Shagreen

 Shagreen - durable soft and rough skin with a characteristic granular pattern. Initially, the material produced in Persia and other regions of the Middle East from the ridge parts of donkey and horse hides. At the end of the Middle Ages production technology has spread to Europe and southern Russia. Of shagreen manufactured boots, shoes, saber sheath, cases for knives. In the XIX century, from the raw material began to sew briefcases, folders for papers, doctoral suitcases and travel bags.