Processes
Embossed leather
Leather stamped with a pattern for texture.
Fashionphile describes embossed leather as leather stamped with a pattern during tanning to create a textured finish. Examples include Louis Vuitton Epi, Hermès Epsom, Prada Saffiano, Saint Laurent Grain de Poivre and Chanel Caviar; embossing is also used to imitate crocodile and snakeskin.
Related: Caviar leather, Epi leather, Epsom, Grain de poivre, Saffiano leather