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From: Chris Barker <cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:18:56 +0200
>>>>There are other leathers, like Connolly leather, used in Rolls Royce
>cars.<<<
>
>And Jaguars...
>What/how are leathers named? Do they come from a type of cow, or some farm
>or what?
>
>/Acer "steppenwolf" Victoria

Connolly leather, *I believe*, is named a such because it was a firm called
Connolly that carried out the work of furnishing the interior of the cars
originally.  They continue to use the name to denote the quality of the raw
materials and of the workmanship.

Chris

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