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Embossed leather | Fur and skin

Keywords: Emboss, leather, skin, engraving, 'cordovan', 'guadamecil'

Title: Embossed leather
Category: Fur and skin
Country: Andalusia, Spain
Period: XX Century
Provided by: UMA
Source: internet
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Description:

Embossing is an artisanal technique that consists of working with malleable materials to obtain an ornamental figure in relief. Leather embossing is the practice of making leather into craft objects or works of art, using shaping and colouring techniques. This embossing is practiced by hand. The leather has to be worked on both sides. In one of them is drawn, and then embossed on the reverse.

It is made by working with burins of different sizes and shapes from the underside of the piece, arranged on a soft surface that allows the progressive deformation of the worked surface. In this way, the artisan works in "negative", sinking more those areas that should have greater relief on the other side. The final details of the relief are obtained by working on the front side of the piece, outlining this with finer chisels to obtain a greater definition.

Embossing in leather is used for covers of luxury bindings, portfolios, frames for portraits, seats and backs of chairs, screens, etc., with traditional decorations already gilded, already colourful, pyrographed with metal applications and enamels, gems, etc.

The embossing of leather is an art practiced in Muslim Spain which The embossing of leather is an art practiced in Muslim Spain and achieved great fame in cities such as Cordova, from where the name Cordovan comes.

Further references:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuH5xE867lw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7234KHio3dY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFcStpJKikQ