Not on display

Panelling

Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Netherlands (made)

Embossed gilt leather panel in two parts, painted on a blue and white ground, with green foliage and white flowers veined with red and blue. Original panel has been cut in two halves (no's 473 & 473A).

Object details

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

  • Panel
  • Panel
Materials and techniques
Embossed and gilded leather
Leather
Embossing
Gilding
Brief description
Embossed gilt leather panel in two parts, painted on a blue and white ground, with green foliage and white flowers veined with red and blue
Physical description
Embossed gilt leather panel in two parts, painted on a blue and white ground, with green foliage and white flowers veined with red and blue. Original panel has been cut in two halves (no's 473 & 473A).
Dimensions
  • 473 1869 height: 40cm (Note: Dims taken 1996)
  • 473 1869 width: 60cm (Note: Dims taken 1996)
Original measurements: H. 2 ft. 6 in. W. 2 ft.
Credit line
Given by Murray Marks
Object history
Similar objects include:
Wall hanging in the Musée de l'Etat, Luxemburg, inv.no. unknown
Panels in the Offenbach, Deutsches Ledermuseum, inv.no's 2398, 2406; Württembergisches Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, inv.no. E 3465; Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussels, inv.no. 5345/8; Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, inv.no. RBK 009; coll. Colomer-Munmany, Vic, inv.no. C1412; Bijloke Museum, Gent, inv.no. unknown; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, inv.no. 1966-64-3a; Bantry House (Ireland); Museum, Lund (Sw.), inv.no. unknown; Nationalmuseum, Helsinki (Finl.), inv.no. KM 66102:332 (dd. 1741)
Altar frontal in the church of Mordy (Poland)
Bibliographic references
  • J.F. Riano, Catalogue of the art and objects of Spanish production in the South Kensington Museum, London 1872, page 61
  • Henri Clouzot, Geschmückte Lederarbeiten, Berlin ny (=Cuirs Décorés, Paris 1925), Volume II, plate XVI
  • South Kensington Museum, John Charles Robinson, J. C Robinson, and R. Clay, Sons and Taylor. 1881. Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Spanish and Portuguese Ornamental Art: South Kensington Museum, 1881. London: Chapman & Hall, p.186
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
473&A-1869

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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