The Decoration of Leather From the French of Georges de Récy
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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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