Their bark and form are so close in characteristics they have to be separated by cutting a small hole in the bark crevasse to expose the inner bark. Black oak will have bright orange to yellow, very bitter-tasting inner bark. Shumard oakâs inner bark is a medium brown.
Leatherette is a form of artificial leather, usually made by covering a fabric base with plastic. The fabric can be made of a natural or a synthetic fibre which is then covered with a soft PVC layer. Leatherette bound books and 20th century cameras are good examples of leatherette.
Faux Leather Manufacture. Sometimes called pleather or p-leather, synthetic leather, vinyl or a variety of proprietary names, faux leather generally consists of plastics, polyurethanes, waxes and dyes formed into a leather-like appearance.