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Description: Short narrative about the development and growth of natural leather tanning as a cottage industry in the Cumbria region in Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries, and it demise in the beginning of the 20th due to the introduction of synthetic tannins.
Industries of Cumbria - Tanning (Page created 19/04/05. Last updated 10/02/11) The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th centuries led not only to a growth in population, but also to one that had more money to spend. A higher standard of living enjoyed by increasing numbers of people was accompanied by growth in demand for a whole range of household goods and clothing, including those made from leather. In turn more trade involved more transport, still largely dependent on horses to pull carts and carriages (and barges), and needing harnesses, straps and saddles. At the same time more cattle were being raised for meat production - as diets changed - so that more animal hides were now available to convert into leather. (Even so, increasing numbers of hides were imported to meet demand.)
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