Leather panel

Physical description

Gilt leather panel with an embossed pattern of scrolling foliage. The foliage is gilded on a brown ground. On the places with the highest embossment there is in the back a filling of wood-pulp.

Place of Origin

Paris, France (made)

Date

ca. 1850 (made)

Artist/maker

Dulud, Jacques (designer and maker)

Materials and Techniques

Embossed and gilded leather

Dimensions

Height: 88 cm both parts together, Width: 57 cm both parts together
[Leather panel] Height: 37 cm, Width: 57 cm
[Leather panel] Height: 59 cm, Width: 56.5 cm

Object history note

Bought in a lot of six panels for £ 3.9.7 (3709-1856 to 3714-1856). A wall hanging of this identical pattern is hanging in the dining room of Muncaster castle (Cumbria), and a can also be found on a four-folded screen in the Deutsches Ledermuseum, Offenbach am Main (Germ.).

Transferred 01/09/1965 from Bethnal Green Department to the Woodwork Department (RP 65/2340)

Descriptive line

Gilt leather panel, embossed pattern of scrolling foliage gilded on a brown ground, Jacques Michel Dulud, Paris, ca. 1850

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Cuirs Dulud, dits cuirs en relief pour meubles & tentures. Album contenant le principaux dessins et diverses notions relatives a leur emploi. Paris, 1857. No.9
Article by Ch. Aride, 'Des cuirs en relief', L'art au XIXe siècle, 01/11/1857.

Exhibition History

Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace 01/01/1851-31/12/1851)

Production Note

Made at the 'Cuirs Dulud' workshop, 14 rue Vivienne, Paris.

Materials

Leather

Techniques

Gilding; Embossing

Categories

Interiors; Wall coverings; Leather

Collection code

FWK