Parchment

Peter Geraty <pgeraty [at] praxisbindery__com> writes

>I am posting this inquiry on behalf of someone in my building.  She
>covers furniture in parchment.  She is looking for a source of
>parchment made from pigskin.  If anyone has a source or a lead on
>where to look, please contact me.

If Talas cannot help you, pigskin parchment is supposedly available
from

    Carl Wildbrett
    Waldstr 20, 86399 Bobingen
    +44 8234 3533,
    Fax: +44 8234 3533

This is in Germany.  They can be contacted by message through a
German site, URL below:

    <URL:http://www.sachon-exportadressbuch.de/cl/
    sid.php?PHPSESSID=8267ff4cbc64399d7abe0710404d3e94&f_lang=eng>

    **** Moderator's comments: The above URL has been wrapped for
    email. There should be no newline.

Type pig parchment in the Product search box.

There may be others but that is the only one I found. Good Luck,

Linda S. Roundhill
Art and Antiquities Conservation
18121 157th Ave NE
Woodinville WA 98072
425-481-0720


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