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Leather Panel

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dulud, Jacques Michel (designer and maker)
Place of origin
Paris (made)

Embossed leather panel, with a symmetrical 'Louis XIV'-design of scroll diaper pattern with flowers. Plain leather, partly with a dark-brown and red ground, and heightened with gold.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Interiors
Leather
Object type
Leather panel
Materials and techniques
Embossed and gilded leather
Leather
Embossing
Gilding
Brief description
Leather panel, embossed with a symmetrical 'Louis XIV' design of scroll diaper pattern with flowers, partly plain with a dark-brown and red ground, heightened with gold, Jacques Michel Dulud, Paris, ca. 1850
Physical description
Embossed leather panel, with a symmetrical 'Louis XIV'-design of scroll diaper pattern with flowers. Plain leather, partly with a dark-brown and red ground, and heightened with gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 53.5cm
Object history
Acquired at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1855. See: Third Report of Department of Science and Art for 1855', pages 67, 80. Bought in a lot of six panels for £3 9 shillings 7 pence (3709-1856 to 3714-1856). Identical to V&A Museum no. 3707-1856, 3708-1856, 3709-1856.

Transferred to the Animal Products Division.

Transferred 01/09/1965 from Bethnal Green Department to the Woodwork Department (RP 65/2340)
Production
Made at the 'Cuirs Dulud' workshop, 14 rue Vivienne, Paris.
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Robinson, J.C. ed. Inventory of objects in the collections of the museum of ornamental art at the South Kensington Museum. London, 1860. p.113, no. 9631
Other numbers
  • AP.604 - Current object number
  • 3710-1856 - Current object number
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
3710-1856

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Record createdOctober 25, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117870/leather-panel-dulud-jacques-michel/
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