Leather Panel
ca. 1850 (made)
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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.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Embossed and gilded leather |
| Brief description | Gilt leather panel, embossed pattern of scrolling foliage gilded on a brown ground, Jacques Michel Dulud, Paris, ca. 1850 |
| 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. |
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| Object history | Bought in a lot of six panels for £3 9 shillings and 7 pence (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.). Formerly in the Animal Products Division. Transferred 01/09/1965 from Bethnal Green Department to the Woodwork Department (RP 65/2340) This design of stamped leather, in a different colourway, is illustrated in Jean-Pierre Fournet, Cuirs Dorées, "Cuirs de Courdoue", un art Européen (Château de Saint-Remy-en-l'Eau: Editions Monelle Hayot, 2019), pp. 294-295. |
| Production | Made at the 'Cuirs Dulud' workshop, 14 rue Vivienne, Paris. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
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| Accession number | 3714:1, 2-1856 |
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| Record created | October 27, 2005 |
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