Imitation leather

Japanese: イミテーションレザー - いみてーしょんれざー
Imitation leather

…Leather substitutes have a relatively long history. Before World War II, woven or knitted fabrics coated with nitrocellulose were called imitation leather, imitation leather, or simply leather. Later, polyvinyl chloride resin was developed, and in 1948 substitutes using this were made commercially available. This was called PVC leather (or vinyl leather), and due to the shortage of materials at the time, it was sold in large quantities, and production of imitation leather was almost discontinued. …

From [Leather]

…Before the war, imitation leather, or imitation leather, was a substitute for leather made of woven or knitted fabric coated with nitrocellulose, but today such products are no longer available on the market. There is also PVC leather or vinyl leather, which is made by coating with polyvinyl chloride resin paint or by attaching a film of this resin, but this is rarely simply called leather; when people say leather, they are more likely to mean leather in the original sense. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "imitation leather" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…皮革代替品の歴史は比較的古く,第2次大戦前は織編布にニトロセルロースなどを塗布したものを擬革,またはイミテーションレザーあるいは単にレザーと呼んでいたが,のちにポリ塩化ビニル樹脂が開発され,1948年これを使用した代替品が市販された。これは塩ビレザー(またはビニルレザー)と呼ばれ,当時の物資不足もあって大量に出回り,擬革の生産はほとんど中止された。…

【レザー】より

…戦前から,皮革の代替品として織編布にニトロセルロースなどを塗布したものを,擬革,またはイミテーションレザーimitation leatherと呼び,略してレザーもしくはレザークロスと呼んでいたが,現在このような製品は市場に見当たらない。ポリ塩化ビニル樹脂塗料を塗布,またはこの樹脂膜をはり合わせた塩ビレザーまたはビニルレザーと呼ばれるものがあるが,これを単にレザーと呼ぶことは少なく,レザーといえばむしろ本来の意味の革をいうことが多い。…

※「イミテーションレザー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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