Bi cast leather may use a split leather base which is then covered with a pvc or pu layer.
Blended leather polyurethane.
Bonded leather also called reconstituted leather or blended leather is a term used for a manufactured upholstery material which contains animal hide it is made as a layered structure of a fiber or paper backer covered with a layer of shredded leather fibers mixed with a polyurethane binder that is embossed with a leather like texture.
Polyurethane leather typically has the same general feel of leather but it s typically a little lighter than genuine leather.
Blended leather is a material that contains ground pulverized shredded reconstituted or bonded leather and is not wholly the hide of an animal and should not be represented as 100 leather.
It differs from bicast leather which is made from solid.
Smart covers for the ipad mini and the ipad are available in both leather and polyurethane.
Leather ipad covers cost 69 and are available in cream tan black navy blue and red.
Artificial leather is marketed under many names including leatherette faux leather vegan.
Pu leather might be combined with real leather in a form called bi cast leather.
Artificial leather also called synthetic leather is a material intended to substitute for leather in upholstery clothing footwear and other uses where a leather like finish is desired but the actual material is cost prohibitive or unsuitable.