The Decoration of Leather / From the French of Georges de Récy
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THE DECORATION OF LEATHER IN THE PASTThe following remarks, without attempting a description in detail of the different phases through which the art of decorating leather has passed since its origin in primitive times, deal with the treatment of leather solely from the decorative point of view, the present volume being limited to the consideration of this aspect of the subject.In all ages man has sought to develop to their fullest extent the possibilities of splendour in the materials of his dress, and an important place in the wardrobes of our early ancestors was filled by skins shorn of hair...
Chapters (152)
- THE DECORATION OF LEATHER
- TRANSLATOR’S NOTE
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
- FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- TOOLS
- CHOICE OF SKINS
- CHAPTER II
- TRACING THE DESIGN ON THE LEATHER
- INCISING THE LEATHER
- CUT OR ENGRAVED LEATHER
- CARVED LEATHER
- PUNCHES
- HAMMERED LEATHER
- MODELLED LEATHER
- MODELLING TOOLS
- EMBOSSING LEATHER
- MODELLED LEATHER WITH PUNCHED BACKGROUND
- POINTOGRAVURE
- STAMPED LEATHER
- OPEN-WORK LEATHER
- CHAPTER III
- LEATHER FOR GROUNDWORK
- PREPARATION OF THE LEATHER FOR THE GROUNDWORK
- MONOCHROME MOSAIC ON CALF
- LEATHER FOR INLAYING
- MOUNTING THE LEATHER ON PAPER
- TRACING THE DESIGN ON THE PAPER
- CUTTING OUT THE DESIGN
- PASTING THE INLAY ON THE GROUNDWORK
- SETTING IN THE INLAY
- OUTLINING THE MOSAIC
- POLYCHROME MOSAIC
- POLYCHROME MOSAIC ON A MOROCCO GROUNDWORK
- PASTING THE INLAY ON A MOROCCO GROUNDWORK
- MOSAIC ON MODELLED LEATHER
- INSERTED MOSAIC
- MOSAIC IN RELIEF
- INCRUSTED MOSAIC
- CHAPTER IV
- REDS
- YELLOWS
- BLUES
- GREENS
- DIFFERENT METHODS OF COLOURING LEATHER
- SHADED GROUNDWORK
- MARBLING
- TREE MARBLING
- SPRINKLING
- GILDING
- CHAPTER V
- APPENDIX
- NOTE
- INDEX
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