On February 1 & 2, Christelle Hantz & Jacques DESBROSSES will be at the Lineapelle New York fair to present the summer 2024 collection to customers on the other side of the Atlantic!

A great opportunity to meet and learn about the habits and needs of American customers.

We will be located on booth 34 on the 1st floor of the METROPOLITAN PAVILION, 125 West, 18th Street, 10011 New York.

Do not hesitate to come and discover our product range and visit us.

Back to the Tannerie after a good week of festive break

The whole team wishes you a very happy new year!
May all your wishes come true with success while keeping a saving health.

Have a good recovery to all!

There are two types of tanning for leather:

Vegetable tanning and chrome tanning. Each type of tanning provides leathers with specific characteristics. At Sovos Tannery, our vegetable tanned leathers are generally firmer and intended for leather goods, belts or shoes. Our chrome tanned leathers are generally used for furniture.

Vegetable tanned leather has an ancestral manufacturing process

The word tanning has for etymology the word “tan” which means oak bark, a word of Gallic or Irish origin.

The raw hides are placed in drums which are filled with a tannin-based solution made from bark, plants and berries with tannic properties. These tannins will make the skins rot-proof thanks to their astringent power. The powdered mixtures are composed of oak, chestnut or acacia bark, and mimosa. The recipes vary according to the color and suppleness of the leather desired and its final use.

Nowadays the wrong term “vegetable” leather or “vegan” leather are often associated with new materials wishing to replace leather and built on plants such as pineapple bark, mushrooms …  Attention, it is a mistake to speak of leather in this case. Leather is a skin of animal origin and cannot be associated with vegetable materials.

Find our ranges of vegetable tanned leathers.