Embossed gilt leather panel with a feston and three putti, with foliage, flowers and divers animals between them. The gilt and silvered pattern on a green ground, partly heightened with a green and red glaze, Herman and Israel Elle, Amsterdam, ca. 1671-1677. 62/2965

Embossed gilt leather panel with a feston of fruit and flowers, foliage, grapes, pomegranates and other fruit, amid which are three putti and various animals (snail, birds, insects). The gilt and silvered pattern on a green ground, partly heightened with a green and red glaze. The bottom edge has an edging strip. This panel was part of the same wall hanging as the border inv.no. 210-1870.

Of this pattern exists a mirrored version.

Panels in the museum of Leathercraft, Northampton, inventory numbers 1546-67/34 and 1546-67/36; Temple Newsam House, Leeds, temporary inventory number 10 (fragments).

This panel has been analysed as part of the gilt leather cataloguing project in 1996. Eloy Koldeweij, October 1996

See also: A Technical investigation into the methods and materials used for gilt leather manufacture from the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (unpublished report, c.1996, held by the FTF Dept.), item 12
Report prepared by Christopher Calnan, Adviser on Conservation of Organic Materials at the National Trust, London.
Examination of decorative surface carried out by Catherine Hassell, University College, London
Examination of vegetable tannins carried out by Jan Wouters, KIK, Brussels.

209-1870