More than just a business, leather is a passion. As a family-run business since its foundation, the company has grown in tradition and know-how over the years.
Our story begins five generations ago, in 1904, with a family-founded company that relies on passion. In 1939, after gaining extensive experience working in the tanning industry, we established your beloved Laperla. We specialize in cow, goat and sheep skins.
ContactFrom raw hide to finished material — the processes and standards behind every Laperla skin.
Bating and pickling make the fibres of the hide more receptive to tanning. During bating, hides are treated with enzymes, similar to those found in the digestive system, to break down proteins — as a result the hides become softer. The duration of the bating process depends largely…
Read moreHere at Laperla we only believe in the best. Leather is a material loved by many for its flexibility and durability. It is made by tanning animal skins or hides, and many different animals are used to make leather. Leather has four basic grains or qualities: full-grain, top-grain, genuine leather and…
Read moreLeather is not only a mere natural raw material — for us it is pure passion. Very special people do very special work and provide a quality product which, with contemporary functionality, holds all the positive properties of a naturally grown raw material. Laperla staff take on the challenge of leather production day in, day out…
Read moreItaly, and especially Laperla, has a unique tradition and knowledge of producing high-quality leather. To guarantee the highest possible quality of our products, we exclusively use leather from leading Italian tanneries serving global fashion brands. Transforming raw hides into a material that will resist throughout time is a process of 30–40…
Read moreWet blue refers to moist chrome-tanned leather. In this phase, the leather is tanned, but neither dried, dyed nor finished. The bluish colouring is produced by the chrome tanning agent (chromium(III) oxide), which is blue and is contained in the leather after tanning. Nowadays leather is dyed through in multiple colours…
Read moreCrust leather is the term applied to leather which is dried after tanning but has not yet been dyed. In the case of chrome-tanned leather this is known as “chrome crust” and, for vegetable-tanned leather, as “vegetable crust”. Crust leather is rarely processed as it is; usually it is dyed and finished first…
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