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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 pattern which consists of lattice-work, a palmette, floral decoration and two parrots. Pattern in plain leather and heightened with gold, the ground painted in blue and red.


Object details

Categories
Wall Coverings
Interiors
Leather
Object type
Leather panel
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Leather Panel
  • Leather Panel
Materials and techniques
Embossed and gilded leather
Leather
Embossing
Gilding
Brief description
Embossed leather panel, symmetrical Louis XIV pattern of lattice-work, floral decoration and parrots, plain leather heightened with gold on blue and red ground. Jacques Michel Dulud, Paris, ca. 1850.
Physical description
Embossed leather panel, with a symmetrical Louis XIV pattern which consists of lattice-work, a palmette, floral decoration and two parrots. Pattern in plain leather and heightened with gold, the ground painted in blue and red.
Dimensions
  • Height: 161.5cm (Note: Dimensions of 3701:1-1856)
  • Width: 63cm (Note: Dimensions of 3701:1-1856)
  • Height: 85.5cm (Note: Dimensions of 3701:2-1856)
  • Width: 64cm (Note: Dimensions of 3701:2-1856)
Measured 23 November 2005
Object history
3699-1856 to 3702-1856 purchased for £ 2.17.6. Acquired at the 'Exposition Universelle, Paris 1855'. See: Third Report of Department of Science and Art for 1855', pages 67, 80.
Transferred 01/09/1965 from Bethnal Green Department to the Woodwork Department (RP 65/2340).

Related works: Museum of Leathercraft, Northampton, inv.no's 1546-67/8 (various colours on green & brown), 1546-67/9, 1546-67/10 (both gold on brown). Drawing room in Kasteel Heeze (Neth.).
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.5
Other number
AP.600 - Previous number
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
3701:1, 2-1856

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Record createdSeptember 1, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O127520/leather-panel-dulud-jacques-michel/
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