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The Leather & Bag Makers in Montevideo Issue

ORBISLEATHER & BAG MAKERS IN MONTEVIDEO
5 shops in the atlas.
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Leather & Bag Makers in Montevideo

5 stores · curated ORBIS register

Buceo, Montevideo

Efficio is a workshop making everyday goods by hand from vegetable-tanned cowhide in the Uruguayan leather tradition: mate sets, asado and wine pieces, and bags, portfolios and small leather goods, produced in small personalized runs.

Best for Leather

Pocitos, Montevideo

Taller Aescala in Montevideo makes individual leather sculptures. The shop has worked since 1978 and lists series of Quijotes, carnival figures, fauna and characters in sole leather. The workshop is on 20 de Setiembre and invites visits.

Best for One-off leather sculptures of Quijotes, carnival figures and fauna