Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes

Faux Real: Genuine Leather and 200 Years of Inspired Fakes

by RobertKanigel (Author)

Synopsis

From Leatherette to Naugahyde, men and women have devoted enormous energy to making fake leather seem real. Faux Real explores this borderland of the almost-real, the ersatz, and the fake, illuminating a centuries-old culture war between the authentic and the imitative.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 17 Aug 2010

ISBN 10: 081222132X
ISBN 13: 9780812221329