INDEX
Absorbent leather: colouring, [69] Acid : hydrochloric, [30], [66], [71] : muriatic, [71] : nitric, [71] : oxalic, [71] : picric, [66], [67], [68] : sulphuric, [71] Acids, [66] as decolorants, [71] : diluting, [71] : effect of, on steel tools, [30] : injurious effect of, on leather, [72] Alberti: L. B., author of De Pictura, [87] Albumen: colours based on, [67] Alizarin, [66], [67] Alkalis, [66] Aniline dyes: stability of, [64] Apparatus for pyrogravure, [36]-[37] Archil, [66] Arnotto, [66] Aumaître: Mons. E., [38], [42], [52], [59] Baryta: chromate of, [66] Bed-furniture: leather, [84] Belleville: Mons., author of Le cuir dans la Décoration Moderne, [62], [71] Bénard: Pierre, author, [84] Bérain: leather decorated in style of, [84] Blacks, [66] Blues, [67], [74] Bookbinding : carved leather, [14] : choice of design for, [77] : crushed morocco for, [17] : first use of leather for, [14] : gold-tooled leather, [14] : mosaic leather, [14] : pigskin in, [17]-[18] : report of Committee on leather for, [90]-[95] : vellum in, [18] Boudaroy: Fougeroux de : remarks on leather hangings, [84]-[86] : recipe for golden varnish, [86]-[87] Bronzes, [35], [68], [73], [74], [78] Browns, [65] Brush : couch-grass, [70] : flannel, for rubbing leather, [73] for gold leaf, [74] for powder colours, [74] for sprinkling, [70] for stencilling, [72] for tree marbling, [70] Buckthorn berries, [67] Burgundy: leather decoration in, [14] Burnishers, [63], [75] Calf leather, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17] : colouring, [69], [72] for modelling, [29] for mosaic, [43], [56] : monochrome mosaic on, 45
Canson paper, [45], [58] Cape morocco, [17], [42], [78] Cardboard for use in cutting out inlay, [48] padding, [34] Carpets: leather, [81] Carthamine, [66] Carthamus Tinctorius, [66] Carton Jacquart, [45], [51] Carved leather, [16], [27]-[28] bookbinding, [14] : choice of design for, [27] : gold on, [27] in Dijon Museum, [14], [27] Carving : leather for, [17] mosaic in relief, [61], [62] : tools for, [27] Cassaigre tannin, [16] Catechol, [65] Cathedral style, [27] Chairs: leather, [84] Chamois leather, [16] : use and methods of decorating, [18] Chestnut tannin, [16] Chinese vermilion, [74] Choice of design and colour, [76]-[79] Choice of skins, [15]-[18] Chromate of baryta, [66] Chromate of zinc, [66] Coal-tar, [66] Cochineal, [66] Coffers: leather, [77]-[79], [82] : choice of design for, [78] : mosaic for, [78] : mounting leather for, [78] : outlining design for, [78] : padding relief for, [78] : punched groundwork for, [78] Colour : applying, to leather, [68]-[69] : choice of design and, [76]-[79] : combination of, [76]-[77] : for groundwork, [68], [77] : influence of light on, of leather, [16], [64] : influence of tanning process on, of leather, [15]-[16], [64] : introduction of, into decoration of leather hangings, [81] Colouring absorbent leather, [69] calf leather, [69], [72] cut leather, [26]-[27] hollows of cut and punched leather, [27], [35], [65], [68], [73]-[74], [78] : leather for, [69] leather for mosaic, [42], [69] leather: methods of, [68]-[75] modelled leather, [71]-[72] monochrome mosaic on calf, [45] morocco leather, [69] mosaic in relief, [62] oxhide, [69] pigskin, [69] sheepskin, [16] split sheepskins, [69] tinfoil to give it the appearance of being gilt, [89] Colours based on albumen, [67] based on glycerine, [67] for leather work, [64]-[68] for stencilling, [72] : oil, [67], [83] : powder, used with varnish, [73]-[74] : spirit, [67] : water, [67] Composition of ornament, [77]-[79] Copper nails: leather ornamented with, [84] Copper-plate etching on leather, [39] Cordouans, [80] Cordwainer, [14] Cork padding, [34] Cotton cord padding, [34] Couch-grass whisk, [70] Cowhide, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17] for mosaic in relief, [61] Cuir bouilli, [28] Cushion for gold leaf, [74] Cut leather, [16], [25]-[27] : colouring, [26]-[27] : colouring hollows of, 27 [68], [73]-[74]
: opening the outline of, [23], [25]-[26] Cutting : leather for, [17] stamped leather, [39] Cutting out incrusted mosaic, [62]-[63] inlay: cardboard for use in, [48] inlay for mosaic, [46]-[49] inlay for mosaic in relief, [61] inlay for polychrome mosaic, [58]-[59] open-work leather, [40] Cutting-out knives, [40], [46]-[48] Damping leather, [19]-[20] Decolorants, [70]-[71], [76] on modelled leather, [71]-[72] : tracing design for, [71] Design based on chestnut tree, [76] based on sea subjects, [76] : detached portions of leather in, [77] : choice of, for bookbinding, [77] : choice of, for carved leather, [27] : choice of, for coffers, [77] : choice of, for large surfaces, [79] : choice of, for marbled leather, [77] : choice of, for modelled leather, [77] in leather hangings and furniture, [82]-[84] : Japanese school of, [79] : study of, [79] Design and colour: choice of, [76]-[79] Dijon Museum: examples of carved leather in, [14], [27] Dollage de gants padding, [34] Dyes, [64]-[74] : aniline, stability of, [64] : superposed, [65], [68], [76] : uncertain effect of, on leather, [77] : vegetable, stability of, [64] Embossed leather, see Modelled leather Encaustic: rubbing leather with, [65], [72]-[73] England: manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [83], [85] Engraved leather, see Cut leather Europe: introduction of decorated leather into, [13], [14], [80] Flanders: manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [83], [85] France : introduction of gilt or silvered leather hangings into, [85] : manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [85] : popularity of leather hangings and furniture in, [84] Garlande: Jehan de, author, [80] Germany: leather decoration in, [14] Ghadames: leather industry at, [80] Gilding, [74]-[75], [80]-[81], [83], [86] : bookbinders’ tools for, [75] : decline of art, [84]-[86] outline of incrusted mosaic, [63] : process described by Theophilus, [80]-[81] Gilt leather chairs, [84] Gilt or silvered leather hangings and furniture, [84], [85]-[86] Gilt panel for painting on, [87]-[88] Gloves for protecting hands from dyes, [68] Glycerine : colours based on, [67] inks, [72] Gobelin tapestries: leather hangings and furniture replaced by, [84] Gold, [68], [83] groundwork: origin of, [87] leaf, [28], [74]-[75], 83
leaf: brush for, [74] leaf: cushion for, [74] leaf first employed on leather hangings and furniture, [83] leaf: knife for, [74] : liquid, [75] on carved and embossed leather, [27] powder, [73], [74], [75] : punches used on, [28], [75] : shell, [28], [74], [75] : want of moderation in the use of, [87] Golden varnish : recipe for (Boudaroy), [86]-[87] : recipe for (Theophilus), [88] Gold-tooled leather bookbinding, [14] Gold-tooling, [28], [74]-[75] : powder for, [74] Gouache, [35], [68], [73], [74], [78] Grating: sprinkling, [70] Greens, [66], [67], [74] Greys, [65] Hammered leather, [16], [28] Hammering: leather for, [17] Hematoxylin, [66] Heraldic decoration on leather, [14], [83] Holland: manufacture of leather hangings in, [85] Hydrochloric acid, [30], [66], [71] Incising, [20]-[24], [26] for inserted mosaic, [60] for modelled leather, [22], [30] knives, [15], [20]-[24] oxhide, [22] slanting cut, [23], [24] Indigo, [67] Inks containing nitrate of silver, [72] for stamping leather, [39] for stencilling, [72] : glycerine, [72] Inlaid leather, see Mosaic leather Japanese school of design, [79] Kip-skins, [61] Knives : cutting-out, [40], [46]-[48] : gold, [74] : incising, [15], [20]-[24] : paring, [43] : stencil-cutter’s, [46], [61] Leather : absorbent quality of, [64]-[65] bed-furniture, [84] carpets, [81] chairs, [84] coffers, [77]-[79], [82] decoration in Burgundy, [14] decoration in dress, [13] decoration in Germany, [14] decoration in Spain, [13], [14], [80] decoration in style of Bérain, [84] decoration in the past, [13]-[14] decoration in war-like equipment, [13] decoration: introduction into Europe, [13], [14], [80] : first use of, for bookbinding, [14] hangings and furniture, [80]-[89] : heraldic decoration on, [14], [83] industry at Ghadames, [80] : methods of working in, [16], [19]-[41] : report of Committee on, for bookbinding, [90]-[95] : Spanish, [84] : varieties of, [16] Light: influence of, on colour of leather, [16], [64] Lignereux: Mons. de Saint André de, author of Le Cuir d’Art français, [28] Lithographic stone, [15], [44] Logwood, [66] Lyons: manufacture of gilt or silvered leather hangings at, [85] Madder, [66] Marble: slab of, [15], [44] Marbled leather: choice of design for, 77
Marbling, [69]-[70] : tree, [70] Metal block for stamping leather, [39] Metal ornaments on leather hangings, [81] Metallic salts, [66] Mimosa tannin, [16] Modelled leather, [16], [28]-[36] : choice of design for, [77] : colouring, [71]-[72] : decolorants on, [71]-[72] : incising for, [22], [30] in hangings and furniture, [83] : introduction into Venice, [14] : opening the outline of, [26], [29], [32], [33]-[34] : softening the outline of, [32]-[33] with punched background, [16], [28], [34]-[36] Modellers, [15], [29], [30], [38] Modelling, [30]-[34] : ball-shaped steel tool for, [31], [32] : leather for, [17], [29], [61] leather on plaster cast, [39]-[40] mosaic in relief, [61] reed decoration, [34] : sandbag for, [32] stamped leather, [39] : tools for, [29]-[32] : tracing design for, [32], [33] : wax for, [33]-[34] Mordants, [67] Morocco leather, [16] : Cape, [17], [42], [78] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17] : colouring, [69] : crushed, [17] for mosaic, [42], [58], [59] : grain of, [17] groundwork: pasting inlay on, [59] groundwork: polychrome mosaic on, [58]-[59] groundwork: tool for sticking inlay on, [59], [60] : paring, for inlay of polychrome mosaic, [58]-[59] : tanning materials used for, [15] Mosaic, [16], [42]-[63] bookbinding, [14] : calf leather for, [43], [56] : colouring leather for, [42], [69] : cutting out inlay for, [46]-[49] for coffers, [78] : incrusted, [62]-[63] : incrusted, cutting out, [62]-[63] : incrusted, gilding outline of, [63] : incrusted, outlining, [63] : incrusted, tracing design for, [62] in relief, [61]-[62] in relief: carving, [61], [62] in relief: colouring, [62] in relief: cowhide for, [61] in relief: cutting out inlay for, [61] in relief: depressing groundwork for inlay of, [61] in relief: leather for, [61] in relief: modelling, [61] in relief: tracing design for, [61] : inserted, [59]-[60] : inserted, incising leather for, [60] : inserted, outlining, [60] : leather for groundwork of, [17], [42]-[43] : leather for inlay of, [45] : monochrome, on calf, [45] : morocco leather as groundwork of, [42], [58], [59] : mounting inlay on paper lining for, [45]-[46] on modelled leather, [59] on modelled leather: paring leather for, [59] : outlining, [52]-[56] : pasting inlay on groundwork for, [49]-[50], [59] : paring leather for, [43]-[44] : pincers for, [50] : polishing, [56], [57] : polychrome, [57]-59
: polychrome, cutting out inlay for, [58]-[59] : polychrome, morocco leather as inlay for, [58] : polychrome, on morocco groundwork, [58]-[59] : polychrome, outlining, [59] : polychrome, paring morocco leather for inlay of, [58]-[59] : polychrome, split sheepskins for, [58] : polychrome, stencil for marking out, [58] : polychrome, tracing design for, [57]-[58] : preparation of leather for groundwork of, [43]-[45] : removing paper lining from inlay of, [52] : roller for, [50], [51] : setting in the inlay of, [50]-[52] : tracing design for, [46] Mosaics of piqué leather, [13] Mosaïque par incrustation, see Incrusted mosaic Muriatic acid, [71] Nitrate of silver: inks containing, [72] Nitric acid, [71] Oak tannin, [15], [16] Oil colours, [67], [83] Openers, [15], [23], [25]-[26] Opening the outline of cut leather, [23], [25]-[26] of modelled leather, [26], [29], [32], [33]-[34] Open-work leather, [16], [18], [40], [41] : cutting out, [40] : groundwork for, [18], [40], [41] hangings, [40] in relief, [40] : plaited ornament on borders of, [40]-[41] Or basané, [83], [84] Outliners, [52]-[56] Outlining design for coffers, [78] incrusted mosaic, [63] inserted mosaic, [60] mosaic, [52]-[56] polychrome mosaic, [59] Outlining-wheels, [15], [35], [54], [56], [63] Oxalic acid, [71] Oxhide, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17] : colouring, [69] : incising, [22] Padding relief, [34], [40] for coffers, [78] Panel: gilt, for painting on, [87]-[88] Paring knives, [43] Paring leather, [43]-[44] for inlay of polychrome mosaic, [58]-[59] for mosaic on modelled leather, [59] Paste: recipe for, for mounting leather on wooden panels (Theophilus), [82] Patine, [30], [64], [67], [72] Patines grasses, [67] Pearl-ash, [65] Pencils: 6H graphite, [15], [20] Permanganate of potash, [65] Pictures on leather, [82], [84] Picric acid, [66], [67], [68] Pied de biche, [30] Pigskin, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17]-[18] : colouring, [69] : in bookbinding, [17]-[18] Pincers for mosaic, [50] Pinks, [66] Piqué leather: mosaics of, [13] Plaited ornament on borders of open-work leather, [40]-[41] Plaster cast: modelling leather on, [39]-[40] Plaster casts for stamping leather, [39] Plaster padding, [40] Pointogravure, [16], [38] : tools for, 38
Polishing iron, [56], [57] Polishing mosaic, [56], [57] Pompon, [72] Portugal: manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [83] Potash, [65], [66], [68], [69], [73], [77] Potash-lye, [65] Potassium, [65] Powder colours, : brush for, [74] used with varnish, [73]-[74] Presses for stamping leather, [38], [39] Pressing leather after pasting, [45] Punched backgrounds, see Punched groundwork Punched groundwork, [16], [28], [34]-[36] for coffers, [78] in leather hangings and furniture, [83] : modelled leather with, [16], [28], [34]-[36] Punched leather, [16], [28] : colouring hollows of, [35], [65], [68], [73]-[74], [78] Punches, [15], [28], [35], [78], [83] : patterns produced with, [35] used on gold, [28], [75] Pyrogravure, [16], [27], [28], [36]-[37] : apparatus for, [36]-[37] : leather for, [17], [18] : outlining incrusted mosaic by, [63] Quercitron, [66] Réaumur: Mons. de, [84], [86], [88] Red wood: extracts of, [66] Reds, [66] Reed decoration, [34] : padding for, [34] : tool for working, [34] Reserved ornament, [71]-[72] : colour for groundwork of, [77] Roller for mosaic, [50], [51] Rubbing leather, [36], [65], [67], [72]-[74], [77] : flannel brush for, [73] with encaustic, [65], [72]-[73] with varnish, [72]-[73] with wax, [72]-[73] Russia leather, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [17] for modelling, [29] Saffron, [66] Salts : metallic, [66] of tin, [66] Sandbag for modelling, [32] Scraper, [46] Semis, [35] Setting in the inlay of mosaic, [50]-[52] Shaded groundwork, [42], [69] Sheepskin, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [16], [17] : colouring, [16] Shell gold, [28], [74], [75] Shell silver, [74] Silver leaf, [86] powder, [74] : shell, [74] : use of, on leather, [83] Skins: choice of, [15]-[18] Soda, [65] Spain : leather decoration in, [13], [14], [80] : manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [83], [85] : introduction of leather hangings and furniture into, [80] Spanish leather, [84] Spirit colours, [67] Split sheepskins : colouring, [69] for inlaying, [45], [56] for polychrome mosaic, [58] Sprinkling, [70]-[71] : brush for, [70] : grating for, [70] : preparation for reserving ornament during (Belleville), [71]
: tracing design for, [71] : vaporiser for, [71] Stamped leather, [16], [38]-[40] chairs, [84] : cutting, [39] in hangings and furniture, [83], [84] : introduction into Venice, [14] : modelling, [39] Stamping leather, [38]-[40] : inks for, [39] : presses for, [38], [39] with copper-plate, [39] with metal block, [39] with plaster casts, [39] with stencil, [38] Stearine: plaster casts prepared with, [39] Steel clamps for holding leather, [31] Stencil-cutter’s knife, [46], [61] Stencilling, [72] : brush for, [72] : inks for, [72] : leather for, [18] Stone: lithographic, [15], [44] Study of design, [79] Sulphate of iron, [65], [67], [68], [69], [76] Sulphuric acid, [71] Sumach tannin, [15] Superposed dyes, [65], [68], [76] Tanning materials, [15], [16] Tanning process, [15] : influence of, on colour of leather, [15]-[16], [64] : leather prepared to receive dyes by the, [67] Theophilus, author of Diversarum Artium Schedula : process of gilding described by, [80]-[81] : recipe for colouring tinfoil to give it the appearance of being gilt, [89] : recipe for golden varnish, [88] : recipe for paste for mounting leather on wooden panels, [82] Tools, [16] : bookbinders’, for gilding, [75] : effect of acids on steel, [30] for carving, [27] for modelling, [29]-[32] for pointogravure, [38] for pyrogravure, [36]-[37] for sticking inlay on morocco groundwork, [59], [60] for working reed decoration, [34] Tracing design, [19]-[20] for decolorants, [71] for incrusted mosaic, [62] for modelling, [32], [33] for mosaic, [46] for mosaic in relief, [61] for polychrome mosaic, [57]-[58] for sprinkling, [71] on flesh side of leather, [32], [33] Tracing-point, [15], [20] Tree marbling, [70] : brush for, [70] Turmeric, [66] Van Orley, painter, [83], [87]-[88] Vaporiser for sprinkling, [71] Varnish : recipe for golden (Boudaroy), [86]-[87] : recipe for golden (Theophilus), [88] : rubbing leather with, [72]-[73] : use of, with powder colours, [73]-[74] Vegetable dyes: stability of, [64] Vellum, [16] : characteristics and methods of decorating, [18] in bookbinding, [18] Venice : introduction of modelled and stamped leather into, [14] : manufacture of leather hangings and furniture in, [83], [85] Vermilion: Chinese, [74] Water-colours, 67
Wax for modelling, [33]-[34] padding, [34] : rubbing leather with, [72]-[73] Wheels : outlining, [15], [35], [54], [56], [63] : patterns produced with, [35] Xanthin, [65] Yellows, [66] Zinc: chromate of, [66]
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