Notebook cover in blue patinated vegetable-tanned calfskin, handmade and lined in indigo-colored grained box calf. Hand-sewn with a saddle stitch, using royal blue linen thread.

Graduated blue

Your notebook cover in graduated blue vegetable-tanned patinated calfskin was crafted with the traditional saddlery and leathercrafting know-how of Duret Paris. We have been bringing our exacting quality, subtle style, and eye for perfection to our unique and authentic leather goods for over 25 years. The quality of our leathers and skins is paramount to us, since they will be the cornerstone of the notebook cover or accessory you select. The leather of your notebook cover or accessory is then dyed the desired color, graduated blue, using natural pigments. A hallmark of Duret Paris, a patinated graduated blue can also be achieved through the application of beeswax. Your graduated blue leather notebook cover can be monogrammed with your initials – or someone else’s, if it is to be a gift.

Calf

Duret Paris has been expertly and lovingly crafting exquisite objects in calf leather since 1988. Our notebook covers in calf are made entirely by hand, in the finest traditions of saddlery and leatherworking. Thick, strong and available in a variety of sizes, calfskin is often used for small leather goods and fashion items. Its lovely smoothness and shine on the grain side makes calfskin an ideal material to choose for your luxury notebook cover from Duret Paris. It is renowned for its beauty and quality, and our leather artisans respect that by using other noble materials – like natural pigments – when working with calf. Calfskin also lends itself well to having a beautiful patina applied, if you would like that for your notebook cover.

Patinated

Exquisite patinas have been the hallmark of Duret Paris for over 25 years. The entire patination process is carried out by hand by Mickaël Benarroch and his team of skilled leather artisans, who apply natural pigments and beeswax to achieve the desired effect. Putting a patina on leather is a way of imitating the natural ageing of the animal skin. Patinas can have a classic appearance, or be intended to create effects like old wood, or the marble look of our museum calf. All types of leather can take a patina, and we have applied patinas to belts from leathers as different as calfskin, lambskin, crocodile, python and even ostrich. So whichever of these leathers you choose, Duret Paris can add a patina that will make your notebook cover a truly unique and luxurious accessory.