| abstract |
Articles having leather-like appearance are obtained from compositions comprising 5-55% by weight of an ethylene interpolymer, such as ethylene/vinyl ester, ethylene/unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acids or esters of said unsaturated acids, ethylene/ alpha -olefin copolymers, etc.; 1-15% by weight of at least one plasticizer selected from the group consisting of processing oils, epoxidized oils polyesters, polyethers and polyetheresters; 20-90% by weight of cellulosic filler or mixture of cellulosic filler and mineral filler; 0-10% by weight of at least one additive, such as organic acid, organic acid derivative and surface active agent; and 0-27.5% by weight of elastomeric polymer. |