Leather panel
- Place of origin:
Paris, France (made)
- Date:
ca. 1850 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Dulud, Jacques (designer and maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Embossed and gilded leather
- Museum number:
3714:1, 2-1856
- Gallery location:
In Storage
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

