are...
Archives and Museum (LA&M) in Chicago was founded in 1991 by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase as a “community archives, library, and museum of leather, kink,...
designed to provide protection for the legs and are usually made of leather or a leather-like material. Their name is a shortened version of the Spanish word...
windproof front and mesh back. Shooting gilets are rugged and made of leather. Short, overwear gilets are called bodywarmers in the United Kingdom. Derivatives...
figurines also reveal the fact that men at that time were interested in dressing their hair in various styles like the hair woven into a booty, hair coiled...
footwear can sometimes be blurry (as in the case of huaraches—the woven leather footwear seen in Mexico, and peep-toe pumps), the common understanding...
items, were often torn on purpose. Other items in early British punk fashion included: leather jackets; customised blazers; and dress shirts randomly covered...
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