| abstract |
Disclosed is a split leather product provided with: a base material comprising split leather; and a skin layer laminated on the surface of the base material. The split leather product is characterized in that the skin layer comprises a composite body of an intertwined nonwoven fabric formed from microfibers, and an elastic polymeric substance with which the gaps of the intertwined nonwoven fabric are impregnated. In such a split leather product, the intertwined nonwoven fabric, like the horizontally and vertically crisscrossing collagen fibers in the reticular dermis, has the effect of increasing physical strength without detracting from the leather-like texture. Thus it is possible to obtain a split leather product that resembles leather not only in outward appearance, but also in the feel based on the wrinkles and the like caused by folding. |