Not on display

Panel

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Embossed leather panel, with a pattern in high relief of scrolling foliage with fruit and flowers, on which some swallows are perched. The whole panel is plain brown. The high relief is on the back filled with woodpulp.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embossed leather
Brief description
Embossed leather panel, high relief pattern of scrolling foliage with fruit, flowers and swallows, made by Jacques Michel Dulud, Paris, ca. 1850
Physical description
Embossed leather panel, with a pattern in high relief of scrolling foliage with fruit and flowers, on which some swallows are perched. The whole panel is plain brown. The high relief is on the back filled with woodpulp.
Dimensions
  • Height: 86.5cm
  • Loose fragments width: 56cm
Object history
Acquired at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1855. See: Third Report of Department of Science and Art for 1855, pages 67, 80.

Purchased for 11 shillings 9 pence.

Formerly in the Animal Products Division.

Related works: a panel in the castle Rochsburg, Saxony (Germany), wall hanging in the Wawel, Cracow (Poland).
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. 6.
Other numbers
  • AP.596 - Current object number
  • 3695-1856 - Previous number
Collection
Accession number
3695-1856

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2009
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