Artificial leather also called synthetic leather is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery clothing footwear and other uses where a leather like finish is desired but the actual material is cost prohibitive or unsuitable.
Blended leather polyurethane.
Artificial leather is marketed under many names including leatherette faux leather vegan.
Polyurethane leather typically has the same general feel of leather but it s typically a little lighter than genuine leather.
Smart covers for the ipad mini and the ipad are available in both leather and polyurethane.
Blended leather is a material that contains ground pulverized shredded reconstituted or bonded leather and is not wholly the hide of an animal and should not be represented as 100 leather.
It is finished with a polyurethane coat and embossed with a grain texture that closely mimics leather.
It differs from bicast leather which is made from solid.
Bonded leather also called reconstituted leather or blended leather is a term used for a manufactured upholstery material which contains animal hide it is made as a layered structure of a fiber or paper backer covered with a layer of shredded leather fibers mixed with a polyurethane binder that is embossed with a leather like texture.
Pu leather might be combined with real leather in a form called bi cast leather.
Blended leather also called bonded leather or reconstituted leather is manufactured furniture upholstery comprised of a layering of leather a fiber or paper backing and binding materials.