Egyptians were skilled leather workers over three thousand years ago.
From the begininning of recorded history, skins were used as writing materials. Skin rolls dating back to 1,500 years before Christ are still in existence today. Again in the Bible their are many references to the use of skins.The Hebrews are said to have been the first to discover the value of oakbark tanning which remained as good as any method used until about 1890, when great improvements were made.
The ancient Britons could tan leathers 330 years before Christ.
Among the first and most important of the workers Guilds formed during the Middle Ages were those of the leather workers, and, by the the time of Queen Elizabeth 1, Britain was exporting leather goods to many countries. During the Industrial Revolution, leather-making began to change from a small handicraft to a great industry based on scientific methods. Tedious manual operations gradually gave way to specialised machines.
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